- Collection Overview
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Parish Register, 1952-1957
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The Dean of the Chapel records document the activities of the Office and the Chapel and include former dean files, historical material, minutes, and marriage, birth, baptism, and death records as well as adminsitrative files and programs of services and concerts. Series 1 materials include files for the tenure of Dean Robert Russell Wicks (1928-1947), Assistant Deans of the Chapel Laurence Fenninger (1930-1946), Burton MacLean (1946-1948), H. Keith Beebe (1949-1954), Wiley Crites (1954-1959), material for Richard Stillwell's history, "The Chapel of Princeton University" (Princeton University Press, 1971), minutes of the Chapel Congregation and Chapel Council (1938-1951), files relating to the Chapel organ reconstruction (1975-1992), historical subject files, and marriage, birth, baptism, and death registers beginning in 1952. Series 2 consists of alphabetical correspondence files, subject files, chapel programs and event information, records of baptisms, funerals and memorials and related materials. Series 3 consists of programs for Chapel services and concerts. Series 4 contains a photograph and biographical sketch of Martin Luther King, Jr. along with a chapel preacher list including his April 29, 1962 visit.
Collection History
- Archival Appraisal Information:
Appraisal has been conducted in accordance with Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library guidelines.
Access & Use
- Access Restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
- Conditions for Reproduction and 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:
Parish Register; Office of the Dean of Religious Life and the Chapel Records, AC144, Princeton University Archives, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript LibrarySeeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library65 Olden StreetPrinceton, NJ 08540, USA
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (mudd): Box 15
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- Names:
- Princeton University
Princeton University Office of Dean of the Chapel.
Princeton University. Chapel
Beebe, H. Keith, 1921-
Borsch, Frederick Houk
Breidenthal, Thomas E., 1951-
Fenninger, W. N. (William Norman), 1889-
Gordon, Ernest, 1916-2002
Morrow, Sue Anne Steffey, 1949-
Stillwell, Richard, 1899-1982