Scrapbook Collection 1843-1954 (mostly 1860-1920)

Summary

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Overview

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Abstract

This collection contains scrapbooks created by Princeton students which document their social and academic activities while undergraduates.

Description

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Description

The scrapbook collection consists of scrapbooks maintained by 220 students totaling 296 volumes and documents the social and academic activities of Princeton undergraduates. By their very nature, scrapbooks are idiosyncratic, but generally they contain mementos relating to athletic events (such as tickets, programs, printed cheers, ribbons, and buttons), reunions, or life as a Princeton undergraduate. Items in this last category include senior questionnaires, exam questions, admission materials, posters, ephemera from social organizations and clubs, postcards, flyers, photographs, and letters. Frequently newspaper clippings, orchestra, opera, or play programs and tickets, pressed flowers, or three-dimensional items are found. Some scrapbooks include materials about Princeton University added after the individual graduated.

These scrapbooks, individually and in total, provide insight into undergraduate life at Princeton as they document what students valued enough to preserve. Also, the social history of the college is revealed as mementos of the full range of student life and the importance of athletics, drama, musical groups, journalism, travel, theatre, as well as academics are found. Because of the large number of scrapbooks from the 1870s through 1920, the changing interests and tastes of students over time are revealed.

The condition of the books vary greatly. Notable Princetonians whose scrapbooks are found in this collection include Hobey Baker, Ivy L. Lee, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Moses Taylor Pyne, John Hinsdale Scheide, and William Berryman Scott.

Collection Creator History

Collection History

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Acquisition

The scrapbooks were donated by alumni and family of alumni over the course of several decades.

Access and Use

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Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the University Archivist. Under the Copyright Law of 1976, any copyright to material found within these scrapbooks will expire on December 31, 2002. Researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright prior to that time.

Preferred Citation

Scrapbook Collection; 1843-1954 (mostly 1860-1920), Princeton University Archives, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

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Topics

• Princeton University

Subject Terms

• Baker, Hobey
• History
• Princeton University
• Students

Genre Terms

• Scrapbooks

Contents and Arrangement

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Arrangement

The scrapbooks are arranged chronologically by class year and then alphabetically. An alphabetical list by student's last name is also included in this finding aid.

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	Title	Date	Container
	1843: Rankin, Henry Van Vleek	undated	Box 1
	1851: Phillips, Alexander Hamilton, Jr	undated	Box 2
	1856: Woodhull, Alfred Alexander	undated	Box 3
	1858: Wood, Francis Gregory	undated	Box 4
	1859: Clark, Ira	undated	Box 313
	1859: Ketcham, George W	undated	Box 5
	1860: Hart, James Morgan	undated	Box 6
	1860: Helm, William Henry	undated	Box 7
	1860: Magge, George Jefferson	undated	Box 8
	1861: Emery, John	undated	Box 9
	1862: Haight, John T	undated	Box 10
	1862: Morehouse, Benjamin S	undated	Box 11
	1863: Haines, Richard T	undated	Box 12
	1863: Potter, Charles Henry	undated	Box 13
	1863: Sheldon, George	undated	Box 14
	1864: Stewart, John Henry	undated	Box 15
	1866: Haines, Edward Wilder	undated	Box 16
	1866: Murray, Logan Crittenden	undated	Box 17
	1866: Wickham, William H	undated	Box 18
	1867: Olmstead, William Dunbar	undated	Box 19
	1869: Mellier, Kennedy Duncan	undated	Box 20
	1870: Joline, Adrian Hoffman	undated	Box 21
	1871: Carter, William Tuttle	undated	Box 22
	1871: Cook, Henry Thompson	undated	Box 23
	1871: Higgins, Cecil Campbell	undated	Box 24
	1871: Sheldon, Edward	undated	Box 25
	1872: Dewart, Lewis	undated	Box 26
	1872: Lenher, John W.C.	undated	Box 27
	1872: Shotwell, Melancthon	undated	Box 28
	1873: Hubbell, John Jackson	undated	Box 29
	1873: Sutton, Thomas	undated	Box 30
	1873: Switzer, Charles McLaren	undated	Box 31
	1874: Cooke, Silas P	undated	Box 32
	1874: Griggs, James Lake	undated	Box 33
	1875: Campbell, John P	undated	Box 312
	1875: Harvey, Thomas William	undated	Box 34
	1875: Johnson, William Crawford	undated	Box 35
	1876: Duffield, John Fletcher	undated	Box 36
	1876: Harrison, Henry Lewis	undated	Box 37
	1876: Stewart, George B	undated	Box 38
	1876: Taylor, John Madison	undated	Box 39
	1876: Van Dike, John Skillman	undated	Box 40
	1876: Webster, Henry Horace	undated	Box 41
	1877: Annin, William Edwards	undated	Box 42-43
	1877: Brown, George Whitfield, Jr	undated	Box 44
	1877: Bryan, Wilhelmus B	undated	Box 45
	1877: Moore, John H	undated	Box 46
	1877: Osborn, Henry Fairfield	undated	Box 47
	1877: Pyne, Moses Taylor	undated	Box 48-63
	1877: Scott, William Berryman	undated	Box 64
	1878: Irving, David Oliphant	undated	Box 65
	1878: MacFarlane, James Reiman	undated	Box 66-67
	1878: Reed, James M., Jr	undated	Box 68
	1878: Van Lennep, Edward James	undated	Box 69
	1879: Kerr, Alexander James	undated	Box 70
	1879: McNair, Theodore Monroe	undated	Box 72
	1879: Matthews, John C. Denman	undated	Box 71
	1879: Miller, Phillippus William	undated	Box 73
	1879: Sloane, Walter Howard	undated	Box 74
	1879: Wilder, William Royal	undated	Box 75-76
	1880: Anderson, James Noteman	undated	Box 77
	1880: Cutts, Harry Madison	undated	Box 78
	1880: Hamilton, George P., Jr	undated	Box 79
	1881: Allen, Frank Powel	undated	Box 324
	1881: Cauldwell, Thomas William	undated	Box 80
	1881: Duffield, Henry Green	undated	Box 81
	1881: Harrison, Samuel Graeme	undated	Box 82
	1882: Banister, James Bryan	undated	Box 83
	1882: Crew, Henry	undated	Box 84-85
	1882: Denby, Charles, Jr	undated	Box 86
	1882: Hallock, Gerard B.F.	undated	Box 87
	1882: Parker, Charles Wolcott	undated	Box 88
	1882: Sutphen, W.G. Van Tassel	undated	Box 89
	1883: Butler, William Wallace	undated	Box 90
	1883: Harriman, Oliver, Jr	undated	Box 307
	1883: Hewitt, Charles	undated	Box 91
	1883: Rieman, Perlee Lone	undated	Box 92
	1883: Shanklin, Robert French	undated	Box 93
	1883: Taber, Sidney Richmond	undated	Box 94
	1884: Blackwell, Josiah Low	undated	Box 95
	1884: Poe, Samuel Johnson	undated	Box 96
	1885: Hall, William Maclay	undated	Box 97
	1885: McAlpin, David Hunter, Jr	undated	Box 98
	1885: Shea, Joseph Bernard	undated	Box 99-100
	1885: Stavely, Albert Livingston	undated	Box 101
	1885: Weir, Paul	undated	Box 102
	1886: Farrand, Wilson	undated	Box 103
	1886: Green, James Sproat, Jr	undated	Box 104
	1886: Halsey, Charles Day	undated	Box 105-106
	1886: Wanamaker, Rodman	undated	Box 107-108
	1887: Berry, George T	undated	Box 109
	1887: Jessup, George P	undated	Box 110
	1888: Forsyth, William Holmes	undated	Box 111
	1888: Hedges, Benjamin Van Doren	undated	Box 112
	1888: McAlpin, Charles Williston	undated	Box 113-124
	1888: McClure, Charles F.W.	undated	Box 125-126
	1888: Parrish, Morris Longstreth	undated	Box 127
	1888: Wadleigh, Atherton B	undated	Box 128
	1889: Braislin, William C	undated	Box 129
	1889: Hunter, James Boyd	undated	Box 130
	1889: Mitchell, Clarence Blair	undated	Box 131
	1889: Pershing, Cyrus Long	undated	Box 132
	1889: Warren, Howard Crosby	undated	Box 133-134
	1890: Bogart, Ernest L	undated	Box 135
	1890: Conant, William Shubael	undated	Box 136-137
	1890: Galt, George MacFarlane	undated	Box 138
	1890: Hill, Walter Brigs	undated	Box 139
	1890: McMillan, Gilbert N	undated	Box 140
	1890: Miner, Charles H	undated	Box 141
	1890: Shick, Robert Porter	undated	Box 142-143
	1891: Agnew, George Bliss	undated	Box 144-145
	1891: Church, Theodore Winthrop	undated	Box 146
	1891: Howe, Edward Leavitt	undated	Box 147
	1891: Howell, Charles Fish	undated	Box 148
	1891: Woods, Lawrence Crane	undated	Box 149
	1892: Betts, George Whitefield	undated	Box 150
	1892: Collins, Varnum Lansing	undated	Box 151-154
	1892: Cook, Pierre Frederick	undated	Box 155
	1892: Duffield, Edward Dickinson	undated	Box 156-157
	1892: Hale, Henry Ewing, Jr	undated	Box 158
	1892: Hart, Charles DeLucena	undated	Box 159
	1892: Mudge, William Leroy	undated	Box 160
	1892: Shick, Charles Henry	undated	Box 161
	1892: Vredenburgh, Peter	undated	Box 162
	1893: Bridges, Henry Wilson	undated	Box 316
	1893: Daniels, Harrison Roberts	undated	Box 163
	1893: Davis, Parke	undated	Box 164
	1893: Erdman, George L	undated	Box 165
	1893: Betts, Hobart D. (see George W. Betts, '1892)	undated	Box 150
	1893: Wurts, Robert Kennedy	undated	Box 166
	1894: Denise, Larimore Conover	undated	Box 167
	1894: Fentress, James, Jr	undated	Box 317
	1894: Forbes, George O	undated	Box 168
	1894: Foster, Hugh	undated	Box 169
	1894: Holmes, Alfred Edward	undated	Box 170
	1894: McCord, John Davidson	undated	Box 171
	1894: McIlwain, Charles Howard	undated	Box 172
	1894: Nixon, Horace Franklin	undated	Box 173
	1894: Priest, George M	undated	Box 174
	1894: Reichner, Louis Irving	undated	Box 175-178
	1894: Spruance, W.C., Jr	undated	Box 179
	1895: Beveridge, William W	undated	Box 180
	1895: Brown, Dickson Queen	undated	Box 181-183
	1895: Candee, Clark Lucius	undated	Box 184
	1895: Conrow, Lester Morris	undated	Box 185
	1895: Cooke, William Brown	undated	Box 186-189
	1895: Dunn, Arthur	undated	Box 190
	1895: Imbrie, Andrew Clark	undated	Box 191-192
	1895: Wadhams, Raymond Lynds	undated	Box 193
	1896: Bostwick, Charles Byron	undated	Box 194-196
	1896: Browne, Charles	undated	Box 197
	1896: Dickson, William Sutton	undated	Box 198
	1896: Ford, Emory Leyden	undated	Box 199
	1896: Morris, Roland S	undated	Box 200
	1896: Outerbridge, Samuel Roosevelt	undated	Box 201
	1896: Scheide, John Hinsdale	undated	Box 202
	1896: Van Syckl, Frank P.R.	undated	Box 203
	1897: Balken, Edward Duff	undated	Box 204-205
	1897: Browne, Thomas B. (see Charles Browne, '1896)	undated	Box 197
	1897: Dunlap, Charles Johnson	undated	Box 206
	1897: Keener, John Henry	undated	Box 207-208
	1897: Kehler, Henry Neff, Jr	undated	Box 209
	1897: Lane, Francis Adonyah	undated	Box 210-212
	1897: Poe, Neilson	undated	Box 213
	1898: Lee, Ivy	undated	Box 214
	1898: Parker, John Reid	undated	Box 215
	1898: Williams, Albert Payson	undated	Box 216
	1898: Williams, Meade Tyrell	undated	Box 217
	1899: Bedford, Bruce	undated	Box 322
	1899: Hayden, Ralph Woodward	undated	Box 218
	1899: Mitchell, Herbert Francis	undated	Box 219
	1899: Parker, Clarence M	undated	Box 220
	1899: Pyne, Robert Stockton	undated	Box 221
	1899: Roberts, T. William	undated	Box 222
	1900: Angle, William Bee	undated	Box 223
	1900: Hammond, William S., Jr	undated	Box 224
	1900: Hillebrand, Arthur R.T.	undated	Box 225
	1900: Mountain, Worrall Frederick	undated	Box 226
	1900: Poole, Ralph H	undated	Box 227-228
	1901: Conrow, Wilford S	undated	Box 229
	1902: Anthony, Robert W	undated	Box 230
	1902: Barron, Alexander I	undated	Box 231
	1902: Kent, Herbert D	undated	Box 232
	1902: Ogden, K. Montgomery	undated	Box 233
	1902: Poe, Gresham Hough	undated	Box 234-236
	1903: Ashley, Morgan	undated	Box 237
	1903: Coulter, William Anderson	undated	Box 238-239
	1903: Havens, Edgar H	undated	Box 240
	1903: Leach, Henry G	undated	Box 241
	1903: McNamara, Robert	undated	Box 242
	1903: Ralph, Paul J	undated	Box 243
	1904: Decker, Sydney S., Jr	undated	Box 244
	1904: Kenly, Perry Hoge	undated	Box 245
	1904: McLure, Norman Roosevelt	undated	Box 246
	1904: Smith, Karl G	undated	Box 247
	1904: Stevens, Weld Merrick	undated	Box 248
	1904: Stokes, Robert Johnston	undated	Box 308
	1904: Unknown	undated	Box 249
	1905: Harvey, Thomas William, Jr	undated	Box 250
	1906: Edwards, Deane	undated	Box 251
	1906: Goodman, Kenneth Sawyer (also on microfilm)	undated	Box 252-257
	1906: Hazard, Willson	undated	Box 258
	1906: Pierce, Henry Douglas, Jr	undated	Box 259
	1906: Morris, Lewis Spencer	undated	Box 309
	1907: Wuerth, Gustav	undated	Box 260-261
	1907: Unknown	undated	Box 262
	1909: Hutcheson, William Palmer	undated	Box 263
	1910: Flanigan, Edwin Brenton	undated	Box 264
	1910: Kirkpatrick, John Alexander	undated	Box 265
	1912: Breingnan, Alexander Walton	undated	Box 266
	1912: Holden, Arthur	undated	Box 267-269
	1912: White, Sanford B	undated	Box 270
	1913: Hall, Francis Cooley	undated	Box 314-315
	1913: Harland, James Penrose	undated	Box 271
	1913: Hazard, Harry W	undated	Box 272
	1913: Horner, Sidney Henry	undated	Box 273
	1913: Rose, James McKinley	undated	Box 274
	1914: Baker, Hobart A.H. (kept in Hobey Baker Collection)	undated	Explore Multiple Containers
	1914: Clapp, David B	undated	Box 275
	1914: Darlington, Frank, Jr	undated	Box 276
	1915: Haines, Wilder H	undated	Box 277
	1916: Cardwell, Fowler Hathaway	undated	Box 278
	1916: Heyniger, C. Lambert	undated	Box 279
	1916: Murray, James Burling	undated	Box 310
	1917: Carpenter, John W	undated	Box 280
	1917: Crawford, Robert L., III	undated	Box 281-282
	1917: Jackman, Alan	undated	Box 283
	1917: Lowrie, William A	undated	Box 284
	1917: Spencer, Herbert R	undated	Box 318
	1918: Armstrong, Sinclair Wallace	undated	Box 285
	1918: Cooper, Norman H	undated	Box 286
	1919: Bleecker, Leonard	undated	Box 287
	1919: Strong, Benjamin	undated	Box 287
	1920: Harris, W. Irving	undated	Box 288
	1920: O'Neill, John Raymond	undated	Box 289
	1920: Schaefer, Bernard Korsch	undated	Box 290-294
	1920: Speir, Robert Wade	undated	Box 295
	1921: Conover, Edward Alonzo, Jr	undated	Box 296
	1922: Wilson, Donald O	undated	Box 326
	1923: Gorman, Jack	undated	Box 297
	1927: Slagle, Jacob W	undated	Box 325
	1928: Packard, John E., Jr	undated	Box 323
	1935: Hutcheson, Palmer, Jr	undated	Box 298
	1937: Edwards, Robert L	undated	Box 299-300
	1937: Riggs, Thomas, Jr	undated	Box 301
	1939: Bedford, Nathaniel F. “Buz”	undated	Box 311
	1954: Mayer, Henry	undated	Box 320
	Princeton University, Commencement Committee	undated	Box 302
	Unknown	1841-1876	Explore Multiple Containers