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  • Oldest Living Princeton Undergraduate Dies

    Malcolm Warnock the oldest known living Princeton undergraduate alumnus of all time has passed away at the age of ______.

  • Fidel Castro visits Princeton University

    In 1959, not even three months after he came to power, Fidel Castro was invited to speak to a small group of undergraduate students and faculty members of the Woodrow Wilson School. In a recent donation to the University Archives, we received some key items related to Castro’s visit, including this letter of invitation. This…

  • “Princeton: America’s Campus” Lecture with Barksdale Maynard

    The author of “Princeton: America’s Campus” will host a discussion with The New Jersey Historical Commission later this month. The book, by Barksdale Maynard, Princeton Class of 1988, features many photographs from the Historical Photograph Collection housed here at the University Archives at Mudd Manuscript Library. His most recent book “Princeton: America’s Campus” is the second book…

  • “Your True Friend and Enemy”: Princeton and the Civil War

    Civil War exhibition reveals sectional fissures within college and town. “Your True Friend and Enemy”: Princeton and the Civil War, a new exhibition at Princeton University’s Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, examines life at the college and within the town of Princeton against the backdrop of the War Between the States. Through the eyes of…

  • The Birth of the Civil Liberties Bureau and The National Civil Liberties Bureau,1917-1919

    by: Professor Samuel Walker School of Criminal Justice University of Nebraska at Omaha This is the first part in a series that was introduced earlier. The fight for civil liberties during World War I originated with the Civil Liberties Bureau (CLB), formed as a committee of the American Union Against Militarism (AUAM) immediately after the United…

  • The National Civil Liberties Bureau and the Woodrow Wilson Administration

    by: Professor Samuel Walker School of Criminal Justice University of Nebraska at Omaha This is part of a series that was introduced earlier. Roger Baldwin and Crystal Eastman began their work with the Civil Liberties Bureau confident that they had good relations with officials in the Woodrow Wilson administration. Many of these people knew each other…

  • “How History is Made”: In Search of Princeton’s First African American Daughter

    by: Brenda Tindal Before the pomp and circumstance of reunions and Princeton University’s 265th commencement fades into memory, it is worth noting that this year marks the 40th anniversary of the Class of 1972 because in many ways, this class bore witness to the revolutionary transformations taking place across the country. These students entered college…

  • Mudd Manuscript Library Annual Report: Fiscal Year 2012

    Mudd Manuscript Library Annual Report, FY2012   Summary The staff at Mudd Library had a very successful year in 2012 with notable highlights that include: Prepared for the launch of Aeon on July 1, 2012.  This required significant work from both public and technical services staff. Significant work done to upgrade access tools, in particular…

  • Rodger Baldwin: From The Civil Liberties Bureau to the American Civil Liberties Union

    by: Professor Samuel Walker School of Criminal Justice University of Nebraska at Omaha   This is the first part in a series that was introduced earlier. Roger Baldwin was director of the National Civil Liberties Bureau (NCLB) from its founding as an organization independent of the American Union Against Militarism (AUAM) in October 1917 until his…

  • Mudd Technical Services Meeting Minutes: June 2012

    Mudd Technical Services Meeting Minutes – June 2012 Maureen Callahan Maureen has finished managing the Princeton Weekly Bulletin digitization project – this resource is now available online. In addition to her usual reference and accessioning work, she also created a number of orientation screencasts for the new finding aids site, and is finishing writing notes…