HISTORY

Rally ’Round the Cannon

Rally ’Round the Cannon: Hooray for Hollywood

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Princeton Portrait

He Inspired Hemingway Before Falling Out Over a Famous Fish

Princeton Portrait

The Vatican Looked to Him to Build a Better Library

Princeton Portrait

A Traveler Among the First International Reporters

Princeton Portrait

Princeton’s Slow Burn

Inside the PetroTigers and the University’s four decades of private fossil fuel investments

Behind the Research

Devin Fore is Exploring the Interplay of German Media and Culture

Essay

The Deceptiveness of Archives

Elyse Graham ’07 says dirty tricks surrounding library access go back centuries

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Academics

Class Close-Up: History of Mathematics Starts 4,000 Years Ago

Students learn ‘a whole landscape of the subject. It’s a crash course,’ says visiting fellow Alex Kontorovich ’02

From the Archives

Father and son carry a VCR to the son's dormitory

Moving In: PAW’s Oct. 10, 1990, cover shows a member of the Class of 1994 moving into Rockefeller College with some help. Do you recognize anyone in the photo? Let us know at paw@princeton.edu.

Larry French

Members of the Class of 1937 pose outside Nassau Hall

Remembering the Class of ’37: With the death of Joe Schein ’37, the Great Class of 1937 comes to a close. Pictured are class members in their beer jackets and overalls. You can read Joe’s memorial online and the final class column in the September 2024 issue. Click here to listen to a PAWcast about Schein.

Nassau Herald, 1937

Student reporter typing in the Palmer Stadium press box

Covering the Tigers: In this photo from the 1950s, a student reporter sits in the press box atop Palmer Stadium. Do you recognize him or have a story about working in the press box at Palmer? Let us know at paw@princeton.edu.

Princeton Alumni Weekly Photograph Collection

Several students eating at a dining hall table, circa 1950s or 1960s

Commons Sense: Pictured are students enjoying a meal at Commons. Can you identify anyone in the photo? Do you have a Commons-related story you would like to share with PAW? Let us know.

Princeton Alumni Weekly Photograph Collection

Student in chair studying on the balcony of Chancellor Green building

A Quiet Spot: Pictured studying in the Chancellor Green Rotunda March 10, 2007, is Lucy Minott ’10. Did you have a favorite place to study on campus? Let us know.

Frank Wojciechowski

Class photo of 1941 graduates, in front of Nassau Hall

Farewell, ’41: With the death of Arthur Frank ’41, the Great Class of 1941 comes to a close. Pictured are class members in their beer jackets and overalls. This photo is from the 1941 Nassau Herald.

Nassau Herald, 1941

Six men in suits and hats walking down a wide staircase

Princeton’s Proctors: Pictured on the May 6, 1949, PAW cover are six proctors of the University. Do you have a story about an interaction with a proctor while at Princeton? Let us know.

PAW, May 6, 1949