Monthly Archives: April 2008

Meet John DeLooper

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Title and Duties: Spe­cial Col­lec­tions Assistant

I pro­vide pub­lic ser­vice at the recep­tion desk, includ­ing reg­is­ter­ing patrons, record­ing the cir­cu­la­tion of mate­ri­als and pho­to­copy orders, and assist­ing vis­i­tors to the Mudd Library with ini­tial ref­er­ence inquiries. I also respond to e-mail ref­er­ence ques­tions, and cre­ate and main­tain data­bases that aid in the com­pi­la­tion of monthly sta­tis­tics for Mudd’s cir­cu­la­tion and pub­lic ser­vice oper­a­tions. In addi­tion, I sched­ule classes and meet­ings in the library’s class­room, and work on other assorted projects such as assem­bling exhi­bi­tions and the James A. Baker III Oral His­tory Project.

Recent projects: I con­tributed the 1983 case for the 2008 Alumni Exhi­bi­tion, and cre­ated a new data­base to han­dle our cir­cu­la­tion that will replace the old DOS-era sys­tem in use since 1992.

Worked at Mudd since: August 2, 2007.

Why I like my job/archives: I wanted to work in a library/archives set­ting because I enjoy help­ing oth­ers find infor­ma­tion. Work­ing with our col­lec­tions is like work­ing with his­tory hands on, and I get to see the results of the work every­body puts in at the Mudd Library through the enthu­si­asm and joy researchers show when we help them find an unex­pected resource or item.

Favorite item/collection: His­tor­i­cal Pho­to­graph Collection–seeing how the uni­ver­sity, its build­ings, and stu­dents have changed over the years is a way to step into the past and make his­tory feel alive. It is amaz­ing to see both what has changed and how much remains constant.

*Please note that as of Sep­tem­ber 2011, John has moved on to become a ref­er­ence archivist at Hud­son County Com­mu­nity Col­lege. We wish John the very best in his endeav­ors in his new pro­fes­sional position.*

What materials on the 1896 Olympics do you have?

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There are a num­ber of col­lec­tions at the See­ley G. Mudd Man­u­script Library which doc­u­ment Princeton’s con­nec­tion to the Olympic move­ment of the late 19th cen­tury, as well as sev­eral related resources in the Man­u­script Divi­sion at Fire­stone. What fol­lows is a list of our major hold­ings which relate in some way to the topic, with links to find­ing aids and cat­a­log records wher­ever pos­si­ble. It is by no means exhaus­tive; how­ever it should prove a use­ful start­ing point for research.

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Guide to Economics Collections Now Available

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One of the strengths of the Pub­lic Pol­icy Papers at the See­ley G. Mudd Man­u­script Library is 20th cen­tury eco­nomic thought and devel­op­ment. The Eco­nom­ics col­lec­tions dis­cussed here are now part of a guide to all of Mudd’s eco­nom­ics col­lec­tions, found here.

The col­lec­tions doc­u­ment eco­nomic activ­ity on every set­tled con­ti­nent and include the papers of impor­tant gov­ern­ment offi­cials and advi­sors, influ­en­tial schol­ars, bankers and busi­ness­men, and the records of for-profit and non-profit devel­op­ment and advo­cacy orga­ni­za­tions. As a whole, they com­prise a valu­able resource for schol­ars to study Amer­i­can eco­nomic pol­icy and the ideas of some of the lead­ing eco­nomic minds of the 20th cen­tury and their impact on the emerg­ing world econ­omy, espe­cially in devel­op­ing nations. The col­lec­tions are par­tic­u­larly strong in doc­u­ment­ing the sub­ject areas of pub­lic and inter­na­tional finance, eco­nomic devel­op­ment, United States for­eign eco­nomic poli­cies, and eco­nomic poli­cies in Latin America.

Maclean Papers Acquired With Support of Princetoniana Committee Members

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A sig­nif­i­cant col­lec­tion of John Maclean, Jr. Papers has been acquired by the Uni­ver­sity Archives, thanks to the gen­eros­ity of 11 Prince­to­ni­ana Com­mit­tee mem­bers. Maclean, Pres­i­dent of the Col­lege of New Jer­sey from 1854–1868, saw the Col­lege through try­ing times such as the Nas­sau Hall fire of 1855 and the Civil War years. At the heart of the new col­lec­tion are scores of let­ters writ­ten to Maclean dur­ing his tenure as Pres­i­dent. The con­tent of the let­ters ranges from offi­cial busi­ness of the Pres­i­dent to per­sonal mat­ters of indi­vid­ual stu­dents. The col­lec­tion also includes mate­ri­als per­tain­ing to Maclean’s par­ents and extended fam­ily, such as an 1814 inven­tory of the pos­ses­sions of Maclean’s late father, the College’s first chem­istry pro­fes­sor [See image of John Maclean Sr.‘s inven­tory of pos­ses­sions, top].

The papers com­ple­ment Maclean mate­r­ial already held in the Uni­ver­sity Archives in the Office of Pres­i­dent Records. “These papers rep­re­sent a sig­nif­i­cant addi­tion to our hold­ings on John Maclean, both in quan­tity and qual­ity,” said Uni­ver­sity Archivist Dan Linke. “Maclean was an impor­tant fig­ure in Princeton’s his­tory, serv­ing on its fac­ulty and as an admin­is­tra­tor for over 50 years. I am pleased that mem­bers of the Prince­to­ni­ana Com­mit­tee rec­og­nize this acquisition’s sig­nif­i­cance and that they con­tinue their gen­eros­ity in sup­port of the Archives.”

Those who sup­ported the acqui­si­tion are Steven Brown ’77, Dave Cleaves ’78, Scott Clemons ’90, Don­ald Far­ren ’58, Jan Kubik ’70, Gregg Lange ’70, Sev Onyshkevych ’83, Cyn­thia Pen­ney ’83, Robert Rodgers ’56, Jonathan Sapan ’04, Paul Sit­ten­feld ’69 and Frank Sloat ’55.

A pre­lim­i­nary find­ing aid for the papers is avail­able online. Mudd staff will process the col­lec­tion this spring and a full descrip­tion of the col­lec­tion will be avail­able by the summer.

Visit here or here for more infor­ma­tion on John Maclean Jr.

Related Col­lec­tions:

Office of the Pres­i­dent Records, 1746–1999 (bulk 1830–1869, 1933–1957) Find­ing Aid (AC117)

John Maclean Let­ters and Papers, circa 1750–1890 Find­ing Aid (CO342)

New Accessions at the Mudd Library

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The Mudd Man­u­script Library typ­i­cally adds between 100 and 150 items or col­lec­tions to its hold­ings each year. As part of our com­mit­ment to pub­licly pro­vid­ing infor­ma­tion about our col­lec­tions, we will be includ­ing a monthly list­ing of new acces­sions on our blog. Any­one inter­ested in addi­tional infor­ma­tion about the acces­sions listed below should con­tact the library through our .

In addi­tion to the monthly list­ings here, an rss feed on newly cat­a­loged resources at Mudd is avail­able via the Prince­ton Uni­ver­sity Library web­page (be sure to select See­ley G. Mudd Library from the “loca­tion” drop down menu). We are also, as part of our efforts to revamp our acces­sion­ing processes, cre­at­ing, updat­ing, and post­ing find­ing aids on the library’s EAD web­site within sev­eral weeks of the accession’s arrival at the library.

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