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Annual Report 2011: Collection and Financial Development
As a continuation of our series on our 2011 Annual Report, please see a description of our work in Collection and Financial Development: See the entries on accessioning Public Policy Papers and University Archives for collections of note acquired in this fiscal year. In addition, during the past year gift agreements were signed with Edward…
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Modernization of Dissertation Submission Procedures
One of the University Archives’ important roles is to preserve and provide access to Princeton University Ph.D. dissertations and Master’s theses. Recently the Mudd Manuscript Library has taken steps to both modernize and streamline the process that Ph.D. candidates carry out to submit their dissertations, while at the same time improving access to these works.…
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Annual Report 2011: Records Management
As a continuation of our series on our 2011 Annual Report, please see a description of our work in Records Management: In January 2011, we hired Anne Marie Phillips as the first University Records Manager, kicking off the development of a formalized records management program for the university. Anne Marie spent the first three months…
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Annual Report 2011: Digital Projects, Content, and Delivery
As a continuation of our series on our 2011 Annual Report, please see a description of our work in digital projects, content, and delivery: Mudd staff continued work to increase our digital content in FY11. We continued a pilot project to digitize collections using our photocopier’s capacity to scan directly into PDF files. Utilizing OIT’s…
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ACLU Archivists Across Time
Paula Jabloner (left) and Adriane Hanson meet for the first time at the 2011 Society of American Archivists meeting in Chicago. Jabloner managed Mudd Library’s first ACLU records processing project in the mid-1990s that addressed 1,200 linear feet of records and identified additional historical records. Hanson is now addressing 2,400 l.f. of ACLU records, including…
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Annual Report 2011: Other Major Activities in Technical Services
As a continuation of our series on our 2011 Annual Report, please see a description of other major activities in Technical Services: We accepted 354 dissertations and over 1,185 senior theses in FY11 under the supervision of Lynn Durgin. Durgin has also invested significant time preparing for the shift to electronic submission of dissertations beginning…
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Annual Report 2011: Major Activities in Accessioning of University Archives
As a continuation of our series on our 2011 Annual Report, please see a description of major activities in accessioning of University Archives: In FY11, the University Archives accessioned 162 collections or items, a total 185.11 linear feet of records. Highlights include: A 1765 document signed by Richard Stockton when he served as a trustee…
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Annual Report 2011: Major Activities in Accessioning of Public Policy Papers
As a continuation of our series on our 2011 Annual Report, please see a description of major activities in accessioning of Public Policy Papers: The Public Policy Papers processed 40 accessions (227 linear feet) in FY11. Highlights include: American Civil Liberties Union Accruals James A. Baker Papers Accrual Council on Foreign Relations Accrual Project on…
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Annual Report 2011: Major Activities in Processing of the University Archives
As a continuation of our series on our 2011 Annual Report, please see a description of our major activities in the processing of the University Archives: University Archives processing had a strong year due to the hiring of Christie Peterson as University Archives Project Archivist. Since her start in mid-September 2010,Peterson has surveyed all University…
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Guide to Princeton-Related Theater Collections Now Online
Princeton students in The Honorable Julius Caesar, the 1892-1893 Triangle Club production. From AC122 Triangle Club Records box 93. From Triangle and Intime to the Princeton Mime Company, Quipfire!, and many more, all collections in the Princeton University Archives related to campus theater groups and venues are now described online and available for research in…
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