Princeton History
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He Was Princeton’s Favorite Author During Prohibition
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Norman Anthony (1889-1968)
A Nassau Hall Lego Set? With Princeton Staffer’s Design, It’s Possible
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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
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Princeton Portrait: Carroll James ’58 (1937-1997)
Aaron Burr 1772’s Forgotten Family
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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
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Princeton Portrait | Andrew Clerk Imbrie 1895 (1875-1965)
He Founded ‘The New Yorker’ and Gave It a Second Chance
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Raoul Fleischmann 1906 (1885-1969)
Princeton Portrait: ‘Hooked’ by Triangle, He Went on to Movie Stardom
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José Ferrer ’33 (1912-1992)
Princeton Portrait: His Popularity Portended Life as the ‘Socialist Bishop’
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Franklin Spencer Spalding 1887 (1865-1914)
Princeton Portrait: A Chronicler of the Revolution She Lived
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Helen Baker (1900-1955)
He Returned To Die in Paradise
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George “Horse” Kerr Edwards 1889 (1866-1897)
Princeton Portrait: In a POW Camp, an Atheist Found God
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Ernest Gordon (1916-2002)
A Champion of Geology and Princeton’s Colors
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William Libbey Jr. 1877 *1879 (1855-1927)
A Literary Voice Born on Campus
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Jesse Lynch Williams 1892 (1871-1929)
Timeline: Princeton in the Great War
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Alumni and campus news from World War I
The Battle of Princeton
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An encounter in a farmer’s field 240 years ago changed the course of the Revolution
The Day That Changed Everything
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Seventy-five years ago, Pearl Harbor transformed the life of every student — and the University itself
Princeton Faces the War
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A look at the on-campus reaction to Pearl Harbor
A Football Feast
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The orange-and-black origins of Thanksgiving Day games
Princeton for President!
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Two alumni have gone on to the White House — and many others have tried
Princeton Goes to War
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That Was Then: July 1942