Form: Diaries -- 19th century - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Princeton University Library Collection of Ashbel Green Materials, 1744-1958 (inclusive) 1783-1844 (bulk)

Extent:: 13 boxes and 4.84 linear feet
Abstract:: Ashbel Green (1762-1848) was a prominent Presbyterian minister, eighth president of the College of New Jersey, and co-founder of the Princeton Theological Seminary. The bulk of the papers consist of Green's personal writings, including diaries and sermons. The papers of Green's father, the Reverend Jacob Green (1722-1790) are also included.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Julius Hall and Jared Kimberly Papers of the 1st California Regiment, 1861-1913 (bulk) 1804-1927 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Julius C. Hall and his friend Jared T. Kimberly grew up together in rural Wallingford, Connecticut, and went to California to seek their fortunes during the early days of the Civil War. Hiking through the wilderness from San Francisco to Oregon, they nearly lost their lives in an Indian attack, before enlisting together in Company K of the 1st California Infantry Regiment, which embarked on an epic march from San Francisco to Fort Craig in New Mexico. This collection contains first-hand accounts of these two men's Civil War service as they encountered the occasional Confederate sympathizer, but more often Apaches and Navajos who were resisting American encroachment into their territory.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Bache and Hodge Family Papers, 1790-1890 (bulk) 1783-1957 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 1.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of correspondence representing five generations of the Bache and Hodge families as well as members of the Scott and Wistar families of Princeton and Philadelphia.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

William Tipping Papers, 1688-2001 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 2.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Conists of personal papers of William Tipping Esq, of Brasted Park, Sevenoaks, in Kent, and Avray near Paris. He was the son of the successful Liverpool merchant John Tipping, who in his twenties traveled extensively in Europe and the Middle East before turning to Tory politics and serving as director of the London and North Western Railway.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Eli Field Cooley Papers, 1803-1910 (inclusive)

Extent:: 9 boxes and 5.3 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of sermons, correspondence, documents, diaries, commonplace books, diplomas, and miscellaneous financial papers of nineteenth-century pastor Eli Field Cooley (Princeton Class of 1806).

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Peter R. Decker Collection, 1830-1843 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of a nineteenth-century diary of Peter R. Decker, resident of Shawangunk, N.Y.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Alexander Scotland Collection, 1869-1893 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

James Gibson Papers, 1858-1859 (bulk) 1858-1932 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of scrapbook pages and a diary kept by James Gibson from May, 1858, to May, 1859, while traveling in the United States and Canada and attending Princeton Theological Seminary.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Paul Elmer More Papers, 1888-1949 (bulk) 1888-1989 (inclusive)

Extent:: 45 boxes, 6 folders, 4 items, and 18.8 linear feet
Abstract:: The Paul Elmer More Papers reflect on More's life and career as an author, editor of The Nation (1909-1914), and lecturer at Princeton University (1918-1933) in philosophy and classics.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Chester H. King Diaries, 1875-1883 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of three diaries, two of which chronicle Chester H. King's overland journey to the southwestern frontier from Kansas along the Santa Fe Trail from 1881 to 1883.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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