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ACLU Court Document Summons King’s Last Days
A recent reference inquiry brought to light a document within the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Records that provides a record of one of the events that took place in the days surrounding the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. W.J. Michael Cody, an attorney in Memphis,…
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New Accession: Atomic-bombed Roof Tiles from Hiroshima University
The University Archives was recently given the honor and responsibility of providing a home for seven roof tiles that sustained damage in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. The roof tiles were collected in a river bed near ground zero of the atomic bomb explosion. Along with the roof tiles, the…
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The Mudd Manuscript Library Hosts its Third Edit-a-thon on October 19
In the spirit of volunteerism, the Mudd Manuscript Library will host its third Wikipedia edit-a-thon on Friday, October 19th from 12:30-4:15 p.m. during Volunteer Weekend at Princeton University. This edit-a-thon will provide a unique, hands-on experience with University Archives collections and its focus will be on expanding and/or creating Wikipedia pages on Princeton athletics. Students…
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New Accessions: April-June 2010
The Mudd Manuscript Library received 12 public policy accessions and 30 University Archives accessions between April and June 2010. The public policy collections received significant additions to the American Civil Liberties Union Records and the Council on Foreign Relations Records. In addition, a wonderful surprise was the receipt of Woodrow Wilson’s and Edith Bolling Galt’s…
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New Accessions: January through March 2010, Part II
In January, the University Archives acquired a lecture notebook penned by Elijah Rosengrant (1776-1832). The notebook was written in the spring of 1791 for John Witherspoon’s course "Lectures on Moral Philosophy." The significance of the notebook derives not only from its documentation of President Witherspoon as a faculty lecturer and of the pedagogical technique of…
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New Accessions: January through March 2010, Part I
The Mudd Manuscript Library received 8 public policy accessions and 31 University Archives accessions between January and March 2010. In January, the Library purchased a rare pamphlet written in Yiddish supporting Woodrow Wilson’s bid for reelection 1917. The pamphlet is one of only a handful of Yiddish-language Wilsoniana known to exist (accession number ML.2010.003). In…
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New Accessions: October – December 2009
The Mudd Manuscript Library received seven public policy accessions and 31 University Archives accessions between October and December 2009. One of the highlights is an architectural rendering of Commencement Hall (now called Alexander Hall) that was published in American Architect and Building News on December 12, 1891. The rendering was created prior to the building’s…
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New Accessions: April through June 2009
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…
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New Accessions: February and March 2009
The following materials were accessioned in February and March 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 Among the new accessions to the University Archives is an issue of Old Nassau (pictured below), which was likely the personal copy of…
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New Accessions at the Mudd Library: December 2008 – January 2009
The list below includes information on items and collections accessioned in December 2008 and January 2009. There were 17 Princeton University Archives accessions added to our collections during this period. As always, anyone interested in additional information about the accessions listed below should contact the library through our general email account mudd@princeton.edu. Princeton University Archives…
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