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Department of Classics Records
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Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]
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 Department of Classics at Princeton University offers courses, both in English and in the original languages, that treat the whole range of ancient culture, from its mythology to its philosophy, law, and literature. The long history of the study of classics at the University owes much to the nature of higher education in the 18th and 19th centuries. In this time the study of the ancient world was considered so integral to any education that admission to the University called required a prerequisite of four years of latin with a fifth to be completed in the freshman year, a condition that was finally lifted in 1930. Many of Princeton's most notable names have been associated with the Department of Classics. Andrew Fleming West came to the college as Professor of Latin in 1883 and Robert F. Goheen was appointed to the faculty in 1948. Princeton remains a center for classical studies, offering undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Consists of the records of the Department of Classics from the late 19th and early 20th century. Materials include three bound volumes containing the minutes of the graduate classics club, the classical seminary, and departmental reports. Also in the collection are bound senior theses from 1894-1910, and correspondence of the classics department graduate committee.
Full text searching of this collection's archived website is available through the Archive-It interface.
Container list created by Eleanor Wright '14 in December 2011 and finding aid updated by Christie Peterson in February 2012.
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- University Archives
- Finding Aid Author
- Christie Peterson
- Finding Aid Date
- 2007
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Collection Inventory
Series 1: Department of Classics Records, 1894-1935 includes three bound volumes containing the minutes of the graduate classics club and the classical seminary, departmental reports, correspondence of the classics department graduate committee, and early bound senior theses.
The materials in Series 1: Department of Classics Records, 1894-1935 have not been arranged in any particular order.
Physical Description3 boxes
1 volume
1 volume
1 volume
1 box
1 box
1 box
1 folder
Full text searching of this archived website is available through the Archive-It interface.
No arrangement has been imposed on this series.
Physical Description1 website