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This Week in Princeton History for September 22-28
For last week’s installment in our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its students and alumni, click here. George Washington attends Commencement, Dr. Patch Adams speaks in McCosh 50, and more. September 23, 1946—A record-breaking 2,350 people attend the University’s bicentennial Convocation in the Chapel, with a sermon by the Archbishop of Canterbury.…
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This Week in Princeton History for September 15-21
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 15-21: Woodrow Wilson makes a move into politics, a new Pablo Picasso sculpture is under construction, and more. September 15, 1910—The New Jersey Democratic Convention nominates Princeton University President Woodrow…
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WWI European Pamphlet Collection Now Available Online
Written by Elizabeth Bennett 1914: War Breaks Out in Europe! We are pleased to announce the availability of a large digital collection of pamphlets documenting World War I in Europe. These pamphlets were collected by the Princeton University Library starting from the outbreak of the war, as part of a larger European War Collection, and…
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This Week in Princeton History for September 8-14
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 8-14: The College goes coed, a NASCAR champion talks with engineering students, the first African American joins the faculty, and more. September 8, 1969—The College goes coed, as 171 women join the…
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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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This Week in Princeton History for September 1-7
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 1-7: The Princeton Bulletin marvels at the novelty of getting Labor Day off, a student competes in the Miss America pageant, and more. September 1, 2010—The Carl A. Fields Papers are…
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This Week in Princeton History for August 25-31
Here at the Princeton University Archives we love to bring the history of the school, students and alumni to life by sharing what happened “This Week in Princeton History,” which will be an ongoing series here on our blog. For the week of August 25-31: Nassau Hall hosts the first legislature of New Jersey, an…
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Princeton University Records Management Launches New Website
Princeton University Records Management has a new look (and a new online address)! The new records management website replaces the records management guidelines website created in 2007. Those who visit the original website will be redirected to the new website, which includes new records management policies and retention schedules as well as information on a wide range…
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Meet Mudd’s Jarrett M. Drake
Name/Title: Jarrett M. Drake, Digital Archivist Responsibilities: As the digital archivist at Mudd, I’m responsible for the development, implementation, and execution of processes that facilitate the effective acquisition, description, preservation, and access of born-digital archival collections acquired by the University Archives. The emphasis on ‘born-digital’ is to distinguish my work from that of digitization, which…
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Lost and Found: Segregation and the South
By Dan Linke and Brenda Tindal A recently donated film long thought lost has been digitized and is now viewable online. “Segregation and the South,” a film produced in 1957 by the Fund for the Republic, reported on race issues in the South since the 1954 Supreme Court decision in the Brown v. Board of…
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