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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]

Undergraduate Academic Files, Series 3, 1940-1949 (inclusive)

Extent:: 64 boxes
Abstract:: This collection consists of the individual academic files of former undergraduate students of Princeton University. The files contain grades, transcripts, and other information relating to the subject's academic career.

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

Memorabilia Collection, 1775-2010 (inclusive) 1866-1997 (bulk)

Extent:: 227 boxes and 21 items
Abstract:: This collection contains over 1,800 items including mugs, pipes, canes, banners, hatbands, pins, jewelry, and other material collected by many individuals that document reunions, sporting events, student traditions, and other aspects of University life.

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

Office of the Vice President and Secretary Records, 1853-2019 (inclusive) 1901-1985 (bulk)

Extent:: 202 boxes, 1 folder, 12 items, 3533 digital files, and 1 websites
Abstract:: This collection chronicles the administrative responsibilities and activities of the vice presidents and secretaries of the University. Included are correspondence, memoranda, and notes concerning committee activities. Also included are press releases, discussions pertaining to trustee matters, scholarship information, and biographical files on honorary degree recipients.

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

M. L. Parrish Collection of Victorian Novelists, 1806-1958 (inclusive) 1830s-1930s (bulk)

Extent:: 108 boxes, 161 items, 12 volumes, and 72.9 linear feet
Abstract:: The Morris L. Parrish Collection of Victorian Novelists, consisting of the library of books, manuscripts, photographs, artwork, and ephemera as collected by Morris Longstreth Parrish, Class of 1888, came to Princeton University in 1944 as a bequest. This finding aid focuses on Parrish's original collection of manuscripts, both bound and unbound, and includes his correspondence (related to his collecting activities) and letters both to and from many of the Victorian authors, as well as the manuscript and related (non-book) items given to and/or acquired for the collection by the Princeton University Library in subsequent years.

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

Samuel Miller Papers, 1754-1898 (inclusive) 1800-1849 (bulk)

Extent:: 15 boxes and 5.9 linear feet
Abstract:: Contains writings and correspondence of and relating to Samuel Miller, a nineteenth-century American Presbyterian clergyman and author.

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

Arthur Symons Papers, 1883-1945 (inclusive)

Extent:: 32 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of manuscripts, typescripts, notebooks, tear sheets, clippings, photographs, watercolors, paintings, and much miscellaneous material of British poet, literary critic, and translator Arthur Symons.

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

Allan Marquand Papers, 1858-1951 (inclusive) 1878-1950 (bulk)

Extent:: 54 boxes and 27.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of the papers of Allan Marquand, Princeton art professor, founder of the University's Department of Art and Archaeology, and first director of its Art Museum.

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

Alonzo Church Papers, 1924-1995 (inclusive)

Extent:: 85 boxes and 35.1 linear feet
Abstract:: The Alonzo Church Papers consists of the writings, correspondence, notebooks, notes, and subject files of Alonzo Church (1903-1995, Princeton Class of 1924), the renowned mathematical logician who taught at Princeton University from 1929-1967 and the University of California at Los Angeles from 1967 to 1990, and who was editor of the Journal of Symbolic Logic from 1936 to 1979.

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

Georges Florovsky Papers, 1950-1969 (bulk) 1892-1986 (inclusive)

Extent:: 88 boxes and 42.6 linear feet
Abstract:: The Georges Florovsky Papers consists of works, correspondence, documents, photographs, and memorabilia of clergyman, teacher and author, Georges Florovsky.

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

John Wild Autograph Collection, 1548-1904 (inclusive) 1800-1850 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 boxes, 2 items, and 36 volumes
Abstract:: Consists of over 2,000 autograph items of prominent English and European figures from the 16th to the mid-19th centuries compiled by the English collector John Wild.

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

Richard Schechner Papers and The Drama Review Collection, 1960-2007 (bulk) 1943-2012 (inclusive)

Extent:: 360 boxes and 2 items
Abstract:: The material in this collection pertains not only to an individual, Richard Schechner, but also to TDR, The Drama Review, a scholarly journal concerned with the broad range of performance in society and in the arts. Schechner, a renowned scholar, director, writer, and educator, edited The Drama Review from 1962-1969 and again from 1986 to the present date. Particularly in the 1960s, and again in the 1990s, both Schechner and TDR challenged traditional, prevailing ideas about theater-what it is, how it should be presented, and the ritual and ideals behind it. Schechner argued for thinking of "performance" as an all-encompassing genre with "theater" as one of its sub-categories. He is widely recognized as the founder of "performance studies" as an academic discipline. In the process of working out what performance studies is, Schechner and his colleagues at New York University created new ideas and new ways of thinking that still affect today's world of performance, theater, dance,...(see more)

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

Photographs of North American Indians, 1840s-circa 1879 (inclusive)

Extent:: 10 boxes and 13.0 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of two disbound photograph albums containing 1,025 mounted albumen photographs of North American Indians, including portraits of delegates to Washington, D.C.; expedition photographs; and early Western studio portraits by American photographers. Most of the photographs in the albums are described in William Henry Jackson's Descriptive Catalogue of the Photographs of North American Indians (1877). This collection is included in the Princeton University Digital Library.

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

Ernest Moore Foster Collection, 1905-1907 (bulk) 1905-1926 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of five journals and photograph albums of American West traveler and photographer Ernest Moore Foster.

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

British Army Account Book of Revolutionary War Expenditures in the Carolinas and Florida, 1781-1782 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.25 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of a two-volume account book of British Army military expenditures in North Carolina, South Carolina, and St. Augustine, Florida, during the later years of the American Revolution.

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

George Morgan Collection, 1759-1806 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of an open collection of material related to George Morgan, a Princeton farmer and landowner. Included are a journal containing a survey register for lands in western Pa., a personal account book, and miscellaneous correspondence.

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

John G. Reynolds Journal, 1837 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of a journal containing daily notations and copies of correspondence between Reynolds and his military superiors and the U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs during an emigration expedition (1837) of Creek Indians.

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

Princeton University Library Collection of Theater Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1726-1978 (inclusive)

Extent:: 15 boxes and 6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of an assembled collection of correspondence of playwrights, authors, actors and actresses, and theater managers, and other manuscript materials relating to American and English theater from the 1720s through the 1970s.

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

Carl Van Doren Papers, 1900-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:: 48 boxes, 110 items, and 17.85 linear feet
Abstract:: The collection illustrates the literary career of American author and professor Carl Van Doren, including typescripts and research notes for his Pulitzer Prize winning biography of Benjamin Franklin. The collection also contains various documents, including Van Doren's will, souvenirs, memorabilia, photographs, clippings, and printed material, as well as legal papers and correspondence dealing with his participation in several lawsuits involving copyright infringement.

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

Donald and Robert M. Dodge Collection of Mary Mapes Dodge, 1814-1961 (inclusive) 1866-1936 (bulk)

Extent:: 14 boxes and 5.00 linear feet
Abstract:: Mary Mapes Dodge was an author and editor of St. Nicholas magazine. This collection contains manuscripts, correspondence, financial records, and photographs of Mary Mapes Dodge, as well as an unfinished biography of her by Spencer Mapes.

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

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