This Week in Princeton History for March 30-April 5
In this week’s installment of our recurring series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, the library receives a new gift of F. Scott Fitzgerald...
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In this week’s installment of our recurring series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, John Maclean defends the expulsion of students, Quadrangle...
View ArticleThis Week in Princeton History for September 21-27
In this week’s installment of our recurring series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, violence erupts at Commencement over politics, a student...
View ArticleThis Week in Princeton History for November 30-December 6
In this week’s installment of our recurring series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, Henry Ward Beecher celebrates the football team’s defeat,...
View ArticleThis Week in Princeton History for February 1-7
In this week’s installment of our recurring series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, house carpentry helps pay student expenses, Joline Hall opens,...
View ArticleThis Week in Princeton History for February 8-14
In this week’s installment of our recurring series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, the Bric-a-Brac has a new cover, an employee at an eating club...
View ArticleThis Week in Princeton History for October 4-10
In this week’s installment of our recurring series, Esther Edwards Burr mourns the death of her husband, two students are fined, and more. October 5, 1989—Dial Lodge and Cannon Club complete a merger,...
View ArticleThis Week in Princeton History for November 21-27
In this week’s installment of our recurring series, an unusual Thanksgiving storm brings heavy snow to the area, a Scottish newspaper remarks on the racial composition of the town, and more. November...
View ArticleThis Week in Princeton History for November 13-19
By April C. Armstrong *14 In this week’s installment of our recurring series, a Philadelphia newspaper denounces New Jersey officials for not being more supportive of Princeton, a new roof is...
View ArticleThis Week in Princeton History for April 29-May 5
By April C. Armstrong *14 In this week’s installment in our recurring series, a student helps liberate a concentration camp, the presence of a military school on campus has broad local impact, and...
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