Guide to Topics
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Philosophy
Use to retrieve manuscripts and correspondence of primarily Princeton philosophy professors and authors.
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Photography
Princeton's holdings include notable examples from early in the history of photography, papers of notable photographers, and collections of photographs taken at Princeton University and around the world.
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Pochoir
Pochoir is a refined stencil-based technique employed to create prints or to add color to pre-existing prints. It was most popular from the late 19th century through the 1930's with its center of activity in Paris. Pochoir was primarily used to create prints devoted to fashion, patterns, and architectural design and is most often associated with Art Nouveau and Art Deco.
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Political cartoons
Used to retrieve original drawings from many prolific political cartoonists from the early 20th century; holdings also include political cartoons that were included in the papers of public figures.
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Princeton University History
Holdings include records that document University administration, scholarship, student life, and the lives of Princeton alumni.
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Princetoniana
The Princetoniana Collection is a set of over 1000 books, manuscripts, pamphlets, papers, and other collected materials relating to Princeton University. Nearly every aspect of the University's life from the time of its founding to the modern era is represented to some degree in the Princetoniana Collection. In conjunction with the Mudd Library's archival collections, the Princetoniana Collection is an indispensable resource for any researcher studying the students, alumni, faculty, or administration of Princeton University.
Guide the Princetoniana Collection
Princetoniana Site: The Princetoniana Committee preserves and disseminates the University's history, lore and traditions. Committee activities encompass a wide variety of projects, from welcoming freshmen at the Pre-rade to arranging exhibitions and tours at Reunions. The committee also works with the University Archives to document Princeton's history by collecting material objects, manuscripts and oral histories.
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Public policy/20th century
Used to retrieve collections of records created by organizations active in the formation of public policy in the United States.
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Publishing History
Princeton is noted for its archival holdings on American publishers and especially for the archives of Charles Scribner's Sons since the late 19th-century, including author files for some 2,500 other authors who worked with Maxwell Perkins and other editors. Largely complete as well are the archives of Henry Holt, John Day Company, Derrydale Press, Story Magazine, and the Quarterly Review of Literature.