Author Archives: Rare Books and Special Collections

New Finding Aids for September 2016

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Rare Books and Special Collections

New finding aids include the following: Chester W. Burton Family Papers (C1523) Consists mostly of correspondence along with some financial records, legal documents, such as deeds and land indentures, ephemera, and photographs dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries … Continue reading →

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New Finding Aids for July and August 2016

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Rare Books and Special Collections

New finding aids include the following: The Anscombe Society Records (AC442) The Anscombe Society is a student organization founded at Princeton University in 2005 with the stated mission to affirm the importance family, marriage, and a proper understanding for the … Continue reading →

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Adler Prize Winner Receives 2016 National Collegiate Book Collection Contest Essay Award

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Rare Books and Special Collections

Congratulations to recent alum, Samantha Yosim (nee Flitter), Class of 2016, who became the first Elmer Adler Undergraduate Book Collecting Prize winner to receive an award in the National Collegiate Book Collection Contest. Sponsored by The Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of … Continue reading →

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Wild Lives: Catesby, Audubon, Lear, and Ford — October 16, 2:00 – 4:30 p.m.

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Rare Books and Special Collections

Please join us for Wild Lives: Catesby, Audubon, Lear, and Ford: an afternoon of talks sponsored by the Cotsen Children’s Library, the Graphic Arts Collection, and the Friends of the Princeton University Library. The program will be in Guyot Hall … Continue reading →

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New Finding Aids for May and June 2016

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Rare Books and Special Collections

New finding aids include the following: A. Frederick Gerstell Collection of Military Materials (MC286) A. Frederick Gerstell is a member of the Princeton University Class of 1960. The collection is composed of mostly World War II-era correspondence, photographs, and ephemera collected … Continue reading →

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