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Undergraduate Alumni Records, 18th Century
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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: University Archives. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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The College of New Jersey was initially chartered in 1746. The first classes were held in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in the parsonage of the president, the Reverend Jonathan Dickinson. Upon his death, the College moved to Newark, New Jersey, and was headed by the Reverend Aaron Burr, Sr. Since 1756, the College has been located in Princeton, New Jersey. For the first fifty years, nearly all College operations took place within Nassau Hall. Fires, fundraising difficulties, low student enrollment, and the Civil War challenged the vitality of the College in the early and middle nineteenth century, but the College grew vigorously under the leadership of President James McCosh, and it was renamed Princeton University in 1896. The Graduate School was established in 1900, although a limited graduate program had existed since the 1870s. Princeton enthusiastically supported the country (living up to its informal motto, "Princeton in the Nation's Service") during the First and Second World Wars, offering the expertise of faculty and campus space for training, as well as facilitating the early graduation of students so they could enlist. The post-World War II years brought dramatic changes to Princeton. The size and strength of the University's facilities and academic programs—especially for the applied sciences and public policy—were increased dramatically. Under President Robert Goheen, Princeton began to admit minority students in greater numbers in the 1960s and admitted women undergraduates in 1969. Today, Princeton is widely regarded as one of the top universities in the world.
Consists of personal files of former undergraduate students of Princeton University. Information in each file varies greatly but can include the names of relatives, notable achievements and news items, address updates, and obituaries.
The collection consists of four series: Series 1 contains files from 1748 to 1799; and Series 2 contains files from 1800 to 1899; Series 3 contains files from 1900 to 1920; and Series 4 contains files with unknown dates.
Series 2 is available at Alumni Files, 1748-1920: Series 2.
Series 3 is available at Alumni Files, 1748-1920: Series 3.
Series 4 is available at Alumni Files, 1748-1920: Series 4.
A searchable index of undergraduate alumni files is also available: Undergraduate Alumni Database, 1748-1920.
Processing information for this collection is not currently available. Finding aid updated by Annalise Berdini in February 2018.
The card file of non-graduate students, known as the "non-graduate card file," is now located in Boxes 531-537.
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- University Archives
- Finding Aid Date
- 2009
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The collection is open for research use.
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Collection Inventory
Series 1 contains files from students in the classes of 1748-1799.
The files are arranged first by class year and then alphabetically by last name.
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File includes a letter from Franklin Roosevelt to Varnum Lansing Collins, April 4, 1919, about Roosevelt's ancestors James Roosevelt, Class of 1780, and Isaac Roosevelt, Class of 1808.
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