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Tag: cold war

  • This Week in Princeton History for May 16-22

    In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, Thomas Mann says he has found a new home, a miniseries about a professor premieres, and more. May 16, 1959—In today’s issue of Nation, Princeton University’s resident psychiatrist, Louis E. Reik, writes of Cold…

  • Mudd in Print

    Have you ever wondered what our researchers are up to in the reading room? Many of them are working fervently towards producing highly esteemed, ground-breaking, and sometimes award-winning books. This entry features a sample of recent publications, each developed through extensive research at the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library. Drawing from material found in the…

  • Digitzed: Robert Lansing Papers & John Foster Dulles State Department Records

    In our ongoing efforts to provide digital access to our records, we are happy to announce two additional collections have been digitized with the help of our students. The Robert Lansing Papers and the John Foster Dulles State Department Records are viewable via their finding aids. The Robert Lansing Papers document the later years of…

  • Political Cartoons now available online

    Over 2,000 cartoons from three collections of politically related cartoons are now available online. Images can be viewed by search or browsing finding aids of the three collections:  the Political Cartoon Collection (MC180); the Carey Cartoon Collection (MC158); the William H. Walker Cartoon Collection (MC068) The Political Cartoon collection consists of one thousand original drawings,…

  • Records of Adlai Stevenson, Ambassador to the United Nations, Now Available to View Online

    In October 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, Adlai Stevenson spoke the most famous line of his career. The former Illinois governor and two-time presidential candidate was the United States’ ambassador to the United Nations. After a series of provocative political moves and a failed US attempt to overthrow the Cuban regime,…