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This collection was processed by James M. Watson Jr. from January to May 1993. Finding aid written by James M. Watson Jr. from January to May 1993. Additions were processed by Christie Peterson with assistance from Eleanor Wright '14 between November 2010 and January 2011. AR.2003.090 added by Christie Peterson and finding aid updated in July 2011.

AR.2015.078, two boxes of Colonial Club material acquired from Colonial Club in October 2015, was added by Phoebe Nobles and finding aid updated in March 2016. Finding aid updated by Valencia Johnson in September 2023.

William K. Selden Collection on Eating Clubs, 1906-1994 (AC030)

James Newman Collection on the Princeton University Eating Clubs, 1935-1992 (bulk 1958-1992) (AC021)

Historical Photographs–Buildings (AC111)

Historical Photographs–Organizations (AC112)

Rivinus, Willis M., Papers Relating to the Sally Frank Case (AC009)

Senior Theses relating to Eating Clubs (AC102):

Belcher, Peter Runyon, An Analysis of the Poker Subculture of Dial Lodge (1972: Sociology)

Blynn, Henry Reid, Are Princeton eating Clubs Stereotyped? (1949: Psychology)

Colson, Wendell B. The Upperclassmen Union: A Proposal to Replace the Princeton Terrace Club (1976: Architecture)

Eddy, Thomas Philips, Princeton Eating Club X - a Case Study (1949: Economics)

Elliot, Charles Leo, Jr., An Investigation of Reputation: An Index to the Campus Characterizations of Six Princeton Eating Clubs (1956: Psychology)

Kaneko, Darryl Glen, The Role of Physical Appearance in Social Processes (1967: Sociology)

Kashatus, Peter John, The Effect of Club Membership and Other Factors on the Academic Achievements of Princeton Students (1968: Psychology)

King, Philo Rockwell, Jr., Formal and Informal Organizations in a Princeton Eating Club (1948: Economics)

Kram, S. Edward, College Cultures: Stereotyping, Attitude Formation and Dating Behavior (1967: Sociology)

Libertelli, Joseph Francis, The Organization of Terrace Club (1979: Politics)

Marshall, Michael Anthony, The Origins and Development of the Princeton Upper-class Eating Club systems, 1868-1917 (1957: History)

Mills, Michael James, Preserving Cannon Club: A Redesign for the Office of Population Research (1973: Architecture)

Rafsky, Lawrence C. Bidding Probabilities in Bicker (1967: Statistics)

Seligman, Scott D., Woodrow Wilson and the Quadrangle Controversy at Princeton 1906-1908 (1973: History)

Seltzer, Judith A., The Class Menagerie: A Study of the System of Social Stratification in the Princeton University Undergraduate Community (1976: Sociology)

Stockmar, Ernest Charles, Paired Comparison and Successive Interval Study of the Princeton Club System (1956: Psychology)

Terry, Owen Rockefeller, Jr., A Socioeconomic Study Relating to Anti-Academicism in the Princeton University Club System (1958: Psychology)

Tyler, Robert Perry, Jr., The Relationship of Ethnocentrism to the Prestige Indices of Secondary Schooling and Club Membership at Princeton University (1950: Psychology)

Unger, Christian Herbert. Perceived Variability and the Perception of Self: A Study of Princeton Eating Club Members (1990: Psychology) Thesis # 669

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Organization

• Cannon Club (Princeton University).
• Tiger Inn (Princeton, N.J.)
• Ivy Club
• Princeton Quadrangle Club (Princeton, N.J.)
• Princeton Terrace Club.
• Princeton Tower Club
• Princeton University
• Princeton University. Cap and Gown Club.
• Princeton University. Colonial Club.
• Princeton University. Cottage Club.

Publisher

University Archives

Finding Aid Author

James M. Watson Jr.

Finding Aid Date

1997

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research use, with the exception of one folder in Series 2, "Tower Club--Letters of Recommendation", which is restricted for 75 years or the lifetime of the student.

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