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