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The Faculty Committee on the Graduate School, earlier termed the Committee on University Degrees and Fellowships (1887-1895) and the Committee on the Graduate Department (1898-1904) serves as the principal governing body for the Graduate School. Since 1910 there have been individual representatives from each department on the Committee. The Committee's activities include approval of courses and catalog information, sanctioning of fellowships and degrees, establishing qualifications for degrees, distribution of fees to faculty for service as readers, determining admission and residency policies, creating new degree programs, and coordinating requests for graduate-level course work by undergraduates and students at Princeton Theological Seminary. Of special value in this series are the statistical reports by the various deans found in the committee minutes. These include information on the number of graduate students taking various courses each semester, and admission data on applicants and those admitted which includes undergraduate schools represented and geographical distribution of the students. This series is divided into four subseries: minutes (1887-1960); memoranda to the Committee (1949-1961); reports to the faculty (1908-1969), and PhD examinations and fees (1895-1916). (Similar entries can be found in the minutes for 1887-1894.)

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This series includes two subseries: correspondence, and writings and speeches. The correspondence is arranged chronologically. It contains letters, memos, and telegrams to and from West and also items on which he was copied. The writings and speeches are arranged alphabetically. They consist of the manuscript copies and do not include West's published versions which can be located in Series 4, Printed Material or in the Faculty and Alumni Offprints Collection (AC-121).

West's correspondence consists of both his official Princeton University-related correspondence while Dean of the Graduate School and his personal correspondence. It provides wonderful insight into the development of the Graduate School and the building of the Graduate College. Included is correspondence related to students seeking information on admission and the awarding of degrees; discussions with other prominent educators regarding the role of classics in education, qualifications of graduate students, and the function of graduate education in America; exchanges between West, University President Woodrow Wilson, Trustee Moses Taylor Pyne, benefactor William C. Procter, architects Cram and Goodhue, and others regarding the proper location for the Graduate College (see also Series 1, 3, 4, and 7); the bequest of Isaac C. Wyman, Class of 1848, which provided sufficient funds for the University to build the Graduate College where West preferred, and the dispensation of the will; the construction and dedication of the Graduate College; and the day-to-day workings of the Graduate School. West's more personal correspondence includes letters to and from family members, birthday greetings from well-wishers, and insurance policies.

Speeches consist of addresses given at testimonial dinners, conferences, and gatherings of college alumni. West's writings cover a variety of topics including discussion of classics, college education, and drafts of reports to the Princeton University Board of Trustees. This section also includes lyrics and poetry.

The material in this series constitutes the bulk of West's personal papers. There is no separate manuscript collection, although some West correspondence can be found in the General Manuscripts Collection located in the Manuscripts Division at Princeton's Firestone Library. Some of West's correspondence relating to the graduate college site controversy can be found in Series 7.

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This series contains correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, articles, and clippings primarily from the 1930s to the 1960s. These records encompass the tenures of Deans Andrew Fleming West, Augustus Trowbridge, Luther P. Eisenhart, Hugh Stott Taylor, Donald Ross Hamilton, and Colin S. Pittendrigh and also include one report from 1980. For the most part, the series consists of subject files maintained by the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School. The bulk of these files were kept as a record series that overlapped the terms of the new and old deans; however some records of Dean West, Dean Hamilton and Dean Pittendrigh were kept separately. Deans Hamilton and Pittendrigh's records were integrated into the other Dean's files, while Dean West's records have been kept as a separate series (See Series 2). This was done because West's papers had been partially processed and consisted of chronologically organized correspondence files and writings while Deans Hamilton and Pittendrigh's files consisted primarily of subject files. Files in this series are arranged alphabetically by subject.

Subjects from the early days of the Graduate School include Merwick, the first graduate student residence, and reminiscences of what it was like living there; the Carillon housed in Cleveland Tower and decisions about its purchase and construction; and the Wyman bequest, including an original copy of the will of Isaac C. Wyman who bequeathed his entire estate for the enhancement of the Graduate School. For more information relating to the initial years of the Graduate School researchers should consult Series 1, 2, 4, and 7 as well.

Other subjects covered in this series include the Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni (APGA) and the educational conferences it held from 1949 to 1964; various committees such as the Committee on Computer Science and the Inter-University Committee on Travel Grants which supported "university-administered study and research-related travel in exchange with the Soviet Union and the countries of East Central Europe;" student housing deficiencies; departmental surveys; fellowships; travel grants; and the Loan Fund which was a general term for both Princeton-generated and foundation-generated funding. There are also correspondence files for individuals such as President Robert F. Goheen and Treasurer Ricardo Mestres.

This series contains a good deal of information related to post-World War II expansion and the influx of graduate students via the G.I. Bill and through extended learning programs sponsored by the U.S. Armed Forces. Files include correspondence with representatives of the various branches of the U.S. Armed Forces and the Veteran's Administration and memoranda from professors concerned about the qualifications of candidates.

There are records related to foreign students and assorted programs of international exchange, including the U.S. Department of State Exchange Visitor Program and the Russian Exchange in the early 1960s which give insight into the Cold War anxiety that existed at the time. This series also contains material regarding immigration, from the 1920s to the 1950s and concerns about the credentials of foreign applicants.

Material related to the Graduate College is organized under this primary heading and consists of subjects related to the physical buildings and land of the Graduate School and their upkeep. Included are items pertaining to dedication ceremonies, physical planning, space layout, parking, furnishings and decorations, and room assignments. There is also material on the House Committee, which is the student governing body for the Graduate College. One should also consult the Grounds and Buildings records and the Historical Photograph Collection, Grounds and Buildings Series, in the Princeton University Archives for other files relating to the Graduate College.

This series also contains material related to World War I and World War II. There is correspondence during World War I to Howard Crosby Butler, Master-in-Residence of the College, from servicemen who were former students of the Graduate School. During World War II Mrs. Luther P. Eisenhart, the Dean's wife, sent out a monthly newsletter to all former graduate students serving in the Armed Forces. She received many letters and postcards in response, and both the newsletters and responses are represented in this series. There is also correspondence between Dean Eisenhart and various branches of the armed forces regarding military training programs at Princeton.

Researchers should note that some material in this series has been restricted for 75 years from date of creation of the record. Such material includes student academic and financial records, which were mixed in with correspondence.

Alphabetical

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Printed Material is divided into four subseries: Deans' Reports to Trustees (1901-1933), Admission to Residence information (1914-1940), Forms (1900-1972); and Pamphlets and Ephemera (1878-1979). For reports to Trustees after 1940, one may consult the records of the Trustees, provided they are open. All printed material after 1979 is located in the Historical Subject Files (AC-109) under the Graduate School. The pamphlets and ephemera include materials relating to the Graduate College site controversy, the dedication of the Graduate College, regulations, entrance requirements, Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni (APGA) directories, students guides, housing, foreign students, and student rights, rules and responsibilities.

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In 1967 President Robert Goheen asked Professor Willard Thorp to write a history of the Graduate School. After several years of work gathering information and completing the first four chapters, Thorp became ill, and Minor Myers, Jr. was asked to finish the work. By 1975 Myers completed a text consisting of twelve chapters. Outside readers and the Princeton University Press concluded that the work was too lengthy to be printed. At that point the Dean of the Graduate School asked a third individual, Jeremiah Stanton Finch, to edit the draft to a more manageable length. Even Finch's version proved too long, and his Chapters 8 and 9 were also severely truncated. This series includes correspondence relating to this enterprise, Thorp's notes from interviews, the search for information on John Miller's letter to Joseph Henry proposing a "College of Discoverers," all of the original Thorp/Myers chapters and Chapters 8-9 of the revised Finch draft.

Subject

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During the period from 1933 to 1952 the Dean maintained this record series that indicates which students took which courses while graduate students at Princeton. While this information is available in each student's academic record, this series provides information arranged by departments that is not available elsewhere.

by Department

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This series is an artificial collection of materials relating to the Graduate College site controversy during Woodrow Wilson's presidency at Princeton. By and large the collection contains the correspondence of supporters of Dean West, including Wilson Farrand, Bayard Henry, Moses Taylor Pyne and West himself. The three folders of Edward W. Sheldon correspondence provide the views of a Wilson supporter. The series also includes a chronology prepared by Dean West, various clippings files and three scrapbooks organized by West. Other materials relating to the site controversy may be found in Series 1, 2, 3, and 4.

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The Post-2000 Accessions series documents the function of the Princeton University Graduate School, predominantly during the tenures of Dean Thomas Ziolkowski and Dean William B. Russel. The materials include reports, surveys, correspondence, financial statements, and statistics.

Please see the subseries descriptions in the contents list for additional information about individual subseries.

Divided into subseries: Admissions and Enrollment, Events, Programs, Subject Files, Mellon Foundation Files, Records on the Recruitment of Minorities and Women, and Digital Records of Dean William B. Russel.

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