Princeton History

Prospect House Rooms Named for Pioneering Princetonians

Rally ’Round the Cannon: Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor

College Songs Boomed — Then Declined

College songs rose in prominence along with our modern idea of college life

Reunions Quiz: Can You Tell Fact From Fiction?

How well do you know Princeton Reunions?

Virtual Princetoniana Museum Captures History of Reunions and Princeton

More than 150 class jackets can be viewed online, and that’s just the beginning of the museum’s 5,000-plus Princeton gems

Early Reunions Organizers Fought to Bar Women From the P-rade — and Lost

They do not ‘fundamentally belong,’ wrote an alum in 1958

A Tragic Candidate in the Princeton ‘Conclave’ for University President

E. Harris ‘Jinks’ Harbison 1928

Walking Tour Highlights Princeton as a Film Set

He Watched Biology from Up Close and Afar

Lewis Thomas ’33 (1913-1993)

Where Old and New Meet

As part of its biggest expansion ever, Princeton is transforming its campus while attempting to balance tradition and change

Rally ’Round the Cannon: Hooray for Hollywood

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)