History

Nassau Hall Was the Nation’s Capital, and Other Facts for the Semiquincentennial

More Photos of the Old West

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The Old West
Images from expeditions of another era — and what scientific explorers do today

Princeton Portrait: He Wrote a Cookbook for Those Best at Making Reservations

Charles Browne 1896 *1899 (1875-1947)

His Name Made Him Worthy of America’s First Medical Degree

John Archer 1760 *1763 (1741-1810)

A Bond Forged While Advancing Mathematics

Emmy Noether (1882-1935) and Anna Pell Wheeler (1883-1966)

An Influential Author Who Got His Start at a Student Publication

José Donoso ’51 (1924-96)

100 Years Ago This Flop Led F. Scott Fitzgerald 1917 to ‘The Great Gatsby’

When his play, ‘The Vegetable,’ failed, Fitzgerald abandoned playwriting for novels

This Librarian Lived Under a False Identity, and Did It With Class

Princeton Portrait: Belle da Costa Greene, 1879-1950

The University Architect Who Also Wrote About Haunted Buildings

Ralph Adams Cram, 1863-1942

An Art Professor Who Knew the Real Thing When He Saw It

Charles Rufus Morey (1877–1955)

As a Magician, He Took Pleasure in Fooling Princetonians

John Mulholland (1898-1970)

Rally ’Round the Cannon: Adventures in Oversight

Three Brothers Who Became University Presidents

Princeton Portrait: Karl Compton *1912 h’34, Wilson Compton *1915, and Arthur Compton *1916

Princeton Portrait: They Wrote the First (Not-So-Great) American Novel

Hugh Henry Brackenridge 1771 (1748-1816) and Philip Freneau 1771 (1752-1832)

He Curved His Way To the First No-Hitter

Princeton Portrait: Joseph McElroy Mann 1876 (1856-1919)

In 1978, Princeton Was the Perfect Frisbee Golf Course

The weather’s warming up: Grab a Frisbee and follow Eric Olson ’80’s path through the arches

Princeton Portrait: The Student Detective

George Strawbridge 1802 (1784-1859)

Thesis-Writing ‘Tactics’ From 1987 Still Hold Up

Princeton Portrait: The Polish Logician of Firestone

Rose Rand (1903-1980)

He Championed Treks to Deep Earth and Inner Space

Princeton Portrait: Harry H. Hess *32 (1906–1969)

Princeton Portrait: A Samurai in a Distant Land

Hikoichi Orita 1876 (1849-1920)

In 1990, Princeton’s Coffee Scene Was Just Beginning

From the PAW Archives

Memories of Palmer Stadium

From the PAW Archives

Princeton Portrait: A Hunter of Lost Art and Lost Alumni

Sarah Sillcocks (1913-2008)