August 2008 Archives

This month’s highlighted accession is a Princeton University flag signed by director Michael Bay, Shia Lebouf, and other cast members of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (accession number: AR.2008.108) . To answer the most commonly asked question about this accession: Optimus Prime was, unfortunately, unavailable for the signing. The flag was obtained by the Communications Office while Transformers was filming in Princeton earlier in the summer and transferred to the University Archives.

The list below includes information on items and collections accessioned in July 2008. Though they do not relate to future summer blockbusters, their evidential and/or informational value is at least as high as that of the Transformers flag. As always, anyone interested in additional information about the accessions listed below should contact the library through our general email account.

Public Policy Papers

Council on Foreign Relations Records Accrual, 1996-1999 ML.2008.022

Princeton University Archives

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Photo-Identification Cards and Photographs, 1993-1997 AR.2008.086

Newspaper Clippings, Ephemera and Photographs of Princeton Alumni, 1963-1988 AR.2008.087

Constitution and By-Laws of the Metropolitan Club of the City of Washington, 1966 AR.2008.088

“Going Back” Fifty-Two Members of the Class of 1952 Revisit Their Undergraduate Days, undated AR.2008.089

Princeton Summer Theater Brochures and Promotional Correspondence, 2008 AR.2008.090

Princeton Summer Theater Promotional Materials and Newspaper Clippings, 2005-2007 AR.2008.091

Princetoniana Committee Oral History Project Accrual, 1994 AR.2008.092

Rockefeller College Student Academic Files, 2004-2008 AR.2008.093

Office of Communications Faculty Files, 1948-2008 AR.2008.094

Class of 1883, 45th Reunion Buttons and Princeton Lapel Pin, 1928, undated AR.2008.095

Grade and Attendance Book for History 102 Precepts, 1957 AR.2008.096

Fifth Year Record of the Class of 1906, 1912 AR.2008.097

Student Course Guides, 1978, 1985 AR.2008.098

Class of 1970 Alumni Materials and Henry Martin ‘48 File, 1945-2001 AR.2008.099

Office of Stewardship Scholarship Files for Classes 1909-1922, 1971-2000 AR.2008.100

Mathey College Student Academic Files, 1989-2008 AR.2008.101

Near Eastern Studies Department Records, 1976-1999 AR.2008.102

Theatre Intime Photographs, 1977-2001 AR.2008.103

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Publications: “News” and “Hotline,” 1997-2007 AR.2008.104

The Progressive Review, Correspondence File of John Oakes, 1982-1983 AR.2008.105

Law School of the College of New Jersey Document, 1846 AR.2008.106

Autograph Book Belonging to Charles Dunning, Class of 1883, 1883 AR.2008.107

Flag Signed by Director and Cast of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, 2008 AR.2008.108

“John Foster Dulles: From Diploma to Diplomat,” a new exhibition at the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, celebrates the centennial of John Foster Dulles’ graduation from Princeton University in 1908 with a chronicle of his diplomatic career and his influence on U.S. foreign policy. The exhibition opens Monday, Aug. 11, and runs through Friday, Jan. 30.

Based on the life and work of Dulles (1888-1959), it begins with his work while still a Princeton student as secretary-clerk of the China delegation at the Second Hague Peace Conference in 1907 and culminates with his service as secretary of state for President Eisenhower from 1953 to 1959.

Drawing predominantly from the John Foster Dulles Papers, as well as other related Mudd Library collections, the exhibition tracks his diplomatic career that spanned both World Wars and the Cold War. As a young diplomat, Dulles participated in the Treaty of Versailles negotiations after World War I. Following his involvement in studies on fostering world peace during the 1940s, he also served as the U.S. representative to the United Nations and negotiated several treaties for President Truman, including the Japanese Peace Treaty of 1951 which formally ended World War II. As Eisenhower’s secretary of state, Dulles ushered in a period of hard-line diplomacy that shaped both the country’s relationship with the Soviet Union and overall Cold War doctrine.