Bicentennial Celebration Records, 1944-1947
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The Princeton University Bicentennial Celebration was a year-long series of events that began on September 22, 1946 with a sermon delivered by Geoffrey Francis Fisher, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, in the University Chapel and ended with an address by President Truman in front of Nassau Hall at the June 17, 1947 Concluding Bicentennial Convocation. The Bicentennial Celebration Records contain correspondence, writings, speeches, press-releases, pamphlets, reports, newspaper clippings, tickets, transcripts, watercolor and pencil sketches and various other materials documenting the 1946-1947 Princeton University Bicentennial Celebration.
Series 1: General, 1945-1947
The General series contains the Bicentennial Announcement, correspondence, memoranda, congratulatory letters and greetings from American and foreign universities and institutions, pamphlets, programs, ticket stubs, press releases, and printed material. In particular, material summarizing the Bicentennial events, the exhibitions, hospitality and housing issues, sample invitations, and other preliminary material relating to the conferences and convocation can be found in this section.
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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 Football Film Reels, 1935-1990
Series 1 contains original film reels (mostly 16 mm or 8 mm) documenting Princeton varsity football games between 1935 and 1990. 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.
Women's Athletics, 1913-1982
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Series 1 includes materials on national and regional women's sports associations, the enactment of Title IX, and women's sports at Princeton, particularly during the tenure from 1970 to 1982 of Merrily Dean Baker, founding Director of Women's Physical Education at Princeton.
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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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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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Woodrow Wilson School Policy Seminar Papers, 1930-2018
The undergraduate Policy Seminar is one of the defining elements of the academic curriculum of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. The records consist of the final reports, as well as some syllabi and course materials from the policy seminars and a short-lived graduate-level program from the 1960s.
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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.
Senior Grades, 1945
Junior Independent Work and Junior General Examinations, 1945 June
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Princeton Inn Records, 1922-1970
Princeton Inn was conceived of by a group of University alumni and trustees in 1914 who recognized the need for a hotel to comfortably house the families of students and other visitors in close proximity to campus. Consists of the minute books of the Princeton Inn and a sample form book.
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Princeton Crusader Fellowship Records, 1912-1979
The Princeton Crusader Fellowship is a Christian reform organization founded by a group of Princeton students on Commencement Day in 1912. The records consist of member lists, constitutions, speeches, articles, newsletters, and correspondence of the Princeton Crusader Fellowship.
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Princeton Alumni Publications, Inc. Editor's Records, 1895-1986
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.
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Nancy Price Correspondence, 1860-1966 (mostly 1900-1955)
Consists of about 1500 letters to Price relating to her career as an actress and as founder and manager of the People's National Theatre (London).
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William Kelly Prentice Papers, 1797-1965 (mostly 1900-1955)
Consists of works, correspondence, and documents of William Kelly Prentice, a Greek scholar and authority on classical inscriptions, as well as selected papers of his father and various other family members.
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A. D. Power Collection, 1837-1946
Consists primarily of letters received by A. D. Power, who worked for the English publishing firms of Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons and W. H. Smith and Son.
Letters A-B, 1858-1955
1 Letter from C.A. Alington, 3 from Robert Baden Powell, 1 from M.F. Baines, 2 from A.E. Bayly, 1 from Wyke Bayliss, 1 from Thomas J. Bainardo, 12 from Lord Beatty, 1 from Lord Belper, 1 from Nellie K. Blissero, 1 from Mr. Brotherton, 1 from Arthur Bryant, 1 from T. Burke, 1 from John Burns.
Letters G-H, 1837-1946
1 letter from W.S. Gilbert, 1 from the Bishop of Gloucester, 1 from Lord Gorell, 1 from John Gott, 2 from Charles L. Graves, 2 from Lord Haldane, 2 from Beatrice Harraden, 1 from Harry Hems, 1 from Craven Hill, 1 from Vassall Holland, 2 from J.D. Hooker, 1 from H. Horne, 2 from George Thompson Hutchinson.
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Ezra Pound Collection, 1908-1956
Consists of selected correspondence, manuscripts, and documents of and about Ezra Pound, who was one of the most ambitious, influential, and innovative American poets of the modernist period.
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Herbert Cecil Potter Papers, 1892-1955 (mostly 1893-1919)
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Potter was a lifelong British military officer who attained the rank of brigadier-general. He served in Ireland (1898), South Africa (1901-1902), Egypt and Sudan (1903-1913), and World War I (1914-1918); he retired in 1927. Consists primarily of Potter's lengthy correspondence with his mother and future wife while stationed abroad, often during significant British military operations, including censor-stamped envelopes.
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Adamantia Pollis Papers, 1936-1973 (mostly 1958-1972)
This collection consists of personal and professional papers of Adamantia Pollis, professor of political science on the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science of the New School for Social Research in New York. Included are drafts of various articles, papers of her students, personal memorabilia and papers, grant proposals, and correspondence.
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Richard Pleasant Papers, 1930-1970 (mostly 1940-1960)
Consists of writings, correspondence, photographs, diaries, scrapbooks, press releases, newspapers, clippings, and miscellaneous material relating to Richard Pleasant, a founder of the Ballet Theatre.
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F. L. Pleadwell Papers, 1880-1973 (mostly 1930-1957)
Consists, for the most part, of letters received by American physician and collector F. L. Pleadwell and his wife, the former Laura Mell Stith, concerning Pleadwell's collection of autographs and books in the literary and historical fields, but includes an album of letters and other items collected from prominent associates in the medical field.
"Byron and His Americans" Transcripts with Related Material, 1924-1945
Letters, clippings, etc. relating to Byron and the subject of the essay.
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Princeton University Library Collection of Dan Fellows Platt and Ethel Bliss Platt Materials, 1851-1968 (mostly 1915-1950)
Consists of personal papers of archaeologist and art critic Dan Fellows Platt, a member of the Princeton Class of 1895.
Series 3: Correspondence of Ethel Bliss Platt, 1881-1971
Consists of the correspondence of Ethel Bliss Platt, arranged in alphabetical order.
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Princeton University Library Collection of Triantaphyllos Pittas Materials, 1936-1984
Consists of personal papers of Triantaphyllos Pittas, one of the most important writers of short stories in Greece.
Travel diaries, 1936-1984
This file group consists of five travel diaries that Pittas kept while traveling in Bulgaria, Romania, former Soviet Union, Germany, and Austria.
Notebooks, 1942-1951
Consists of five notebooks containing handwritten notes of several readings, as well as letters to modern Greek poets and ancient Greek politicians.
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Pierson Family Documents, 1713-1946 (mostly 1800-1880)
Consists of documents representing at least three generations of the Pierson family of Orange, New Jersey, including Isaac Pierson (1770-1833, Princeton Class of 1789), a physician, his son William (1796-1882, Princeton Class of 1816), a physician and first mayor of Orange, and William's sons Edward (d. 1882, Princeton Class of 1854), a lawyer, and William, Jr. (1830-1900), also a physician.
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David Laurence Pierson Scrapbooks, 1817-1953 (mostly 1927-1937)
Consists of twenty scrapbook volumes (1927-1937) of letters, documents, photographs, newspapers clippings, and printed matter concerning the observance of Constitution Day (Sept. 17), compiled by David Laurence Pierson, who was instrumental in getting national recognition for that day.
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Norman C. Pierce Papers, 1920-1975
Consists of papers of Norman C. Pierce, an American Mormon author, including personal correspondence, financial papers, a photograph album of a trip to Germany in 1927, family photographs, clippings, travel memorabilia and notes, articles (by others), and printed matter relating to Mormonism in Utah.
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Newton Lacy Pierce Papers, 1937-1950
Consists of articles, correspondence, and related materials on astronomy of Newton Lacy Pierce, a professor of astronomy at Princeton University.
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Eden Phillpotts Collection, 1906-1977
Eden Phillpotts was a prolific and popular English novelist, playwright, and poet. Papers consist of about 120 letters by Phillpotts to G. Herbert Thring and Denys Killam Roberts of the Society of Authors and Macleod Yearsley regarding the publishing of his works. Additions to the collection include 64 letters, printed matter and newspaper clippings (1921-1960) about Phillpotts and his works.
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John Lott Phillips Collection, 1776-1987
Consists of material by and about John Lott Phillips, a graduate of Princeton (1774), a clergyman of the Church of England, and a loyalist to the British Crown.
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David Graham Phillips Manuscripts, 1902-1950
Consists of selected manuscripts of novels, plays, short stories, essays, and articles of American journalist and author David Graham Phillips (Princeton Class of 1887).
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Phi Beta Kappa Records, 1896-1969
The Princeton University Phi Beta Kappa Records consist of correspondence, reports, minutes, and other materials relating to the administration, membership, and finances of this organization.
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Murray S. Peyton Collection of Princeton Track & Field Materials, 1876-2016 (mostly 1950-2013)
Murray S. Peyton ('57) was on the track and football teams while at Princeton and has collected material related to Princeton and Ivy League Track & Field for over 50 years. The collection consists largely of track meet rosters, results, and program magazines.
Series 1: Track & Field and Cross Country Materials, 1876-2014
The Track Field and Cross Country Materials series contains rosters, meet schedules, programs, score cards, results, clippings and press releases related to Princeton Men's and Women's Track Field and Cross Country.
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Howard C. Petersen Papers, 1915-1995 (mostly 1935-1970)
Howard C. Petersen (1910-1995) was an expert in international economics and foreign trade. He served in the War Department under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as Assistant Secretary of War for President Harry S. Truman, as National Finance Chairman and fundraiser for the Dwight D. Eisenhower campaigns, and as Special Assistant on International Trade for President John F. Kennedy. Petersen was also a principal drafter of the Selective Service Act, a lawyer, and president of Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company. Petersen's papers document his entire career, especially his work with the new Security and Exchange Commission regulations as a lawyer in the 1930s and with the United States War Department during World War II, and include correspondence, articles, and publications.
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Percival W. Petch Papers, circa 1900-1953
Consists primarily of an unpublished manuscript, dating from 1917 to 1919, along with clippings and a few original photographs documenting the experiences of Percival William Petch (1886-1940), a British army officer who was stationed along the Macedonian Front during World War I.
Petch Family: Photographs and Ephemera, circa 1900-1953
Includes photos of Percival Petch and of his mother and father. Ephemeral items, including a couple of food ration books, relate to Mr. and Mrs. S. Hassall.
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Pershing Collection of Emily Dickinson, 1945-1972
Consists of material related to the collection of Emily Dickinson works compiled by Margaret Jane Pershing.
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James H. Pershing Papers, 1930-1945
Contains selected correspondence of lawyer and bibliohile James H. Pershing, as well as notebooks documenting his library.
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Ralph Barton Perry Papers, 1917-1946
Ralph Barton Perry was a member of the Princeton University Class of 1896, a Harvard Philosophy Professor, and a Pulitzer-Prize winning writer producing works on philosophy, history, and politics in his lifetime. The Ralph Barton Perry Papers consist of correspondence, speeches, clippings, and other materials documenting Ralph Barton Perry's life as an alumnus of the Princeton Class of 1896.
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Glen C.H. Perry Papers, 1944-1982
This collection consists of works, lecture note cards, correspondence, an audio tape, and printed matter of American journalist and publicist Glen C. H. Perry (Princeton Class of 1926).
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Maxwell E. Perkins Letters to Elizabeth H. Lemmon, 1922-1947
Consists of 128 letters (1922-1946) by Scribner editor Maxwell E. Perkins to his long-time friend and platonic lover Elizabeth H. Lemmon.
Letters: Maxwell E. Perkins to Elizabeth H. Lemmon, 1945-1946
2 TLsS to Elizabeth Lemmon, 1945; TLS 1946
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D. Hugh Peniston, Class of 1941, Papers, 1936-2013 (mostly 1935-1942)
D. Hugh Peniston graduated from Princeton University in 1941. This collection includes his course notes and coursework along with his letters home during his undergraduate years.
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G. Edward Pendray papers, 1829-1981 (mostly 1923-1971)
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G. Edward Pendray was an early proponent of rocket power and space flight and co-founder Pendray and Company, a prominent public relations firm. The G. Edward Pendray Papers consist of correspondence, notes, memoranda, drafts, reports, photographs, and printed material related to Pendray's career in public relations and his life-long interest and involvement in aeronautics and astronautics.
Articles and Journals of Foreign Rocket Groups, 1929-1949
American Interplanetary Society, 1829-1955
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P.E.N. American Center Records, 1922-2008 (mostly 1930-1989)
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Consists of files created by P.E.N. American Center as part of its regular business operations since its founding in 1922. Includes material on governance and policies, programs, awards, and financial aid granted to authors, and the center's involvement with International P.E.N. and other P.E.N. organizations worldwide. The collection is especially notable for its extensive author correspondence and occasional original manuscripts, as well as audio and video recordings of P.E.N. programs and events.
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Henry Neill Paul Papers, 1846-1952
Consists of works, correspondence, and printed matter of Henry Neill Paul (Princeton Class of 1884). Also included is an autograph book and account books of family members.
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Maurice Pate Papers, 1904-1985 (mostly 1945-1965)
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Maurice Pate (1894-1965) was an international civil servant who devoted his career to improving the welfare of children. He was involved in a variety of relief efforts during both world wars and their immediate aftermaths, and was the first Executive Director of UNICEF. Pate's papers document his career as a humanitarian and include correspondence, reports, Pate's notes and writings, publications, and photographs, as well as biographical materials and Pate's personal correspondence.
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Thomas Marc Parrott Papers, 1882-1957 (mostly 1915-1952)
Consists of papers of American Shakespearean scholar Thomas Marc Parrott (Princeton Class of 1888), as well as printed matter and some works of other authors.
Printed reviews by Parrott, 1937-1953
Extracted from newspapers, magazines, and literary quarterlies
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M. L. Parrish Collection of Victorian Novelists, 1806-1958 (mostly 1830-1939)
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The Morris L. Parrish Collection of Victorian Novelists, consisting of the library of books, manuscripts, photographs, artwork, and ephemera as collected by Morris Longstreth Parrish, Class of 1888, came to Princeton University in 1944 as a bequest. This finding aid focuses on Parrish's original collection of manuscripts, both bound and unbound, and includes his correspondence (related to his collecting activities) and letters both to and from many of the Victorian authors, as well as the manuscript and related (non-book) items given to and/or acquired for the collection by the Princeton University Library in subsequent years.
"Dormy House", 1917-1945
Guest books, kept by Parrish and others, of visitors to Dormy House, in Pine Valley, New Jersey. Includes signatures of guests, plus, photographs, autograph and typewritten letters, notes, artwork, newspaper clippings, magazine tear sheets, and other printed ephemera. Final handwritten entry dated Oct. 23rd, 1945."
Parrish, Morris Longstreth, 1900-1945
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Nikos Pappas and Rita Boumē Papa Papers, 1932-1988
Consists of personal papers of the Greek poets and writers, Nikos Pappas and his wife, Rita Boumē Papa, including correspondence, autograph manuscripts and typescripts of published and unpublished poetry, articles, talks, clippings, and other printed material.
Lountemēs, Menelaos, 1938-1971
The folder contains extensive incoming correspondence from the Greek writer, Menelaos Lountemēs, to Nikos Pappas and Rita Boumē Papa. There is also a letter from Pappas to Lountemēs and two letters from Dēmētrios Psathas and the editor, Makēs Kamarinopoulos.
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Papers of Woodrow Wilson Project Records, 1761-1992 (mostly 1850-1929)
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The Papers of Woodrow Wilson Project, co-sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation and Princeton University, was a successful project to publish material generated by and influencing Woodrow Wilson; the 35 year project resulted in an acclaimed 69 volume set. The records of the Papers of Woodrow Wilson Project, compiled by chief editor Arthur S. Link and his staff, document the life and times of the former Princeton University president, governor of New Jersey, and president of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, as well as the project to bring together documentation by and about Wilson.
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Erwin Panofsky Letters to the Burrages, 1938-1969
Consists primarily of letters by Erwin and Dora Panofsky to the artist Mildred Burrage and her sister Madeleine ("Bob").
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Erwin Panofsky Letters to Mrs. Alfred Barr, 1932-1967
Consists mostly of letters by German-American art historian Erwin Panofsky to friend and art historian Margaret Scolari Barr.
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Erwin Panofsky Correspondence with William S. Hecksher, 1936-1980 (mostly 1945-1968)
Consists of copies of correspondence primarily between art historian Erwin Panofsky and his student and fellow art historian William S. Hecksher, spanning the years from 1936 until Panofsky"s death in 1968.