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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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Beam, Jacob Newton, 1869-1954

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.

Publisher
Public Policy Papers
Finding Aid Date
2007
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

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.

Collection Inventory

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2 boxes

Jacob Dyneley Beam, 1942-1953. 1 box.
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1 box

Alphabetical Correspondence, A-L, circa 1934-1950. 1 box.
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1 box

Alphabetical Correspondence, L-Z, circa 1934-1950. 1 box.
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1 box

Miscellaneous, circa 1934-1950. 1 box.
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1 box

Jacob N. Beam to "Billy", 1940. 1 box.
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1 box

Assorted Correspondence, circa 1914-1942. 1 box.
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1 box

Research Notes, undated. 1 box.
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Lecture Notes: Lyric Poets, undated. 1 box.
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Eichendorff, undated. 1 box.
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Hobbel and Ludwig, undated. 1 box.
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1 box

Lyricists-Political and Otherwise, undated. 1 box.
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Die Neuromantik, undated. 1 box.
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1 box

Lecture Notes: Grillpanzer, undated. 1 box.
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1 box

Lecture Notes: Novalis and Ofterdiugen, undated. 1 box.
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1 box

Lecture Notes: Political Poetry 1840-1850, undated. 1 box.
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Lecture Notes: Lyric Aesthetics and Technique, undated. 1 box.
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Lecture Notes: Heiue, undated. 1 box.
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1 box

Lecture Notes: Das Lunge Deutschlaud, undated. 1 box.
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Lecture Notes: Heiue, undated. 1 box.
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Lecture Notes: Grillpanzer, undated. 1 box.
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Lecture Notes: Uriel Acosta, undated. 1 box.
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1 box

Lecture Notes: The Romantic Lyric, undated. 1 box.
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Tieck, undated. 1 box.
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Lecture Notes: The Patriotic Lyric, undated. 1 box.
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Lecture Notes: Kleist and Prinz vou Hounburg, undated. 1 box.
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Notes: Peter Schlemibl, undated. 1 box.
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Heiue: Songs and Ballads, undated. 1 box.
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Uhland: Ballads, undated. 1 box.
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Lecture Notes: Romanticism, undated. 1 box.
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Lecture Notes: Late Romanticism, undated. 1 box.
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The Novel: Aesthetics and Technique, undated. 1 box.
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Dramatic Techniques, undated. 1 box.
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Political Lyric, undated. 1 box.
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1 box

Modern Realism, undated. 1 box.
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1 box

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