Princeton Alumni Publications, Inc. Editor's Records 1895-1929

Summary

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Overview

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Abstract

The PAW is successor to the Alumni Princetonian, a weekly publication of the Daily Princetonian. In 1919 the Princeton Printing Company dissolved and printing of the PAW was taken over by the Princeton University Press. The PAW was a weekly magazine during the school year until changing to its current bi-weekly format in 1977. The magazine is now published during the academic year for alumni and professional staff of the University.

Description

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Description

The material consists of correspondence, largely related to university and alumni affairs, manuscripts submitted for publication and some subject files. The principal subjects covered by the correspondence include events in the lives of individual alumni, information on various classes and regional alumni groups, comments on university events and architecture (including architects and contractors), presidential administrations, eating clubs and athletics.

Collection Creator History

The February 22, 1900 issue of the Alumni Princetonian announced that a new publication, the Princeton Alumni Weekly (PAW), to be published by the Princeton Printing Company, was to serve as the publication for alumni of the University. First published on April 7, 1900, the PAW has served to keep alumni in touch with the development of the University, the University in touch with the sentiments of alumni, and the alumni in touch with one another.

This series, consisting mostly of correspondence, represents the working files of the various editors of the publication. The following is a list of editors:

• Jesse Lynch Williams, 1900-1904

• Edwin Mark Norris, 1905-1924

• W. Irving Harris, 1925

• Asa S. Bushnell, 1926-1930

• Edmund S. DeLong, 1930-1931

• Datus C. Smith, 1931-1940

• Douglas E. Stuart, 1940-1942

• Frederick S. Osborne, 1942-1946

• Ernest T. Stewart, 1946-1951

• Philip W. Quigg, 1951-1955

• John D. Davies, 1955-1969

• Landon Y. Jones, 1969-1974

• Charles L. Creesy, 1975-1986

• Michelle P. Preston, 1986-1988

• John I. Merritt, 1989-

Collection History

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Acquisition

Two accessions currently form this series, AM 20138 and AR 1991-60, the latter the gift of the Alumni Weekly. The series includes the records of editors Edwin M. Norris (1905-1924) and Asa Bushnell (1926-1930).

Processing Information

This is an unprocessed collection. The contents list provided is a preliminary inventory.

Access and Use

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Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Single copies may be made for scholarly research. Permission to publish material from the Photograph Collection must be requested from the University Archivist. The donor retains any and all rights it may possess to this material. Rights to photographs taken by freelance photographers have reverted to those Princeton Alumni Publications photographers.

Preferred Citation

Princeton Alumni Publications, Inc. Editor's Records; 1895-1929, Princeton University Archives, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

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Topics

• Princeton University

Subject Terms

• Alumni and alumnae
• Correspondence
• Norris, Edwin Mark
• Periodicals
• Princeton University
• Princeton University Press

Contents and Arrangement

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Arrangement

The records in this collection are arranged by editor and thereunder remain in their original order.

Series 1: Edwin Mark Norris Records, 1895-1925

• Subseries 1A: Subject Files, undated
• Subseries 1B: Manuscripts, 1920-1929
• Subseries 1C: Correspondence, 1895-1917
• Subseries 1D: Charles Halsey correspondence of World War I, 1917-1918

Series 2: Asa S. Bushnell Records, 1927-1929

Series 3: Charles Creesy Records, 1975-1986