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Showing posts with label princeton. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
1949 Matson Public Library, Princeton, Illinois
[LIB9173] In the summer of 1912, the Chicago architectural firm of Patton & Miller was contracted to being work on the permanent library facility in the main square of Princeton. A year later, the new facility was opened to the public. [website]
Monday, September 24, 2012
New Library, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
[LIB7043] General Rare Books: Holdings include approximately 200,000 rare and historically significant printed books in Western languages, with remarkable collections of early European and American imprints, annotated books, historic bindings, emblem books, limited editions, presentation copies, and association copies. The Rare Books Division is especially strong in classical Latin texts; American history and literature; English history and literature; angling and sporting books; and, to a lesser extent, French, German, and Latin American literature. Of special interest are the Morris L. Parrish Collection of Victorian Novelists, the Howard Behrman Collection of American Literature, the Miriam Y. Holden Collection on American Women, the Grenville Kane Collection of Americana, and the Junius Spencer Morgan Collection of Virgil. Recent collecting has focused on materials relating to modern Greece, thus supporting the University's program in Hellenic Studies. Individual items are listed in the Main catalog. Collective descriptions are available in the Guide to Selected Special Collections of Printed Books and Other Materials in the Princeton University Library at http://www.princeton.edu/~ferguson/handbook.html.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Library, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
[LIB2559] - Princeton University Historical Photograph Collection, 1840s-1996 This database contains descriptive information on over 20,000 photographs found within the University Archives Historical Photograph Collection. [Website]
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Friday, May 13, 2011
The Harvey S. Firestone Memorial Library, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
[LIB1682] The six-story $6,000,000 Harvey S. Firestone Memorial Library of Princeton University, Completed in 1949, provides not only adequate storage space for books and appropriate exhibition rooms for literary treasures, but also, through arrangement of study spaces and faculty offices, brings together in one place the three elements of an education: teacher, student and books.
Friday, March 20, 2009
1910 Library, Princeton University, Princeton New Jersey
Published by the Illustrated Post Card Co. Posted from Princeton 23 April 1910 and sent to Johnson, Prospect Cottage, Becket, Massachusetts. [LIB2424] Princeton University Historical Photograph Collection, 1840s-1996 This database contains descriptive information on over 20,000 photographs found within the University Archives Historical Photograph Collection. [Website]
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
1950s Firestone Library PRINCETON UNIVERSITY NJ
Thursday, December 20, 2007
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