The Julian Parks Boyd subseries contains the records of Julian Parks Boyd, who was Princeton's University Librarian 1940-1952. His tenure was a period of immense growth in the Library, both in terms of collections and facilities. As with the records of earlier University Librarians, these records contain correspondence and subject files pertaining to acquisitions, budgets, and other routine administrative matters. This series is also notable however for its illustration of the Library's growing importance to the University, as conveyed by the records which pertain to the planning and construction of Firestone Library, found primarily in the Cooperative Committee on Library Buildings files (Box 26-27).

Series 1, Philadelphian Society Records, 1855-1946, consists of bound volumes and files containing the Society's charter and by-laws, membership lists, and minutes of Society, board, and cabinet (undergraduate officer) meetings. (The bulk of the collection ends in 1930, while board minutes and correspondence continue until 1946, relating to business matters of the Princeton Summer Camp.) Files contain reports of general secretaries and committee chairs to the board and the cabinet. Committee records include bound volumes and files of membership and financial information, including information on the annual campus fund-raising drive, plus material relating to the Society's religious and social work. Among the Society's publications are several journals, the Student Handbook, and a newspaper. Files regarding Buchmanism contain testimony before President Hibben's committee of 1926, the committee's report, and clippings and correspondence related to the controversy. Several scrapbooks include correspondence, circulars and clippings regarding the Society's work on and off campus.

The Student Christian Association and its predecessors were the dominant religious organizations at Princeton University for almost a hundred and fifty years. The Philadelphian Society, founded by a small group of students in 1825, was the quasi-official campus religious agency by the beginning of the twentieth century. In 1930 the Student-Faculty Association (SFA), organized by the Dean of the Chapel, took over the Society's programs, focusing on community service. In 1946 the Student Christian Association (SCA) replaced both the Society and the SFA, coordinating both religious and community service activities in campus. The Student Volunteers Council succeeded the SCA in 1967.

Series 1: Diplomas from the Princeton University Archives Oversize Collection, 1749-1998 (bulk 1749-1926) consists of 183 original diplomas and photostats, as well as a small number of blank, sample or spoiled diplomas.

Since its first class of six graduates and one honoree in 1748, Princeton University has awarded over 80,000 diplomas. This collection contains 213 original diplomas and photostats, including executed diplomas as well as blank, sample or spoiled diplomas.

This series includes a variety of records that document the class years 1798 to 1855.

This series includes a variety of records that document the class years 1881 to 1890.

Series 6: Finances, 1930-1973 (bulk 1957-1972) concerns all aspects of the financial administration of the University, including budgeting, income and expenditure, and taxation. Many of the records consist of correspondence to and from Ricardo (Dick) Mestres, Financial Vice-President and Treasurer. The series begins with general files, which contain miscellaneous correspondence. Among the letters are inquiries from various countries, which include requests for financial support and patent offers.

Subseries 5A: Administrative, is comprised of correspondence and interoffice memoranda discussing day-to-day management of scholarships, bequests, and conditions on donated funds. A recurrent theme in this material is the overriding importance of extending the opportunity of a Princeton education to as many as possible. Also included are newspaper clippings highlighting Princeton's commitment to extending financial assistance to all eligible students. Discussions of the establishment and extent of World War I and II memorial scholarships given in honor of Princeton men who made the ultimate sacrifice for their nation are also included in this subseries. Portions of this subseries predate the establishment of the Secretary's Office.

The Hellenic Studiesseries consists of files of Hellenic Studies faculty.

The History series consists of files of History faculty.

The Humanities Program series consists of files of Humanities Program faculty.

The Finance series consists of files of Center for Finance faculty.

The French and Italian series consists of files of French and Italian faculty.

Princeton University's Dean of the Faculty is the senior administrator responsible for the quality and well-being of the faculty and professional staff of the university. The collection consists of personnel files for nearly every individual at one time employed as a member of Princeton University's faculty or professional staff.