Princeton University History
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Program in Continuing Education student records
Consists of student files of the continuing education program.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.