Princeton History                    Princeton Authors

• Athletics at Princeton: A History (Frank Presbrey & James Hugh Moffatt, eds.; 1901)
• Biographical Catalogue of the Princeton Theological Seminary, 1815-1932.  (1933)
• Biographical Sketches of the Founder and Principal Alumni of the Log College.  (Archibald Alexander; 1851)
       Several of the Log College men were also prominent in the early history of the College of New Jersey.
• A Brief History of the Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church, at Princeton, New Jersey....  (1838)
• A Brief Narrative of the Ravages of the British and Hessians at Princeton in 1776-77....  (1906)
• A Catalogue of Books in the Library of the College of New Jersey, January 29, 1760.  (1760; repr. 1949)
• Catalogue of the Library of Princeton Theological Seminary.  (1886)
• The Centennial Celebration of the Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America at Princeton....  (1912)
• The Center for African American Studies in Stanhope Hall, Princeton University (William K. Selden & Neil L. Rudenstine; 2007)
• The Continental Congress at Princeton.  (Varnum Lansing Collins; 1908)
• A Discourse Addressed to the Alumni of the Princeton Theological Seminary, April 30, 1862, on Occasion of the Completion of Its First Half Century....  (William B. Sprague; 1862)   [ Another copy ]
• Early Princeton Printing (Varnum Lansing Collins; 1911)
• Esther Burr's Journal.  (Jeremiah Eames Rankin; 1903)
  Imaginary journal of Mrs. Esther (Edwards) Burr.
• Forty Years' Familiar Letters of James W. Alexander.  Edited by the surviving correspondent, John Hall.  (2 v.; 1860) [ Volume 2 ]
• Gender in the Academy: Women and Learning from Plato to Princeton.  (1990)
  "Features and details the resources used in a 1990 exhibition celebrating Princeton's 20th anniversary of coeducation."
• Glimpses of Colonial Society and the Life at Princeton College, 1766-1773.  (William Paterson; 1903)
• The Graduate College of Princeton: With Some Reflections on the Humanizing of Learning (Andrew F. West; 1913)
• The Handbook of Princeton (John Rogers Williams; 1905)
• History of Princeton and its Institutions (John F. Hageman; 1879)  [ Volume 2 ]
• History of the College of New Jersey: From Its Origin in 1746 to the Commencement of 1854.  (John Maclean; 1877)  [ Volume 2 ]
• Letter of Commodore Stockton on the Slavery Question.  (Robert Field Stockton; 1850)
• The Life of Archibald Alexander, D. D., LL. D., First Professor in the Theological Seminary at Princeton, New Jersey.  (James W. Alexander; 1870)
• The Life of Joseph Addison Alexander, D.D., Professor in the Theological Seminary at Princeton, New Jersey.  (Henry Carrington Alexander; 2 v.; 1870) [ Volume 2 ]
• The Life of Theodorick Bland Pryor, First Mathematical-Fellow of Princeton College. (Thomas D. Suplée; 1879)
• Little Books Series [PDF format requires Acrobat Reader]
  • The Gargoyles of Princeton University (Laurel Masten Cantor)
  • The Regalia of Princeton University (Margaret Smagorinsky)
  • The Sculpture of Princeton University
  • Some Legends & Lore of Princeton University (Margaret Smagorinsky)
  • The Spires of Princeton University (Laurel Masten Cantor)
  • The Trees of Princeton University
  • The Vistas of Princeton University (Susan C. Jennings)
• The Lives Of Eighteen From Princeton (Willard Thorp; 1946)
• Memoirs of Aaron Burr.  (2 v.; 1836)
• Memorial Book of the Sesquicentennial Celebration of the Founding of the College of New Jersey and of the Ceremonies Inaugurating Princeton University (1898)
• My Day: Reminiscences of a Long Life.  (Mrs. Roger A. Pryor; 1909)
       Mrs. Pryor and her husband, Confederate General Roger Atkinson Pryor, are buried in Princeton Cemetery.
• Nassau Hall: Princeton University's National Historic Landmark.  (William K. Selden; 1995)
       PDF format requires Acrobat Reader.
• Philip Vickers Fithian, Journal and Letters, 1767-1774, Student at Princeton College, 1770-72, Tutor at Nomini Hall in Virginia, 1773-74.  (1900)
• The Plan of a Theological Seminary ....  (1811)
• Poe's Run and Other Poems.  (M'Cready Sykes; 1904)
• Princeton (Varnum Lansing Collins; 1914)
• Princeton College during the Eighteenth Century.  (Samuel Davies Alexander; 1872)
       Biographical sketches of College alumni.
• A Princeton Companion.  (1978)
       Search online or scroll down the page to a list of articles.
• Princeton--Old and New: Recollections of Undergraduate Life (James W. Alexander; 1898)
• The Princeton Review.  (1830-1882)
       Published under various titles, including The Biblical Repertory and The Biblical Repertory and Theological Review.
• Princeton Sketches: The Story of Nassau Hall (George R. Wallace; 1894)
• The Princeton Theological Review. (1825-1929)
        A complete run of the 9 titles published during this period, plus indexes for 1825-1868 and 1900-1929.
• Princeton Theological Seminary: A Narrative History, 1812-1992 (William K. Selden; 1992)
• The Princeton University Library Chronicle.
        Full text of Biblia (vol. 1-10, 1930-1938) and Princeton University Library Chronicle (vol. 1-vol. 49, no. 2, 1939-Winter 1988) in PDF format [requires Acrobat Reader].
• The Princeton University Library in the Eighteenth Century.  (William S. Dix; 1978)
• The Record of a Happy Life: Being Memorials of Franklin Whitall Smith, a Student of Princeton College.  (Hannah Whitall Smith; 1873)
• Reminiscences of Princeton College, 1845-1848 (Edward Wall; 1914)
• The Sermon Delivered at the Inauguration of the Rev. Archibald Alexander, D.D., as Professor of Didactic and Polemic Theology, in the Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church....  (1812)
• A Sketch of the Life of Com. Robert F. Stockton.  (Samuel J. Bayard; 1856)
• Sons of the Prophets: Leaders in Protestantism from Princeton Seminary.  (1963)
• The Story of Princeton.  (Edwin Mark Norris; 1917)
• Through College on Nothing a Year: Literally Recorded from a Student's Story.  (Christian Gauss; 1915)

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Last revised:  November 4, 2007