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Princeton Alumni Publications, Inc. Editor's Records
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Princeton Alumni Publications, Inc. is a non-profit organization which since 1900 has published the Princeton Alumni Weekly, an independent alumni magazine with a circulation of 60,000.
The material consists of correspondence, largely related to university and alumni affairs, manuscripts submitted for publication and some subject files. The principal subjects covered by the correspondence include events in the lives of individual alumni, information on various classes and regional alumni groups, comments on university events and architecture (including architects and contractors), presidential administrations, eating clubs and athletics.
This series, consisting mostly of correspondence, represents the working files of the various editors of the publication. The following is a list of editors:
Jesse Lynch Williams, 1900-1904
Edwin Mark Norris, 1905-1924
W. Irving Harris, 1925
Asa S. Bushnell, 1926-1930
Edmund S. DeLong, 1930-1931
Datus C. Smith, 1931-1940
Douglas E. Stuart, 1940-1942
Frederick S. Osborne, 1942-1946
Ernest T. Stewart, 1946-1951
Philip W. Quigg, 1951-1955
John D. Davies, 1955-1969
Landon Y. Jones, 1969-1974
Charles L. Creesy, 1975-1986
Michelle P. Preston, 1986-1988
John I. Merritt, 1989-
The records in this collection are arranged by editor and thereunder remain in their original order.
Two accessions currently form this series, AM 20138 and AR 1991-60, the latter the gift of the Alumni Weekly. The series includes the records of editors Edwin M. Norris (1905-1924) and Asa Bushnell (1926-1930). Maurice D. Lee Jr. (Princeton Class of 1946) donated Series 4 of this collection in 2015 (AR.2015.059).
This is an unprocessed collection. The contents list provided is a preliminary inventory.
No appraisal information is available.
People
- Bushnell, Asa Smith, 1834-1904
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940
- Norris, Edwin Mark
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.
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- University Archives
- Finding Aid Date
- 2001
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Edwin Mark Norris, Class of 1895, was the second editor of the PAW, his tenure lasting from 1905 to 1924. Previous to this position he had been the personal assistant to Dean West of the Graduate School where he worked for the Sesquicentennial Celebration Committee from 1895-97. In 1897 he earned an A.M. from Princeton and became a reporter for the Philadelphia Press until 1900 when he became associate editor of the PAW for four years. In 1904 he took over editorship of the magazine until 1924. Edwin Norris, also known as Teddy, died in 1925.
The Norris records are organized into three subseries: Subject Files, arranged alphabetically; Manuscripts, arranged alphabetically by title; and Correspondence, arranged chronologically and then by name. Within a given folder, the correspondence is not strictly alphabetical. The correspondence includes a number of years for which the bulk of the files seem to have been lost. Principal events covered by the Norris subseries include the controveries surrounding Woodrow Wilson's tenure as university president (the Graduate College and the Quad Plan), Woodrow Wilson's political career, alumni participation in World War I, Princeton architecture and athletics. The papers also document the rising importance of alumni in reshaping the nature of the university in the early part of the century and the role of the alumni magazine in linking alumni to the university. Important correspondents include V. Lansing Collins, Whitney Darrow, John Grier Hibben, Walter E. Hope, Andrew C. Imbrie, H. G. Murray, Moses Taylor Pyne, H. Alexander Smith, Norman Thomas, Henry Burling Thompson, Henry P. Van Dusen, John Wanamaker, and Alexander Fleming West and Woodrow Wilson.
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Asa Bushnell, Class of 1921, was the fourth editor of the Princeton Alumni Weekly. Before this period of time he worked in the banking industry, first as a teller and then, in 1924 as a director of a bank in Springfield, Ohio. There was also a brief period where he was associated with a printing company. Bushnell took over editorship of the magazine in 1926 and held the post for five years. From 1932-1937 he was also editor of the Princeton Athletic News (1932-1937) and graduate manager of the Princeton Athletic Association (1942-44).
Asa Bushnell is more widely known for forming the Eastern College Athletic Conference, where he became known as a man credited with putting athletic administration on a par with efficient management. From 1945-65 he served as secretary of the U.S. Olympic Committee and as its director from 1965-70. He also edited five widely prized U.S. Olympic books. He died March 22, 1970 at the age of 75.
The records of Asa Bushnell consist of correspondence for the 1927-1929 period which is arranged alphabetically. The nature of the correspondence is similar to that of Norris and includes many of the same correspondents listed earlier. In addition, there is correspondence of F. Scott Fitzgerald and David Lawrence.
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Charles Creesy, Class of 1965, edited the Princeton Alumni Weekly from 1975-1986. Following his editorship, Creesy remained at the Weekly, becoming head of Computing and Publishing Technology. Records from Creesy's time as editor include financial and budget reports
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Helen DeF. Lee served as editor of the Class Notes section of the Princeton Alumni Weekly from 1968 to 1976. This box contains correspondence, primarily with class secretaries, pertaining to submissions to Class Notes within Lee's eight years as editor.
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Jim Merritt, Princeton Class of 1966, served as editor of the Princeton Alumni Weekly from 1989 to 1999. This folder consists of roughly five pieces correspondence, primarily with alumni, relating to issues they raised about the print and look of the magazine. This folder also contains a few letters of Jane Martin, who succeeded Merritt, and Marilyn Marks, who succeeded Martin.
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