The fol­low­ing mate­ri­als were acces­sioned April through June this year. As always, any­one inter­ested in addi­tional infor­ma­tion about the new mate­ri­als should con­tact the library through our gen­eral email account.

Acces­sions High­light: Whig Clio Records Accrual, circa 1850-1970s (AR.2009.049)

Among our recent acces­sions are sev­eral doc­u­ments and pub­li­ca­tions from Princeton’s two orig­i­nal polit­i­cal, lit­er­ary and debat­ing soci­eties, the Clio­sophic Soci­ety (1770–1941), and the Amer­i­can Whig Soci­ety (1769–1941); as well as some mate­r­ial from the Amer­i­can Whig-Cliosophic Soci­ety (1942-present), which was cre­ated when the two soci­eties merged.

One item– a let­ter writ­ten in 1870 from John Laird ‘1871 to the mem­bers of the Amer­i­can Whig Soci­ety– reveals the intense secrecy that enshrouded the two soci­eties prior to their merger. Laird, a mem­ber of the Clio­sophic Soci­ety, wrote to apol­o­gize to the Whigs for mis­tak­enly enter­ing Whig Hall rather than Clio Hall on a rainy Novem­ber day.

He assures the Whigs that

“I saw noth­ing and could not now describe the appear­ance of your Hall even of the few feet I entered…I am exceed­ingly sorry that such a thing occurred and I assure you that not a word of infor­ma­tion regard­ing the inte­rior of even the few feet I entered shall be uttered by me.”

The full let­ter is pic­tured below.

For more infor­ma­tion on these col­lec­tions, see the find­ing aid for the Clio­sophic Soci­ety Records, 1789–1941; the Amer­i­can Whig Soci­ety Records, 1802–1941; and the

Amer­i­can Whig-Cliosophic Soci­ety Records,1908–1992.

The fol­low­ing is a list­ing of all of the mate­ri­als acces­sioned from April to June 2009.

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The fol­low­ing mate­ri­als were acces­sioned in Feb­ru­ary and March this year. As always, any­one inter­ested in addi­tional infor­ma­tion about the new mate­ri­als should con­tact the library through our gen­eral email account

Among the new acces­sions to the Uni­ver­sity Archives is an issue of Old Nas­sau (pic­tured below), which was likely the per­sonal copy of Jimmy Stew­art ’32 (acces­sion num­ber AR.2009016). Fol­low­ing his death in 1997, Stewart’s estate donated a large num­ber of the actor’s books to the Friends of the Bev­erly Hills Library to be sold in their used book store. The wife of Ken­neth Gold­man ’64, a vol­un­teer at the book store, spot­ted the vol­ume and pur­chased it for her husband.

Ken­neth Gold­man donated the book to the Uni­ver­sity Archives this spring. Published in 1905, the lim­ited edi­tion book tells the story of Princeton’s anthem. It includes an auto­bi­og­ra­phy of Karl Lan­glotz (com­poser of the music for Old Nas­sau); bio­graph­i­cal infor­ma­tion about Har­lan Page Peck, Class of 1862 (author of the song’s lyrics); var­i­ous musi­cal arrange­ments for the song; as well as infor­ma­tion about Prince­ton in the years 1858 through 1862. The pages below show Peck’s lyrics, which were first pub­lished in the Nas­sau Lit­er­ary Mag­a­zine in 1859.

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Addi­tional infor­ma­tion can be found on the find­ing aid for the Old Nas­sau Col­lec­tion at the Mudd Man­u­script Library http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/rb68xb85k; and on the Prince­to­ni­ana Com­mit­tee Web page “Old Nas­sau, His­tory of the Song” http://tigernet.princeton.edu/~ptoniana/oldnassau2.asp.

A com­plete list of mate­ri­als acces­sioned in Feb­ru­ary and March follows.

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The list below includes infor­ma­tion on items and col­lec­tions acces­sioned in Decem­ber 2008 and Jan­u­ary 2009. There were 17 Prince­ton Uni­ver­sity Archives acces­sions added to our col­lec­tions dur­ing this period. As always, any­one inter­ested in addi­tional infor­ma­tion about the acces­sions listed below should con­tact the library through our gen­eral email account .

Prince­ton Uni­ver­sity Archives

Among the Uni­ver­sity Archives acces­sions for this period was an accrual for the Pro­gram in Latin Amer­i­can Stud­ies Records, 1949–2008 [AR.2008.162]. The Pro­gram was founded in 1966 as an inter­dis­ci­pli­nary course of study to sup­ple­ment under­grad­u­ate and grad­u­ate cur­ricu­lum. The Pro­gram in Latin Amer­i­can Stud­ies Records doc­u­ments the pro­gram from its begin­nings to the present day.

Addi­tional Acces­sions Include:

Peter B. Lewis Library Book­mark, 2008

AR.2008.155

Cor­re­spon­dence of Harry Zebu­lon O’Brien, Class of 1899, Additions

AR.2008.156

James McCosh Let­ter, 1878

AR.2008.157

Three Score and Nine, Rec­ol­lec­tions and Reflec­tions of Cor­nelius P. Trow­bridge, 1898–1967

AR.2008.158

Arthur C. Eschen­lauer Cor­re­spon­dence and Mem­o­ra­bilia, 1952–1956

AR.2008.159

Mis­cel­la­neous Prince­ton Pub­li­ca­tions, 1947–1999

AR.2008.160

Class of 1944 Alumni Indices, 1944–1961

AR.2008.161

Scrap­book of Gilbert N. McMil­lan, Class of 1890, and Pho­tographs, 1888–1890, 1918

AR.2008.163

Pho­to­graph Album of William Alsop Bours, Class of 1904, 1900–1904

AR.2009.001

Scrap­book of Weld Mer­rick Stevens, Class of 1904, and Stevens Fam­ily Jour­nal, 1898–1904

AR.2009.002

Thomas Meeker Papers on Admis­sion to Prince­ton Uni­ver­sity, 1949–1956

AR.2009.003

Lewis Library Ded­i­ca­tion Mate­ri­als and Mis­cel­la­neous Library Brochures, 2008

AR.2009.004

Life Begins at Eighty, An Auto­bi­og­ra­phy by Richard Ester­brook McConnell, Class of 1946, circa 2005

AR.2009.005

Library Hand­books, 1976–1983

AR.2009.006

Pro­fes­sor John Wheeler Memo­r­ial Recep­tion DVD, 2008

AR.2009.007

Lec­tures on Crit­i­cism by John With­er­spoon, 1794 (cur­rently under­go­ing preser­va­tion treatment)

AR.2009.008

The list below includes infor­ma­tion on items and col­lec­tions acces­sioned in Octo­ber and Novem­ber 2008. As always, any­one inter­ested in addi­tional infor­ma­tion about the acces­sions listed below should con­tact the library through our gen­eral email account .

In Novem­ber, the Uni­ver­sity Archives was pleased to receive a dona­tion of mate­ri­als relat­ing to Princeton’s 1948 one-fifty pound crew team. The team trav­eled to Eng­land to com­pete in the Hen­ley Royal Regatta and came home as vic­to­ri­ous win­ners of the Thames Chal­lenge Cup. The crew team’s coach, Davis Spencer, Class of 1945, col­lected the mate­ri­als which include a scrap­book, pho­tographs and mem­o­ra­bilia. The pho­to­graph below depicts the 1948 crew team (Gift of Susan Spencer Cramer, AR.2008.149).

Addi­tional Uni­ver­sity Archives acces­sions in Octo­ber and Novem­ber 2008 include:

Office of Devel­op­ment Donor Files, 1958–2003

AR.2008.130

Tri­an­gle Club Records, 1923–2007

AR.2008.131

Prince­ton Uni­ver­sity Course Offer­ings 2008–2009

AR.2008.132

Com­mit­tee to Defend Amer­ica, Mis­cel­la­neous Pub­li­ca­tions, 1940, undated

AR.2008.133

Memo­ri­als to Ken­neth Barn­hart II, Class of 1945, 2008

AR.2008.134

Pho­to­graph of Prince­ton Ath­lete, William Bon­thron, Class of 1934

AR.2008.135

Grad­u­ate Alumni Records, 2000–2008

AR.2008.136

Woodrow Wil­son School Pol­icy Con­fer­ence Pro­ceed­ings, 2008

AR.2008.137

Inde­pen­dent Con­cen­tra­tors’ Aca­d­e­mic Files from the Dean of the Col­lege, 1972–2001

AR.2008.138

To the Moun­tains of the Moon, Library Exhi­bi­tion Poster, 2007

AR.2008.139

Memo­ri­als Research for the Prince­ton Alumni Weekly, Class of 1951, 1950–2008

AR.2008.140

Dig­i­tal Images: Prince­ton Pres­i­dent Shapiro with U.S. Pres­i­dent Bill Clin­ton, and Prince­ton Stu­dents at a Bon­fire, 1996, 2006

AR.2008.141

Mis­cel­la­neous Pub­li­ca­tions, 1950–2000

AR.2008.142

Cor­re­spon­dence of Harry Zebu­lon O’Brien, Class of 1899, 1897–1899

AR.2008.143

Gifts to Prince­ton, 2007–2008

AR.2008.144

Framed Print of Child in Prince­ton Grad­u­a­tion Garb, circa 1900

AR.2008.145

Class of 1973 Reunions Pho­tographs, 2003–2007

AR.2008.146

Sched­ule of Classes, Spring Term 2008–2009

AR.2008.147

Alumni Coun­cil Com­mit­tee on Reunions Cor­re­spon­dence Regard­ing Alco­hol Use Poli­cies, 1991–1992

AR.2008.148

Davis Spencer, Class of 1945, Crew Scrap­book and Mem­o­ra­bilia, 1947–1948

AR.2008.149

Inter­na­tional Cen­ter Records, 1982–2002

AR.2008.150

Alumni Coun­cil Mate­ri­als, 1950–2000

AR.2008.151

Ray­mond J. Woodrow Mate­ri­als and Office of Research and Project Admin­is­tra­tion Doc­u­ment, 1977, undated

AR.2008.152

Depart­ment of Rare Books and Spe­cial Col­lec­tions Man­u­scripts Divi­sion Gen­eral Man­u­scripts, 1773–1965

AR.2008.153

Aux­il­iary to the Isabella McCosh Infir­mary Records, 1981–2001

AR.2008.154

Pub­lic Pol­icy Papers acces­sions in Octo­ber and Novem­ber 2008 include:

Jef­frey E. Fuller Papers, 1930–1970

ML.2008.023

Har­lan Cleve­land Papers, 1937–2007

ML.2008.024

Leo P. Crespi Papers, 1940-1980s

ML.2008.025

Richard A. Mus­grave Papers, 1920s-2007

ML.2008.026

Har­lan Cleve­land Pho­tographs, 1946–1970

ML.2008.027

The list below includes infor­ma­tion on items and col­lec­tions acces­sioned in August and Sep­tem­ber 2008. There were no Pub­lic Pol­icy Papers acces­sioned dur­ing this period. As always, any­one inter­ested in addi­tional infor­ma­tion about the acces­sions listed below should con­tact the library through our .

Prince­ton Uni­ver­sity Archives

Auto­graph Book of Valen­tine Hum­mel Berghaus, Class of 1864

AR.2008.109

This leather bound and gilt-embossed auto­graph book belonged to Valen­tine Hum­mel Berghaus, Class of 1864. Nearly each page in the book is filled with mes­sages from Berghaus’ class­mates. Although the bind­ing of the book is in poor con­di­tion, its indi­vid­ual pages are in excel­lent shape (see the images below). The book will be sent to the con­ser­va­tion lab for repairs and then it will be added to the Auto­graph Book Col­lec­tion. Auto­graph books doc­u­ment stu­dent life at Prince­ton Uni­ver­sity in the 19th century.

Addi­tional mate­ri­als acces­sioned in August and Sep­tem­ber 2008 include:

Prince­ton Uni­ver­sity Course Syl­labi 1960s, and Mem­o­ra­bilia, 1920s

AR.2008.110

His­tor­i­cal Post­card Col­lec­tion Accrual and Let­ter Writ­ten by Joseph Eck­ley, Class of 1772

AR.2008.111

Pho­tographs of the Inte­rior of the Char­ter Club, circa 1915

AR.2008.112

Papers of For­mer Woodrow Wil­son School Fac­ulty Mem­ber, Edward Tiryakian,

1961–1962

AR.2008.113

“Tol­stoy, Dos­to­evsky, and the Tasks of the Russ­ian Novel,” Alumni Stud­ies Lec­ture by Pro­fes­sor Caryl Emer­son, Audio Cas­sette, 2001

AR.2008.114

Carl A. Fields Cen­ter for Equal­ity and Cul­tural Under­stand­ing Records, 1970–2001

AR.2008.115

But­ler Col­lege Stu­dent Aca­d­e­mic Records, circa 2004–2008

AR.2008.116

Wil­son Col­lege Stu­dent Aca­d­e­mic Records, circa 2004–2008

AR.2008.117

Annual Reports to the Pres­i­dent from Aca­d­e­mic Depart­ments, 2005–2007

AR.2008.118

Min­utes of the Board of Trustees, 2007

AR.2008.119

Class of 1894 Records, 1890–1949

AR.2008.120

Richard­son Audi­to­rium Pro­grams, 2007–2008

AR.2008.121

Alumni Coun­cil Records Accrual, 1970–1998

AR.2008.122

Library Records from Tech­ni­cal Ser­vices Depart­ment, 1915–2004

AR.2008.123

Fac­ulty and Pro­fes­sional Staff Files, circa 1994–2003

AR.2008.124

Class of 1930 Mem­o­ra­bilia and Prince­ton Pub­li­ca­tions, 1926–1970

AR.2008.125

Office of Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Pho­tographs, 1983–2001

AR.2008.126

Class of 1953 50th Reunion Year­book, 2003

AR.2008.127

Depart­ment of Archi­tec­ture Senior The­ses, 1995–2001

AR2008.128

Office of the Pres­i­dent Records Accrual, 1957–1998

AR.2008.129