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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.
Overview and metadata sections
The Daily Princetonian is the independent student newspaper of Princeton University. Published daily since 1892, it is the second oldest running publication of its kind in the United States and has a readership of over 8,000. Staffed primarily by students, The Prince covers campus news as well as national headlines.
Consists of subject files from the editorial offices of the Daily Princetonian covering topics such as award banquets, journalism seminars, managerial records and by-laws of the paper. Also included are some financial records and stock certificates, and several special issues and fund-raising books published by the paper, as well as an early scrapbook compiled by William Libbey, Jr., class of 1877. The bulk of the materials are from the 1950s through 1970s, representing only one portion of the newspaper's long history. A small amount of material from the late 1980s through the early 2000s is also present. Email messages, found in Series 5, document the news operation of the organization in the mid 2010's.
Series 5 of the collection was transferred to the University Archives in 2016 as part of the Archiving Student Activism at Princeton (ASAP) initiative (AR.2016.020).
The Daily Princetonian scrapbook compiled by William Libbey, Jr. was transferred to these records from the Special Collections. Series 7: Daily Princetonian Logotype was donated by Steven N. Orso '72 *78 in 2021 (AR.2021.007).
Container list created by Eleanor Wright '14 in December 2011 and finding aid updated by Christie Peterson in February 2012. Series 7 added and finding aid updated by Phoebe Nobles in 2022.
One email folder, entitled "Labor," was deleted from Series 5 due to the presence of legally protected information.
Organization
Subject
- Publisher
- University Archives
- Finding Aid Author
- Christie Peterson
- Finding Aid Date
- 2010
- Access Restrictions
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The collection is open for research use, with the exception of Series 5, which is closed until 2024.
- Use Restrictions
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. For quotations that are fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. The Trustees of Princeton University hold copyright to all materials generated by Princeton University employees in the course of their work. If copyright is held by Princeton University, researchers will not need to obtain permission, complete any forms, or receive a letter to move forward with non-commercial use of materials from the Mudd Library. For materials where the copyright is not held by the University, researchers are responsible for determining who may hold the copyright and obtaining approval from them. If you have a question about who owns the copyright for an item, you may request clarification by contacting us through the Ask Us! form.
Collection Inventory
Series 1: Daily Princetonian records, 1876-1989 consists of subject files from the editorial offices of the Daily Princetonian covering topics such as award banquets, journalism seminars, managerial records and by-laws of the paper. Also included are some financial records and stock certificates, and several special issues and fund-raising books published by the paper. The bulk of the materials are from the 1950s through 1970s, representing only one portion of the newspaper's long history
The materials in Series 1: Daily Princetonian Records, 1876-1989 have not been arranged in any particular order.
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Series 2: Non-Photographic Materials from the Daily Princetonian Photographs Collection, 1988-2002 contains records and other non-photographic materials that were received in the same accession (AR.2004.068) as the Daily Princetonian Photograph Collection (AC286). They include materials related to the management and editing of the Prince from the late 1980s through the early 2000s.
The folders in Series 2: Non-Photographic Materials from the Daily Princetonian Photographs Collection, 1988-2002 have not been arranged in any particular order. The materials remain organized in the folders in which they were received.
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Series 3: David Hochman Files, circa 1970-1978 consists of materials related to Hochman's (Class of 1978) time as a news editor for the Daily Princetonianfrom 1975-1978. The materials document internal communications and processes of the newspaper.
The materials remain organized in the order in which they were received.
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Includes three mimeographed stylesheets for staff, plus full style manual (1977) printed at a lineprinter at the Computer Center via the ROFF program.
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Original copy of 'Prince' satire produced by the Yale Daily News and distributed in Princeton as a prank at the Yale football weekend and Yale Daily News's own satire of the Yale Weekly Bulletin.
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Original mimeographs of the first two 'Prince polls.'
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Issues of the internal "Boldface" newsletter distributed to 'Prince' staff by the Class of 1977 managing news board (Bob Lack and Ben Engel, managing editors).
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Issues of internal "Disclosure" newsletter distributed to staff during summer 1975 by Nicholas Ulanov '78 who had remained on campus for a project, lived illegally at the 'Prince' building, and reported his doings and campus news.
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Several "press records" recording flow of copy to the compositor, dating to the early 1970s (hot-metal days), and including the night editors' reporting and diagnosing of operational problems encountered.
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No arrangement action taken or arrangement information not recorded at the time of processing.
Series 4: Depression-Era Scrip, 1933 March 7, consists of a single note of Depression-era scrip issued by The Daily Princetonian (no. 1016) in 25 cent denomination, signed by Business Manager William Selden.
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5,541 email messages
Series 5: Jacob Donnelly Files consists primarily of email exchanges between staff members of the newspaper from 2013 to 2016. Donnelly was a reporter for the newspaper during the 2013-2014 academic school year and the following year became Associate Chief Copy Editor. The records in this series reflect the news operations of the organization as documented through internal communications of the board and writing staff. The series also contains drafts of stories Donnelly wrote as well as notes and audio from interviews Donnelly conducted.
The series is organized into three subseries according to the type of record.
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Consists of email messages between Donnelly, newspaper editors, and the staff about the news operation of the organization.
The folders in this subseries reflect their original arrangement.
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511 email messages
Consists primarily of email exchanges sent to or from the email address eic@dailyprincetonian.com.
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1,900 email messages
Consists primarily of email exchanges sent to or from the email address news@dailyprincetonian.com.
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3,130 email messages
Consists primarily of email exchanges directly to or from Donnelly.
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Many of the messages in this subseries duplicate those in the Emails subseries. The messages in this subseries differ in that they are saved individually as PDF files as opposed to MBOX files.
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Physical Description507 digital files
This subseries contains drafts of stories written by Donnelly as well as notes on prospective stories.
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Physical Description87 digital files
Scrapbook compiled by William Libbey, Jr., class of 1877. The title page reads, "The Princetonian--Scraps, Bills, Letters and Original Plan, William Libbey, Jr. '77, Treasurer." Contains a sketch of Volume 1, Number 1 (June 14, 1876), original copy for advertisements, correspondence with William Libbey, and drafts of articles.
No arrangement has been imposed on the series.
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