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MacMurray’s films of China, 1925-1929
American diplomat John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1881-1960) began filming in 1925, two years after Kodak introduced the Cine-Kodak Motion Picture camera, which made production and display of motion pictures possible for amateurs. The John Van Antwerp MacMurray Papers at Mudd Manuscript Library contain twenty-eight silent 16mm films, which MacMurray shot while serving as Minister to…
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Lights, Camera, Action!
The Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library has launched a new blog at http://blogs.princeton.edu/reelmudd/, dedicated to its audiovisual holdings. Through it, we will announce items that we have posted on Princeton University’s two YouTube Channels (http://www.youtube.com/user/princetoncampuslife and http://www.youtube.com/user/princetonacademics). We encourage viewers to post comments that will contribute to our knowledge and understanding of these materials. In…
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Lights, Camera, Action!
The Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library has launched a new blog dedicated to its audiovisual holdings. Through it, we will announce items that we have posted on Princeton University’s two YouTube Channels. We encourage viewers to post comments that will contribute to our knowledge and understanding of these materials. In conjunction with the Library’s Preservation Office…
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Our Blog Redesign: Old stuff in a new bottle
Readers of this blog are used to reading timely, informative, and entertaining news about the collections, staff, and events at the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library. But, as of today, this blog will change. Don’t worry — we will still bring you the latest news coupled with tidbits regarding Princeton University history, but as you…
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New research guides available
American Jurisprudence Collections American Journalism Collections History of the Cold War: Selected Resources
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American Civil Liberties Union Records Processing Funded
The Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library is pleased to announce that the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) has awarded the library funding to process a 2,000 linear foot addition to the American Civil Liberties Union Records, making these important materials more accessible to researchers. Work on this two year project will commence in…
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From the Archives…Bob Bradley ’80
Long before he was coaching the US National Soccer Team at the World Cup, Bob Bradley ’80 was Princeton’s coach of twelve years. During this time, he led the Tigers to a pair of Ivy League titles and an appearance in the 1993 College Cup. Bob Bradley as a freshman. Princeton University Archives: Undergraduate Alumni…
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New Accessions: January through March 2010, Part II
In January, the University Archives acquired a lecture notebook penned by Elijah Rosengrant (1776-1832). The notebook was written in the spring of 1791 for John Witherspoon’s course "Lectures on Moral Philosophy." The significance of the notebook derives not only from its documentation of President Witherspoon as a faculty lecturer and of the pedagogical technique of…
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New Accessions: January through March 2010, Part I
The Mudd Manuscript Library received 8 public policy accessions and 31 University Archives accessions between January and March 2010. In January, the Library purchased a rare pamphlet written in Yiddish supporting Woodrow Wilson’s bid for reelection 1917. The pamphlet is one of only a handful of Yiddish-language Wilsoniana known to exist (accession number ML.2010.003). In…
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Does Princeton Have a Mandatory Swim Test?
Dear Mr. Mudd, Is it true that Princeton has a mandatory swim test for freshmen? Furthermore, was this test instituted after the drowning death of an alumnus, whose parents gave the university a pool on the condition that all students were trained to swim to prevent such a tragedy from ever occurring again? New Students…
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