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Month: June 2010

  • New research guides available

    American Jurisprudence Collections American Journalism Collections History of the Cold War: Selected Resources

  • American Civil Liberties Union Records Processing Funded

    The Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library is pleased to announce that the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) has awarded the library funding to process a 2,000 linear foot addition to the American Civil Liberties Union Records, making these important materials more accessible to researchers. Work on this two year project will commence in…

  • From the Archives…Bob Bradley ’80

    Long before he was coaching the US National Soccer Team at the World Cup, Bob Bradley ’80 was Princeton’s coach of twelve years. During this time, he led the Tigers to a pair of Ivy League titles and an appearance in the 1993 College Cup. Bob Bradley as a freshman. Princeton University Archives: Undergraduate Alumni…

  • New Accessions: January through March 2010, Part II

    In January, the University Archives acquired a lecture notebook penned by Elijah Rosengrant (1776-1832). The notebook was written in the spring of 1791 for John Witherspoon’s course "Lectures on Moral Philosophy." The significance of the notebook derives not only from its documentation of President Witherspoon as a faculty lecturer and of the pedagogical technique of…