University Archives

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About Us

This blog serves to highlight resources for uncovering the history of Princeton University through the University Archives housed in Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library. If you want to know more about Special Collections more generally, including the Public Policy Papers, please head over to the Special Collections blog. If you want to know more about our programming related to the Cotsen Children’s Library, check out Pop Goes the Page. You can find a lot more information about us on our main website, too.

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