Princeton History
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Princeton’s Slow Burn
Inside the PetroTigers and the University’s four decades of private fossil fuel investments
Donated Death Mask Collection
Laurence Hutton
Aaron Burr 1772’s Legacy as a Banker Lives On
Rally ’Round the Cannon: Mind the Gap
He Was Princeton’s Favorite Author During Prohibition
Norman Anthony (1889-1968)
To Build a Better Bonfire, Say Farewell to the Big Three
A Nassau Hall Lego Set? With Princeton Staffer’s Design, It’s Possible
Lego hobbyist and Princeton staffer Matt Smith is hoping the company selects his design for production
How CJ the DJ Gave the Beatles Their Big Break in America
Princeton Portrait: Carroll James ’58 (1937-1997)
Aaron Burr 1772’s Forgotten Family
Tracing the mysterious life of Mary Eugenie Emmons from India to Haiti to Philadelphia
He Wrote the Song That Poked Fun at Professors for Some 85 Years
Princeton Portrait | Andrew Clerk Imbrie 1895 (1875-1965)
He Founded ‘The New Yorker’ and Gave It a Second Chance
Raoul Fleischmann 1906 (1885-1969)
Rally ’Round the Cannon: Yore Favorites
‘Hooked’ by Triangle, He Went on to Movie Stardom
José Ferrer ’33 (1912-1992)
His Popularity Portended Life as the ‘Socialist Bishop’
Franklin Spencer Spalding 1887 (1865-1914)
Princeton Portrait: A Chronicler of the Revolution She Lived
Helen Baker (1900-1955)
He Returned To Die in Paradise
George “Horse” Kerr Edwards 1889 (1866-1897)
Princeton Portrait: In a POW Camp, an Atheist Found God
Ernest Gordon (1916-2002)
A Champion of Geology and Princeton’s Colors
William Libbey Jr. 1877 *1879 (1855-1927)
A Literary Voice Born on Campus
Jesse Lynch Williams 1892 (1871-1929)
Timeline: Princeton in the Great War
Alumni and campus news from World War I
The Battle of Princeton
An encounter in a farmer’s field 240 years ago changed the course of the Revolution
The Day That Changed Everything
Seventy-five years ago, Pearl Harbor transformed the life of every student — and the University itself
Princeton Faces the War
A look at the on-campus reaction to Pearl Harbor