Princeton University
Documents
  • American Whig Society Leaflet
    An 1836 leaflet seeking contributions for the construction of Whig Hall, from the Library of Congress.
  • Blank Diploma Form, 18th century
    From the Library of Congress exhibit: An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera.
  • Circular, 1848
    "The following circular exhibits the final standing of each member of the Senior class, with the exception of those cases in which the number representing scholarship would be less than 70: also a list of the speakers appointed for the ensuing commencement." From the Library of Congress.
  • College Sports Series:  Image 3 and Image 7
    Tobacco advertising, from The Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 - 1920 at Duke University.
  • Course of Instruction in Dancing.... (1889)
    Includes the dance "Princeton University Lanciers." From American Memory, Library of Congress.
  • John Maclean to Abraham Lincoln, December 20, 1864
    Letter from President Maclean notifying President Lincoln that the trustees of the College of New Jersey had conferred on him an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. Another letter, Jacob R. Freese to Abraham Lincoln, includes congratulations on the honorary degree and medical humor from Dr. Freese about Lincoln's dealings with the North and South. From the Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress.
  • Nassau Hall Burnt Down!!
    A broadside from The Princeton Press, Monday morning, March 12, 1855. Part of the Library of Congress exhibit: An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera.
  • The Nassau Rake, June 30, 1852
    From the Library of Congress exhibit:  An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera.
  • Princeton University Board of Trustees Minutes and Charter
    Digital versions of the 1748 charter of the College of New Jersey and Volumes I and II of the Board of Trustees minutes, 1748-1823.
  • The Princeton University March and Two Step (Charles A. Zimmerman)
    From the Historic American Sheet Music collection in the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University.
  • Trustees of the College of New Jersey
    An undated broadside from the Library of Congress.

 

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