- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
Includes documentation about acquisitions, collections, and exhibitions at Princeton University Library (correspondence, catalogs, collecting policies, working files, etc.); scholarship, project, and research files (correspondence, clippings, reprints and other publications, writings by Bush and others, conference materials, etc.) including research about Latter-day Saints, Utah, and Indigenous peoples of North and Central America; materials relating to Princeton University, Princeton University Library administration, and the Department of Special Collections; files on Indigenous students and activities at Princeton; and a small amount of teaching materials, Princetoniana, photographs, artwork, ephemera, and archival materials are also included. Most folders are labeled with creator-supplied description.
- Arrangement
The collection includes a combination of staff-imposed and creator-based intellectual organization and physical arrangement of the materials. The original order of materials at the folder level was largely maintained.
Collection History
- Appraisal
A few files of student records and a digital file with personally identifiable information were removed during 2026 processing.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form."
This collection contains digital files, which may require specific software or hardware for access. Refer to our Tips on Accessing Born-Digital Content for information on how to render these file formats.
- Credit this material:
Curatorial Files; Alfred Bush Papers, C1773, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (rcpxm)
- Boxes 6-17; 33-40; 51-55
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- Separated Materials
Digital accession files were separated from the collection and added to the Special Collections Department administrative files during 2026 processing.
- Names:
- Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
