Indic Manuscripts Collection
Scope and Content
The collection consists of 4 handwritten bound volumes. A handwritten preface has been tipped in to v. 1 of the Hindee Dictionary.
Dates
- Creation: 1823-1881
Creator
- Adam, M. T., 1829 (Person)
Language of Materials
Gurmukhi, Sanskrit, Hindi, English
Access
There are no special restrictions to access of this collection. It may be examined by library patrons under the normal rules and conditions of Special Collections.
Biographical Information
The Rev. Matthew T. Adam was a missionary to Calcutta, India and pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Yorktown, N.Y.
Mary R. Janvier was a missionary for the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions to India. She was married to Princeton Theological Seminary alumnus Levi Janvier and mother of Seminary alumnus C.A.R. Janvier.
Full Extent
1 Linear Feet (2 Boxes)
Arrangement
Arranged at collection level.
Provenance
Mary Janvier is known to have given a portion of the collection to Princeton Theological Seminary in 1881. An inventory was compiled in 1993.
Subject
- Adam, M. T., 1829 (Person)
- Adam, M. T., 1829 (Person)
- Title
- Indic Manuscripts Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Staff
- Date
- 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Princeton Theological Seminary. Library. Special Collections Repository
Princeton Theological Seminary
Wright Library
25 Library Place
Princeton NJ 08540 USA
speccoll@ptsem.edu