Philadelphia Area Archives

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Board of Trustees Records, 1746-2023 (inclusive)

Extent:: 76 boxes, 1 folder, and 387 volumes
Abstract:: This collection provides the most basic source of information about Princeton University's governing body. In addition to minutes of the Trustees' meetings, the collection contains related papers and reports, organized according to purpose.

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

Office of Dean of the Faculty Records, 1781-2016 (inclusive)

Extent:: 159 boxes, 1 folder, 4 items, 45 volumes, and 444 digital files
Abstract:: Princeton University's dean of the faculty is the senior administrator responsible for the quality and well-being of the faculty and professional staffs of the university. In the past, the office has been responsible for matters ranging from student discipline to undergraduate academic life and the curriculum. This record group consists of the files of the faculty, the dean, the office, and its staff. In addition to the office's subject files, the collection includes the records of faculty meetings, faculty and University committees, and the personnel files of faculty, senior staff, and trustees.

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

Office of the President Records : Jonathan Dickinson to Harold W. Dodds Subgroup, 1746-1999 (inclusive) 1830-1869 (bulk)

Extent:: 271 boxes
Abstract:: This collection contains records relating to Princeton University presidents from Jonathan Dickinson, who served in this capacity from 1746 to 1747, to Harold W. Dodds, whose tenure spanned the period from 1933 to 1957. It brings together both primary and secondary materials pertaining to individual presidents as well as the office of the president itself. The Princeton University Presidents' Records document the lives and accomplishments of each president with varying completeness, as well as the functions of their office.

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

Faculty and Professional Staff files, Subgroup 3: C, 1764-2014 (inclusive)

Extent:: 403 boxes
Abstract:: Princeton University's Dean of the Faculty is the senior administrator responsible for the quality and well-being of the faculty and professional staff of the university. The collection consists of personnel files for nearly every individual at one time employed as a member of Princeton University's faculty or professional staff.

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

Charles Lamb Collection, 1814-1903 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected letters and manuscripts by and about the English essayist and poet Charles Lamb, as well as twelve of Lamb's letters to Maria Fryer and others.

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

W. J. Linton Collection, 1840-1897 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: William James Linton was an English-born engraver and political activist. The collection consists of 36 of Linton's letters, related correspondence, and other miscellaneous materials. Three manuscripts of poems, possibly Linton's, a manuscript of a novel by Elizabeth Fitzgerald, and unidentified artwork complete the collection.

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

Captain John Matthews Papers, 1785-1797 (bulk) 1785-1842 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 3.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of papers of Captain John Matthews (d. 1798), a British naval officer involved in the transatlantic commerce in enslaved Africans in Sierra Leone in the 1780s and 1790s. Four detailed journals document Matthews's employment as an agent for the African Company of Merchants between 1785 and 1787; as captain of the HMS Vulcan and the HMS Courageux in the Mediterranean Sea during the 1793 campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars; and as captain of the HMS Maidstone, a British patrol ship monitoring trade in Sierra Leone and the Caribbean in 1797 and 1798. Also present are watercolor illustrations of colonial forts along the West African coast and several personal and family documents of John Matthews, including an anti-abolitionist deposition Matthews gave regarding the slave trade.

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

Howell Family of New Jersey Papers, 1703-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5 boxes and 1.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of papers of various members of the Howell family of Morris County, New Jersey.

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

Boudinot Family Collection, 1772-1852 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: The collection consists of correspondence and documents of various members of the Boudinot family of New Jersey, regarding family, business, and political affairs. Most of the correspondence is related to Elias Boudinot IV (Trustee of Princeton University, 1772-1821) and his brother Elisha but many other family members are also represented.

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

Throop and Martin Family Papers, 1693-1951 (inclusive)

Extent:: 12 boxes
Abstract:: Contains manuscripts, correspondence, documents, and photographs concerning the Throop and Throop Martin families of New Jersey. In addition to the family correspondence, there is an autograph collection and other miscellaneous items.

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

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