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William S. Dix Papers, 1955-1978 (inclusive)

Extent:
9 boxes
Abstract:
William S. Dix was Princeton's University Librarian (1953-1975) and a prominent spokesperson for librarians worldwide. The William S. Dix papers contain correspondence, reports, articles, and other materials documenting Dix's many professional interests and activities outside of his position at Princeton.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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Princeton: A Search For Answers outtakes collection, 1973-1974 (inclusive)

Extent:
23 boxes and 28 items
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Princeton: A Search for Answers is a 1973 recruiting film produced for the Princeton University Undergraduate Admissions Office by Julian Krainin and DeWitt Sage. The collection consists of outtakes and film trims created during the editing process for Princeton: A Search for Answers, as well as a small number of documents related to the making of the film.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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Daily Princetonian General records, 1876-2023 (inclusive)

Extent:
6 boxes, 6 items, 594 digital files, and 6 websites
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The Daily Princetonian is the newspaper of Princeton University. The records consist of subject files from the editorial offices of The Prince covering topics such as awards, events, journalism seminars, and by-laws of the paper, as well as booklets published by the Daily Princetonian corporation.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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Music Performance at Princeton Collection, 1875-2007 (inclusive)

Extent:
11 boxes and 1 folder
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Concerts and recitals by Princeton University's many musical clubs and organizations, as well as performers from outside the University have been standard fare on capus since the 19th century. The collection consists of reports, concert programs, posters, articles, schedules, flyers, correspondence, and photographs pertaining to performances of music on the Princeton University campus and performances elsewhere by University-affiliated groups.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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Student Academic Work Collection, 1862-2009 (inclusive)

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9 boxes and 1 folder
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This collection consists of essays, notes on readings, laboratory notebooks, drawings and similar academic work products created by Princeton students.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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Visiting Fellow and Incidental Student Records, 1915-1981 (inclusive)

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13 boxes
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Princeton's Graduate School, established officially by the Trustees in late 1900, began its operations in the fall of 1901. These records consist of files of incidental students who earned less than a full semester's worth of credits, as well as the records of visiting fellows.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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Graduate Alumni Public Files, 1921-1997 (inclusive)

Extent:
12 boxes
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The Bureau of Alumni Records was established in January 1949 as an outgrowth of the records office maintained by the Graduate Council, the governing body of the Princeton University Alumni Association. The collection consists of public files of former graduate students of Princeton University.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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The Princeton Tiger Records, 1920-1985 (inclusive)

Extent:
4 boxes, 1 folder, and 2 items
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The Princeton Tiger is the nation's second oldest college humor magazine. The collection consists of the administrative records of The Princeton Tiger.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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James W. Alexander Scrapbooks on Princeton University, 1875-1905 (inclusive)

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20 boxes
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James W. Alexander, member of the Princeton class of 1860, was a prominent New York City insurance official and financier, an active alumnus, and a member of the Princeton Board of Trustees. The collection consists of 19 scrapbooks containing clippings about Princeton University from Philadelphia, New York and Princeton newspapers, arranged chronologically with occasional correspondence and ephemera from the University.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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Kenneth S. Clark Papers, 1901-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:
9 boxes
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Kenneth Sherman Clark was a member of the Princeton Class of 1905 and an active participant in Triangle Club during his time at Princeton. Consists of the personal papers and sheet music of Kenneth Sherman Clark spanning his time at Princeton as well as his later career.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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Elizabeth Benson Papers, 1966-2016 (inclusive)

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1 box
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Elizabeth P. Benson is a curator and historian of Pre-Columbian art who has published and edited many works on the art of the ancient Americas. This small collection of Benson's papers contains material that reflects Benson's relationship with her friend and colleague Gillett G. Griffin, whose papers are also housed in the Princeton University Archives.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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Tyler Lussi Collection of Oral History Interviews on Coeducation and Athletics, 2017 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 digital file
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Tyler Lussi is a member of the Princeton University undergraduate Class of 2017. For her senior thesis entitled "Exercising Their Equality: Coeducation and Athletics at Princeton University after 1969," Lussi conducted interviews with student athletes and coaches on their experience with coeducation. This collection contains transcripts of phone interviews and surveys facilitated by Tyler Lussi.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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¡Adelante Tigres! Latino Alumni Conference Collection, 1970-2010 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 52 digital files
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The Alumni Association of Princeton University organized the conference ¡Adelante Tigres! Celebrating Latino Alumni at Princeton University in the spring of 2017. The conference brought more than 750 alumni and guests to campus to reflect on and engage with not only the memories of Latino alumni but also the current experiences of Latino students at Princeton. The ¡Adelante Tigres! Collection consists of photographs and other records that Princeton alumni created and maintained during their time as Princeton students. Documented in the collection are a range of student activities, including cultural performances (dance and music), activism, reunions, and graduation. These materials were collected as part of the conference of the same name organized by the Alumni Association.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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Tom Reed Illustrations, 2000-2022 (inclusive)

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1 box and .1 gb
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Tom Reed, a 1971 alumnus with a Master's degree in Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School, is an administrator in the New York City Department of Health as well as a graphic designer and illustrator who has published several instructional works and children's books. The collection consists of computer graphics and illustrations created by Reed of Princeton-related subjects such as James Madison and Albert Einstein, as well as artwork for Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni reunions.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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Cleveland Memorial Tower Visitor Logs collection, 1913-1954 (inclusive)

Extent:
11 volumes
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Included as part of the final gothic design of Princeton's Graduate School was a 173-foot tower, a national memorial to former U.S. President Grover Cleveland who was also chairman of the trustees' graduate school committee. The collection consists of 11 log books signed by visitors to the Cleveland Memorial Tower.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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Commission on the Future of the College Records, 1970-1973 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 boxes
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The Commission on the Future of the College–known also as the Bressler Commission–was charged in October 1970 with assessing Princeton's undergraduate curriculum. The collection contains Professor Marvin Bressler's records as the chair of the Commission. The collection is comprised of internal and external correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, and student surveys. Bressler was a member of the Department of Sociology at Princeton University from 1963 to 1993, and for twenty years served as its chairman.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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Alan W. Richards Photographs of Princeton University Athletics,, 1946-1970 (inclusive) 1946-1970 (inclusive)

Extent:
4 boxes
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Alan Windsor Richards was a freelance photographer known for the images he captured of people and events associated with Princeton University from the mid-1940s through the late 1960s. The collection consists of photographic negatives and a very few photographic prints of images captured by Richards of Princeton University athletes and sports events.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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Princeton Inn Records, 1922-1970 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and 5 volumes
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Princeton Inn was conceived of by a group of University alumni and trustees in 1914 who recognized the need for a hotel to comfortably house the families of students and other visitors in close proximity to campus. Consists of the minute books of the Princeton Inn and a sample form book.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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Faculty and Professional Staff files, Subgroup 8: I - K, 1764-2014 (inclusive)

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127 boxes
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Princeton University's Dean of the Faculty is the senior administrator responsible for the quality and well-being of the faculty and professional staff of the university. The collection consists of personnel files for nearly every individual at one time employed as a member of Princeton University's faculty or professional staff.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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Princeton University Rowing Collection, 1874-2003 (inclusive)

Extent:
27 boxes and 1 folder
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Princeton has participated in intercollegiate rowing contests since 1874. The collection consists of photographs, memorabilia, scrapbooks, programs, correspondence and posters documenting the history of the Princeton University rowing program.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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Office of Human Resources Records, 1951-1983 (inclusive)

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5 boxes and 1 websites
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Princeton University's Office of Human Resources was formed in 1952 under the title of the Office of Personnel Services to provide a centralized administrative unit with oversight for the institution's growing number of non-academic staff. The records include policy and procedure manuals, employment studies, administrative salary reviews, pension plan reports, and information on the University's unemployment policy.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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Office of Development Donor Files, 1885-2014 (inclusive)

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204 boxes and 4 items
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The Office of Development is the centralized administrative unit which oversees Princeton University's many fundraising programs. Consists exclusively of closed donor files created and maintained by Princeton University's Office of Development. No other administrative records are included.

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Arthur Cort Holden Papers, 1940-1993 (inclusive)

Extent:
8 boxes
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Arthur Cort Holden was a member of the Princeton University Class of 1912. He went on to earn a graduate degree in architecture from Cornell University, and joined the New York City firm of McKim, Mead, and White, later forming his own firm and advising Frank Lloyd Wright on the design of the Guggenheim Museum in 1949. Consists of personal papers and correspondence of Arthur Cort Holden.

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Cyrus Fogg Brackett Lectureship Records, 1921-1952 (inclusive)

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6 boxes
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The Cyrus Fogg Brackett Lectureship in Applied Engineering and Technology was established in memory of Professor Brackett in 1921 and continued until 1953. The collection contains many of the lectures–both in manuscript and published form–and correspondence with lecturers and potential lecturers. The collection also includes some general materials relating to the lectureship, such as citations, registries, histories, schedules, and short summaries of Professor Brackett's life and accomplishments.

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Auxiliary to the Isabella McCosh Infirmary Records, 1902-2007 (inclusive)

Extent:
10 boxes
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The Auxiliary to the Isabella McCosh Infirmary is a volunteer fundraising organization which supports Princeton University Health Services. Founded in 1902 as the Ladies Auxiliary to the Isabella McCosh Infirmary, the group has been responsible for shaping student health at Princeton University for over a century. The records contain meeting minutes, annual reports, correspondence, and subject files which pertain to the McCosh Infirmary, or to the organization itself.

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Brooks Bowman Papers, 1914-1971 (inclusive)

Extent:
11 boxes and 2 items
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Brooks Bowman '36 is best remembered as the composer of the songs "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" and "Love and a Dime." The Brooks Bowman Papers consist of correspondence and photographs that document his school years and his foray into the music industry. The bulk of the papers consist of Bowman's correspondence with his mother, sister, and numerous friends.

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Nassau Hall Iconography, 1760-1981 (inclusive)

Extent:
6 boxes and 1 folder
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The collection contains representations of Nassau Hall and other historic buildings of Princeton University. Most of them are reproductions, some photographic.

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Galbraith Ward and Marquand Ward Letters to Margaret Heyerdahl, circa 1890s-1952 (inclusive) 1905-1918 (bulk)

Extent:
2 boxes
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Galbraith Ward, Class of 1915, and Marquand Ward, Class of 1917, were both Princeton graduates who served and died in World War I. This collection consists of many letters and postcards they wrote to their childhood nurse, Margaret Heyerdahl, plus a photograph album compiled after their deaths.

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Mrs. Humphry Ward Marcella Manuscripts, circa 1894 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of holograph drafts of several chapters, and other manuscript material, for Marcella, a novel by British novelist Mary Augusta Ward (1851-1920) who wrote under her married name as Mrs. Humphry Ward.

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Barrows Dunham Manuscripts, 1947-1953 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of the typed manuscripts of two books of philosophy by American professor Barrows Dunham: Man Against Myth and Giant in Chains.

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Compton Townsend Correspondence, 1816-1832 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of early nineteenth-century correspondence between Townsend Compton in London, England, and his relatives and friends in Philadelphia.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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James B. Gray Scrapbooks, 1851-1852 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of 10 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings compiled by historian James Gray in the early 1850s from various newspapers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Nelson A. Miles Memorabilia, 1897 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of a scrapbook of memorabilia collected by U.S. Army officer Nelson A. Miles while in England representing the United States at Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1897.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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"The Man Who Could Grow Hair" Collection, 1949 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of the typed manuscript of The Man Who Could Grow Hair, a book by William Attwood (Princeton Class of 1941) based on his experience as a foreign correspondent in Europe.

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Cuban Writers Protest and Dissent, 2007 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
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Consists of formal speeches and over three hundred e-mails collected by Prof. José Buscaglia-Salgado regarding the demands of scholars, intellectuals, and artists for changes in the official doctrine of the Cuban Revolution laid down in a speech by Fidel Castro.

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James Ferguson Letters to James Beresford, 1771-1774 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 1.25 linear feet
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Included in this collection is a series of six letters written by the Scottish astronomer and instrument maker, James Ferguson, to mathematics teacher, James Beresford. Included in the letters are Fergusons' detailed drawings and explantions of various atronomical and mechanical models of clocks.

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Ernest Poole Collection, 1922-1927 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of three manuscripts of American novelist and Pulitzer Prize winner Ernest Poole, as well as some other papers and correspondence..

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Letters of Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell to Janet Camp Troxell, 1937-1959 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Contains approximately 175 letters by Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, written after Cockerell's retirement as director (1908-1937) of the Fitzwilliam Museum, to Janet Troxell, an American collector of manuscripts, discussing, in part, William Morris, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the Kelmscott Press, and Cockerell's rare book and manuscript collections.

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Lulu Glaser Papers, 1821-1966 (inclusive) 1895-1917 (bulk)

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95 boxes and 56.6 linear feet
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The Lulu Glaser Papers contains various artifacts, letters, photographs, and other items belonging to Lulu Glaser, a popular singer and actress during the early 1900s. Glaser starred in a couple Broadway plays in the 1890s and later opened the Lulu Glaser Opera Company in 1900, where she produced a number of operas before retiring from performing in 1917. Collection includes materials relating to Glaser's many productions as well as offers insights into her personal life before and after retirement.

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Jimmy Tarlau Collection on the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 1965-1975 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 1.0 linear feet ((1 container))
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Jimmy Tarlau, Class of 1970, was a member of the national Students for a Democratic Society and other student activist activities at Princeton. This collection contains personal records of Princeton's chapter from Tarlau, The New Left Notes newspaper, and subject files of local and national activist movements.

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Alfred Eisenstaedt Photographs of the Class of 1973, 1969

Extent:
7 boxes
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Alfred Eisenstaedt was a photojournalist known for work published in LIFE Magazine. The collection consists of prints made from digital copies of photographs taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt for LIFE Magazine in 1969, when women undergraduates admitted as part of the coeducational Class of 1973 were arriving on campus.

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"Paul Revere's Horse" Collection, 1949 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.5 linear feet
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Consists of the corrected typescript of a collection of essays by A. C. M. Azoy (Princeton Class of 1914) on 18th- and 19th-century United States military history, entitled Paul Revere's Horse (1949).

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Collection of 18th-Century Notes on Classical Epigraphy and Numismatics, circa 1740-1800 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of an anonymous German-speaking scholar's manuscript drafts, research notes, extracts from 17th- and 18th-century printed books (identified by author and title), transcriptions of Roman inscriptions, documents, and other materials pertaining to ancient inscriptions and coins.

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Joseph Reade Letters, 1795-1796 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of nineteen autograph letters sent by Joseph Reade to his father, John Reade, while he was a student at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) as a member of the Class of 1796.

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W. S. Merwin Collection, 1964-1969 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence, manuscripts, and galler proofs of W. S. Merwin, one of the most influential American poets of the latter 20th century.

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Fred Lewis Pattee Collection on The Poems of Philip Freneau, 1900-1905 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence of editor Fred Lewis Pattee and others relating to the publishing of The Poems of Philip Freneau (3 vols., 1902-1907). Freneau was an eighteenth-century American poet, often called the "poet of the American Revolution."

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Thomas Craig Correspondence, 1882-1899 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence of the nineteenth-century American mathematician Thomas Craig on various mathematical subjects.

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Western Americana glass plate negatives collection, 1920-1922 (inclusive)

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6 boxes and 7 linear feet
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Consists of 319 glass plate negatives of landscape scenes in the Western United States, including the South Dakota Badlands and Yosemite Valley, taken on various geological and palaeontological expeditions under the aegis of Princeton University from 1920-1922.

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J. Wayman Williams Photographs of Princeton University, 1943-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:
16 boxes
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The collection contains photographic negatives and prints of Princeton University campus life, taken by J. Wayman Williams for the Bric-a-Brac yearbook and the Princeton Alumni Weekly during the years 1943-1944 and 1947-1950. The collection is still being processed and the negatives are not available to view in the reading room. The negatives are in a queue for digitization.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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"Myself and Others" by Alexander Brook, 1979 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of a Xerox copy of a typed manuscript of "Myself and Others," the unpublished autobiography of Brook, containing many observations on the art world of the 1920s and 1930s.

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Chinese White Paper Protest Collection, 2022 November

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2 boxes
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This is a collection of protest posters created by Princeton students in solidarity of the white paper protest occuring in China during November 2022.

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Ferdinand Denis letters and manuscripts, 1847-1882 (inclusive)

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1 box
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Consists of letters, manuscripts and notes dating from 1847 to 1882, from French historian, writer, and librarian at the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève in Paris, Ferdinand Denis. Also included is one letter written to him. Many of the items concern Brazil, but there are also two chapters apparently intended for a book.

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World Alliance for International Friendship through the Churches Collected Records, 1914-1947 (inclusive)

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1.17 linear ft. (14 linear in.)
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World Alliance for International Friendship Through the Churches was created in August 1914 as an international organization formed to help Christian churches promote peace, disarmament, rights of racial and religious minorities, conscientious objection, arms control, and later, the League of Nations.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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SCI International Voluntary Service (U.S.) Records, 1954-1976 (inclusive)

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10.1 linear ft. (10.1 linear ft.)
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This organization was stablished around 1956 by Robert Stowell and others as an American affiliate of Service Civil International with the goals of voluntary service, self-discipline, and international friendship. The group operated approximately 87 workcamps between 1954 and 1974. SCI provided placements and alternative service for conscientious objectors. SCI suspended operation in the mid-1970s, but was revived in the mid-1980s by a group of former SCI volunteers.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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International Peace Walk Records, 1986- (inclusive)

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5.833 linear ft. ((15 containers))
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The IPW was begun in January, 1987 by individuals who had participated in the Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament. IPW members organized marches across the United States and the Soviet Union in 1987 and 1988, with marches planned for future years. The purpose was to create a climate of trust between American and Soviet citizens in which arms control and reductions would become increasingly easier, and to focus attention on the costs of the U.S.-Soviet arms race. The IPW was headquartered in Washington, D.C., with regional U.S. offices. The collection includes correspondence, administrative files, marcher applications, newspaper clippings, photographs, slides, and banners. Among the correspondents are: Allan Affeldt, Allen Smith, and Franklin Folsom.

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Brandywine Peace Community Records, 1976- (inclusive)

Extent:
8.3 linear ft. (8.3 linear ft.)
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The Brandywine Peace Community was founded in April 1972 by Delaware County (PA) and Chester County (PA) citizens who advocated nonviolent direct action. The group was especially active against nuclear weapons manufactured by the General Electric Company, and later Lockheed Martin Marietta. The Brandywine Peace Community was headquartered in Media, PA until 1983, then moved to Swarthmore, PA.

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Igal Roodenko Papers, 1935-1991 (inclusive)

Extent:
3.3 linear ft. ((8 boxes))
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Igal Roodenko was a pacifist, peace and civil rights activist, and advocate of nonviolence. He was a member of the War Resisters League Executive Committee, served on boards of A.J. Muste Memorial Institute and Consortium on Peace Research and Development (COPRED), and was active in Men of All Colors Together.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Freeze Voter Records, 1983-1988 (inclusive)

Extent:
5 linear ft. (5 linear ft.)
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In 1983, supporters of the nuclear freeze founded Freeze Voter, an independent Political Action Committee (PAC). In response to the growing threat of nuclear war and the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the PAC's main goal was to "elect a President and Congress who will enact a nuclear weapons Freeze between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. The Committee [will] achieve this goal through the electoral process." The organization worked on the grass-roots level to identify supporters of a nuclear freeze and encourage them to vote for pro-freeze candidates. By 1984 over $3 million had been raised and Freeze Voter was the 13 largest non0union, non-corporate PAC in the U.S. By 1988, with the ending of the Cold War, the Freeze Voter board decide to close down the organization. Remaining assets were turned over to the Professionals' Coalition for Nuclear Arms Control (which operated until 1992).

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Children's Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Records, 1980-1983 (inclusive)

Extent:
5 linear ft. (5 linear ft.)
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This was a grass-roots group organized in Vermont by young people, dedicated to educating children throughout the United States and around the world about the nuclear threat and what they could do to end the nuclear arms race.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Philadelphia Area Alliance for Central America Records, 1984-1994 (inclusive)

Extent:
10.2 linear ft. (10.2 linear ft.)
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The Philadelphia Area Alliance for Central America was formed in 1991 by the merger of two Philadelphia Area Central America activist organizations: the Central America Organizing Project (CAOP) and the Philadelphia chapter of Pledge of Resistance. All of these groups were involved with issues concerning U.S. intervention in Central America.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Committee of Responsibility to Save War-Burned and War-Injured Vietnamese Children Records, 1966-1978 (inclusive) 1968-1973 (bulk)

Extent:
17.5 linear ft. (17.5 linear ft.)
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The Committee of Responsibility (COR) was formed in 1966. COR was comprised of medical personnel, scientists, clergymen, and concerned citizens who sought avenues for helping Vietnamese children under the age of 16. COR organizers provided direct medical aid by bringing children to the U.S. for treatment and rehabilitation. Approximately 100 children were treated in the U.S. most of whom lived with American families while undergoing medical treatment. Almost all of these children returned to Vietnam once their treatment had been completed.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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War Tax Resister's Penalty Fund Records, 1981-1996 (inclusive)

Extent:
2.7 linear ft. (2.7 linear ft.)
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The War Tax Resisters Penalty Fund began in 1982 as a volunteer project of the North Manchester, Indiana Fellowship of Reconciliation. It supported and encouraged conscientious war tax resisters in the U.S. As of 1994, the group had worked with about 1000 tax resisters and supporters, and numbered 500 members nationally.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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