Series 1: General Eating Club Material, 1892-1988, is composed of material that reflects all of the Eating Clubs as a whole. It includes general correspondence, minutes and constitutions from the Joint Committee of Trustees and the Graduate Interclub Council, scholarship material, a report on co-education, and miscellaneous materials. It also contains reports about Eating Club histories, club processes, their social outlook, and club economic problems. Included here is the Rockefeller Plan, a criticism on the club system.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Miscellaneous, 1904-1985
Miscellaneous, reports, 1927-1969
Club History, reports on, 1909-1950
Coeducation paper, 1988
Correspondence, 1892-1956
Correspondence, 1957-1978
Ideal Club System, report on, 1940
Library Survey, 1946-1948
Rockefeller Plan paper, 1958
Scholarship Survey, 1930-1932
Johnson & Higgins Engineering Reports (Fire Protection), Princeton University Eating Clubs, 1967
Series 2: Individual Eating Club Material, 1895-1990, includes correspondence, minutes, reports, financial records, and respective constitutions and amendments. It is also made up of the additions to the collection since its processing in 1993. Many clubs are represented, including the Bachelor's Club, Cannon Club, Colonial Club, Court Club, Dial Lodge, The Monastery, the Princeton Terrace Club, the Quadrangle Club, Stevenson Hall (a non-bicker University-managed dining facility) and the Tower Club. Among the types of materials in the series are anniversary publications, newsletters, scrapbooks, program files, photographs, meeting minutes and fundraising campaign materials. An accession of Colonial Club materials was received in 2015 and added to this finding aid in 2016.
Arranged alphabetically by club.
Campus Club - Miscellaneous, 1963
Campus Club - Constitution, 1901
Campus Club, 1974-1993
Campus Club
Cannon Club - Correspondence, 1929
Cannon Club - Reports, 1933
Cannon Club - Minutes, 1923-1937
Cannon Club - Indenture, 1899
Cannon Club yearbook, 1948
Cannon Club yearbook, 1954
Cap and Gown
Cap and Gown Club - Its Constitution and Bylaws, and List of Trustees and Members, circa 1934
Charter Club, 1901-2001
Colonial Club, 1891-2002
Colonial Club, 1893-2002
Colonial Club: Deeds, 1891-1946
Colonial Club: Pamphlets, 1938-1966
Colonial Club, 1903-1990
Colonial Club, 1984-1995
Cottage Club
Dial Lodge
Elm Club General, 1952-1982
Elm Club - Miscellaneous, 1957-1968
Elm Club, 1985-1990
Ivy Club
Prospect Club - Minutes, 1946-1952
Prospect Club - Minutes, 1953-1958
Prospect Club - Alumni Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings, Rodman Wilson '43, 1941-2003
Quadrangle Club -- Financial Records, Minutes, and Similar Administrative Materials, 1920-1997
Tiger Inn - Constitution, 1895
Tiger Inn - Minutes, 1892-1913
Tiger Inn - Minutes, 1914-1926
Tiger Inn, 1987-1993
Tiger Inn, 1990-2000
Tiger Inn, 1971-1995
Tower Club
Tower Club -- Princeton Prospect Foundation / Tower Fund -- Report by James W. Newman, 1979 April 5
Tower Club -- Princeton Prospect Foundation / Tower Fund -- Policy and Procedure Committee, 1980
Tower Club -- Princeton Prospect Foundation / Tower Fund -- Accounts Paid, 1993 June - 1994 June
Tower Club, 1962-1967
Tower Club -- UJB, 1990
Tower Club, 1980-1994
Tower Club, 1993-1998
This series is made up of newspaper and magazine clippings, guides and directories printed by the University and individual clubs. Individual club material includes, menus, reports membership rosters, and club histories.
No arrangement action taken or arrangement information not recorded at the time of processing.
Arbor Inn, 1923-1940
Campus Club, 1923-1979
Cannon Club, 1896-1974
Cap and Gown, 1919-1964
Charter Club, 1941-1988
Cloister Inn, 1942-1989
Colonial Club, 1948-1987
Cottage Club, 1941-1992
Court Club, 1926-1964
Dial Lodge, 1937-1988
Elm Club, 1936-1968
Ivy Club, 1930-1992
Key and Seal Club, 1941-1964
Prospect Club, 1941-1950
Quadrangle Club, 1926-1979
Terrace Club, 1938-1992
Tiger Inn, 1940-1990
Tower Club, 1935-1979
Reports on Clubs, 1908-1966
Miscellaneous, 1899-1990
Charter Club-Menus, 1908-1909
Cottage Club-Invitations, 1914
Court Club-Constitution, 1958
Elm Club-Miscellaneous, 1904-1951
Gateway Club-Alumni Directory, 1926
Prospect Club-Constitution, 1949
Tiger Inn-Miscellaneous, 1902-1940
Tower Club-Miscellaneous, 1906-1967
University Club-Menu, 1892
E. Membership Rosters, 1890-1972
Arch Club, 1915
Campus Club, 1911, 1913, 1920
Campus Club, 1925, 1950, 1956
Cannon Club, 1915, 1917, 1923, 1928
Cannon Club, 1940, 1951
Cap and Gown Club, 1922, 1932, 1941
Cloister Inn, 1913-1914
Colonial Club 1891-1941, 1941
Colonial Club, 1905-1906, 1909-1910
Colonial Club, 1936, 1948
Colonial Club 1948, 1948
Colonial Club, 1954, 1959
Colonial Club 1954, 1954
Colonial Club 1966, 1966
Colonial Club, 1971, 1966
Cottage Club, 1902, 1904-1906
Cottage Club, 1907, 1908, 1913
Cottage Club, 1922, 1927
Cottage Club, 1931, 1948
Cottage Club, 1953, 1961
Court Club, 1930-1931
Dial Lodge, 1920-1921, 1948, 1957
Elm Club, 1908-1909
Ivy Club, 1890-1901
Ivy Club, 1901-1907
Ivy Club, 1907-1915
Ivy Club, 1915-1921
Ivy Club, 1933, 1936, 1946
Ivy Club, 1950, 1954, 1958
Ivy Club, 1966, 1972, 1962
Quadrangle Club, 1904-1916
Quadrangle Club, 1916-1926
Quadrangle Club, 1927-1929
Quadrangle Club, 1930-1934
Quadrangle Club, 1937-1940, 1950
Quadrangle Club, 1955-1957
Quadrangle Club, 1960, 1963, 1968
Terrace Club, 1924, 1930, 1938
Tiger Inn, 1901, 1905, 1911, 1914
Tiger Inn, 1921, 1924, 1935
Tiger Inn, 1953, 1959
Tiger Inn, 1890-1965
Tower Club, 1933
Tower Club-40th Reunion, 1943
F. Club Histories, 1879-1991
Cannon Club, 1895-1933
Colonial Club, 1891-1941
Colonial Club, 1891-1991
History of Ivy Club, 1879-1929
History of Ivy Club, 1879-1979
Tiger Inn, 1890-1940
Tower Club, 1902-1928
Series 4: Photographs documents the buildings, the social life, and the general atmosphere surrounding the clubs. Time frames for the photographs are noted on the back of each photo.
No arrangement action taken or arrangement information not recorded at the time of processing.
Series 5: Blueprints, 1899-1978 and undated, consists of blueprints, surveys and sketches of various clubs, their properties, and architectural features.
The materials in Series 5: Blueprints, 1899-1978 and undated have not been arranged in any particular order.
Sketch of "Wrought Iron Railing for Front Steps and Terrace," Princeton Court Club, 1955 March 15
No arrangement action taken or arrangement information not recorded at the time of processing.
- Scope and Contents
The Eating Club Records consists of records of individual eating clubs as well as material on Eating Clubs in general. Contained in the records are correspondence, reports, minutes, financial statements, constitutions, clippings, newsletters, club membership books, and club histories.
- Arrangement
The collection is arranged in the following series:
- Acquisition:
No acquisition information was available at the time of processing.
- Appraisal
No appraisal information was available at time of processing.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by James M. Watson Jr. from January to May 1993. Finding aid written by James M. Watson Jr. from January to May 1993. Additions were processed by Christie Peterson with assistance from Eleanor Wright '14 between November 2010 and January 2011. AR.2003.090 added by Christie Peterson and finding aid updated in July 2011.
AR.2015.078, two boxes of Colonial Club material acquired from Colonial Club in October 2015, was added by Phoebe Nobles and finding aid updated in March 2016. Finding aid updated by Valencia Johnson in September 2023.
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use, with the exception of one folder in Series 2, "Tower Club--Letters of Recommendation", which is restricted for 75 years or the lifetime of the student.
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- Credit this material:
Eating Clubs Records; Princeton University Archives, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
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- Location:
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Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript LibrarySeeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library65 Olden StreetPrinceton, NJ 08540, USA
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Boxes 1-51; S-000246; S-000606; S-000248; S-000247; S-000271; S-000249