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