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This Week in Princeton History for November 13-19
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, the first football season concludes, the Graduate Student Union holds its first meeting, and more. November 13, 1869—The first college football season ever finishes with a game at Princeton, who defeats Rutgers 8 to…
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2017-2018 Exhibition: Learning to Fight, Fighting to Learn
This post is part of a series on education and war related to our current exhibition, “Learning to Fight, Fighting to Learn: Education in Times of War,” on display through June 2018. Please stop by to learn more. By Sara Logue Since its founding, Princeton University has been shaped by every major war, whether it took place on…
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Learning to Fight, Fighting to Learn: Education in Times of War
A new exhibition is opening at Mudd Library on November 9 at 4:30PM. “Learning to Fight, Fighting to Learn: Education in Times of War” examines higher education in wartime at Princeton and beyond from the French and Indian War to the Vietnam War. A gallery of behind-the-scenes photos of our work on the new exhibition.…
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This Week in Princeton History for October 30-November 5
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, a letter provokes debate over race, undergraduates complain of excessive demands on their time, and more. October 30, 1942—A. M. Shumate ’29’s letter to the editor of the Princeton Alumni Weekly takes Daily Princetonian…
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This Week in Princeton History for October 23-29
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, the World Series puts two former roommates at odds, a stolen item is recovered, and more. October 24, 1947—In response to widespread criticism of the idea as not in keeping with the spirit of…
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This Week in Princeton History for October 16-22
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, the Third World Center opens, Albert Einstein disappoints reporters, and more. October 16, 1971—Four months after receiving approval from the Board of Trustees, the Third World Center opens with a “house warming.”
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There’s a First Time for Everything
By Valencia Johnson Recently, my case study of processing emails was published on the Society of American Archivists’ Electronic Records Section blog, bloggERS! This was the fourth entry in their series on archiving digital communication. In my blog, I discuss the different tools I used to locate personally identifiable information and credit card numbers. You…
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This Week in Princeton History for October 9-15
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, a professor wins the Nobel Prize for Medicine, the Princetonian complains about taking lecture notes, and more. October 10, 1995—Molecular biology professor Eric Wieschaus has won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his genetic research…
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This Week in Princeton History for October 2-8
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, smoking in class comes to an end, a woman against female suffrage speaks in Alexander Hall, and more. October 3, 1981—A hawk crashes through a window in Firestone Library, knocking a 6-inch hole in…
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