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Donald Worner Griffin Papers

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Griffin, Donald Worner

Donald Worner Griffin was a member of the Princeton class of 1923. While at Princeton he was president of Quadrangle Club and played center for the undefeated 1922 football team. Following graduation he served on the alumni council for 30 years, and was the secretary of that organization from 1958-1962. Griffin was recognized frequently by University administration as being instrumental in revitalizing alumni ties in the years after World War II, as well as helping shape the modern state of Princeton alumni relations.

Consists of the personal correspondence and clippings of Donald Worner Griffin '23. Much of the material pertains to his fundraising efforts among Class of 1923 alumni. Also present are handwritten notes and letters from president Robert F. Goheen and his wife, with whom Griffin was close friends.

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Container 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: Donald Worner Griffin Papers, 1924-1991 consists of the personal correspondence and clippings of Donald Worner Griffin '23. Much of the material pertains to his fundraising efforts among Class of 1923 alumni. Also present are handwritten notes and letters from president Robert F. Goheen and his wife, with whom Griffin was close friends.

Arrangement

The materials in Series 1: Donal Worner Griffin Papers, 1924-1991 remain in their original order.

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2 boxes

Dinner, Major General Thomas W. Herren, United States of America - 44 Washington Road, 1955. 1 box.
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1 box

1923 -- G.C. Award, 1973. 1 box.
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1 box

Donald W. Griffin, 1964. 1 box.
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1 box

Troubles on College Campuses, 1969-1972. 1 box.
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1 box

1923 -- Annual Giving, 1989. 1 box.
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1 box

Donald W. Griffin -- Twentieth Anniversary Present, 1955. 1 box.
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1 box

Donald W. Griffin -- 1935, 1964-1991. 1 box.
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1 box

Home Office, 1944-1991. 1 box.
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1 box

Miscellaneous Unfoldered Material, Undated. 1 box.
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1 box

Destiny, 1966, 1989-1991. 1 box.
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1 box

United States Air Force - Retired, 1934-1961, 1987. 1 box.
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1 box

Donald W. Griffin, 1947-1963. 1 box.
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1 box

Miscellaneous Unfoldered Material, 1956-1972, 1989. 1 box.
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1 box

The New Library - Princeton University, 1948. 1 box.
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1 box

Penfield '13, 1966. 1 box.
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1 box

Howard Rusk, 1944-1949, 1960-1973, 1984-1989. 1 box.
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1 box

Donald W. Griffin -- Twenty-five Years, 1958-1964. 1 box.
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1 box

Retirement Matters (Including Application Forms for Military Identification Card), 1961-1964. 1 box.
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1 box

Goheen, 1963 May 15. 1 box.
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1 box

Donald W. Griffin -- XY + Z, 1945, 1957-1986. 1 box.
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1 box

Harold W. Dodds, 1946. 1 box.
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1 box

Helm, 1946-1955. 1 box.
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1 box

General Robert L. Walsh, 1944-1950. 1 box.
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1 box

Special People, 1960-1964, 1980-1985. 1 box.
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1 box

War Service 1940-1945 Honor Roll, 1945. 1 box.
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1 box

Joe Fleming, 1956-1983. 1 box.
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1 box

Donald W. Griffin, Article -- Princeton Alumni Weekly, 1958. 1 box.
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1 box

Griffin - 44 Washington Road, 1951-1964. 1 box.
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1 box

AAC Montreal, Undated. 1 box.
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1 box

Donald W. Griffin -- Personal Mail, 1946-1973. 1 box.
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1 box

Griffin, 1964. 1 box.
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1 box

Donald W. Griffin -- Personal, 1943-1981. 1 box.
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1 box

Donald W. Griffin, 1943, 1962-1974. 1 box.
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1 box

College Customs 1919 - Class of 1923 - Freshman - Reserve Officers' Training Corps, 1972-1973, 1987. 1 box.
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1 box

General -- Robert L. Walsh, South Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, 1944-1965, 1990. 1 box.
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1 box

Miscellaneous Unfoldered Material, 1945-1955. 1 box.
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1 box

Harold W. Dodds -- Retired President, Princeton University, 1956-1980. 1 box.
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1 box

Harold W. Dodds, 1936-1957. 1 box.
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1 box

Harold H. Helm, 1941-1985. 1 box.
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1 box

Miscellaneous Unfoldered Material, 1988-1993. 1 box.
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1 box

Harold H. Helm, 1945-1959. 1 box.
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1 box

1923 -- Letters, 1969-1985. 1 box.
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1 box

1923 -- Thirty-fifth Reunion, 1958. 1 box.
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1 box

1923 -- Fortieth, 1962-1973. 1 box.
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1 box

1923 -- Forty-two, 1965. 1 box.
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1 box

Class of 1923 -- Forty-fifth, 1968. 1 box.
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1 box

Class of 1923, 1969. 1 box.
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1 box

1923 -- Fiftieth Reunion, 1973. 1 box.
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1 box

1923 -- Fifty-fifth Reunion, 1978. 1 box.
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1 box

1923 -- Sixtieth Reunion, 1983. 1 box.
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1 box

1923's Sixty-fifth, 1988. 1 box.
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1 box

Personal -- Football Luncheons, 1960-1963. 1 box.
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1 box

Morris W. Watkins (Columbia), 1963-1965. 1 box.
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1 box

1923, 1976. 1 box.
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1 box

Memorials, 1975-1990. 1 box.
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1 box

Donald W. Griffin -- 1923, 1956, 1976-1984. 1 box.
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1 box

Class Dinners, New York, 1924, 1973-1979. 1 box.
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1 box

1923 -- Annual Giving, 1971-1983. 1 box.
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1 box

Moe Berg -- 1923, 1973-1985. 1 box.
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1 box

Trenton, 1956. 1 box.
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1 box

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