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Collection Overview

Collector:
Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
Title:
Princeton University Presidents Oral History Collection
Repository:
Princeton University Archives
Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/x920fw87s
Dates:
2004-2009
Size:
1 box and 26 items
Storage Note:
Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Box 1
Language:
English

Abstract

The Princeton University Presidents Oral History Project consists of two projects undertaken by the Princeton University Archives in conjunction with the Office of the Secretary to document the recollections and reminiscences of Princeton University's 16th president and seventeenth Presidents Robert F. Goheen and William G. Bowen. Consists of taped interviews with former Princeton Presidents Robert F. Goheen William G. Bowen and accompanying transcripts, as well as a Goheen video retrospective titled 'Reflections of a President' produced for a 2006 Princeton University Library exhibit.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Description:

Consists of taped interviews with former Princeton President Robert F. Goheen and William G. Bowen and accompanying transcripts, as well as a video retrospective titled 'Reflections of a President' produced for a 2006 Princeton University Library exhibit. In the interviews Goheen discusses many notable aspects of his presidency including the advent of coeducation at Princeton and the establishment of the Council of the Princeton University Community. The collection consists of analog and digital formats on storage media as well as digitized materials available as online resources.

Collection History

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

The 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.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Access to collection materials follows Mudd Manuscript Library policy for preservation and access to audiovisual materials.

Credit this material:

Princeton University Presidents Oral History Collection; Princeton University Archives, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/x920fw87s
Location:
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
65 Olden Street
Princeton, NJ 08540, USA
(609) 258-6345
Storage Note:
Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Box 1

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Existence and Location of Copies

Transcripts and video of the 2004/2005 interviews are linked to this finding aid in Series 1: Interviews.

Subject Terms:
Coeducation -- New Jersey -- Princeton.
College presidents.
Genre Terms:
Oral history.
Names:
Princeton University
Goheen, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1919-2008
Goheen, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1919-2008
Linke, Daniel
Patterson, Gardner