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Daniel Carter Beard Papers, 1798-1941, (bulk 1931-1935)

Title: Daniel Carter Beard Papers 1798-1941 (bulk 1931-1935)

Artist, author, editor, and cofounder of the Boy Scouts of America. Correspondence, diaries, family papers, speeches, articles, collected source material for writings and speeches, school composition books, address books, sketch books, illustrations, photographs, memorabilia, and printed matter relating chiefly to Beard's activities at the Culver Military Academy, Dan Beard Outdoor School, and with the Boy Scouts of America.

ArchivalResource: 72,000 items; 261 containers plus 2 oversize; 105 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013036 View

Presbrey, Frank, 1855-1936. Autograph album, 1870.

Title: Autograph album, 1870.

Notebook of autographs collected by F.S. Presbrey. Includes clippings of signatures of Civil War and political figures pasted down. Names include Jefferson Davis and Ulysses S. Grant. Together with a letter from Schuyler Colfax, dated 8 May 1882.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (ca. 70 leaves) ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78732872 View

Presbrey, Frank, 1855-1936. Memoirs of a busy life : typescript, 1935.

Title: Memoirs of a busy life : typescript, 1935.

Typescript copy, in two volumes, of the unpublished memoirs of F.S. Presbrey, Princeton Class of 1890; preface dated New York, January 1935.

ArchivalResource: 2 bound mss.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49365666 View

Scott, Austin, 1848-1922. Papers, 1865-1937, 1871-1922 (bulk).

Title: Papers, 1865-1937, 1871-1922 (bulk).

The Austin Scott Papers, 1865-1927 (bulk, 1871-1922) are divided into three record series: I. Presidential Papers, 1891-1906; II. Personal Papers, 1871-1928; and III. Clippings, 1871-1937. The bulk of the material consists of presidential papers and graduate school notes (in German) of Greek and Roman history courses taken under Droysen and Mommsen. The presidential papers include five annual statements to the Board, correspondence, subject files (including material on the Scholarship Act of 1890), financial notes, and speech material, including two addreses concerning George Washington's activities in New Jersey. The presidential correspondence includes five letters from his counterpart at Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson.

ArchivalResource: .8 cubic ft./ 2 ms. boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122616667 View

Inventory to the Records of the Rutgers College Office of the President (Austin Scott), 1865-1937

Title: Inventory to the Records of the Rutgers College Office of the President (Austin Scott), 1865-1937

The records and papers of Austin Scott, 1865-1927 (bulk, 1871-1922) consist of records from his presidency of Rutgers College and personal papers, including his notes from graduate history study in Germany.

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http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/ead/uarchives/scottf.html View

Century Company records

Title: Century Company records

The Century Company published the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, which was widely regarded as the best general periodical of its time, performing a role as cultural arbiter during the 1880s and 1890s. It was founded in New York City in 1881 and also published the children's magazine St. Nicholas, dictionaries, and books. The Century Company records date from 1870 to the 1930s and chiefly contain correspondence with contributors, readers, public figures, and literary agents. A number of manuscripts and proofs in the collection are extensively edited and taken with annotations on letters provide a detailed record of the outlook, standards, and functions of the company.

ArchivalResource: 60.4 linear feet; 151 boxes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/504 View