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Series 10: Faculty Members' Files, 1924-1998
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Series 10: Faculty Members' Files, 1924-1998 contains files that belonged to individual faculty members within the Department of English. The files of Albert Elsasser relate primarily to undergraduate curriculum and student advising between 1925 and 1954. The papers of David Robertson relate primarily to department-level activities and decisions between 1983 and 1997. The files of Thomas Roche relate to his project on the history of the English Department as well as other departmental matters. The papers of Neil Rudenstine primarily reflect his teaching activities in the mid-late 1960s. Finally, papers received from Claudia Tate consist of departmental memos from 1995-1998.
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.