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Jacob Newton Beam Papers
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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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Jacob Netwon Beam was a member of the Princeton Class of 1896 and served as professor of German from 1899-1927.
The collection contains correspondence pertaining to Princeton University and personal correspondence of Jacob Newton Beam (Princeton Class of 1896, professor of German, 1899-1927). Of particular note is a file of letters from his son, Jacob Dyneley Beam (Princeton Class of 1929), written while he was serving at the American embassies in London, Germany, the Soviet Union, and Indonesia. The collection also includes Jacob N. Beam's lectures notes and publications.
The original order of the materials has been maintained.
The original donor and date of donation for this collection is unknown. Additional correspondence was donated by Mrs. Jacob D. Beam, Jacob N. Beam's daughter-in-law, in 1994. One folder of material in Box 1 was transfered from the Special Collections in 2010. The accession number associated with this donation is ML.2010.034. The materials that comprise Boxes 2-4 were donated by Heather Tennies on behalf of LancasterHistory.org in 2014. The accession number associated with this donation is ML.2014.042.
The materials that comprise Boxes 2-4 were added by Rachel Van Unen in 2014.
No materials have been separated from the 2010 or 2014 additions to this collection.
Subject
- Diplomats -- United States -- 20th century -- Correspondence
- Fathers and sons -- 20th century -- Correspondence
- Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Germany -- 20th century
- Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Great Britain -- 20th century
- Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Indonesia -- 20th century
- Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Soviet Union -- 20th century
- Publisher
- Public Policy Papers
- Finding Aid Date
- 2007
- Access Restrictions
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The collection is open for research.
- Use Restrictions
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. For quotations that are fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. For those few instances beyond fair use, researchers are responsible for determining who may hold the copyright and obtaining approval from them. Researchers do not need anything further from the Mudd Library to move forward with their use.
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