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Spanish-Language Finding Aids at Princeton University Library

There are numerous ongoing initiatives and conversations in the archival profession revolving around issues of racial and social justice, and language justice is one of the key components of both.

This Week in Princeton History for December 6-12

In this week’s installment of our recurring series, an ad invites students to participate in an experiment, Princeton pledges all of its resources to government, and more.

The Magnifying Glass Mystery: A Nancy Drew Virtual Escape Room

Introducing our newest Katie-designed escape room! While on a visit to the New York Historical Society with your friend Nancy Drew, you learn that a precious museum relic has gone missing!

Discovering Beatrix

What could be better then re-discovering a beloved author? Realizing she's even more amazing then you thought! Author Linda Marshall enjoys creating spunky characters.

Teaching with collections: ‘Insurgent Archivings’

This Week in Princeton History for November 29-December 5

In this week’s installment of our recurring series, basketball tickets will get a new look, the press observes expansion of Princeton’s campus, and more.

This Week in Princeton History for November 22-28

In this week’s installment of our recurring series, new admissions requirements are approved, a new church building frees local residents from an obligation to rent pews in Nassau Hall, and more.

Looking at an Icon: A Little Pretty Pocket-Book (1744)

John Newbery’s first children’s book, The Little Pretty Pocket-Book (1744) has long been famous for uniting amusement and instruction in a new, more modern way and its status has been taken for granted by generations of educators, collectors, and scholars.

The BiblioFiles Presents: Christine Kendall

Just posted! An interview with Christine Kendall, author of Riding Chance and her newest novel The True Definition of Neva Beane.

This Week in Princeton History for November 15-21

In this week’s installment of our recurring series, Blair Hall gets a new electric clock, Nathaniel Webster gives a Princetonian credit for an idea, and more.

Conservation Conversation — Gillian Marcus talks book preservation on Ask a Conservator Day

From: Mr. Sherlock Holmes

In the age of electronic communication - texts, emails, Slack, Zoom - there’s something magical about receiving an old fashioned letter in your mailbox. It’s even more thrilling when the return address says the correspondence is from Sherlock Holmes!

This Week in Princeton History for November 8-14

In this week’s installment of our recurring series, an alum resigns the U.S. Senate in anticipation of war, two undergraduates chase down a criminal suspect, and more. November 9, 1903—Controversy has erupted locally over the town’s first Black postman, A.

Secret Societies at Princeton in the 19th Century

by Iliyah Coles ’22 A couple of decades after The College of New Jersey (which became Princeton University in 1896) was first established, there were only two known social clubs in existence at the school.

A Piranesi-Inspired Picnic

No need for a basket, this little picnic folds right up into a book! Unfurl your picnic blanket, pull your food from the built-in pockets, and you have yourself a feast with friends!