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Princeton Alumni Publications, Inc. Editor's Records, 1895-1929: Inventory

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Summary Information

Creator:
Princeton Alumni Publications, Inc.
Title and dates:
Princeton Alumni Publications, Inc. Editor's Records, 1895-1929
Abstract:
The PAW is successor to the Alumni Princetonian, a weekly publication of the Daily Princetonian. In 1919 the Princeton Printing Company dissolved and printing of the PAW was taken over by the Princeton University Press. The PAW was a weekly magazine during the school year until changing to its current bi-weekly format in 1977. The magazine is now published during the academic year for alumni and professional staff of the University.
Size:
4.62 linear feet (10 boxes)
Call number:
AC013
Location:
Princeton University Library. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library.
Princeton University Archives.
Princeton, New Jersey 08540 USA
Language(s) of material:
English.
Storage note:
This collection is stored onsite at the Mudd Manuscript Library.

History of Princeton Alumni Publications, Inc.

The February 22, 1900 issue of the Alumni Princetonian announced that a new publication, the Princeton Alumni Weekly (PAW), to be published by the Princeton Printing Company, was to serve as the publication for alumni of the University. First published on April 7, 1900, the PAW has served to keep alumni in touch with the development of the University, the University in touch with the sentiments of alumni, and the alumni in touch with one another.

This series, consisting mostly of correspondence, represents the working files of the various editors of the publication. The following is a list of editors:

Description

The material consists of correspondence, largely related to university and alumni affairs, manuscripts submitted for publication and some subject files. The principal subjects covered by the correspondence include events in the lives of individual alumni, information on various classes and regional alumni groups, comments on university events and architecture (including architects and contractors), presidential administrations, eating clubs and athletics.

Arrangement

This is an unprocessed collection and remains in its original arrangement.

The records in this series are arranged by editor.

Access and Use

Access

Collection is open for research use.

Restrictions on Use and Copyright Information

Single copies may be made for scholarly research. Permission to publish material from the Photograph Collection must be requested from the University Archivist. The donor retains any and all rights it may possess to this material. Rights to photographs taken by freelance photographers have reverted to those Princeton Alumni Publications photographers.

Acquisition and Appraisal

Provenance and Acquisition

Two accessions currently form this series, AM 20138 and AR 1991-60, the latter the gift of the Alumni Weekly. The series includes the records of editors Edwin M. Norris (1905-1924) and Asa Bushnell (1926-1930).

Processing and Other Information

Processing Information

This is an unprocessed collection. The contents list provided is a preliminary inventory.

Descriptive Rules Used

Finding aid content adheres to that prescribed by Describing Archives: A Content Standard.

Encoding

Machine-readable finding aid encoded in EAD 2002 by Techbooks and Cristela García-Spitz on October 20, 2006.

Finding aid written in English.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Princeton Alumni Publications, Inc. Editor's Records, Box and Folder Number; University Archives, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Subject Headings

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Contents List

  1. Subseries 1: Edwin Mark Norris Records, (1895-1925)

    Subseries Description

    Edwin Mark Norris, Class of 1895, was the second editor of the PAW, his tenure lasting from 1905 to 1924. Previous to this position he had been the personal assistant to Dean West of the Graduate School where he worked for the Sesquicentennial Celebration Committee from 1895-97. In 1897 he earned an A.M. from Princeton and became a reporter for the Philadelphia Press until 1900 when he became associate editor of the PAW for four years. In 1904 he took over editorship of the magazine until 1924. Edwin Norris, also known as Teddy, died in 1925.

    The Norris records are organized into three sub-subseries, Subject Files, arranged alphabetically; Manuscripts, arranged alphabetically by title; and Correspondence, arranged chronologically and then by name. Within a given folder, the correspondence is not strictly alphabetical. The correspondence includes a number of years for which the bulk of the files seem to have been lost. Principal events covered by the Norris subseries include the controveries surrounding Woodrow Wilson's tenure as university president (the Graduate College and the Quad Plan), Woodrow Wilson's political career, alumni participation in World War I, Princeton architecture and athletics. The papers also document the rising importance of alumni in reshaping the nature of the university in the early part of the century and the role of the alumni magazine in linking alumni to the university. Important correspondents include V. Lansing Collins, Whitney Darrow, John Grier Hibben, Walter E. Hope, Andrew C. Imbrie, H. G. Murray, Moses Taylor Pyne, H. Alexander Smith, Norman Thomas, Henry Burling Thompson, Henry P. Van Dusen, John Wanamaker, and Alexander Fleming West and Woodrow Wilson.

  2. Subject Files:

    		Box 1

  3. Biographical Information - E. M. Norris

    		Box 1

  4. Clippings

    		Box 1

  5. Orange Boven Club

    		Box 1

  6. Princeton Alumni Weekley - General Information

    		Box 1

  7. Princeton Borough (including Electrical Lighting)

    		Box 1

  8. Manuscripts:

    		Box 1

  9. Architecture at Princeton

    		Box 1

  10. Athletics

    		Box 1

  11. Engineering

    		Box 1

  12. Freshmen

    		Box 1

  13. Fundraising

    		Box 1

  14. Genius and his Environment

    		Box 1

  15. Glee Club

    		Box 1

  16. Harvard

    		Box 1

  17. Jocularity at Princeton

    		Box 1

  18. King, Anita, trip west of

    		Box 1

  19. Literary

    		Box 1

  20. Military Service, World War I

    		Box 1

  21. Parents' Circular of 1838

    		Box 1

  22. Patton, Francis Landey

    		Box 1

  23. Poetry

    		Box 1

  24. Presidents of the US and Princeton

    		Box 1

  25. Princeton-in-Peking

    		Box 1

  26. Proctor Fellowship

    		Box 1

  27. Quad Plan

    		Box 1

  28. Religion

    		Box 1

  29. Revolutionary War

    		Box 1

  30. Rittenhouse Orrery

    		Box 1

  31. Saloons

    		Box 1

  32. Supreme Court and Princeton

    		Box 1

  33. Western Trip, Report of, (1920s)

    		Box 1

  34. Wireless Station, Princeton

    		Box 1

  35. Correspondence:

    		Box 1

  36. Miscellaneous, unidentified, undated

    		Box 1

  37. Miscellanous, undated

    Arranged alphabetically by name

    		Box 1

  38. 1895-1906

    		Box 1

  39. A-Z, 1907

    		Box 2

  40. A-M, 1908

    		Box 2

  41. N-Z, 1908

    		Box 3

  42. A-Z, 1909

    		Box 3

  43. A-Z, 1910

    (1 folder)

    		Box 3

  44. A-O, 1911

    		Box 3

  45. P-Z, 1911

    		Box 4

  46. A-Z, 1912

    		Box 4

  47. A-F, 1913

    		Box 4

  48. G-Z, 1913

    		Box 5

  49. A-Z, 1914

    (1 folder)

    		Box 5

  50. A-Z, 1915

    (1 folder)

    		Box 5

  51. A-J, 1916

    		Box 5

  52. K-Z, 1916

    		Box 6

  53. A-Z, 1917

    		Box 6

  54. Charles Halsey correspondence of World War I, 1917-1918

    		Box 6

  55. A-D, 1918

    		Box 6

  56. E-Z, 1918

    		Box 7

  57. A-M, 1919

    		Box 7

  58. N-Z, 1919

    		Box 8

  59. A-Z, 1920

    		Box 8

  60. A-M, 1921

    		Box 8

  61. N-Z, 1921

    		Box 9

  62. A-Z, 1922

    		Box 9

  63. A-Z, 1923

    		Box 9

  64. A-Z, 1924

    		,Box 9

  65. A-Z, 1925

    (1 folder)

    		Box 9
  66. Subseries 2: Asa S. Bushnell Records, (1927-1929)

    Subseries Description

    Asa Bushnell, Class of 1921, was the fourth editor of the Princeton Alumni Weekly. Before this period of time he worked in the banking industry, first as a teller and then, in 1924 as a director of a bank in Springfield, Ohio. There was also a brief period where he was associated with a printing company. Bushnell took over editorship of the magazine in 1926 and held the post for five years. From 1932-1937 he was also editor of the Princeton Athletic News (1932-1937) and graduate manager of the Princeton Athletic Association (1942-44).

    Asa Bushnell is more widely known for forming the Eastern College Athletic Conference, where he became known as a man credited with putting athletic administration on a par with efficient management. From 1945-65 he served as secretary of the U.S. Olympic Committee and as its director from 1965-70. He also edited five widely prized U.S. Olympic books. He died March 22, 1970 at the age of 75.

    The records of Asa Bushnell consist of correspondence for the 1927-1929 period which is arranged alphabetically. The nature of the correspondence is similar to that of Norris and includes many of the same correspondents listed earlier. In addition, there is correspondence of F. Scott Fitzgerald and David Lawrence.

  67. Correspondence, A-Z

    		Box 10

  68. Charles Creesy, (1975-1986)

    (1 archival box, AR 2000-102)

    		Box 11

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