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Home of Princeton University Archives and 20th Century Public Policy Papers.
Princeton, NJ
Joined May 2010
RT @Princeton: The Department of Public Safety is seeking information on the whereabouts of undergraduate student Lauren Blackburn ’26, who….
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#OnThisDay in 1994, a #PrincetonU student questioned Bill Clinton: "Why so little? Why so late?" More: ⬇️
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#OnThisDay in 1861, the stars and stripes was seen flying about Nassau Hall's cupola. More from this week in #PrincetonU's past: ⬇️
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#OnThisDay in 1940, a new progressive student newspaper made its first appearance at #PrincetonU. More: ⬇️
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#OnThisDay in 1959, #PrincetonU's president defended mandatory chapel services, citing responsibility to nurture "a maturing spiritual awareness" in students. More from this week in Princeton's past: ⬇️
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#OnThisDay in 1929, @pawprinceton reported on rumors about a faculty member who liked to greet the spring in the nude. More: ⬇️
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#OnThisDay in 1865, a @Princetonalum was in Washington to see "Grand Illuminations" celebrating the end of the Civil War. More: ⬇️
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#OnThisDay in 1880, a student confessed to making his way through college by being a “shenannygagger.” More: ⬇️
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#OnThisDay in 1983, a #PrincetonU student discovered that the institution's sole laser printer had a backlog that meant her thesis did not print overnight, and there was no guarantee that she'd get it the next day. More: ⬇️
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#OnThisDay in 1917, members of the @PUTigerBaseball team awaited a declaration of war to determine whether they would play with @UVABaseball the following day. More from this week in #PrincetonU's past:
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#OnThisDay in 1893, readers were anticipating @Princeton Sketches, a book with 40 illustrations by a member of the Class of 1891. More from this week in #PrincetonU's past: ⬇️
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#OnThisDay in 1965, @parents ran a story featuring @princetonalumni Henry Bozimo '63, a Nigerian who had the emotional support of a white family in Basking Ridge while he was a student at #PrincetonU. More from this week in Princeton's past: ⬇️
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#OnThisDay in 1972, a group of female students at #PrincetonU responded to a petition circulating campus calling for an end to coeducation. More: ⬇️
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#OnThisDay in 1919, #FDR spoke at Philadelphia's @princetonalumni dinner to celebrate the end of World War I. #WarAtPrinceton More: ⬇️ ️.
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#OnThisDay in 1929, the @princetonian reported on how a new technology was threatening silent movies. More: ⬇️
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#OnThisDay in 1870, James McCosh told @princetonalumni, "@Princeton is something like 'the old woman who lived in a shoe. '" More: ⬇️
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#OnThisDay in 1883, @princetonian warned of the dangers of hashish with a cautionary tale of a student whose addiction led to his downfall. More: ⬇️
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#OnThisDay in 1845, a newspaper noted that the local post office had been converted into a "fancy store."
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#OnThisDay in 1954, #PrincetonU's president defended it against claims that it was "full of Communists. " More: ⬇️
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