Form: Correspondence / Language: English - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Special Committee on Sponsored Research Records, 1965-1972 (inclusive) 1970-1971 (bulk)

Extent:: 7 boxes
Abstract:: The Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) established the Special Committee on Sponsored Research (SCSR) in May 1970 to recommend policy regarding often conditional outside funding for research projects at the University. The committee was informally called the Kuhn Committee after its chairman, Professor Thomas S. Kuhn. The collection is comprised of materials collected and maintained by the chairman and his research assistant. Included are files intended for the committee's research purposes (Series 4 through 7), the chairman's personal committee files, a collection of reports and other committee output, and administrative documents and correspondence.

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

John T. Find files, 1925-1968 (inclusive) 1930-1968 (bulk)

Extent:: 24 boxes and 2 items
Abstract:: Consists primarily of newspaper clippings, study materials, and other printed matter of Find (Princeton Class of 1922) reflecting his interests in the Far East, Chinese languages and education, the Soviet Union, the United States government, and the Vietnam conflict.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

Clinton A. Decker Papers, 1917-2008 (inclusive) 1917-1922 (bulk)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 1 folder
Abstract:: Clinton A. Decker traveled to Russia as part of the American Advisory Commission to Russia of Railway Experts (1917) and later became a member of the Inter-Allied Technical Board (1919-1922). The collection contains personal and business correspondence and photographs documenting Decker's travels in Russia, China, and Japan.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

Charles A. Eaton Papers, 1932-1953 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: The Papers of Charles A. Eaton (1868-1953), congressman from New Jersey, focus on Eaton's role as a delegate to the United Nations Conference in San Francisco, in 1945.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

American Committee for Devastated France Records, 1919-1926 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes, 1 folder, and 2 items
Abstract:: The American Committee for Devastated France collection contains the annual reports, promotional pamphlets and minutes of this post-World War I relief organization. Newspaper clippings and routine correspondence between the group's treasurer and other staff members are also included in the collection.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

Chandler & Company Records, 1916-1921 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Chandler & Company was a New York investment banking house with offices in New York and Philadelphia. The Company issued bonds for many companies and countries, including Bolivia, China, Costa Rica, and Germany. Chandler & Company's records document the company's investment decisions in Germany, as well as Bolivia and Costa Rica, during the early 1920s and include correspondence and meeting minutes.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

Harold Gardiner Bowen Papers, 1907-1955 (inclusive) 1930-1945 (bulk)

Extent:: 12 boxes
Abstract:: Harold Gardiner Bowen was director of the Naval Research Laboratory (1939-1942), special assistant to the Secretary of the Navy (1939-1947), chief of the Office of Naval Research (1946-1947), and executive secretary of the Thomas Alva Edison Foundation. This collection consists of selected papers of Vice-Admiral Bowen, including speeches, articles, documents, printed matter, and manuscripts for his book Ships, Machinery, and Mossbacks, The Autobiography of a Naval Engineer (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1954).

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

Economists' National Committee on Monetary Policy Records, 1925-1971 (inclusive) 1940-1970 (bulk)

Extent:: 209 boxes
Abstract:: The Economists' National Committee on Monetary Policy, active from November 1933 to 1970, was composed of economists and other financial experts who sought to educate the public and United States government on sound monetary policy. The Committee advocated for a return to the gold standard and sought to combat what they saw as dangerous inflationist sentiment and aggressive monetary policies of the time through public addresses, publishing articles and pamphlets, and testifying before Congress. The records document the Committee's work, as well as its organization and administration, and include correspondence, meeting minutes, and publications.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

James M. Beck Papers, 1787-1936 (inclusive) 1880-1936 (bulk)

Extent:: 41 boxes
Abstract:: The James Beck papers consist primarily of correspondence, articles, addresses and scrapbooks which document Beck's career as lawyer, Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney, Assistant Attorney General, Solicitor General of the United States, a Republican member of Congress, author, and public speaker.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

Lincoln MacVeagh Papers, 1932-1945 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes
Abstract:: The papers of Lincoln MacVeagh (1890-1972) relate to his diplomatic career as Minister to Greece (1933-1942) and Ambassador to the exiled Greek and Yugoslav Governments in Cairo (1943-1944) and his return to Athens as Ambassador to Greece (1944-1947). The papers contain typed transcripts of portions of diaries during much of the above described period (with the exclusion of personal and family matters found in the original diaries). The papers also contain copies of correspondence between Ambassador MacVeagh and President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1932-1945) from the National Archives and the Roosevelt Library as well as dispatches and telegrams from MacVeagh to the State Department (1933-1940) which relate primarily to political and diplomatic events in Greece and Yugoslavia.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

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