Princeton History

There’s a Massive Ivy League Library Warehouse Across Route 1

ReCAP provides storage — and retrieval — for millions of items from multiple Ivy libraries

Checking Under the Hood

He Fled Europe and Became ‘The Patron Saint of Photocopying’

Alumni Become Agitators

‘He did not want me growing up in a country run by gangsters’

Why a father in Nazi Germany sent his son to Princeton

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)