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Cooley Family Papers, 1796-1942 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of papers relating to the Cooley family of Alexandria, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.

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Thomas Adams Papers, 1852-1859 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet

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Thomas Adams (1830-1900) was a civil engineer, topographer, and surveyor who traveled west with Isaac Stevens (1818-1862), the newly-appointed governor of the Washington Territory. From 1853 to 1859, Adams served the party as meteorologist, topographer, sketch artist, and eventually, as assistant to Lieutenant John Mullan (1830-1909), who was in charge of the surveying. This collection consists of four journals and one letter book documenting Adams's life from 1852 to 1859. In addition to detailed descriptions of Adams's experiences, the journals also contain expertly drawn sketches of landscapes and forts, Native Americans, and animals, as well as home-made dictionaries of the Flathead language.

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L. R. Higgins California Lantern Slide Collection, 1910s-1942 (inclusive)

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3 boxes and 0.8 linear feet

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This collection primarily consists of glass lantern slides of California collected by L. R. Higgins dating from the 1910s-1920s, and possibly from the 1930s. California locales and subjects include Pasadena and vicinity, Camp Baldy and vicinity, sequoias, Yosemite Valley, the High Sierras, the city and residences of Los Angeles, the Tournament of Roses, Spanish mission churches, the town of Riverside, colored slides of local semi-precious gemstones, and relief maps of California.

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Edward Raymond Ames Family Collection, 1823-1855 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists of diaries and family correspondence of itinerant clergyman Edward Raymond Ames.

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Princeton University Library Collection of Patrick Henry Materials, 1743-1796 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists of selected manuscript material by and about American attorney, politician, and planter Patrick Henry (1736-1799).

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Taylor Family Papers, 1865-1890 (bulk) 1850-1904 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet

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Contains miscellaneous nineteenth-century papers of several members of the Taylor family.

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Jelal A. Azal Papers, 1967-1971 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet

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Consists of letters by Jelal A. Azal, an Iranian Bayani scholar in Cyprus, to William McElwee Miller, Presbyterian missionary, regarding the Babi-Bahai movement, documents referred to in the letters, and photographs of Bahai houses of worship in Israel and Chicago.

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George Padmore Collection, 1933-1945 (inclusive)

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1 box

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Consists of original letters, essays, and articles of George Padmore (1903-1959), a leading Pan-Africanist, journalist, and author. Padmore played a crucial role in developing the Fifth, Pan African Congress, and was also instrumental in organizing black labor movements from the 1930s onwards.

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Hugh S. Taylor Papers, 1911-1972 (inclusive)

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13 boxes and 1 tube

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Consists of articles, correspondence, and printed matter of Hugh S.Taylor, chairman of the Princeton Chemistry Department (1926-1951) and dean of the graduate school (1945-1958).

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Records of Colonial Tlalpujahua (Michoacán, Mexico), 1562-1903 (inclusive) 1720-1830s (bulk)

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11 boxes and 4.20 linear feet

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The Records of Colonial Tlalpujahua (Michoacán, Mexico) consists of papers pertaining to the Convento de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, as well as miscellaneous papers that document matrimonial and criminal legal cases, land transactions in Tlalpujahua and Toluca, and genealogical information compiled by Austacio Rulfo. Additional papers to the collection include documents, accounts, religious petitions, assorted documents, and correspondence, many pertaining to the Benavides family.

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Bruce C. Willsie Collection of British Sigillography, 0100-1900 (inclusive)

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126 boxes

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An open collection of examples of British sigillography (matrices, royal charters with seals, seal impressions, and related material), collected by Bruce C. Willsie, Class of 1986.

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J. Harlin O'Connell Collection on English Artists, 1825-1952 (inclusive) 1880s-1930s (bulk)

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7 boxes, 32 folios, 9 items, and 2.5 linear feet

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Consists of letters, short manuscripts, some artwork, and a few proofs of English poets, dramatists, novelists, critics, essayists, biographers, journalists, publishers, artists, and actors who were prominent primarily from the 1890s through the 1930s.

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Zelda Fitzgerald Papers, 1919-1997 (inclusive) 1920-1948 (bulk)

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9 boxes and 8.5 linear feet

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The Zelda Fitzgerald Papers consists of manuscripts, correspondence, miscellaneous notes and related material, documents, pictures, clippings, and photographs of American author Zelda Fitzgerald.

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Nikos Stangos Papers, 1953-2009 (inclusive)

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20 boxes and 7.8 linear feet

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Consists of personal papers of Nikos Stangos, a prolific Modern Greek poet and one of the most influential figures in British art publishing. For more than 30 years he was responsible for some of the most important art books of the late 20th century. As a result, in his modest way, he helped shape the discipline of art history in Britain and the United States.

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Sonya Rudikoff Papers, 1935-2000 (inclusive)

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7 boxes and 7.0 linear feet

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Sonya Rudikoff (1927-1997) was a writer, literary critic, and independent scholar, active from the 1950s through the 1990s, who wrote primarily on Victorian literature, feminism, and Virginia Woolf. The papers include Rudikoff's professional and personal correspondence, including five decades of extensive correspondence from second-generation Abstract Expressionist painter Helen Frankenthaler; typescripts of Rudikoff's unpublished fiction and lectures; notebooks, papers, and diaries from her time at Bennington College in the late 1940s; along with a curriculum vitae and bibliography of her work and some related materials.

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T. H. Vail Motter Papers, 1912-1969 (bulk) 1901-1970 (inclusive)

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10 boxes and 7.6 linear feet

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Consists of manuscripts and correspondence reflecting the historical and literary interests of American military historian T. H. Vail Motter (Princeton Class of 1922).

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Godfrey Winham Writings on Music, 1958-1975 (inclusive)

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14 boxes and 6.7 linear feet

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Consists of Princeton music professor Godfrey Winham's unpublished writings on music, which have been edited, collated, and indexed by Roger Maren.

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Edward Steese Papers, 1878-1984 (inclusive)

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40 boxes and 19.5 linear feet

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Consists of papers of American architect and poet Edward Steese, including diaries, manuscripts, and architectural drawings.

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Diamela Eltit Papers, 1943-2012 (inclusive)

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9 boxes

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A collection of manuscript and typescript drafts of and notebooks related to Eltit's works, personal and work-related correspondence mostly from the mid-1980s to 1990s, and other miscellaneous personal and work-related papers.

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Collected Correspondence of Elizabeth Montagu, 1660-1903 (inclusive) 1740-1810 (bulk)

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2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet

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Contains correspondence of Elizabeth Montagu, known as "queen of the Bluestockings," an informal group of 18th-century English literary figures and intellectuals that gathered frequently at her home.

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