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New Accessions: August and September 2008


The list below includes information on items and collections accessioned in August and September 2008. There were no Public Policy Papers accessioned during this period. As always, anyone interested in additional information about the accessions listed below should contact the library through our general email account.

Princeton University Archives

Autograph Book of Valentine Hummel Berghaus, Class of 1864

AR.2008.109

This leather bound and gilt-embossed autograph book belonged to Valentine Hummel Berghaus, Class of 1864. Nearly each page in the book is filled with messages from Berghaus’ classmates. Although the binding of the book is in poor condition, its individual pages are in excellent shape (see the images below). The book will be sent to the conservation lab for repairs and then it will be added to the Autograph Book Collection. Autograph books document student life at Princeton University in the 19th century.

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Additional materials accessioned in August and September 2008 include:

Princeton University Course Syllabi 1960s, and Memorabilia, 1920s

AR.2008.110

Historical Postcard Collection Accrual and Letter Written by Joseph Eckley, Class of 1772

AR.2008.111

Photographs of the Interior of the Charter Club, circa 1915

AR.2008.112

Papers of Former Woodrow Wilson School Faculty Member, Edward Tiryakian,

1961-1962

AR.2008.113

“Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and the Tasks of the Russian Novel,” Alumni Studies Lecture by Professor Caryl Emerson, Audio Cassette, 2001

AR.2008.114

Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding Records, 1970-2001

AR.2008.115

Butler College Student Academic Records, circa 2004-2008

AR.2008.116

Wilson College Student Academic Records, circa 2004-2008

AR.2008.117

Annual Reports to the President from Academic Departments, 2005-2007

AR.2008.118

Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 2007

AR.2008.119

Class of 1894 Records, 1890-1949

AR.2008.120

Richardson Auditorium Programs, 2007-2008

AR.2008.121

Alumni Council Records Accrual, 1970-1998

AR.2008.122

Library Records from Technical Services Department, 1915-2004

AR.2008.123

Faculty and Professional Staff Files, circa 1994-2003

AR.2008.124

Class of 1930 Memorabilia and Princeton Publications, 1926-1970

AR.2008.125

Office of Communications Photographs, 1983-2001

AR.2008.126

Class of 1953 50th Reunion Yearbook, 2003

AR.2008.127

Department of Architecture Senior Theses, 1995-2001

AR2008.128

Office of the President Records Accrual, 1957-1998

AR.2008.129


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