Call Number:

WC008

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Alexander Scotland Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1869-1893 (inclusive)

Creator:

Scotland, Alexander, 1848-1893

Form:

Correspondence -- 19th century, Cyanotypes (photographic prints) -- 19th century, Diaries -- 19th century, Manuscripts -- 19th century., and Photographs -- 19th century.

Abstract:

Consists of works, correspondence, documents, photographs, a diary (1869), and a journal (1888) of Alexander Scotland (Princeton Class of 1874), most of which reflects the life he led in Colorado mining areas after leaving the East because of tuberculosis.

Alexander Scotland, a member of the Princeton Class of 1874, left the East because of tuberculosis and settled in a Colorado mining area.

The collection consists of works, correspondence, documents, photographs, a diary (1869), and a journal (1888) of Scotland (Princeton Class of 1874), most of which reflects the life he led in Colorado mining areas after leaving the East because of tuberculosis. The collection contains an autograph manuscript entitled "From New York to Barbados" (1871), written while an undergraduate, letters by Scotland to his wife and family, 15 albumen photographs (10x8 cm. on 13x11 cm. card mounts) of Indians at Taos Pueblo, and a journal illustrated with 24 cyanotype (12x20 cm.) and 4 albumen (10x16.5 cm.) photographs of a camping expedition to Grand Mesa, Colorado. In addition, there is a eulogy by the Reverend John Reid on the occasion of Scotland's death.