Abigail Klionsky Oral History Collection on Jewish Student Life at Princeton, 1979-2014 (mostly 2013-2014)
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Abigail Klionsky is a member of the Princeton University undergraduate Class of 2014 who undertook an oral history project on Jewish student life at Princeton as part of her senior thesis. The collection consists of fifteen transcripts of Klionsky's interviews with Jewish alumni and also includes a copy of a transcript of Henry Morgenthau III's interview with David Frisch in 1979.
David Zielenziger '1974, 2014 February 26
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Zielenziger describes his upbringing as a conservative Jew and his religious experiences as an undergraduate student. He provides details of his involvement with Jewish matters particularly in the solicitation of funds for the establishment of a kosher dining facility in Stevenson Hall. Other events mentioned are the Yom Kippur War and its effect on campus, Young Israel's contribution to Kosher dining, and rabbinical influences on the structure of religious services.
Diana Savit '1973, 2014 February 26
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Savit, a member of one of the first classes of women admitted to Princeton, discusses her experience as a conservative Jewish student at the University. Savit addresses her role in organizing kosher meals along with Marilyn Schlacter at Wilson College and in changing course registration policies that interfered with religious observance. Other topics mentioned are the admission process during the early days of co-education, participation at the Yavneh House, and other Jewish activities on campus as well as the opening of Stevenson Hall.
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Admission Office Records, 1854-2017 (mostly 1922-1998)
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The Admission Office has determined who should be allowed to enroll as undergraduates at Princeton University since 1922. The actual composition and the desired composition of each class have been contentious campus issues since the introduction of selective admission. The debates over the value of recruiting and admitting alumni sons, war veterans, athletes, disadvantaged students (especially racial minorities), and women are reflected in the records of the Admission Office. This collection includes a number of reports and minutes, some of which are restricted, news clippings and releases about Princeton admission, historical materials, and a series of Admission Office publications.
Series 11: Public Website, 2015-2017
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The Admissions website contains information for prospective students including an overview of the Princeton undergraduate experience, application and financial aid information, faculty and staff profiles, the Princeton Viewbook publication, and a student blog, as well as information for parents and guidance counselors.
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Albert Bensoussan Working Files on Latin American Writers, 1968-2017
Albert Bensoussan is a writer, translator, and professor emeritus of Spanish literature at the University of Haute-Bretagne in Rennes, France. This collection consists of correspondence to Bensoussan from various Latin American authors whose works he has translated. Also included are writings from Bensoussan and others, interview transcripts, typescripts, and collected articles and essays about Latin American authors.
Abad Faciolince, Héctor, 2010-2017
Correspondence from Abad Faciolince and copies of El verbo divino in Spanish and French.
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Alicia Ostriker Papers, 1956-2021
Alicia Ostriker (1937- ) is a Jewish-American feminist literary critic and poet whose work explores themes of family, social justice, Jewish identity, Biblical stories and characters, and the relationship between gender and literature. The collection consists of drafts of her poems, articles, nonfiction books, essays, reviews, and student writings, personal and professional correspondence with fellow poets, family, and friends, teaching and research files, drafts and recordings of lectures and readings, and subject files.
Additional Papers, 1958-2021
This series includes additional papers, primarily drafts of writings, correspondence, photographs, and born-digital files acquired from Alicia Ostriker after 2016. Materials are minimally processed and remain in their original order.
Additional Writings, 1958-2020
Consists of additional papers, including drafts of reviews, essays, and other writings. Contents include: Review for Women's R of Books; "Millennial Prayer" for Tikkun; Draft of "Eros and Metaphor" Zoom lecture for Dominican Univ.; Draft of "Muriel Rukeyser: Learning to Breathe Under Water" for Rukeyser conference; Draft of "Celan, TS Eliot, Goethe, The Song of Songs: Celan's Deathfugue and the Eternal Feminine," with photo of prisoners' band at Auschwitz; Multiple drafts of "Renascence: EdnaSt Vincent Millay Today" for American Poets, plus correspondence on Millay Today Celebration; Multiple drafts of review of Adrienne Rich essays for Tikkun; Multiple drafts of "The Return of the Repressed: women Poets and the Sacred," for 2019 AWP panel; Multiple drafts of "The Soul Selects: Dickinson and Me" for Dickinson conference and ED journal; Multiple drafts of "Does Poetry Make Nothing Happen?"; Multiple drafts of "Poetry and the City" for various occasions; Introduction for Wendy Barker poems; Miscellaneous short prose pieces; Photographs for chapbook: Ideas of Order and Disorder; Draft of "Eros and Metaphor" Zoom lecture for Dominican Univ.; Letter to Don Hall; Manuscript of The Volcano and After, with occasional comments by Peter Pitzele and Wendy Barker; Earlier Manuscript of "Selected and New Poems" with various suggested titles and occasional comments by Peer and Wendy; Manuscript of "new" section of The Volcano and After, with full comments by Toi Derricotte; Drafts of Book of Seventy and Other Poems with comments by Toi Derricotte; Manuscript of The Old Woman, the Tulip and the Dog, with working drafts of French translation by Jean Migrenne; Envelope containing Alicia Ostriker undergraduate reviews of Robert Frost and J.V. Cunningham in Brandeis student paper, 1958-59; Envelope containing photographs of poets at Dodge Poetry Festival, NJ 1998, and Berkeley, CA 2000, by J.P. Ostriker.
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Alumni Association Records, 1826-2016
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The Alumni Association of Nassau Hall, Princeton's first official organization of alumni, was founded on commencement day 1826. The collection consists primarily of administrative materials such as correspondence, meeting minutes, notebooks and reports belonging to both national and regional associations and their committees, most from the first half of the 20th century. Also contains newsletters, alumni directories, scrapbooks, reunion-related ephemera, photographs, and materials documenting reunions and alumni organization activities from the late 19th century forward.
Florida, Princeton Club of Vero Beach Directories, 1961-2014
Includes Vero Beach directories for 2009 through 2014. Also includes a boater hat belonging to Arthur H. Thornhill, Jr., Princeton Class of 1946, and the 65th Reunion Directory of the Class of 1946 held in 2011. Also contains Vassar College Class Journal (1945), which was published in 1961.
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American Civil Liberties Union Records: Subgroup 4, 1920-2015 (mostly 1970-2000)
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The ACLU is the preeminent civil liberties organization in the United States. These records document the work of their national office in the areas of civil rights, children and women's rights, freedom of speech (and all First Amendment questions), and due process, among many others, predominantly from 1970 to 2000.
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Angus Deaton Papers, 1978-2016 (mostly 1983-2000)
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Angus Deaton, born 1945 in Edinburgh, Scotland, is an economist and academic. This collection features records from Deaton's tenure at the Princeton University Department of Economics with the bulk of records from 1983-2000.
Course Materials, 1978-2016 (mostly 1984-1986)
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This series contains syllabi, reading lists, midterms, final exams, problem sets, lecture notes, and powerpoints. Digital materials range from 1992 to 2015 and may require specific software to open.
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Anne Fitzgerald Papers, 1982-2021 (mostly 2000-2021)
Consists of correspondence, drafts of poems, ephemera, and photographs documenting the working career of the Irish poet, Anne Fitzgerald.
Beyond the Sea; Swimming Lessons; Map of Everything; Correspondence, 1982-1984, 1996-2021
Consists primarily of correspondence. The bulk of the correspondence contains response to her publications, Beyond the Sea, Swimming Lessons, and Map of Everything; notices and publicity; launch and readings coordination; and endorsement blurbs. Other materials documenting these books include ephemera such as flyers, programs, launch invitations, clippings of reviews, a small amount of design mockups, and a proof of Map of Everything. Other correspondence are from individuals regarding each others' works, book launches, reading events, and individual and publisher requests for inclusion in various publications. There is a small amount of logistical correspondence regarding Fitzgerald's teaching. Correspondents represented in this box include: Kieran McLoughlin, Paul Allen, John McAuliffe, Jessie Lendennie and Siobhán Hutson (on behalf of Salmon Poetry), Nessa O'Mahony, Nick Kennedy, Hélène Cardona, Carlo Gébler, David Wheatley, and Paul Casey, among others.
Correspondence; Princess Grace Irish Library Residency; Thornfield Poets, 1997-2018
Consists of correspondence with Dermot McCabe (who had comments and edits for Fitzgerald's proof of Beyond the Sea), Carlo Gébler, Jessie Lendennie, Harry Clifton, Leeds University, Nessa O'Mahony, Colette O'Donoghue, Pushkin Trust, and the Duchess of Abercorn. The correspondence generally regards launch events, readings, submissions, and each others' works, and are accompanied by promotional materials like brochures and flyers, and photographs. There are some clippings and periodicals of some of Anne Fitzgerald's earliest published poetry. There is a small amount of teaching material from Fitzgerald's time at the Taos Institute of Art in New Mexico and the Poetry Ireland Centre consisting of correspondence, promotional material (brochures and pamphlets), and photographs.
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Annual Reports to the President, 1940-2015
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The President of the University is charged with the general supervision of the interests of the University and with special oversight of the departments of instruction. This collection consists of the collected reports to the President prepared annually by each academic department and administrative office.
Academic, 2012-2015
Annual Reports to the President from academic departments and programs from the academic years 2012/2013, 2013/2014, and 2014/2015. This box contains reports from the following departments: African American Studies; Anthropology; Architecture; Art and Archaeology; Astrophysical Sciences; Chemistry; Comparative Literature; East Asian Studies; Economics; Economics-Bendheim Center for Finance; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Chemical and Biological Engineering; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Electrical Engineering; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Operations Research and Financial Engineering; French and Italian; Geosciences; Center for Hellenic Studies, Stanley Seeger '52; History; Mathematics (two folders); Molecular Biology; Near Eastern Studies; Physics; Politics; Slavic Languages; Sociology; Spanish and Portuguese; Woodrow Wilson School; Bendheim Center for Finance; Lewis Center for the Arts; Princeton Environmental Institute; Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies; Council of the Humanities; Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin American Studies; Program in Near Eastern Studies; Program in Russian and Eurasian Studies; and the Society of Fellows.
Series 1: Circulating Run, 1940-2015
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Series 1 includes a circulating run of the Annual Reports to the President.
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Arcadio Díaz Quiñones Papers, circa 1944-2019 (mostly 1970-2012)
The Arcadio Díaz Quiñones Papers consists chiefly of manuscripts and correspondence of the Puerto Rican professor of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures at Princeton University, Arcadio Díaz Quiñones (1940-), as well as a selection of manuscripts by others. The collection focuses on Puerto Rican and Cuban literature, but also provides insight into the literature and politics of other parts of Latin America.