Princeton University History

  • Program in Continuing Education student records

    Consists of student files of the continuing education program.

  • Program in Continuing Education records

    Consists of the general records of the Program in Continuing Education, including advertisements, faculty committee minutes, fundraising reports, statistics on attendance, director's files, and scholarship applications.

  • Program in African-American Studies records

    Consists of course proposals and descriptions, proposals for a post-doctoral
    program, and meeting minutes and correspondence of the interdepartmental
    committee. The origin of the bulk of the correspondence is committee member
    Professor Steve Slaby. Much of it pertains to the appointment of new program
    chairman Cornel West in 1987-88. Also included in the collection is a report to
    the Rockefellar Foundation describing the Program's graduate and faculty
    research from 1970-1977. Also includes a compilation of Program in African
    American Studies Memoirs.

  • Princeton University Women's Organization Records

    Consists of clippings, correspondence, reports, and studies pertaining to issues such as tenure, staff relations, and student recruitment. Though undergraduates were allowed to be members of PUWO the majority of the material reports on matters affecting University faculty and staff.

  • Princeton University Summer Institutes and Cooperative Affiliates Collection

    This collection consists of program materials and reports from summer institutes
    and curriculum development programs based at Princeton University whose goals
    were to improve the education of primary and secondary school students, as well
    as to provide specialized training for scientific researchers. It includes
    materials from the Summer Institue for Chemistry Teachers, the Junion High
    School Science Project, the Summer Institute in Plasma Physics and the National
    Defense Language Institue for Secondary School Teachers of German, as well as a
    study of the effects of Outward Bound programs.

  • Princeton University Student Clubs Records

    Princeton University Student Clubs Records, 1821-1926 consists of bound volumes
    including minute books, financial ledgers, and other record books from
    student-organized campus clubs including the Nassau Hall Education Society
    (1821-1839), Literary Sharpshooters (1887-1888), the Philosophical Club
    (1889-1894), the Hill Club (1900-1904), and the Internaional Polity Club
    (1914-1926).

  • Princeton University Student Christian Association Records

    While these three organizations had different names and operated under different charters, they shared a common tradition and filled the same role in campus life. This collection documents their activities on campus and elsewhere, with both official documents (minutes, letters, memoranda) and clippings from the Daily Princetonian. The collection is incomplete, being informally assembled by many people over the years.

  • Princeton University Rowing Collection

    Consists of photographs, memorabilia, scrapbooks, programs, correspondence and
    posters documenting the history of the Princeton University rowing program. Much
    of the material is oversized.

  • Princeton University Publications Collection

    The Princeton University Publications collection contains issues of nearly 150
    different periodicals published by the university and related organizations, as
    well as a few items published by others about the university, that have not been
    cataloged individually. Notable items in the collection include an 1802
    newspaper account of the Nassau Hall fire (The Balance), 19th century student
    publications, special editions and joke issues of the Daily Princetonian (The
    Gaily Printsanything), alumni group publications, periodicals produced by
    religious groups on campus, and publications from various administrative
    offices. Also included in the collection are photobooks of the Princeton campus;
    as well as a set of significant administrative reports of the university, which
    were once held in as reference materials in Firestone Library.

  • Princeton University Printed Materials Collection

    The Princeton University Printed Materials Collection is made up of programs, small newsletters, brochures, announcements and ephemera that are issued by University offices, departments and programs as well as by student organizations. For the most part, these items arrive at the University Archives through the campus mail on a daily basis throughout the year.

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