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Bicentennial Celebration Records, 1944-1947 (inclusive)

Extent:: 21 boxes and 1 folder
Abstract:: The Princeton University Bicentennial Celebration was a year-long series of events that began on September 22, 1946 with a sermon delivered by Geoffrey Francis Fisher, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, in the University Chapel and ended with an address by President Truman in front of Nassau Hall at the June 17, 1947 Concluding Bicentennial Convocation. The Bicentennial Celebration Records contain correspondence, writings, speeches, press-releases, pamphlets, reports, newspaper clippings, tickets, transcripts, watercolor and pencil sketches and various other materials documenting the 1946-1947 Princeton University Bicentennial Celebration.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

Pyne-Henry Collection, 1747-1947 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes
Abstract:: The Pyne-Henry Collection is a diverse group of documents, letters and writings relating to Princeton University, covering an array of topics primarily concerning student life and administrative activities. The collection consists of letters, essays and orations, reports, memoranda, minutes, proclamations, accounts and class lists, and other documents written by students, faculty and administrators which, along with other administrative records and Trustee Minutes, constitute the earliest records and documentary history of the University. Most of these papers and records were amassed by Princeton alumni Moses Taylor Pyne (Class of 1877) and Bayard Henry (Class of 1876) during the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

Princeton University Class Records, 1798-2023 (inclusive)

Extent:: 502 boxes, 9 folders, 8 items, 3996 digital files, and 29.1 gb
Abstract:: The Class Records consist of a diverse set of materials documenting the history and activities of Princeton University classes during their time as undergraduates and as alumni. In the collection are correspondence, newsletters, publications, photographs, and memorabilia, all of which pertain to a particular Princeton University graduating class and its members.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

Edward C. Thomas Letters to Nicholas Biddle, 1801-1804 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters by Princeton graduate Edward C. Thomas to his friend and college classmate Nicholas Biddle about news of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University).

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Notes of James Lawson Norris on Woodrow Wilson Lectures, 1897-1899 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of six notebooks (1897-1899) of James Lawson Norris (Princeton Class of 1899) containing notes on lectures in jurisprudence, constitutional law, and English common law delivered by Woodrow Wilson in his courses at Princeton.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Sidney D. Gamble Photographs, 1911-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of eleven photograph albums of Sidney D. Gamble (Princeton Class of 1912). Two contain photographs taken during his senior year at Princeton; the remaining albums are filled with photographs which reflect the life he knew in China as a Y.M.C.A. official (1918-1919, 1924-1927).

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Jack Randall Crawford Letters to Mason A. Stone, 1897-1901 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of twenty-four letters of Jack Randall Crawford, Princeton Class of 1901, to his friend Mason A. Stone, who was a student at Yale University.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

James Madison, the Virginia Revolutionist by Irving Brant, 1940 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of the original typed draft with holograph corrections of Irving Brant's biography James Madison, the Virginia Revolutionist

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Charles Gillispie Wartime Letters, 1945 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of thirteen letters from Charles Gillispie (1918-2015) home to his parents, Raymond Livingston Gillispie and Virginia Coulston, while he was stationed with the United States Army in France, Germany, and Austria during the final months of World War II in Europe. His letters, which span from March 9th to August 25th, 1945, are addressed from France, Germany, Austria, Bavaria, and Camp Shelby in Mississippi, and describe the conditions for American soldiers and prisoners of war in Europe, the state of the people and infrastructure in the German and French countryside, and other topics.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

H. Wright Johnson Collection on Harley Granville-Barker, 1947-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 1.2 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection consists of letters to H. Wright Johnson (Princeton Class of 1948) regarding Harley Granville-Barker, the subject of Johnson's senior thesis at Princeton. Included is Johnson's thesis, typescripts and correspondence concerning The Prevalence of Witches and Weekending, and correspondence between Johnson and George Bernard Shaw who worked closely with Granville-Barker in the English theater.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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