- Collection Overview
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- Access & Use
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Collection Overview
- Collector:
- Princeton University. Library. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
- Title:
- Athletic Programs Collection
- Repository:
- Princeton University Archives
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/j098zb091
- Dates:
- 1870-2017
- Size:
- 22 boxes
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (mudd): Box 1-22
- Language:
- English
Abstract
This collection contains printed athletic programs for football, baseball, basketball, and ice hockey and other sports, with football predominant. The programs, especially the earlier ones, provide a sweeping view of Princeton's athletic history, documenting not only team statistics and scores, but the players, the venues in which the teams competed, social aspects of advertising, and the evolution of the various games.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
Consists of printed Princeton University athletic programs for football, baseball, basketball, ice hockey, and other sports, with football predominant. The programs, especially the earlier ones, provide a sweeping view of Princeton's athletic history, documenting not only team statistics and scores, but the players, the venues in which the teams competed, advertising, and the evolution of the various games. Other sports represented in this collection include fencing, gymnastics, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, squash, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, and wrestling. Many programs for away games are found in the collection, especially for basketball games.
The hockey and basketball programs from World War II through the 1960s tend to be thin, four-page sheets containing only rosters and a small amount of advertising.
Most of the programs were published by the athletic departments of Princeton or the school of its opponent; the Princeton Pictorial Review, the Daily Princetonian, and the Princeton Athletic News also produced some programs.
While the collection skews toward men's athletics, at least one women's basketball program and a softball program appear here.
- Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
The first four series are arranged chronologically by date of game. Series 5 is arranged alphabetically by sport, then chronologically by date of game.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
No acquisition information is available for the bulk of the collection. Series 1 includes of programs that were donated in 2011 (AR.2011.030) and 2017 (AR.2017.091 and AR.2017.131).
- Appraisal
Duplicate publications were separated at the time of processing.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Carl Esche in December of 1995. Finding aid written by Carl Esche in December of 1995. The finding aid was updated by Lynn Durgin in 2017.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. For quotations that are fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. The Trustees of Princeton University hold copyright to all materials generated by Princeton University employees in the course of their work. If copyright is held by Princeton University, researchers will not need to obtain permission, complete any forms, or receive a letter to move forward with non-commercial use of materials from the Mudd Library. For materials where the copyright is not held by the University, researchers are responsible for determining who may hold the copyright and obtaining approval from them. If you have a question about who owns the copyright for an item, you may request clarification by contacting us through the Ask Us! form.
- Credit this material:
Athletic Programs Collection; Princeton University Archives, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/j098zb091
- Location:
-
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript LibrarySeeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library65 Olden StreetPrinceton, NJ 08540, USA
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (mudd): Box 1-22
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- Subject Terms:
- College athletes.
Sports. - Genre Terms:
- Programs.
- Names:
- Princeton University
