The following materials were accessioned April through June this year. As always, anyone interested in additional information about the new materials should contact the library through our general email account mudd@princeton.edu.
Accessions Highlight: Whig Clio Records Accrual, circa 1850-1970s (AR.2009.049)
Among our recent accessions are several documents and publications from Princeton’s two original political, literary and debating societies, the Cliosophic Society (1770-1941), and the American Whig Society (1769-1941); as well as some material from the American Whig-Cliosophic Society (1942-present), which was created when the two societies merged.
One item– a letter written in 1870 from John Laird ‘1871 to the members of the American Whig Society– reveals the intense secrecy that enshrouded the two societies prior to their merger. Laird, a member of the Cliosophic Society, wrote to apologize to the Whigs for mistakenly entering Whig Hall rather than Clio Hall on a rainy November day.
He assures the Whigs that
“I saw nothing and could not now describe the appearance of your Hall even of the few feet I entered…I am exceedingly sorry that such a thing occurred and I assure you that not a word of information regarding the interior of even the few feet I entered shall be uttered by me.”
The full letter is pictured below.
For more information on these collections, see the finding aid for the Cliosophic Society Records, 1789-1941; the American Whig Society Records, 1802-1941; and the
American Whig-Cliosophic Society Records,1908-1992.
The following is a listing of all of the materials accessioned from April to June 2009.
Princeton University Archives
Stuart R. Stevenson ’18 Papers, 1915-1964, AR.2009.029
Class of 1954 Photographs, 1954-1989, AR.2009.030
Sheet Music for The Princeton Cannon Song, circa 1934, AR.2009.031
Robertson vs. Princeton Legal Materials, January-April 2006, AR.2009.032
Robertson Foundation Records, 1959-2008, AR.2009.033
Department of Chemistry, U. S. Manhattan Project Records, 1943-1952, AR.2009.034
Lewis Library Architectural Presentation Boards, 2004, AR.2009.035
William Francis Magie Articles, 1896-1995, AR.2009.036
Richard W. Kazmaier, Jr. Article, 1952, AR.2009.037
Princeton Club of Northern California Records, 1995-2009, AR.2009.038
School of Engineering and Applied Science Publications, 1995-2007, AR.2009.039
Class of 1938 Reunions Plaque and Platter, 1939-2004, AR.2009.040
Class of 1916 Materials and Princeton Publications, 1916-1990,
AR.2009.041
Quipfire! Records, 1992-1995,
AR.2009.042
David Coffin Autobiographical Manuscript, circa 1990s,
AR.2009.043
Kenneth Miller Papers, circa 1939-1967,
AR.2009.044
Daniel M. Sachs Graduating Scholarship Records, 1998-2008, AR.2009.045
Tom Reed 2009 Reunions Illustration, 2009,
AR.2009.046
Stray Verses by Andrew Fleming West, 1931,
AR.2009.047
Class of 1951 Princeton Alumni Weekly Memorials Research Files, 1951-2009, AR.2009.048
Whig Clio Records, circa 1850-1970s, AR.2009.049
Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni Reunions 2009 T-shirt, 2009,
AR.2009.050
A World War II Soldier’s Diary, by Jack Raymond ’46, 1999,
AR.2009.051
Reports, Articles and Other Materials on Sexual Harassment and Gender Issues at Princeton, 1988-2004,
AR.2009.052
Carmina Princetonia Songbooks and Triangle Club Score, 1876-1906,
AR.2009.053
Scrapbook of Bruce Bedford Class of 1899, 1895-1899,
AR.2009.054
Tiger Family Hockey Newsletters, 2007-2009,
AR.2009.055
School of Engineering and Applied Science Records, James Wei Files, 1992-2000, AR.2009.056
Undergraduate Academic Files from Whitman College 2009, 2005-2009, AR.2009.057
Public Policy Papers
Nathan Kantrowitz Tokyo War Crime Trials Photographs, 1946-1947, ML.2009.006
Nathan Kantrowitz Accrual, 1946-1947, ML.2009.007
Margaret Snyder Papers Accrual, 1975-2004, ML.2009.008
PAW Photographs Collection Accrual, Alumni Photographs in Japan, 1946, ML.2009.009
George McGovern Papers Accrual, 1998-1999, ML.2009.010