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Undergraduate Alumni Records, Non-graduates, Undated

Extent:

7 boxes

Abstract:

This finding aid contains a list of former undergraduate students of Princeton University who did not graduate, and whose dates of attendance are unknown.

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

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Historical Photograph Collection, Grounds and Buildings Series, circa 1726-1989 (inclusive)

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127 boxes, 6 oversize folders, 6 items, and 328 digital files

Abstract:

The Grounds and Buildings Series of the Historical Photograph Collection contains photographs of the grounds and buildings owned by Princeton University. The photographs date from the late 1850s to the present, with the bulk of the photographs dating from the 1870s to the 1940s. Many of these photographs have been digitized and are searchable in Digital PUL.

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

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Princeton University Library Records, 1734-2017 (inclusive) 1952-1995 (bulk)

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635 boxes, 5 folders, 10 items, 87 volumes, 1605 digital files, and 1 websites

Abstract:

The Princeton University Library is one of the foremost university libraries in the world. With collections totaling over 12 million volumes, manuscripts, and nonprint items spread across fifteen buildings, the Princeton University Library system serves not only the Princeton University community but the world at large. The Princeton University Library Records consist of the files of the University Librarian and other Library administrators and departments, as well as of the Friends of the Princeton University Library. Materials in the record group include correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, minutes, press releases, proposals, statistics, photographs and other audiovisual materials, and microfilm. The records document the Library's day-to-day operations as well as its involvement with other departments on campus, other college and university libraries, and library users.

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

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Robert Judson Clark Papers, 1741-1997 (inclusive)

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10 boxes

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The Robert Judson Clark Papers consist of records pertaining to the architecture and grounds of Princeton University's campus and the surrounding area, compiled by professor emeritus Robert Judson Clark of the Princeton University Department of Art and Archaeology.

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

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Historical Subject Files Collection, 1746-2019 (inclusive)

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442 boxes, 21 folders, and 8 items

Abstract:

The Historical Subject Files Collection documents Princeton University history and related topics from 1746 to the present. The collection consists of documents in almost every two-dimensional format: articles, books and booklets, clippings, correspondence, memoranda, non-photographic images, notes, pamphlets, posters, and reports.

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

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William R. Weeks Papers, 1746-1897 (inclusive)

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1 box

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The Papers of William R. Weeks, Esq., consist of three folders of material researched and correspondence written for the furtherance of a book on Princeton University's early history Weeks planned to write. The title of the book was to be, "History of the First Endowment of the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University." It is highly doubtful that the book was ever written; there is no copy of it on record.

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

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Board of Trustees Records, 1746-2023 (inclusive)

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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]

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

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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]

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Pyne-Henry Collection, 1747-1947 (inclusive)

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3 boxes

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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]

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Jonathan Belcher Collection, 1747-1967 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 1 folder

Abstract:

Jonathan Belcher, was a merchant and colonial governor of the Provinces of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New Jersey and was instrumental in the founding of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton). The Jonathan Belcher Collection consists of collected research materials regarding Jonathan Belcher's relation to the history of Princeton University and consist of correspondence, articles, clippings, and copies of original materials from Belcher collections held at Princeton and elsewhere.

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