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Princeton 275: Samuel Atkins ’31’s Application for Admission, 1927
This post is part of a series about items currently on exhibition at Mudd Library as part of “Princeton 275.” In this series, we go in-depth about selected items on display to let you know more about the story behind them and why we chose to include them. Living graduates of Princeton University had a much more…
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Princeton 275: The Charter of the College of New Jersey, 1746 and 1748
This post is part of a series about items currently on exhibition at Mudd Library as part of “Princeton 275.” In this series, we go in-depth about selected items on display to let you know more about the story behind them and why we chose to include them. In an exhibition looking backward to the…
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“He Decided to Conquer the Place that Had Conquered Him”: Peter Putnam ’42 *50’s Princeton, Part II
In Part I of this two-part series, I told the story of how Peter Putnam ’42 *50 lost his sight in a suicide attempt and fought for the right to return to Princeton University and finish his degree. In this second installment, I detail the life Putnam lived as a student, an employee, and an…
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“A Fairyland and Hell to Me for Years”: Peter Putnam ’42 *50’s Princeton, Part I
This is the first in a two-part series on the life of Peter Putnam ‘42 *50 in Princeton, before and after he lost his sight. This first installment focuses on the events leading up to the incident in which he was blinded and his fight to return to Princeton University afterward. Peter Putnam entered Princeton…
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On Display: The Public Lives of 20th-Century American Women
By April C. Armstrong and Amanda Ferrara, exhibition curators Men, especially political leaders, are usually assessed on their professional records. Women, no matter how professional they may be, are often judged on their personal lives. –Brenda Feigan Fasteau and Bonnie Lobel, New York Magazine, December 20, 1971 Visitors to Mudd Library will notice a new…
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Redefining Old Nassau: Women and the Shaping of Modern Princeton
By Michelle Peralta This academic year marks the 50th anniversary of the decision of the Board of Trustees to admit women to Princeton as undergraduates. To celebrate this landmark, the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library is pleased to present “Redefining Old Nassau: Women and the Shaping of Modern Princeton.” Maria Katzenbach ‘76 gave an account…
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An American University: An Audio Portrait of Princeton in 1946
By: Abbie Minard ’20 Abbie Minard ’20 is a history concentrator with a primary interest in early American history. On campus, she is a research associate at the Papers of Thomas Jefferson, music director and a DJ at WPRB, artistic director of the TapCats (tap dancing group), and a member of the Princeton Laptop Orchestra.…
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A Campus Divided: The Iraq Wars and Princeton University
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. We will be hosting a panel discussion on February 28, 2018 at 1:00PM featuring Robert Rivers ’53, Bob Durkee ’69,…
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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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