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Freddie Fox ’39 about old and new: “A Walk in the Springtime,” 1974
After last week’s film about living and learning at Princeton in 1962, it is interesting to watch “A Walk in the Springtime,” created only twelve years later. The film features the legendary Frederic...
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Keeping the donor base informed: Princeton newsreels, 1960–1961
During the $53 Million Campaign (1959–1962) a 13 x 10 foot scale model of the Princeton campus toured 19 major cities and displayed at meetings of the regional leaders of the fund drive. To keep...
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Moving Corwin Hall 100 feet, May 20, 1963
Robertson Hall, the building that currently houses the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (WWSPIA) has been featured in two newsreels: the “Princeton newsreel” of 1961,...
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Interview with Dean Ernest Gordon and tour of University Chapel, 1977
Today’s post is written by Rev. Frederick Borsch ’57, former Dean of Religious Life and the Chapel 1981–1988. “A sermon in stone” is a familiar description of the Princeton University Chapel, and it is...
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Post-War Princeton: The building of Firestone Library, the Dillon Gym, and...
From the start of the Depression until the end of World War II, construction activity at Princeton, like at other universities, was at a near standstill. The first buildings to be erected here as part...
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Being Jewish at Princeton: from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s days to the Center of...
“The Princeton of today is not the Princeton of Scott Fitzgerald. And by that I mean you can feel comfortable being Jewish, you can feel comfortable being Asian, you can feel comfortable being African...
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Residential Colleges and Wu Hall
In this short video from around 1983, President Bowen discusses Wu Hall, the then-new dining facility for Butler College. The video highlights three elements that played increasingly significant roles...
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A Princeton Degree For a Yalie: George H.W. Bush Visits Princeton, 1991
On May 10, 1991, President George H.W. Bush came to Princeton’s campus to receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree and dedicate the University’s Social Science Complex. This $20 million dollar project...
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