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Meet Mudd’s Valencia Johnson
Name: Valencia Johnson Position: John Foster and Janet Avery Dulles Archival Fellow Educational Background: I recently graduated from Baylor University with a master’s in Museum Studies. My focus was archives and special collections. I earned my bachelor’s degree in History and American Studies from the University of Kansas. Previous experience: In my two years at…
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This Week in Princeton History for June 5-11
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, Commencement is held without predicted problems, a senior praises William Howard Taft, and more. June 5, 1978—Princeton University’s Board of Trustees votes to include coverage for abortion under the student health insurance plan.
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Meet Mudd’s Will Clements
Name: Will Clements Position: John Foster and Janet Avery Dulles Archival Fellow Educational Background: I earned my bachelor’s degree at the University of Texas at Austin. I studied English literature, with a minor in Russian language and history. I’m currently working on my master’s degree in Information Studies at the UT Austin School of Information.…
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This Week in Princeton History for May 29-June 4
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, the University Chapel is dedicated, a professor spirits a Chinese dissident to safety, and more. May 30, 1928—The University Chapel, which replaces the destroyed Marquand Chapel, is dedicated in a Sunday morning service. It…
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This Week in Princeton History for May 22-28
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, protesters are arrested at Nassau Hall, a professor urges Princetonians to buy Liberty Loan bonds, and more. May 22, 1949—Nassau Hall’s flag flies at half mast as a tribute to James V. Forrestal, a…
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Do You Speak Princetonian?: The Language of Princeton
By Zachary Bampton ’20 with April C. Armstrong *14 Princetonians past and present have enjoyed the creation and use of language to refer to Princeton-specific places, acts, and things. Here at the Mudd Library, we have combed the archives to put forth some notable and, we think, fun words and phrases to capture what life…
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This Week in Princeton History for May 15-21
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, a former president dies in a car accident, graduates can look one another up online, and more. May 15, 1963—Princeton mails preliminary acceptance letters to 17 students from eight different colleges for the new…
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This Week in Princeton History for May 8-14
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) delights the campus with a surprise appearance, protests greet a segregationist governor’s visit, and more. May 8, 1989—A freshman diagnosed with the measles is admitted to the McCosh Health Center,…
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This Week in Princeton History for May 1-7
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, a plot against campus squirrels is uncovered, food services workers strike, and more. May 1, 1871—Vassar College professor of elocution Minnie C. Swayze gives a lecture entitled “Women’s Abilities” to Princeton students in Albert…
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