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Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge papers, 1884-1950 4.5 linear feet (9 boxes)

Woodbridge, Frederick James Eugene, 1867-1940

Manuscripts of essays and course notes taken while a student at Amherst College, 1884-1889, and at Berlin University, 1892-1894. Articles, addresses, essays, lectures, lecture notes and reading notes. Also included are diaries for the years 1936-1940 and correspondence concerning Amherst College, Columbia University, and Woodbridge's stay as a visiting scholar in Berlin, 1931-1932. Among his correspondents are: Frederick S. Allis, Secretary of the Amherst Board of Trustees; Stanley King, President of Amherst; and Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia. Some photographs are also included.

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Plimpton Family papers, 1607-1995, bulk 1892-1980 29.5 linear feet (34 document boxes 9 oversized boxes 7 CMI boxes 3 other boxes)

Plimpton, Francis T. P. (Francis Taylor Pearsons), 1900-1983
The Plimpton Family Papers is primarily comprised of correspondence, personal and professional documents, writings and photographs generated by or for George Arthur Plimpton and Frances Taylor Pearsons Plimpton, their son, Francis T.P. Plimpton, and his wife Pauline Ames Plimpton. Also included are documents and photographs produced by or for other Plimpton, Pearsons and Ames family members, from seventeenth century ancestors to late-twentieth century descendants.
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