The Student Records series contains the academic records of individual Princeton University students. The type and amount of information recorded about each student changed frequently from Registrar to Registrar, and as such the Student Records series contains several different forms of student academic data ranging from yearly course grades to attendance records to full academic transcripts. The most common forms of student records include scholastic cards, which contain the courses taken and grades awarded to students by term, and registration cards, which contain basic biographical information at the time of entrance to the University and the results of entrance examinations.

This series is mostly comprised of materials related to George F. Kennan's family history. The materials were collected by Kennan's daughter, Joan. Some of the materials were consulted by John Lewis Gaddis as part of his research for his biography of Kennan prior to the materials' transfer to the Mudd Library. The materials in this series are occasionally annotated by either Joan Kennan or John Lewis Gaddis.

The Occasions and Events series documents many of the services, events, and festivals that have taken place at Princeton. Many of the events in this series, such as Unity Weekend and the Martin Luther King, Jr., Day celebration, document the diversity of the Princeton community. The collection's files on distinguished visitors, found in this series as well, are sorted by name (or, in the case of groups, place of origin).

Includes topical files, scientific information, notes, manuscripts of works, printed matter of various forms, class records, lectures, and speeches.

Series 7, Memorabilia and Clippings, 1803-1954, relates to the life and work of members of the Van Antwerp and MacMurray families. The memorabilia, chronologically arranged from 1803-1952, includes a family Bible with a marriage, birth, and death record of members of the Van Antwerp and MacMurray families (1829-1894). Newspaper and magazine clippings span the period 1873-1960, and Christmas and calling cards can also be found.

The Physical Planning Office Series consists of documents related to the management of construction of major structures and alterations to existing structures on the Princeton campus. Major construction projects represented in this series include the construction of Wilson College, the Engineering Quadrangle, and the Cyclotron Building. Documents include correspondence between office administration and contractors and architects, reports and studies of campus, internal memoranda discussing the feasibility of potential projects, and financial documents related to specific projects.

The Miscellaneous series contains various records held by the University Archives which are loosely connected to the duties of the Registrar. These include bonds issued to students in the 19th century as an early form of financial aid and a registration book used to keep track of alumni data.

Materials in this series, which include include empty envelopes, stamps and other miscellaneous ephemera, writings, and documents, primarily relate to Henry C. Cameron and A. Guyot Cameron; a few relate to Arnold Guyot and Mina Chollet Cameron.

Born in Peoria, Illinois April 19, 1861, John Grier Hibben was the son of the Rev. Samuel Hibben, a Union chaplain in the Civil War who died when John Grier Hibben was one year old, and Elizabeth Grier Hibben. Hibben graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1882. As a student, he was a junior orator, editor of the Bric-a- Brac, winner of the mathematical prize, sophomore honor prize, and the Class of 1861 prize. He was also valedictorian, class president, and received the J.S.K. fellowship in mathematics. Having completed a one-year post-graduate course at the University of Berlin, he attended the Princeton Theological Seminary from 1883 to 1886. During this time he temporarily took the place of Henry B. Fine, Class of 1880, as instructor in mathematics at the College of New Jersey, and he briefly taught French and German at the Lawrenceville School. Hibben was ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1887 and married Jenny Davidson of Elizabeth, New Jersey the same year. They had one daughter.

Series 3: Post-2003 Additions contains materials that were added to the collection after it was processed in 2003. Most of these materials were already in the possession of Mudd Manuscript Library prior to 2003, but they had not yet been described or associated with this collection. When known, the student who recorded the notes is listed as the creator and the instructor's name is recorded in the title.

The Museums and Art series consists mostly of records relating to three campus museums (the Art Museum, the Epigraphical Museum, and the Natural History Museum) and to miscellaneous campus art and artifacts.

The Correspondence Series includes letters, notes, and telegrams from a variety of individuals, usually to or from Woodrow Wilson (although some correspondence is between others and is related to Wilson). Perhaps the most notable portion of this series is the Wilson family correspondence, including letters between Wilson and his first wife, Ellen Axson Wilson, from their courtship through the end of her life in 1914, as well as correspondence to and from his daughters Jessie and Margaret, and his brother-in-law Stockton Axson. This series also includes a "Special Correspondence Collections" section, which contains shorthand notebooks of Wilson letters recorded by his secretary, Gilbert Close, as well as correspondence collections of other individuls close to Wilson, including Lawrence Woods, David Huston, and Mary Hulbert, as well as the Thackwell collection of correspondence between Woodrow family members and especially between Woodrow Wilson and his cousin, Harriet Woodrow. These collections include letters to and from Wilson and others. The final section of the Correspondence Series includes copies of letters in other collections.

The Student Aid and Employment series contains files related to providing students with financial aid and with employment at the University. For information on tuition, see Series 33 (Student Life).

The papers of Violetta Susan Elizabeth White Delafield, consist of her writings, correspondence, documents, photographs, memorabilia, and miscellaneous material. Her writings and notes deal with her research in mycology and horticulture, and much of the correspondence reflects these topics. In addition, there is correspondence with family members such as her sister and brother, Lucy A. White Morris and Alain C. White. The documents contain papers of the White family as well as correspondence bearing on their estate. Material regarding the annual meetings of the Garden Club of America makes up the bulk of the miscellaneous material series.

Department of Chemistry Faculty Meeting Minutes (1929-1993), photographs of Chemistry Department faculty, the chemistry department, and "Old Frick" (the Frick Chemistry Lab that was in service from 1929 to 2010), and related materials.

Includes materials that Rossi considered important, such as founding documents of Vuelta and two items related to his ancestor, the Venezuelan general José Antonio Páez [1790-1873]. This series also includes several scrapbooks that were assembled around the time of Rossi's death.

This series documents William Jovanovich's personal and family life and career history. Transcriptions and recordings of interviews with Jovanovich, articles focusing on his biography and career trajectory, publicity materials, and correspondence related to his many honorary degrees and awards reflect Jovanovich's public life, while personal and family memorabilia, correspondence, and a collection of materials related to Serbia and Montenegro document his private interests, collecting habits, and family history.

Consists of correspondence and printed matter related to the Prentice family.

Consists of works, including "The Old Home," "After Fifty Years," and others, as well as poetry and reflections.

The collection covers a period primarily from 1817 to 1979, and includes a large amount of business and personal correspondence from Brandon Barringer's life and career, along with financial reports, memoranda, minutes of meetings, and copies of legal documents; plus clippings, periodicals and other printed materials compiled by Barringer regarding his associations with various businesses and scientific and medical organizations (up to 1979). Other materials in the collection such as field notes, maps, manuscripts and clippings reflect Brandon Barringer's various scientific interests, including archaeology. Research materials and correspondence for a book of family history he co-authored with his cousin, L. Wethered Barroll, The Whethered Book is included, along with correspondence, reports, orders and other papers regarding his military career in the Army Air Force Office of Statistical Control (1942-1948). Photographs, newspaper clippings, and other miscellaneous items regarding Brandon Barringer's personal and family matters add to the significant amount of personal correspondence.

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

Consists of the papers of Margaret Thorp, including writings, lectures, correspondence, journals, sketchbooks, and photographs.

The bulk of the Academics series consists of material on particular academic departments, programs, and schools. Departments, programs, and schools whose names have changed or that have become defunct are nevertheless filed in this series; departments with more than one successive name (or departments that have split or merged) may have more than one folder -- one for each official name. The general section at the beginning of the series holds other academic topics such as the honor system, the preceptorial system, and grading.