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Is or was there a Princeton Law School? Not really!
A question that is frequently asked of us here at the archives is whether or not there was ever a “Law School.” The answer to that is, not really! Initial attempts to create a law school at the College of New Jersey (as Princeton University was then known) were unsuccessful. The College trustees appointed a…
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This Week in Princeton History for October 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 College starts wearing orange, students protest the Vietnam War, and more. For the week of October 13-19: October 13, 1868—The faculty pass a resolution permitting students to adopt and wear orange ribbons imprinted with…
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The University Archives and its Focus on Fixity
The Council of State Archivists (CoSA) has designated today as Electronic Records Day and we’d like to use this occasion to provide updates about our efforts to preserve and provide access to born-digital archival records within the University Archives. I wrote about born-digital records in a previous blog post, but as a reminder, challenges unique…
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The Year Princeton University Delayed the Start of Classes until October 10
The motion was passed that the following resolutions of the Council be printed in the Princetonian issue of October 16th: (1) That all undergraduates shall not enter any moving picture theatre in Princeton. (2) That all undergraduates shall stay within the University limits, avoiding Witherspoon street and other congested districts unless there is an…
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1957 Epidemics at Princeton
The most characteristic sound around the Princeton campus last week was not the familiar and rhythmic tolling of Nassau Hall’s bell, nor even the sleep-shattering bedlam of the steam-shovels on the new U-Store site. The sound around campus was everywhere: if you went to the heights of Blair Tower, behold, it was there, and even…
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This Week in Princeton History for October 6-12
For last week’s installment in our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its students and alumni, click here. For the week of October 6-12: Toni Morrison is named a Nobel Laureate, an undergrad gets international attention for a physics paper, and more. October 6, 1938—Princeton University is selected as one of…
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Vietnam War Exhibition Reveals Policy-making in Washington and in Princeton
Written by Rossy Mendez The Vietnam War was one of America’s longest and most controversial wars. Suits, Soldiers, and Hippies: The Vietnam War Abroad and at Princeton is a new exhibition at Princeton University’s Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library that highlights the major events of the war such as the Gulf of Tonkin incident, the…
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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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This Week in Princeton History for September 29-October 5
For last week’s installment in our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its students and alumni, click here. For the week of September 29-October 5: Students express their love for Great Britain, a segregationist governor draws protest, smoking is banned in class, and more. September 29, 1762—Students put on a play entitled “The…
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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Princeton Career and the Triangle Club
Written by Dan Linke Today marks the 118th anniversary of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s birth and 101 years since he entered Princeton University, the place he dubbed “the pleasantest country club in America.” That phrase, a great irritant to then University President John Grier Hibben, is found in his first novel, This Side of Paradise, which…
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