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Princeton’s Summer Trips Across North America
Although traveling significant distances is routine for many Princetonians these days, traversing North America was not always as easy as it is now. Our records reveal a variety of both academic and pleasure trips over the years that have used horses, trains, cars, and bicycles to reach their destinations. Most of the lengthy North American…
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Margaret Niemann Rost ’85 on Softball and the Senior Thesis
By Cailin Hong ’17 With the women’s softball season underway, Mudd reflects on the team’s not-so-humble origins with a retrospective on Margaret Niemann Rost ’85, former co-captain and one of the team’s first members after the fledgling sport was promoted to varsity status. Rost was a religion major from Ridgewood, New Jersey, who played on…
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Thesis Central: New for the Class of 2017
The senior thesis, the capstone of a Princeton student’s academic experience, has moved further into the 21st century with Thesis Central, a new thesis collection and management tool. Working closely with the Office of Information Technology and the Office of the Dean of the College (ODOC), the Princeton University Archives launched the site on Monday,…
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The History of the Princeton University Senior Thesis
The senior thesis has been a requirement of all undergraduate students at Princeton University since 1926. During a Faculty Meeting on February 19th, 1923, the Committee on the Course of Study submitted a report for a new study plan known as the “Four Course Plan.” The four course plan called for an extensive reading program for…
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How to Search for, Find, and View Princeton University Senior Theses
Update 2.12.16: For current information on how to search for senior theses, please see the Libguide: How to Search, Request to View, and Order Princeton University Senior Theses The University Archives has launched an online archive of senior theses, and now there are new ways to search for, find, and view Princeton University senior theses. Senior theses…
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University Archives Launches Digital Repository of Senior Theses
Written by Lynn Durgin Update: LibGuide: How to Search, Request to View, and Order Princeton University Senior Theses Through a joint project of the University Archives, the Office of the Dean of the College, and the Office of Information Technology, senior theses for the Classes of 2013, 2014, and all future classes will be collected and…
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Class of 2013 Senior Theses Now Available on DataSpace
UPDATE, June 2, 2014: Class of 2013 Senior Theses are now available for viewing and download at the public computers at the Mudd Manuscript Library. Class of 2014 Senior Theses will be available throughout the Princeton University network by September 2014, with the exception of a small number of theses that are temporarily restricted, or…
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Senior Theses to Go Digital in 2013
Access to the most frequently used collection at the Mudd Manuscript Library—the Senior Thesis Collection—will be greatly enhanced in 2013 as we transition from collecting paper copies to electronic copies (PDFs) of theses. Dean of the College Valerie Smith has approved a plan for senior theses to be available online (but limited to the Princeton…
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