Mudd Manuscript Library Blog

In this week's installment in our recurring series, a student breaks a racial barrier, Dartmouth's graduating class picks Princeton as their favorite, and more.

https://universityarchives.princeton.edu/2024/04/this-week-in-princeton-history-for-april-22-28-2/

In this week's installment in our recurring series, some students withdraw from housing assignments in protest, the new library design is under discussion, and more.

https://universityarchives.princeton.edu/2024/04/this-week-in-princeton-history-for-april-15-21-2/

In this week's installment in our recurring series, a professor is granted tenure by surprise, a new campus building's construction will run to $250,000, and more.

https://universityarchives.princeton.edu/2024/04/this-week-in-princeton-history-for-april-8-14-2/

In this week's installment in our recurring series, Witherspoon Hall draws praise, a local egging is blamed on the influence of students, and more.

https://universityarchives.princeton.edu/2024/04/this-week-in-princeton-history-for-april-1-7-2/

In this week's installment in our recurring series, a student defends himself and a campus organization against accusations of fabricating discrimination, an administrator vows that Princeton wil...

https://universityarchives.princeton.edu/2024/03/this-week-in-princeton-history-for-march-25-31-2/

In this week's installment in our recurring series, alumni are unsettled by a change in admissions requirements, the University president warns of dangers to democracy, and more.

https://universityarchives.princeton.edu/2024/03/this-week-in-princeton-history-for-march-18-24-2/

By April C. Armstrong *14 In this week’s installment in our recurring series, students are arrested for voting, a newsmagazine reports that the Class of 1949 still has most of its hair 10 years...

https://universityarchives.princeton.edu/2024/03/this-week-in-princeton-history-for-march-11-17-2/

In this week's installment in our recurring series, a student is disciplined for attempting to woo a woman dishonestly, the proposed new chapel design is controversial, and more.

https://universityarchives.princeton.edu/2024/03/this-week-in-princeton-history-for-march-4-10-2/

Last July I spent an hour with Darley Newman, a PBS travel documentarian who has one of the most enviable jobs in the world.  She was in Princeton filming “New Jersey: Revolutionary Road Trip�...

https://universityarchives.princeton.edu/2024/02/my-travels-with-darley/

Ad reading "Egg donor needed Large financial incentive Intelligent, athletic egg donor needed for loving family You must be at least 5'10" Have a 1400+ SAT score Possess no major family medical i...

https://universityarchives.princeton.edu/2024/02/this-week-in-princeton-history-for-february-26-march-3/