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Princeton Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Records

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United States. Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps

Princeton University's Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program was started in 1946 amidst a wave of enthusiasm for the ROTC that followed World War II. It joined the Army ROTC unit on campus, which had operated since 1919, and was followed by the formation of an Air Force ROTC unit in 1951. By the 1950s however, faculty opposition to the degree-credit granting programs had risen high enough to merit their reformation, and special University-taught courses were added to the curricula. This was a only temporary solution however, and as Vietnam became a prevalent issue on campus, enrollment in the ROTC programs dropped. In 1969 with faculty and student opposition at a peak President Robert Goheen appointed a special faculty committee to recommend a course of action. The committee elected to continue all three ROTC units on campus, however they were stripped of their departmental status, essentially becoming extracurricular activities. Shortly thereafter, the Trustees voted to terminate all three ROTC programs by 1972, however a 1971 undergraduate referendum convinced the Board to reverse the decision. The Air Force and Navy ROTC units were ultimately unwilling to submit to the 1969 reforms however, and closed their programs on campus.

The collection consists of publications, bulletins, course materials, and manuals pertaining to the Navy ROTC program at Princeton. Also included is a short written history of Navy activities at Princeton.

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Contents list created by Eleanor Wright '14 in January 2012 and finding aid updated by Christie Peterson in February 2012.

Publisher
University Archives
Finding Aid Author
Christie Peterson
Finding Aid Date
2007
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Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

Series 1: Princeton NROTC Records, 1948-1972 consists of publications, bulletins, course materials, and manuals pertaining to the Navy ROTC program at Princeton. Also included is a short written history of Navy activities at Princeton.

Arrangement

The materials in Series 1: Princeton NROTC Records, 1948-1972 have not been arranged in any particular order.

Physical Description

2 boxes

Minutes from the Seventh through Tenth Annual Meetings of the Princeton University Joint Reserve Officers Training Corps Advisory Council, 1967-1970. 1 box.
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1 box

Naval Engineering Transparencies, Undated. 1 box.
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1 box

Report of the Special Committee on the Reserve Officers Training Corps to the Secretary of Defense, 1969 September 22. 1 box.
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1 box

Principles of Naval Engineering, 1958. 1 box.
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1 box

Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Unit, Princeton University: Instructions and Notices, 1964-1971. 1 box.
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1 box

The United States Navy, Tenth Edition, 1968 July. 1 box.
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1 box

Reserve Officers Training Corps Curriculum, Undated. 1 box.
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1 box

Naval Science 402: Leadership, 1966. 1 box.
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1 box

Naval Science 412: Leadership and Naval Justice, 1965. 1 box.
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1 box

Tiger Tackline, 1956-1965. 1 box.
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1 box

Certificates and Honors; Lists of Commissioned Students, 1948-1968. 1 box.
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1 box

The Log: Princeton University Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps, 1952. 1 box.
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1 box

Unit Instructions, 1964-1971. 1 box.
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1 box

History of the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps at Princeton University, Undated. 1 box.
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1 box

Joint Reserve Officers Training Corps Advisory Council; Proposals for Altering Status of Reserve Officers Training Corps Programs at Princeton, 1967-1969. 1 box.
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1 box

Naval Science 101: Naval Orientation, 1964. 1 box.
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1 box

Naval Science 201, 1966-1968. 1 box.
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1 box

Plans of the Week, 1960-1972. 1 box.
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1 box

Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Manuals, Curriculum, and Miscellaneous Materials, 1968-1972. 1 box.
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1 box

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