Physics Department Records, 1909-2015
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The records of the Physics Department document the scientific and teaching activities of Princeton University physicists from 1909 to 1962. While routine activities such as the hiring of faculty and the education of graduate and undergraduate students are recorded, these records also detail the Department's activities in early studies of theoretical physics, as well as its participation in World War II research activities. There is also a small amount of material that documents Milton White's efforts toward builing the cyclotron (1936).
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Department of Near Eastern Studies Records, 1933-2017
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The Department of Oriental Studies was formed at Princeton University in the spring of 1927 as the Department of Oriental Languages and Literature. It offered an interdisciplinary curriculum centered on the study of the Arabic, Turkish, and Persian languages and the regions in which they were spoken until 1969, when it was reorganized into the separate Departments of Near Eastern Studies and East Asian Studies. The records consist of correspondence, memoranda, printed materials, course syllabi, and other materials which document the activities of the department and it's faculty inside and outside of the classroom.
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Department of Music Records, 1932-2015
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Since 1935 Princeton University's Department of Music has offered courses in composition, music history, and related areas to students at the graduate and undergraduate level. The records of the Department of Music document the department's wide range of activities including teaching, research, curriculum development, and the planning of music-related programs on campus.
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Department of History records, 1926-2017 (mostly 1926-1979)
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From the time of the department's institution in 1924, history has typically been one of Princeton's most popular undergraduate concentrations, with the Department of History offering 40 or more undergraduate courses each year. The records consis of subject and faculty files, correspondence, departmental budgets, course syllabi, as well as records from several special projects.
History of Science Colloquia, Seminar and Workshop Records, 1989-2002
Contains programs and schedules of colloquia, seminars and workshops hosted by the program in the History of Science, and some correspondence on arranging the events.
History of Science Program Administrative Records, 1956-2013 (mostly 1990-2013)
Contains Program in the History of Science administrative records, including flyers and invitations for History of Science workshops and colloquia between 1994-2012; programs for the Joint Atlantic Seminar 1991-2008; arrangements for and invitations to History of Science spring and fall receptions; postings and request letters for History of Science job searches 1991-1992; graduate program admissions instructions for faculty 2003-2013; and Department of History PhD lists 1956-2002.
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Department of French and Italian Records, 1909-2019
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The Department of French and Italian as it exists today at Princeton University originated in 1958 when the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures was split into the separate departments of Romance and Germanic Languages and Literatures. Consists of the records of the contemporary Department of French and Italian, collected while it was operating as the Department of Modern Languages and later the Department of Romance Languages and Literature.
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Department of Facilities Records, 1803-2015 (mostly 1955-1981)
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The Department of Facilities at Princeton University is responsible for the construction, maintenance, renovation, and financial management of the buildings and properties owned by the university. The Department of Facilities records document the daily activities of the department and its numerous divisions through blueprints, photographs, correspondence, memos, sketches, contracts, ledgers, tax returns, incorporation papers, by-laws, annual reports, financial statements, newspaper clippings, booklets, and meeting minutes.
Series 7: Land Records, 1794-2000s
Series 7 includes deeds, affidavit of titles, title searches, supporting legal documents, maps, land surveys, mortgage documents, easement documentation, and correspondence
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Department of Chemistry Records, 1893-2017
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The Department of Chemistry at Princeton University dates back to the early days of the College of New Jersey, and today it is one of the University's largest undergraduate concentrations. The collection contains examinations and grade books, records pertaining to chemistry research performed at the department in support of the U.S. Manhattan project and departmental records.
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Department of Biology Records, 1892-2007 (mostly 1910-1969)
The study of biology began at the College of New Jersey with the appointment in 1830 of botanist John Torrey into a part-time faculty position; it expanded with the formation of the School of Science in the 1870s; and was established as a department in 1904. The collection primarily consists of the records of the Department of Biology assembled during the tenures of Department Chairmen Edwin G. Conklin and Elmer Butler. Included are correspondence, general subject files, and records pertaining to grants, research endowments, publications, and administrative matters such as budgets and staffing. Also includes sponsored research reports and student grade cards.
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Astrophysical Sciences Department Records, 1835-2017 (mostly 1867-1966)
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The papers of the Astrophysical Sciences Department represent the original observation records, correspondence, and teaching documents of Princeton astrophysicists from 1835 to 1990.
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Department of Sociology Records, 1962-2017
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This collection consists of seven research reports written in the 1960s by faculty in the Department of Sociology.
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Department of Psychology Records, 1880-2017
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The Department of Psychology dates from 1893, but was not officially established as an independent department until 1920. This collection includes group portraits and portraits of deparment faculty as well as some photos of individuals and locations that may not be Princeton-related.
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Department of Politics Records, 1921-2017 (mostly 1921-1978)
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The Department of Politics at Princeton University is one of the University's largest academic departments, offering undergraduate and graduate courses touching on nearly every aspect of the discipline of political science. The Department of Politics records document the activities of the Department of Politics and its faculty from the time of its founding in 1924 until the mid-1960s, and contain correspondence, course syllabi and notes, examinations, and subject files.
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Department of English Records, 1872-2017
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The papers of Princeton University's English Department document the many varied aspects of one of Princeton's largest academic departments. With some writings that pre-date the Department's formal establishment in 1904, the collection includes faculty meeting and sub-committee minutes; faculty personnel papers and correspondence; the papers of many prominent faculty members, which include class lectures, syllabi, and original scholarship; records of departmental majors; student work; and scrapbooks of publicity and memorabilia about the Department, its faculty, staff, and students, both undergraduate and graduate.
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Department of Classics Records, 1894-2017 (mostly 1894-1935)
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The Department of Classics at Princeton University offers courses, both in English and in the original languages, that treat the whole range of ancient culture, from its mythology to its philosophy, law, and literature. Consists of the records of the Department of Classics from the late 19th and early 20th century.
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Water Resources Program Research Reports, 1973-1998
Consists of research reports created by the Water Resources Program of the Department of Civil Engineering at Princeton University.
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Department of Art and Archaeology Records, 1882-2017 (mostly 1925-1981)
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The Art and Archaeology Department is one of the University's most distinguished academic departments, responsible for the education of students on the graduate and undergraduate level as well as the administration of the Princeton Art Museum. This collection consists of the records of the Department of Art and Archaeology, which include advisory council minutes; faculty files; gift records; correspondence; recommendations; project files; course lists; historical documents; and lists of images used in classes.
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Davis International Center Records, 1982-2017
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The International Center at Princeton was founded in 1974 by a volunteer cohort of faculty, alumni, and community residents to welcome new international graduate students and visiting scholars to the University community. The collection documents the Center's programs and events, as well as international student associations and alumni groups.
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Council of the Princeton University Community Records, 1965-2016 (mostly 1969-1976)
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The Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) was born out of the Special Committee on the Structure of the University established by President Robert F. Goheen in May 1968. CPUC is primarily a deliberative and consultative body, with the authority to "consider and investigate" university policy, governance, and any general issue related to the welfare of the University. Much of the work of the Council takes place through its standing committees: the Executive Committee, the Committee on Rights and Rules, the Committee on Governance, the Committee on Priorities, the Committee on Resources, and the Judicial Committee.
Series 1, Council Administration, 1970-2016
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Series 1, Council Administration, 1970-1983, contains rosters of members and CPUC minutes arranged in chronological order.
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Corporate and Foundation Relations Records, 1980-1997
Corporate and Foundation Relations is an office within the department of Research at Princeton that raises funds to support education, research, and scholarship at the University. The collection includes annual reports (1980-1997), department statistics (1988-1993), and campaign status reports (1981-1985).
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Community House Records, 1968-2012
The Princeton University Community House is a student-led organization that was established in 1969 by seven undergraduate students to provide academic and social enrichment programming to black youth and adults living in low-income Princeton neighborhoods. The Community House Records document the origins and activities of the organization since its inception and through its first three decades.
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Princeton University Center For Energy & Environmental Studies Technical Reports, 1972-1999
Consists of technical reports created by the Center for Energy & Environmental Studies. The Center has been integrated in the Princeton Environmental Institute in early 2000s.
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Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding Records, 1971-2017 (mostly 1984-1999)
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Established in the late 1970s, the Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding (called the Third World Center until 2002) celebrates, acknowledges, and promotes diversity on the Princeton University campus. The collection documents the Carl A. Fields Center's programs and administration over a period of thirty years.
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Graduate Alumni Public Files, 1921-1997
The Bureau of Alumni Records was established in January 1949 as an outgrowth of the records office maintained by the Graduate Council, the governing body of the Princeton University Alumni Association. The collection consists of public files of former graduate students of Princeton University.
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Undergraduate Alumni Records, 1921-2008
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Consists of individual files of former undergraduate students of Princeton University, compiled by the Bureau of Alumni Information. Material in each file varies greatly but most include the names of relatives, notable achievements at Princeton and post-graduation, news items, address updates, and obituaries.
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Women's Golf at Princeton Records, 1979-2011
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These records document the struggle to establish a women's golf program at Princeton University in the 1970s and its development since that time. Records include correspondence, memoranda, notes and clippings pertaining to Women's Golf at Princeton and Betty Whelan Donovan's tenure as creator and coach of the organization.
Women's Golf at Princeton Records, 1979-2011
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Princeton Women's Lacrosse Records, circa 1975-2010
Formed in the fall of 1972 under the direction of Coach Penny Hinckley, the Princeton Women's Lacrosse team was the first women's team at Princeton to reach an NCAA Final. The collection documents the history of the Princeton Women's Lacrosse team and contains a variety of records including clippings, statistics, schedules, practice notes, and a number of videorecordings of games. Also included are a limited amount of videorecordings, photographs and publications on women's field hockey.
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Princeton Football Films Collection, 1935-2012 (mostly 1935-1990)
Princeton University was a participant in the first intercollegiate football game in America in 1869. Since then, the University has maintained a varsity football team, competing each season against other colleges in the Ivy League Athletic Conference, including traditional rival Yale. The collection consists of film reels documenting Princeton varsity football games between 1935 and 1990, as well as video of the 2012 season.
Princeton Freshman (Frosh) Football Film Reels, 1922-2001
Series 3 contains original film reels (mostly 16 mm or 8 mm) documenting Princeton freshman (frosh) football games between 1951 and 2001. For many games more than one reel exists, documenting only offense or defensive plays, practices or scrimmages, kicking, or specific quarters of the game. Duplicate prints of certain reels are also included in the collection.
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Dillon Gym Library Collection, 1891-2003 (mostly 1930-1991)
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The Dillon Gym Library was housed in Dillon Gym, which opened in 1947. Dillon Gym is now mainly used as the headquarters for the Campus Recreation program, and includes various administrative and varsity athletic coaches' offices. The majority of the collection is made up of published material such as athletic handbooks, rule guides and technique charts; athletic organization convention and conference reports; and university publications (sports schedules and programs, admissions material, faculty, staff, and alumni guides and fundraising publications). The collection contains several areas of focus—notably, material on women's sports at Princeton.
Athletic Rulebooks, Handbooks and Publications, 1902-2003
General athletic files contain published rulebooks and guidebooks for individual sports, especially from the mid-twentieth century and the 1970s, many printed by the NCAA, as well as copies of periodicals such as Modern Gymnast and football programs from Princeton and elsewhere. There are also printed NCAA championship booklets, convention bulletins, manuals, rules and regulations. Much of the material is not specific to Princeton, but some Princeton programs and press releases are included in the football, basketball, hockey, soccer, track, and wrestling files.
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Sprint Football VHS Tapes Collection, 1947, 1989-2005
The sprint football program at Princeton (sometimes known as lightweight football) has operated since 1933. The collection consists of 196 videotapes (VHS format) of Sprint Football games and one video transfer of a 1947 varsity football game film.
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Princeton University Asian American Student Association Records, 1978-2015
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The Princeton University Asian American Students Association (AASA) was organized in 1971 to address the needs of Asian American students at Princeton through social, cultural, political, and educational programs. The Asian American Students Association Records chiefly consist of correspondence, petitions, reports, and proposals that document the campaign for developing an Asian American Studies program at Princeton as well as records that document campus events and activities led and sponsored by the Asian American Student Association.
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Princetoniana Committee Oral History Project Records, 1994-2015
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The Princetoniana Committee was formed by the Alumni Council in 1981 with the mission of proactively collecting worthy items of Princetoniana on the University's behalf. The Princetoniana Committee Oral History Project (POHP) Records consist of oral history interview transcripts from two separate oral history projects and related materials.
Series 1: Oral History Interviews for Going Back: An Oral History of Princeton, 1994-1996
Series 1 consists of interviews with prominent Princeton Alumni assembled for the 1996 book Going Back: An Oral History of Princeton. Also included are correspondence pertaining to the project and audio recordings of interviews.
Eleanor Anne (Ellie) Vivona-Vaughan '79, 1977-2014 June 21
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Alumni Association Records, 1826-2016
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The Alumni Association of Nassau Hall, Princeton's first official organization of alumni, was founded on commencement day 1826. The collection consists primarily of administrative materials such as correspondence, meeting minutes, notebooks and reports belonging to both national and regional associations and their committees, most from the first half of the 20th century. Also contains newsletters, alumni directories, scrapbooks, reunion-related ephemera, photographs, and materials documenting reunions and alumni organization activities from the late 19th century forward.
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Alumni Studies Program Records, 1981-2006
The Alumni Council was formed in 1909 as the Graduate Council to provide leadership for alumni activity. Consists of recordings -- mostly audiocassettes, compact discs and VHS tapes -- of lecture courses from the Class of 1942 seminars and other Alumni Studies courses, as well as a small amount of printed material to supplement the lectures.
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¡Adelante Tigres! Latino Alumni Conference Collection, 1970-2010
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The Alumni Association of Princeton University organized the conference ¡Adelante Tigres! Celebrating Latino Alumni at Princeton University in the spring of 2017. The conference brought more than 750 alumni and guests to campus to reflect on and engage with not only the memories of Latino alumni but also the current experiences of Latino students at Princeton. The ¡Adelante Tigres! Collection consists of photographs and other records that Princeton alumni created and maintained during their time as Princeton students. Documented in the collection are a range of student activities, including cultural performances (dance and music), activism, reunions, and graduation. These materials were collected as part of the conference of the same name organized by the Alumni Association.
Photographs of 1995 Sit-In at Nassau Hall, 1995
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This folder contains scanned images of the April 1995 sit-in of Nassau Hall in which Princeton students petitioned the University to establish departments for Latino Studies and Asian American Studies.
Photographs of 1995 Sit-In at Nassau Hall; Latino Heritage Month pins, 1995-1997
This folder contains images of the April 1995 sit-in of Nassau Hall in which Princeton students petitioned the University to establish departments for Latino Studies and Asian American Studies.
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HIV/AIDS in Latin America, II, 1980-2008
This collection of ephemera on HIV/AIDS in Latin America consists of flyers, pamphlets, instructional materials, reports, and serials addressing issues related to prevention and sexual education, public services, community organizing, and health policies.
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Environment and Ecology in Colombia and Venezuela, 1988-2007
This collection of ephemera on the environment and ecology in Colombia and Venezuela contains flyers, pamphlets, booklets, reports, and periodicals.
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Children and Youth in Mexico and Central America, 1984-2008
This collection contains pamphlets, flyers, working papers, institutional reports, and periodicals that address the conditions of children and youth in Mexico and Central America between 1984 and 2008.
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Arts and Culture in Cuba, 1963-2008
This collection consists mostly of pamphlets and a few serial titles related to various aspects of the arts and culture in Cuba.
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Human Rights in Mexico and Central America, 1979-2008
This collection contains pamphlets, flyers, working papers, reports, and periodicals pertaining to human rights in Mexico and Central America during the past thirty years, from 1979 to 2008.
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Politics in Mexico, II, 1968-2008
This collection of ephemera from Mexico consists of pamphlets, flyers, serials, and election paraphernalia printed between 1968 and 2008, but the bulk of the materials dates from the early 1990s to 2006.
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Políticas del Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Chile: documentos y publicaciones, 1942-2005
This collection contains approximately three hundred and fifty items directly related to the Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Chile.
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Gay and Lesbian Issues in Latin America, II, 1991-2008
This collection of ephemera on gay and lesbian issues in Latin America contains serials, bulletins, brochures, pamphlets, flyers, bookmarks, stickers, and other materials.
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Princeton Summer Theater Records, 1968-2008
Princeton Summer Theater was founded in 1968 by three members of Theatre Intime who sought to continue acting during the summer offseason. The collection consists of organizational records and promotional materials which document the activities of Princeton Summer Theater dating back to its inception as Summer Intime.
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Princeton Shakespeare Company Records, 1994-2000
The Princeton Shakespeare Company was founded in 1994 by student Davis McCallum '97 and English professor Thomas P. Roche. Consists of clippings, photographs, flyers, press releases, and programs documenting the first years of the Princeton Shakespeare Company.
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Princeton School of Public and International Affairs Records, 1847-2017
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Founded in 1930 as a cooperative enterprise of the History, Politics, and Economics Departments of Princeton University at the undergraduate level, the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs has since grown into one of the nation's foremost centers for professional public policy education, offering degrees on both the undergraduate and graduate level and contributing original research in a wide variety of fields related to public and international affairs. The records document the school's founding and development and include correspondence, subject files, publications, and audiovisual materials.
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Princeton Alumni Weekly Photograph Collection, circa 1968-2001
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This collection contains images used or considered for use by the publication the Princeton Alumni Weekly. The photographs are generally black-white glossy 8x10 prints; however, 5x7 prints are also found within the collection. The photographs are arranged in general topics, and then alphabetically within each subject. New accruals are added on to the end of the collection and maintained in the order in which they were transferred.
Chapel/Hibben Garden, circa 1963-1996
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This folder contains photographs of the interior, exterior, and environs of the Princeton University Chapel. Included are photographs of Hibben Garden, the Hibben lectern, a bust of Grover Cleveland, a scuplture of Jonathan Edwards, stained glass windows including the Stevenson window, and services being held in the Chapel. Also included is an aerial shot of the Chapel and the surrounding buildings and a reproduction of a 1935 painting of the Chapel interior by Christine S. Josselyn.