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Woodrow Wilson and the Graduate College
Written by Anna Rubin ’15 This is the second installment in a two-part series examining two aspects of Woodrow Wilson’s Princeton University presidency, featuring sources in our recently-digitized selections from the Office of the President Records. In the first, we looked at his attitude towards Princeton’s eating clubs. Here, we turn to his conflict over…
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Woodrow Wilson and the Eating Clubs
Written by Anna Rubin ’15 We are pleased to announce another newly digitized collection: the Woodrow Wilson Correspondence in the Office of the President Records. Wilson was president of Princeton University from 1902-1910, Governor of New Jersey 1911-1913, and U.S. President 1913-1921. This collection contains correspondence between Wilson and University faculty, administrators, alumni, and parents,…
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This Week in Princeton History for December 28-January 3
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, Woodrow Wilson stamps are selling fast, all computers go offline, and more. December 28, 1925—The Princeton post office sells more than 3,000 Woodrow Wilson stamps on their first day of issue to approximately 700…
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This Week in Princeton History for October 19-25
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, the Princetonian suggests the grading “vogue” is a bad idea, the campus mourns Thomas Alva Edison, and more. October 19, 1876—The Daily Princetonian laments that the College of New Jersey (Princeton) has joined in the…
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This Week in Princeton History for January 19-25
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, Woodrow Wilson refuses to have a ball, Princeton students fight to get into a class about married life, and more. January 19, 1895—Marshall P. Wilder, the first comedian with a disability, performs at the…
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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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Keen New Addition: Photo Album Purchase Contains Rare Images of Woodrow Wilson
by Dan Linke With more than 600 books on Woodrow Wilson, including Scott Berg’s recent autobiography, is there anything new about Woodrow Wilson? With the acquisition of the photo album of Paul Edward Keen *15, the answer is yes. His photo album contains a dozen images of Wilson’s 1913 inauguration and his 1915 return to…
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Mudd in Print
Have you ever wondered what our researchers are up to in the reading room? Many of them are working fervently towards producing highly esteemed, ground-breaking, and sometimes award-winning books. This entry features a sample of recent publications, each developed through extensive research at the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library. Drawing from material found in the…
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Digitzed: Robert Lansing Papers & John Foster Dulles State Department Records
In our ongoing efforts to provide digital access to our records, we are happy to announce two additional collections have been digitized with the help of our students. The Robert Lansing Papers and the John Foster Dulles State Department Records are viewable via their finding aids. The Robert Lansing Papers document the later years of…
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The National Civil Liberties Bureau and the Woodrow Wilson Administration
by: Professor Samuel Walker School of Criminal Justice University of Nebraska at Omaha This is part of a series that was introduced earlier. Roger Baldwin and Crystal Eastman began their work with the Civil Liberties Bureau confident that they had good relations with officials in the Woodrow Wilson administration. Many of these people knew each other…
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