Princeton University History

Collections with Divisional Holdings

  • Princeton Student Aid Association records

    Consists of the minutes, financial records, by-laws, and correspondence of the
    Princeton Student Aid Association and its predecessor, the Princeton Charitable
    Institution.

  • Undergraduate Academic Files

    Consists of individual files of former and current undergraduate students of
    Princeton University, containing grades, transcripts, and other information relating
    to the subject's academic career.

  • Don Oberdorfer Papers on Princeton University: The First 250 Years

    Consists of notes and photocopies of articles used as research materials for PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: THE FIRST 250 YEARS (1995). Included in the collection is a transcript of an interview with former president William G. Bowen, and a 1994 administrative and academic self-study of the University.

  • Council of the Princeton University Community Records

    Material in the collections consists of minutes of meetings, reports, and correspondence produced by CPUC and its subsidiary committees. In addition, transcripts of judicial hearings as well as accompanying audio tapes of the hearings are included.

  • Phi Beta Kappa Records

    This collection contains reports, constitutions, by-laws, minutes, lists of
    members, and correspondence of the Princeton chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. The
    correspondence relates mostly to administrative matters – replacement of lost
    keys, membership enquiries, and invitations to various organizational
    functions.

  • Ralph Barton Perry Papers

    The Ralph Barton Perry Papers consist of correspondence, speeches, clippings, and
    other materials documenting Ralph Barton Perry's life as an alumnus of the Class of
    1896. Nearly all of the documents in some way relate to Princeton. Typical topics
    discussed in correspondence include speeches that Perry gave at Princeton or
    contributed to the Princeton Alumni Weekly, as well as upcoming reunions and Barton's
    published work.

  • Athletic Programs Collection

    Consists of printed Princeton University athletic programs for football, baseball, basketball, ice hockey, and other sports, with football predominant. †b The programs, especially the earlier ones, provide a sweeping view of Princeton's athletic history, documenting not only team statistics and scores, but the players, the venues in which the teams competed, social aspects of advertising, and the evolution of the various games. Other sports represented in this collection include fencing, gymnastics, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, squash, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, and wrestling.

  • Office of Development Communications Records

    Consists of photographs, promotional materials and VHS tapes created for fundraising activities and publications. Most of the photographs are from development-related events such as the 1995 kickoff celebration of the Anniversary Campaign. Some are reproductions of photographs found in other collections held by the Princeton University Library's Department of Special Collections. Promotional materials document the initiation of the Aspire campaign and several building dedications.

  • John W. H. Simpson Photograph Collection

    Consists of negatives, contact sheets, and slides of John W. H. Simpson's photographs of Princeton.

  • Hikoichi Orita Diary

    The diary is photocopied in two volumes. The first volume dates from January 1, 1872 to December 31, 1873 and the second, from January 1, 1874 to December 31, 1876. The handwritten entries are for the most part quite legible and written in English, but the memoranda, which are placed at the end of each year, are written in Japanese. There are also listings of bills and accounts by month.Generally, the entries are brief.

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