Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936

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Varnum Lansing Collins was a Princeton alum of the Class of 1893 and served as the University's Secretary from 1917 to 1936.

From the description of Varnum Lansing Collins Papers, 1842-1972 (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 316951981

Author, librarian, local historian, and college teacher, of Princeton, N.J.

From the description of Correspondence, 1923-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70961553

From the description of A guardsman in the American campaign of 1776-1777, [ca. 1909]. (Historical Society of Princeton). WorldCat record id: 70962859

From the description of Correspondence, 1929 Feb. 12-26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70965444

From the description of Correspondence, 1915-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70961568

From the description of Correspondence, 1911-1912. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70961559

From the description of Correspondence, 1927-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70961558

From the description of Correspondence, 1930 Nov.-Dec. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70961570

From the description of Correspondence, 1927 Feb.-June. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70961567

From the description of Papers, 1930-1933. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70961563

From the description of Letter, [19--]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70961477

From the description of Correspondence, 1928-1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70961564

From the description of Miscellaneous correspondence, 1903-1933. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70966211

From the description of Correspondence, 1916-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70961549

From the description of Correspondence, 1929-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70965151

From the description of Papers, 1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70961754

From the description of Correspondence, 1923-1933. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70961560

From the description of Papers, 1930 Sept.-Oct. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70964872

From the description of Correspondence, 1929-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70961571

From the description of Correspondence, 1927-1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70965446

From the description of Correspondence, 1917-1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70961552

From the description of Correspondence, 1911-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70961554

From the description of Papers, 1929-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70961565

From the description of Correspondence, 1931 Apr.-May. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70961474

From the description of Notes, [19--]. (Historical Society of Princeton). WorldCat record id: 70962894

From the description of Correspondence, 1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70961750

From the description of Correspondence, 1925-1928. (Historical Society of Princeton). WorldCat record id: 70962893

From the description of Correspondence, 1927 Nov. 12-21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70961475

From the description of Correspondence, 1929 Mar. 5-Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70961561

From the description of Papers, 1932 June-July. (Historical Society of Princeton). WorldCat record id: 70962857

From the description of Letter, 1913 Feb. 5. (Historical Society of Princeton). WorldCat record id: 70962898

From the description of Correspondence, 1929 Nov. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70961550

From the description of Correspondence, 1932 Feb.-Mar. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70961551

From the description of Correspondence, 1930 Sept.-Oct. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70961569

From the description of Correspondence, 1929-1931. (Historical Society of Princeton). WorldCat record id: 70962896

Varnum Lansing Collins was a member of the Princeton class of 1892. Following graduation he served the college (and later, the university) as a reference librarian, preceptor, french professor, and as Secretary of the University from 1917-1936. Collins wrote extensively about Princeton, publishing one of the earliest and most complete histories of the University in 1914.

From the description of Varnum Lansing Collins letters, 1892-1927. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 74216363

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creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Papers, 1929-1931. Historical Society of Princeton
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company. Houghton Mifflin Company reader reports on manuscripts submitted for publication. 1882-1931. Houghton Library
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Correspondence, 1929 Feb. 12-26. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Correspondence, 1923-1934. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Halsey, Joseph Jackson. Copy of letter, 1840. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Correspondence, 1930 Nov.-Dec. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Correspondence, 1929-1930. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Croes, John, 1762-1832. Croes Correspondence : typescript, [19--?]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Papers, 1930-1933. Historical Society of Princeton
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIj, 1898-1988 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Miscellaneous correspondence, 1903-1933. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Correspondence, 1927-1929. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Correspondence, 1930 Sept.-Oct. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Correspondence, 1929-1931. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Correspondence, 1917-1929. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Varnum Lansing Collins Papers, 1842-1972 Princeton University Library
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Correspondence, 1915-1932. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Papers, 1931. Historical Society of Princeton
referencedIn Stockton, Helen Hamilton Shields, 1864-1949. Correspondence, 1929-1935. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. A guardsman in the American campaign of 1776-1777, [ca. 1909]. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Correspondence, 1927 Nov. 12-21. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Alexander, James W. (James Waddel), 1804-1859. Oration, 1847. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Correspondence, 1929 Mar. 5-Apr. 1. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Burtis, James T. The Henderson family of Monmouth County, N.J. : 1685-1825 : typescript, 1900 / by James T. Burtis, Freehold County, N.J. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Balfour, Arthur James Balfour, Earl of, 1848-1930. Address to the American people : manuscript, 1917. Princeton University Library
referencedIn Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library. Historical Subject Files collection, 1746-2005. Princeton University Library
referencedIn New Jersey Board of University Extension. New Jersey Board of University Extension records, 1914-1916. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Correspondence, 1911-1932. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Halsey, Joseph Jackson. Copy of letter : to his father, Samuel B. Halsey, Nassau Hall, 1840. Princeton University Library
referencedIn Historical Subject Files Collection, 1746-2012 Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections.Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library. Princeton University Archives.
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Correspondence, 1929-1931. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Correspondence, 1911-1912. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Correspondence, 1927 Feb.-June. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Correspondence, 1929 Nov. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Correspondence, 1928-1929. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Correspondence, 1932 Feb.-Mar. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Croes, John, 1762-1832. Croes Correspondence : typescript, 1782-1783. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Varnum Lansing Collins letters, 1892-1927. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Correspondence, 1932. Historical Society of Princeton
referencedIn Princeton University. Office of the Secretary. Office of the Secretary records, 1853-2001. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Letter, 1913 Feb. 5. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Correspondence, 1927-1930. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Papers, 1930 Sept.-Oct. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Correspondence, 1931 Apr.-May. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Notes, [19--]. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Correspondence, 1923-1933. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Correspondence, 1916-1931. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Correspondence, 1925-1928. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Pictures from Mr. Collin's Continental Congress, [19--?]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Princeton University. Graduate School. Scrap-book of clippings from the Alumni weekly and various newspapers, commemorating the ceremonies, addresses and other exercises at the dedications of the Graduate College and the presentation of the Cleveland Memorial Tower, October, 1913; comp. by V.L. Collins. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Papers, 1932 June-July. Historical Society of Princeton
creatorOf Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936. Letter, [19--]. Historical Society of Princeton
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correspondedWith Bayles, W. Harrison person
associatedWith Bouwerie (Princeton, N.J.) corporateBody
associatedWith Burtis, James T. person
correspondedWith Cameron, A. Guyot (Arnold Guyot), b. 1864 person
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associatedWith Castle Howard (Princeton, N.J.) corporateBody
associatedWith Cochran, Richard, loyalist. person
associatedWith Coolidge, Susan, 1835-1905. person
correspondedWith Corti, Louis F. person
associatedWith Croes, John, 1762-1832. person
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correspondedWith Duffield, Sarah Green, 1866-1942 person
associatedWith Glyn, Thomas. person
associatedWith Great Britain. Royal Navy corporateBody
associatedWith Greenland, Henry, ca. 1628-1694. person
correspondedWith Gulick, Alexander R. (Alexander Reading) person
associatedWith Gulick family. family
associatedWith Gulick, William, 1775-1865. person
correspondedWith Hale, Henry E. (Henry Ewing), 1869-1946 person
associatedWith Halsey, Joseph Jackson. person
associatedWith Hewes, Joseph, 1730-1779. person
associatedWith Historical Society of Pennsylvania. corporateBody
correspondedWith Hoff, Grace E. person
associatedWith Hornor House (Princeton, N.J.) corporateBody
associatedWith Houghton Mifflin Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Mapleton (Princeton, N.J.) corporateBody
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associatedWith Maybury Hill (Princeton, N.J.) corporateBody
correspondedWith Mayor, Harriet H. (Harriet Hyatt), 1868-1960 person
associatedWith Mercer, Hugh, ca. 1725-1777. person
correspondedWith Monteith, Laura Withington person
associatedWith New Jersey Board of University Extension. corporateBody
associatedWith New Jersey Historical Society. corporateBody
associatedWith Notman, John, 1810-1865. person
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associatedWith Princeton University. Graduate School. corporateBody
associatedWith Princeton University. History. corporateBody
associatedWith Princeton University. Office of the Secretary. corporateBody
correspondedWith Purves, Elinor K. person
associatedWith Red Hill Farm (Princeton, N.J.) corporateBody
correspondedWith Riegel, Jacob person
correspondedWith Schenck, William Edward, 1819-1903 person
associatedWith Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Smith, Sidney L person
correspondedWith Spofford, Ernest person
correspondedWith Stockton, Helen Hamilton Shields, 1864-1949 person
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associatedWith Stony Brook Quaker Meeting (Stony Brook, Princeton, N.J.) corporateBody
correspondedWith Sutton, E. F. (Edward Forrester), b. 1874 person
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associatedWith Tulane, Paul, 1801-1887. person
associatedWith Tulane University. corporateBody
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correspondedWith Van Dyck, Lillian B. person
correspondedWith Willson, Frederick Newton, 1855-1939 person
correspondedWith Woodhull, Alfred A. (Alfred Alexander), 1837-1921 person
associatedWith Woodruff-Washington Arms (Princeton, N.J.) corporateBody
associatedWith Worth-Bruere Homestead (Princeton, N.J.) corporateBody
associatedWith Worth's Mill (Princeton, N.J.) corporateBody
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United States
New Jersey--Princeton
New Jersey--Princeton
New Jersey--Princeton
Lawrenceville (N.J.)
Princeton (N.J.)
United States
New Jersey
Library Place (Princeton, N.J.)
New Jersey--Princeton
New Jersey--Princeton
New Jersey--Princeton
New Jersey--Princeton
New Jersey--Princeton
New Jersey--Kingston
New Jersey--Princeton
Montclair (N.J.)
New Jersey--Princeton
New Jersey--Princeton
New Jersey--Princeton
New Jersey--Princeton
New Market (N.J. : Farm)
New Jersey--Princeton
Princeton (N.J.)
Princeton (N.J.)
New Jersey--Princeton
Princeton (N.J.)
United States
Princeton (N.J.)
New Jersey
New Jersey
Princeton (N.J.)
New Jersey--Princeton
Nassau Street (Princeton, N.J.)
Princeton (N.J.)
United States
New Jersey--Lawrenceville
New Orleans (La.)
United States
Princeton (N.J.)
New Jersey--Princeton
New Jersey--Princeton
New Jersey--Princeton
United States
New Jersey--Princeton
United States
New Jersey
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
New Jersey--Kingston
Princeton (N.J.)
New Jersey--Princeton
New Jersey--Princeton
New Jersey--Princeton
Kingston (N.J.)
New Jersey--Princeton
Princeton (N.J.)
New Jersey--Princeton
New Jersey--Princeton
New Jersey--Princeton
New Jersey--Princeton
New Jersey--Princeton
Princeton (N.J.)
New Jersey
Princeton (N.J.)
Princeton (N.J.)
New Jersey--Princeton
Stony Brook (Princeton, N.J.)
Princeton (N.J.)
Princeton (N.J.)
Princeton (N.J.)
New Jersey
New Jersey--Princeton
Princeton (N.J.)
Princeton (N.J.)
New Jersey--Princeton
Princeton (N.J.)
New Jersey--Princeton
Subject
American loyalists
Architects
Architecture
Cemeteries
Coaching (Transportation)
Decedents' estates
Dwellings
Fortification
Frontier and pioneer life
Historical museums
Historic buildings
Historic buildings
Historic farms
Indians
Indians of North America
Land subdivision
Mills and mill-work
Monmouth, Battle of, Freehold, N.J., 1778
Mulberry
Princeton, Battle of, Princeton, N.J., 1777
Real property
Quakers
Sericulture
Silkworm
Swords
Trenton, Battle of, Trenton, N.J., 1776
Occupation
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Birth 1870

Death 1936

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