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Home of Princeton University Archives and 20th Century Public Policy Papers.

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The Department of Public Safety is seeking information on the whereabouts of undergraduate student Lauren Blackburn ’26, who has been reported missing. Anyone with information on Blackburn’s whereabouts should contact the Department of Public Safety at (609) 258-1000.
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Celebrating #PiDay, we talked with historian of science Michael Gordin, Princeton’s dean of the college, who has taught the popular course “The Einstein Era” about the life and times of Princeton’s most famous resident, Albert Einstein. bit.ly/3R82zQr

Why Einstein wouldn't think of March 14 as Pi Day, and other insights into his life and times

Pi Day is Einstein's birthday. Science historian Michael Gordin, dean of the college at Princeton University, offers insights on the famous Princetonian’s life and times.

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Special Collections is offering two fellowships this summer for professionals looking to gain experience in tech services, public services, and curatorial work. Apps are due March 3! library.princeton.edu/about/…

Special Collections Offers Summer 2025 Fellowship Program

Princeton University Library's (PUL) Department of Special Collections is excited to offer two Special Collections Summer Fellowships. The John Foster and Janet Avery Dulles Archival Fellow is hosted...

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Watergate records that the U.S. Congress legislated to be closed for 50 years at the conclusion of the House Judiciary Committee Watergate Inquiry in 1974 are now open for review at @muddlibrary, with two-thirds of the records digitally available: online. specialcollections.princeton…
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In celebration of The Department of Politics' 100th anniversary, 43 of the faculty gathered for an updated group photo. 🐯📸 1957 photo courtesy of @muddlibrary 2024 photo by David Kelly Crow.
Two group photos. The first in black and white, seventeen members of the Politics Department faculty in 1957. The second photo in color showing 43 faculty members celebrating the department's 100th anniversary.

ALT Two group photos. The first in black and white, seventeen members of the Politics Department faculty in 1957. The second photo in color showing 43 faculty members celebrating the department's 100th anniversary.

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Dear Mr. Mudd, what is the origin of the "'Old Nassau' Salute"? @muddlibrary investigates: universityarchives.princeton…

Dear Mr. Mudd: What Is the Origin of the “‘Old Nassau’ Salute”?

By April C. Armstrong *14 Dear Mr. Mudd, What is the origin of the “‘Old Nassau’ Salute”? It has a concerning appearance to me, and I wondered if it has any relationship to …

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PAW’s December issue is online, featuring the hidden history of secretaries and stenographers at @Princeton, plus alumni who are leading a revolution in hiring and management, neurological research into stress responses, and a controversial U.N. speaker. paw.princeton.edu
The cover of PAW’s December, 2024, issue, featuring a photo of Albert Einstein in a book-filled office with his secretary, Helen Dukas.

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#OnThisDay in 1873, halfway through its journey across the Atlantic, the French steamship Ville de Havre struck the Loch Earn. Among the 226 that perished in the crash and subsequent sinking was @Princeton graduate Hamilton Murray, Class of 1872, and his sister, Martha.
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We're hosting a reception for our Elizabeth Menzies' photo exhibition at @MuddLibrary this Wed. 11/20! Menzies sold her first cover photo to @pawprinceton in 1936. She documented @Princeton life from many angles, though her images often went uncredited: library.princeton.edu/visit/…

Credit Line, Please: Photographs by Elizabeth Menzies

Extended to May 27! The University Archives owe a great deal of our visual evidence of Princeton University in the mid-twentieth century to local photographer, Elizabeth Menzies (1915-2003). Menzies...

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The Nobel Prize
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Can you spot the future Nobel Prize laureates in this 1975 physics department faculty photo from Princeton? #NobelPrize
Black and white group photo of the 1975 Princeton University Department of Physics faculty, featuring numerous faculty members standing in several rows in front of a brick building.

ALT Black and white group photo of the 1975 Princeton University Department of Physics faculty, featuring numerous faculty members standing in several rows in front of a brick building.

Group photo of Princeton University's Department of Physics faculty in 1975, featuring three Nobel Prize laureates: James Peebles, John Hopfield, and Val Fitch.

ALT Group photo of Princeton University's Department of Physics faculty in 1975, featuring three Nobel Prize laureates: James Peebles, John Hopfield, and Val Fitch.

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An exhibit at Butler College, “Being at Home in Princeton,” aims to make students aware of the history around them, particularly the stories of Princeton’ local Black community. Read more: paw.princeton.edu/article/ex…

Exhibit Highlights Princeton’s Black Community in Photos, Paintings, and Virtual Reality

‘Being at Home in Princeton’ is on display at Butler College through early December

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50 years ago this fall, @PrincetonPhys faculty members came together for their annual photo ... and the rest is history, literally.
James Peebles, John Wheeler, John Hopfield, and Val Finch in black-and-white

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The Princeton LGBTQIA+ Oral History Project has worked to capture the life stories of LGBTQIA+ Princeton alumni, staff, and faculty spanning more than 60 years. Visit the exhibit: bit.ly/3ZQ3Txh #EveryVoice2024
The words: "Looking Back and Blazing Forward: A Walk Through Princeton’s LGBTQIA+ History 25 highlights drawn from 40+ oral histories and library archives spanning 60+ years"

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#OnThisDay in 1931 the New York Bloomer Girls, World champion female baseball team, played the @Princeton Athletic Club on Brokaw Field. The Staten Island team, named for the loose-fitting pants worn by women’s rights activist Amelia Jenks Bloomer, was formed in 1910.
Ten members of the New York Bloomer Girls, standing in line, wearing their uniforms. (Photo courtesy of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.)

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#PrincetonU remembers James Earl Jones, pioneering actor of stage and screen. Jones received an honorary doctorate in the fine arts at Princeton's 1980 Commencement. bit.ly/3XjKz8G 📸: John W.H. Simpson '66 via @muddlibrary
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Attending #EveryVoice2024? RT this post or save the image + post it to your feed!
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At @BBCSounds, @princetonalumni Gregg Lange ’70 and Ray Gibbons ’70 speak about the Brood X cicadas that were prevalent during their #PrincetonU Commencement. bbc.in/45XyVUU

Illuminated - Brood X - BBC Sounds

Stories and memories of four summers when the Brood X cicadas came to town.

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#OnThisDay in 1776, the first session of the NJ Legislature met in Nassau Hall. It was a time of great turmoil, with British troops about to invade the state, and colonists divided. This marker, placed in 1958, can be found on @Princeton's FitzRandolph Gate.
Text reads: To commemorate the 202nd anniversary of Nassau Hall Seat of the first legislature of the state of New Jersey 27 August 1776 artillery target, Battle of Princeton 3 January 1777 Meeting place of Congress Capitol of the United States 30 June - 4 November 1783. This tablet is erected by the Society of Colonial Wars in the state of New Jersey 1958

ALT Text reads: To commemorate the 202nd anniversary of Nassau Hall Seat of the first legislature of the state of New Jersey 27 August 1776 artillery target, Battle of Princeton 3 January 1777 Meeting place of Congress Capitol of the United States 30 June - 4 November 1783. This tablet is erected by the Society of Colonial Wars in the state of New Jersey 1958

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Kicking off the US Open🎾with this Princeton Herald clipping from 1929, when the Pretty Brook Tennis Club hosted its inaugural men’s doubles tournament. Among the players was Dean Mathey, the club’s founder, 1912 @Princeton graduate, and namesake of Mathey (residential) College.
On right: photographs of Pretty Brook Tennis Club and Dean Mathey, holding a tennis racquet. On left, text from article: Tournament to Mark Opening of Pretty Brook Tennis Club The Pretty Brook Tennis Club will be informally opened this week-end with an invitation tournament for men's doubles teams. Play will start tomorrow and will end on Sunday afternoon. Several leading tennis players of this section will appear on the Pretty Brook courts. Among them will be Mr. Dean Mathey 'l2, Mr. Burnham Dell 'l2, Mr. Watson Washburn, Dr. George King, Mr. Karl Behr and Mr. Julian Myrick. Princeton undergraduates who will play will be Captain W. F. Thomas of the University tennis team and the Messrs. Donald Strachan, H. M. Kennedy and W. W. Irwin.

ALT On right: photographs of Pretty Brook Tennis Club and Dean Mathey, holding a tennis racquet. On left, text from article: Tournament to Mark Opening of Pretty Brook Tennis Club The Pretty Brook Tennis Club will be informally opened this week-end with an invitation tournament for men's doubles teams. Play will start tomorrow and will end on Sunday afternoon. Several leading tennis players of this section will appear on the Pretty Brook courts. Among them will be Mr. Dean Mathey 'l2, Mr. Burnham Dell 'l2, Mr. Watson Washburn, Dr. George King, Mr. Karl Behr and Mr. Julian Myrick. Princeton undergraduates who will play will be Captain W. F. Thomas of the University tennis team and the Messrs. Donald Strachan, H. M. Kennedy and W. W. Irwin.

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PAW is remembering Landon “Lanny” Jones ’66, a writer and former editor of PAW and @people magazine, who died Saturday with his wife Sarah and their three children by his side. Read more: paw.princeton.edu/article/re…
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