Guide to Topics

NAPOLEON I, EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH (1769-1821)

Nash, John (1928-2015)

Noted mathematician John Nash, Jr. (1928-2015) received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1950. The impact of his 27 page dissertation on the fields of mathematics and economics was tremendous. In 1951 he joined the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. His battle with schizophrenia began around 1958, and the struggle with this illness would continue for much of his life. Nash eventually returned to the community of Princeton. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994. The 2001 film A Beautiful Mind, staring Russell Crowe, was loosely based on the life of Nash.

Native American History

Collections include the papers of individuals, records of organizations that have historically influenced policy toward American Indians, photographs of American Indians, and the records of American Indian groups.

NAUTICAL COLLECTION

NEAR EAST

NEW JERSEY IMPRINTS

New Jerseyana

Use to retrieve collections of and about the state of New Jersey, the town of Princeton, and New Jerseyans, from the 17th through the 21st centuries. Politicians and statesmen, including several governors, and prominent local families are represented. Original deeds and legal documents as well as subject files about aspects of state history are available. [Use photograph of dress of NJ Governor Jonathan Belcher’s wife, C1007.]

NEW JERSEYANA (Nelson Collection)

NEWSBOYS

NEWSPAPERS

Non-western Manuscripts

See https://library.princeton.edu/special-collections/divisions/manuscripts-division for Islamic and Ethiopic.

See also SKEMER, DON C. “THE GARRETT COLLECTION REVISITED.” Princeton University Library Chronicle, vol. 56, no. 3, 1995, pp. 420–428. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/26509251