Scope and Content
Over the years, the Library has undertaken numerous efforts to digitize research information, for the purpose of preservation and to enhance access. This web site chronicles these projects and provides a way to search the Library's Digital Collections. The scope of what you can search within these collections will expand over time.
Recent Projects
Chilam Balam de Chumayel
The Book of the Chilam Balam of Chumayel is a late 18th-century manuscript copy of a Yucatec Maya chronicle, written and illustrated
in Chumayel, Yucatán.
Gender in the Academy
"Gender in the Academy" celebrates the beginnings of coeducation at Princeton.
Vasi Collection
Panoramic view of Rome by Giuseppe Vasi (1710-1782). The map lists 390 monuments and sites organized as 8 daily itineraries
to correspond with a guidebook by Vasi.
Arthur Mendel: June 6, 1905 - October 14, 1979
Arthur Mendel: June 6, 1905 - October 14, 1979
This pamphlet documents the memorial service of Arthur Mendel, who died in 1979 at the age of 74. Mendel served as Chair of the Department of Music at Princeton from 1952-1967, and held the Henry Putnam University Professorship until his retirement in 1973. Mendel was widely known as the foremost American Bach scholar of his generation.