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Eating Clubs Records, 1879-2005: Finding Aid
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Summary Information
- Collector:
- Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library.
- Title and dates:
- Eating Clubs Records, 1879-2005
- Abstract:
- The Eating Club Records consist of manuscript and printed material from almost all the clubs. The records of individual eating clubs have been combined with material on Eating Clubs in general. This material includes correspondence, reports, minutes, financial statements, constitutions, and miscellaneous records. Printed material in the records consist of newspaper and magazine clippings, club membership books, and club histories.
- Size:
- 26.72 Linear Feet (40 boxes, 2 oversized volumes, 1 oversized folder)
- Call number:
- AC019
- 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 the Eating Clubs
The rise of the eating clubs as the primary social and culinary outlet of the upper classes in the twentieth century at Princeton University is due to a variety of factors. The University administration banned fraternities in 1855 but it was not until 1876 that fraternities were finally abolished on campus, leaving the door open for the emergence of another student social outlet. This combined with the erratic delivery and the mediocre food served over the second half of the nineteenth century to the students opened the door to the emergence of the eating clubs.
The college dining hall was permanently closed in 1856 and every student took meals in local boardinghouses. Students would group together and form what was called eating clubs at certain boarding houses. The food was generally better than provided by the college and many times it was less expensive. By the 1880's Princeton was only sporadically provided boarding for students. These groups did not last any longer than 4 or 5 years if not less and generally disbanded once the students left Princeton. The clubs social function was also limited since they did not own or rent a building just a room and had use of it only while dinner was being served. In 1879 a group of students rented Ivy Hall and hired personnel. This became Ivy Club the first eating club at Princeton. In 1883 they requested and received permission from the college to build their first structure a wooden frame house on Prospect Street. This was done with the generosity of some club members from the class of 1881. This created the first debate on the role of eating clubs at Princeton University, a tradition that continues to the present.
The second permanent eating club, The University Cottage Club, created in the fall of 1886, officially incorporating in 1889. A change in the Eating Clubs is expressed in the incorporation statement of Cottage Club where the function of the “association [is] for social, intellectual and recreative purposes.” Thus the social functions of the club gained equal importance with the need to provide board for Princeton students, not social functions had been expressed by Ivy Club in it's original incorporation statement. The Cap and Gown Club and Tiger Inn became the third and fourth eating clubs in 1890.
As the number of clubs increased they became the primary social outlet for students. As a consequence the competition to join increased. Generally the older and more established the club the more desirable it was. This competition fostered the an attempt at the establishment of a more orderly election process to the clubs for sophomores in the spring of each year. The Inter-club Committee was established to help facilitate the election process. Between the years 1896 and 1907 a series of treaties was drawn up between the clubs in an attempt to streamline the process and try to abolish perceived and real misconduct on the part of clubs in their competition for members.
By the time of Princeton University President Patton's resignation in 1902 the clubs, now numbering 11, were a permanent social force on Princeton's campus signified by increased attention paid to the clubs in the pages of the Princetonian and the Princeton Alumni Weekly. Newly appointed President Woodrow Wilson faced the challenge of deciding the appropriate place of the clubs at the University. Patton's administration had done nothing in the way to either support or hinder the growth of the clubs. Wilson considered the club system unhealthy. He would have liked the University to operate more like his undergraduate days (class of 1879). He felt the eating clubs took away from the academic pursuits of the students and desired the more democratic campus of his day.
By the end of 1906, there were fourteen clubs with somewhere between two-thirds and three-quarters of the upperclassmen members of clubs compared to one-quarter of the upperclassmen club members in the early 1890s. Wilson decided to take action against the clubs. He called the lot of the upperclassmen left out of the clubs “a little less than deplorable.” Many students feeling the social pressures as soon as they entered Princeton spent the next two years in playing their cards right to get into a desired club. Student social interaction had changed considerably from Wilson's day when groups of like minded men came together to eat and socialize. He presented the Quad (for quadrangles or colleges) plan to the Board of Trustees. Among other aspects, the plan would necessitate the elimination of the Eating Clubs and the University would become responsible for feeding and housing undergraduates in one of several colleges for all four years. Wilson hoped to bring the social and academic aspects of the University together with academics taking precedence, unlike what he perceived the current situation to be. With the approval of the plan, in principle, by the Board of Trustees, Wilson announced it at commencement in 1907. The alumni were immediately against what they considered elimination of freedom of social choice and the destruction of class spirit. With opposition growing and annual giving down the Trustees withdrew their support in October of 1907. In effect the battle highlighted the importance of the clubs for both undergraduates and alumni at Princeton and guaranteed their continuing existence.
The club system continued to expand for the next ten years with more clubs forming and with each year a larger percentage of the sophomore class joining clubs. When President Hibben took over from Wilson in 1912 he strived to mend the wounds created by Wilson's Quad plan and his Graduate College proposal. Thus his generally conservative approach was to keep Princeton has it was, thereby the Eating Clubs were safe from any administratively sought change.
By 1913 the spring elections of sophomores to Clubs had become known as “Bicker.” The problems associated with bicker created another attempt for an interclub “agreement” during the 1914 bicker, something that had not been tried since 1907. By 1917, their were 17 clubs with the oldest ones still offering the most social prestige to members, with 15% to 20% of the sophomore class not being elected to any club. In January of 1917, the group of sophomores announced in the Princetonian that, “Certain members of the Sophomore Class, believing that the Princeton club system operates against the best interest of the University, have decided not to join any club.” The students proposed the creation of a great University Hall as a gathering place for all classes, which would be run in conjunction with the Dining Halls. The hope was to great a more democratic social environment at Princeton. The administration did not take any action preferring a policy of non-interference. By the time of club elections in March, close to one hundred sophomores were refusing to participate. The outcome of the elections saw 237 sophomores elected to clubs out of a class of 334. The protest did cause the elimination of Arch club when they did not receive any new members. With the advent of United States entry into World War I two weeks later, the eating club controversy was dropped for the duration.
The 1920s saw it's own share of revisions in bicker rules. A committee was appointed by President Hibben in 1924 to study the system but no changes were proposed just more careful surveillance of the clubs. Two new clubs were also formed during the 1920s.
The 1930s saw a minor economic assault on the clubs. Two clubs, Gateway and Arbor Inn became insolvent and were taken over by the University. Gateway was operated as a non-selective club by the University starting in 1936 and Arbor Inn was used for various academic purposes.
There was a vigorous debate over the club system in 1940. Student petitions urging the University to investigate the clubs resulted in the formation of a committee appointed by President Harold W. Dodds. The committee report approved by the Board of Trustees and put into effect during the 1941 bicker, allowed for sophomores to form their own congenial groups, and those groups, rather than individuals, were guaranteed membership in a club if they so desired, and, it was hoped, friendships formed during the underclass years would be perpetuated. Another provision was that all sophomores who so desired would be guaranteed club membership. Despite the seeming success of this project it did not have a long term effect due to the beginning of World War II.
The 1949/1950 academic year, saw debate over the club system much like the revolt of 1917. 605 sophomores out of a class of 788, signed a petition that none would join clubs unless all who desired membership received invitations. The 100% admittance to clubs lasted through the early 1960s with the exception of 1958 where 23 men were refused admittance to a club of their choice amid charges of discrimination. Wilson Lodge was founded in 1956 to provide dining and social facilities to those students who choose not to enter a club.
During the late 1960s and the early 1970s with the change throughout the country in the social atmosphere, there was a growing disinterest in the Eating Clubs, such that there were meetings to discuss how to handle the financial constraints of fewer members. Some clubs did fold but the majority rode out the disinterest in the clubs. 1966 saw another student uprising against bicker and the club system claiming that the system imposed “a false hierarchy on Princeton social life” and erected “artificial barriers among its students.” In 1967 14 upperclassmen resigned from Ivy Club in protest against the bicker system. 1968 bicker saw one-third of the sophomores refuse to join a club and this became almost 50% in 1969. By 1973 the bicker rate had dropped to the mid 30s. Stevenson Hall was established by the University in 1969 as another alternative to bicker and housed in the defunct Key and Seal building.
In 1969 the admittance of women into Princeton University caused some controversy in the Clubs, but many allowed women to join immediately. In the spring of 1979, a third-year student Sally Frank had tried to gain membership into Ivy Club, Tiger Inn, and Cottage Club. Upon not gaining admittance, Frank filed a lawsuit with the New Jersey Division of Civil Rights. In 1992 a final verdict was announced, Ivy Club and Tiger Inn were forced to admit women into the clubs, though they had been admitting women since the spring of 1991.
The current election process a sign-in system, was instituted in 1983. The sign-in system is a lottery, in which you make a list of clubs in order of preference that you would like to join and then you are put into one of the clubs of your choices. This type of system makes it possible for all students who wish to be in clubs to join one. The Bicker process, a series of interviews with current club members, is still an election process for Cap and Gown Club, Cottage Club, Ivy Club, Tiger Inn, and Tower Club.
Existing Clubs
- Campus Club, 1900
- Cap and Gown Club, 1890
- Charter Club, 1901
- Cloister Inn, 1912-1972, 1977
- Colonial Club, 1891
- Cottage Club, 1886
- DEC (Dial, Elm, Cannon), 1989/90
- Ivy Club, 1879
- Quadrangle Club, 1901
- Terrace Club, 1904
- Tiger Inn, 1890
- Tower Club, 1902
Defunct Clubs
- Arch Club, 1911-1917
- Arbor Inn, 1923-1939
- Cannon Club, 1895-1975
- Court Club, 1921-1964
- Dial Club, 1906-1988
- Elm Club, 1895-1973, 1978-1989
- Gateway Club, 1913-1937
- Key and Seal Club, 1904-1968
- Prospect Club, 1941-1959
Description
The Eating Club Records consists of records of individual eating clubs as well as material on Eating Clubs in general. Contained in the records are correspondence, reports, minutes, financial statements, constitutions, clippings, newsletters, club membership books, and club histories.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in the following series:
- Series 1: General Eating Club Material
- Series 2: Individual Eating Club Material
- Series 3: Printed Material
- Subseries 3A: General Eating Club Clippings, 1907-1993
- Subseries 3B: Individual Eating Club Clippings
- Subseries 3C: General Club Printed Materials
- Subseries 3D: Individual Club Printed Materials
- Series 4: Photographs
- Series 5: Blueprints, undated
- Series 6: Microfilm, 1966
- Series 7: Eating Club Records Accruals, 1916–2000
Access and Use
Access
Collection is open for research use.
Restrictions on Use and Copyright Information
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the University Archivist. Copyright is held by the Trustees of Princeton University.
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Historical Photographs–Organizations (AC112)
Rivinus, Willis M., Papers Relating to the Sally Frank Case (AC009)
Senior Thesis relating to Eating Clubs (AC102)
Belcher, Peter Runyon, An Analysis of the Poker Subculture of Dial Lodge (1972: Sociology)
Blynn, Henry Reid, Are Princeton eating Clubs Stereotyped? (1949: Psychology)
Colson, Wendell B. The Upperclassmen Union: A Proposal to Replace the Princeton Terrace Club (1976: Architecture)
Eddy, Thomas Philips, Princeton Eating Club X - a Case Study (1949: Economics)
Elliot, Charles Leo, Jr., An Investigation of Reputation: An Index to the Campus Characterizations of Six Princeton Eating Clubs (1956: Psychology)
Kaneko, Darryl Glen, The Role of Physical Appearance in Social Processes (1967: Sociology)
Kashatus, Peter John, The Effect of Club Membership and Other Factors on the Academic Achievements of Princeton Students (1968: Psychology)
King, Philo Rockwell, Jr., Formal and Informal Organizations in a Princeton Eating Club (1948: Economics)
Kram, S. Edward, College Cultures: Stereotyping, Attitude Formation and Dating Behavior (1967: Sociology)
Libertelli, Joseph Francis, The Organization of Terrace Club (1979: Politics)
Marshall, Michael Anthony, The Origins and Development of the Princeton Upper-class Eating Club systems, 1868-1917 (1957: History)
Mills, Michael James, Preserving Cannon Club: A Redesign for the Office of Population Research (1973: Architecture)
Rafsky, Lawrence C. Bidding Probabilities in Bicker (1967: Statistics)
Seligman, Scott D., Woodrow Wilson and the Quadrangle Controversy at Princeton 1906-1908 (1973: History)
Seltzer, Judith A., The Class Menagerie: A Study of the System of Social Stratification in the Princeton University Undergraduate Community (1976: Sociology)
Stockmar, Ernest Charles, Paired Comparison and Successive Interval Study of the Princeton Club System (1956: Psychology)
Terry, Owen Rockefeller, Jr., A Socioeconomic Study Relating to Anti-Academicism in the Princeton University Club System (1958: Psychology)
Tyler, Robert Perry, Jr., The Relationship of Ethnocentrism to the Prestige Indices of Secondary Schooling and Club Membership at Princeton University (1950: Psychology)
Unger, Christian Herbert. Perceived Variability and the Perception of Self: A Study of Princeton Eating Club Members (1990: Psychology) Thesis # 669
Processing and Other Information
Processing Information
This collection was processed by James M. Watson Jr. from January to May 1993. Finding aid written by James M. Watson Jr. from January to May 1993.
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); Eating Clubs Records, Box and Folder Number; University Archives, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Subject Headings
These materials have been indexed in the Princeton University Library online catalog using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.
- Cannon Club (Princeton University).
- Ivy Club.
- Princeton Quadrangle Club (Princeton University).
- Princeton Terrace Club.
- Princeton Tower Club.
- Princeton University. Cap and Gown Club.
- Princeton University. Colonial Club.
- Princeton University. Cottage Club.
- Princeton University -- Societies, etc.
- Princeton University -- Students -- Societies, etc.
- Tiger Inn (Princeton University).
- Clubs -- New Jersey -- Princeton.
- College Students -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- Societies, etc.
- College Students -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- Social conditions.
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Contents List
Series 1: General Eating Club Material, 1892-1988
Series Description
This series, covering the years 1892 to 1988, is composed of material that reflects all of the Eating Clubs as a whole. It includes general correspondence, minutes and constitutions from the Joint Committee of Trustees and the Graduate Interclub Council, scholarship material, a report on co-education, and miscellaneous materials. It also contains reports about Eating Club histories, club processes, their social outlook, and club economic problems. Included here is the Rockefeller Plan, a criticism on the club system.
Series Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Miscellaneous, 1904-1985
Box 1, Folder 1 Miscellaneous, reports, 1927-1969
Box 1, Folder 2 Bicker Process, reports on, 1956-1967
Box 1, Folder 3 Board of Trustees Resolutions, 1906-1932
Box 1, Folder 4 Changes in the Club System, reports on, 1908-1940
Box 1, Folder 5 Club History, reports on, 1909-1950
Box 1, Folder 6 Clubs Effects on Athletics, report on, 1940
Box 1, Folder 7 Coeducation paper, 1988
Box 1, Folder 8 Correspondence, 1892-1956
Box 1, Folder 9 Correspondence, 1957-1978
Box 1, Folder 10 Eating Club Alternatives, reports on, 1971
Box 1, Folder 11 Economic Problems, reports on, 1931-1967
Box 1, Folder 12 Election Process, reports on, 1903-1941
Box 1, Folder 13 Graduate Interclub Council, Constitution, 1920-1950
Box 1, Folder 14 Graduate Interclub Council, Minutes, 1920-1960
Box 1, Folder 15 Graduate Pool Plan, reports on, 1949-1950
Box 1, Folder 16 Ideal Club System, report on, 1940
Box 1, Folder 17 Interclub Treaty Committee, Minutes, 1907
Box 1, Folder 18 Joint Committee of Trustees, Minutes, 1919-1920
Box 1, Folder 19 Library Survey, 1946-1948
Box 1, Folder 20 Rockefeller Plan paper, 1958
Box 1, Folder 21 Scholarship Survey, 1930-1932
Box 2, Folder 1 Social and Residential Life, Reports on, 1906-1974
Box 2, Folder 2 Undergraduate Interclub Committee - Minutes, 1964
Box 2, Folder 3 Series 2: Individual Eating Club Material, 1895-1990
Series Description
This series spans the years 1895 to 1990 consisting of alphabetically arranged material by respective club. Material within each club may include, correspondence, minutes, reports, financial records, and respective constitutions and amendments. Cannon Club, Colonial Club, Court Club, and Quadrangle Club are the most well documented with Cannon Club having the most extensive material.
Series Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by club.
Arbor Inn - Membership lists, 1923-1940
Box 2, Folder 4 Campus Club - Miscellaneous, 1963
Box 2, Folder 5 Campus Club - Constitution, 1901
Box 2, Folder 6 Campus Club - Certificate of Incorporation and Constitution Drafts, 1924, 1976
Box 2, Folder 7 Campus Club - Mortgage Documents, 1909-1937
Box 2, Folder 8 Cannon Club - Correspondence, undated
Box 2, Folder 9 Cannon Club - Correspondence, 1905-1916
Box 2, Folder 10 Cannon Club - Correspondence, 1917-1920
Box 2, Folder 11 Cannon Club - Correspondence, 1921-1922
Box 2, Folder 12 Cannon Club - Correspondence, 1923-1924
Box 2, Folder 13 Cannon Club - Correspondence, 1925-1928
Box 2, Folder 14 Cannon Club - Correspondence, 1929
Box 3, Folder 1 Cannon Club - Correspondence, 1930-1933
Box 3, Folder 2 Cannon Club - Correspondence, 1934-1938
Box 3, Folder 3 Cannon Club - Correspondence, 1939-1953
Box 3, Folder 4 Cannon Club - Appraised Inventory, 1934-1943
Box 3, Folder 5 Cannon Club - Furniture Inventory, undated
Box 3, Folder 6 Cannon Club - Operating Statements, 1931-1935
Box 3, Folder 7 Cannon Club - Profit & Loss Statements, 1932-1939
Box 3, Folder 8 Cannon Club - Accounts Receivable, 1918-1939
Box 3, Folder 9 Cannon Club - Annual Financial Statements, 1929-1939
Box 3, Folder 10 Cannon Club - Statement of the Treasurer, 1929-1937
Box 3, Folder 11 Cannon Club - Treasurers Monthly Report, 1905
Box 3, Folder 12 Cannon Club - Reports, undated, 1933
Box 3, Folder 13 Cannon Club - Membership lists, 1896-1963
Box 3, Folder 14 Cannon Club - Constitutions and By-laws, 1895
Box 4, Folder 1 Cannon Club - Minutes, 1923-1937
Box 4, Folder 2 Cannon Club - J. Raymond Jones Protest, 1905
Box 4, Folder 3 Cannon Club - Trustees Certificate, 1909
Box 4, Folder 4 Cannon Club - Indenture, 1899
Box 4, Folder 5 Cannon Club - Miscellaneous, 1907-1962
Box 4, Folder 6 Cap and Gown Club - Miscellaneous, 1898-1963
Box 4, Folder 7 Charter Club - Miscellaneous, 1917-1963
Box 4, Folder 8 Cloister Inn - Correspondence, 1917-1918
Box 4, Folder 9 Cloister Inn - Miscellaneous, 1963-1975
Box 4, Folder 10 Colonial Club - Correspondence, 1954-1990
Box 4, Folder 11 Colonial Club - Constitution and By-laws, 1905-1906
Box 3, Folder 12 Colonial Club - Board of Governors Minutes, 1970-1979
Box 4, Folder 13 Colonial Club - Board of Governors Minutes, 1980-1988
Box 4, Folder 14 Colonial Club - Reminiscences for 1991, 1990
Box 4, Folder 15 Cottage Club - Miscellaneous, 1904-1963
Box 4, Folder 16 Cottage Club - Constitution, 1895
Box 4, Folder 17 Court Club - Correspondence, 1932-1957
Box 4, Folder 18 Court Club - Correspondence, 1958-1962
Box 5, Folder 1 Court Club - Correspondence, 1963-1965
Box 5, Folder 2 Court Club - Membership Lists, 1922-1950
Box 5, Folder 3 Court Club - Constitution and Amendments, 1936-1964
Box 5, Folder 4 Court Club - Constitutional Resolutions, 1931-1961
Box 5, Folder 5 Court Club - Board of Governors Minutes, 1922-1931
Box 5, Folder 6 Court Club - Board of Governors Minutes, 1932-1942
Box 5, Folder 7 Court Club - Board of Governors Minutes, 1943-1963
Box 5, Folder 8 Court Club - Annual Reports, 1923-1951
Box 5, Folder 9 Court Club - Annual Meeting Minutes, 1934-1965
Box 5, Folder 10 Court Club - Indentures and Aggreements, 1913-1964
Box 5, Folder 11 Court Club - Financial Statements, 1952-1964
Box 6, Folder 1 Court Club - Renovation Papers, 1954-1959
Box 6, Folder 2 Court Club - Miscellaneous, 1925-1964
Box 6, Folder 3 Dial Lodge - Miscellaneous, 1959-1971
Box 6, Folder 4 Elm Club - Miscellaneous, 1957-1968
Box 6, Folder 5 Gateway Club - Correspondence, 1934-1937
Box 6, Folder 6 Gateway Club - Report on Disbanding, 1940
Box 6, Folder 7 Ivy Club - Correspondence, 1919-1939
Box 6, Folder 8 Ivy Club - Report on the Quad System, 1907
Box 6, Folder 9 Key and Seal Club - Miscellaneous, 1904-1967
Box 6, Folder 10 Prospect Club - Correspondence, 1946-1957
Box 6, Folder 11 Prospect Club - Constitution, 1946-1959
Box 6, Folder 12 Prospect Club - Bicker Sign-ins, 1942-1959
Box 6, Folder 13 Prospect Club - Minutes, 1946-1952
Box 6, Folder 14 Prospect Club - Minutes, 1953-1958
Box 6, Folder 15 Prospect Club - Miscellaneous, 1947-1959
Box 6, Folder 16 Prospect Club - Alumni Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings, Rodman Wilson '43, 1941-2003
Box 6, Folder 17 Quadrangle Club - Correspondence, 1950-1960
Box 7, Folder 1 Quadrangle Club - Legal Papers, 1901-1920
Box 7, Folder 2 Quadrangle Club - Constitution, 1902-1969
Box 7, Folder 3 Quadrangle Club - Trustees Minutes, 1907-1915
Box 7, Folder 4 Terrace Club - Correspondence, 1960-1971
Box 7, Folder 5 Terrace Club - Correspondence and Notices, 1946-1987
Box 7, Folder 6 Terrace Club - Membership List, 1905-1906
Box 7, Folder 7 Terrace Club - Address Lists, 1970-1971
Box 7, Folder 8 Terrace Club - Statement of Accounts, 1970-1971
Box 7, Folder 9 Tiger Inn - Correspondence, 1898-1963
Box 8, Folder 1 Tiger Inn - Financial and General Reports, 1913-1947
Box 8, Folder 2 Tiger Inn - Constitution, 1895
Box 8, Folder 3 Tiger Inn - Minutes, 1892-1913
Box 8, Folder 4 Tiger Inn - Minutes, 1914-1926
Box 8, Folder 5 Tower Club - Correspondence, 1923-1933
Box 8, Folder 6 Series 3: Printed Material, 1879-1992
Series Description
This series is made up of newspaper and magazine clippings, guides and directories printed by the University and individual clubs. Individual club material includes, menus, reports membership rosters, and club histories. The collection of club histories is quite extensive as well as is the general printed material.
A. General Eating Club Clippings, (1907-1933)
Subseries Description
This sub-series contains articles concerning Eating Clubs in general that appeared in the Daily Princetonian, The Princeton Alumni Weekly, The Star Ledger, and various other newspapers and magazines from 1907 to 1993. They cover such events as Bicker problems, club closings, the Sally Frank Civil Rights case, and a number of articles on the existence of drinking problems in the clubs.
Subseries Arrangement
Arranged chronologically
Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, 1907-1931
Box 8, Folder 7 Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, 1932-1940
Box 8, Folder 8 Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, 1941-1948
Box 8, Folder 9 Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, 1949-1950
Box 9, Folder 1 Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, 1951-1957
Box 9, Folder 2 Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, 1958-1961
Box 9, Folder 3 Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, 1962-1967
Box 9, Folder 4 Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, 1968-1978
Box 9, Folder 5 Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, 1979-1987
Box 9, Folder 6 Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, 1988-1993
Box 10, Folder 1 B. Individual Eating Club Clippings, (1896-1992)
Subseries Description
This sub-series consists of newspaper and magazine clippings dealing with individual clubs containing clippings from The Daily Princetonian, The Star Ledger, and the Princeton Alumni Weekly. They cover such events as club elections, inter-club athletics, and social problems from 1896 to 1992.
Subseries Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by club.
Arbor Inn, 1923-1940
Box 10, Folder 2 Campus Club, 1923-1979
Box 10, Folder 3 Cannon Club, 1896-1974
Box 10, Folder 4 Cap and Gown, 1919-1964
Box 10, Folder 5 Charter Club, 1941-1988
Box 10, Folder 6 Cloister Inn, 1942-1989
Box 10, Folder 7 Colonial Club, 1948-1987
Box 10, Folder 8 Cottage Club, 1941-1992
Box 10, Folder 9 Court Club, 1926-1964
Box 10, Folder 10 Dial Lodge, 1937-1988
Box 10, Folder 11 Elm Club, 1936-1968
Box 10, Folder 12 Ivy Club, 1930-1992
Box 10, Folder 13 James Madison Society-Eating Club Alternative, 1969-1973
Box 10, Folder 14 Key and Seal Club, 1941-1964
Box 10, Folder 15 Prospect Club, 1941-1950
Box 10, Folder 16 Quadrangle Club, 1926-1979
Box 10, Folder 17 Terrace Club, 1938-1992
Box 10, Folder 18 Tiger Inn, 1940-1990
Box 10, Folder 19 Tower Club, 1935-1979
Box 10, Folder 20 C. General Printed Material, (1898-1990)
Subseries Description
This sub-series contains material from 1898 to 1990 including Eating Club Directories, Regulations for Bicker Week, an extensive collection of Sophomore Guides to Eating Clubs, Student Publications and reprints about clubs, a report on the Quad Plan controversy of 1910, and various club studies and survey's.
Subseries Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Directories of Clubs and Regulations, 1913-1946
Box 10, Folder 21 Inter Club Council - Election Material, 1898-1970
Box 10, Folder 22 Princeton University Club Study, 1975
Box 11, Folder 1 Princeton Upperclass Club Survey, 1941
Box 11, Folder 2 Quad Plan Controversy, 1910
Box 11, Folder 3 D. Individual Club Printed Materials, (1888-1983)
Subseries Description
This sub-series is a collection of the printed materials including menu's, invitations, and reports make up the majority of the printed materials found under each individual club from 1888 to 1983.
Subseries Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by club.
Reports on Clubs, 1908-1966
Box 11, Folder 4 Sophomore Guides to Eating Clubs, 1947-1951
Box 11, Folder 5 Sophomore Guides to Eating Clubs, 1952-1962
Box 11, Folder 6 Sophomore Guides to Eating Clubs, 1963-1967
Box 11, Folder 7 Sophomore Guides to Eating Clubs, 1972-1977
Box 12, Folder 1 Student Publication Reprints, 1951-1968
Box 12, Folder 2 Miscellaneous, 1899-1990
Box 12, Folder 3 Campus Club-Constitution and Menus, 1901-1925
Box 12, Folder 4 Cannon Club-Constitution and Bulletins, 1901-1920
Box 12, Folder 5 Cap and Gown Club-Constitutions and Menu, 1905-1946
Box 12, Folder 6 Charter Club-Menus, 1908-1909
Box 12, Folder 7 Cloister Inn-Miscellaneous, 1912-1952
Box 12, Folder 8 Colonial Club-Constitution and Bulletins, 1905-1983
Box 12, Folder 9 Cottage Club-Invitations, 1914
Box 12, Folder 10 Court Club-Constitution, 1958
Box 12, Folder 11 Dial Lodge-Constitution and Report, 1913-1957
Box 12, Folder 12 Elm Club-Miscellaneous, 1904-1951
Box 13, Folder 1 Gateway Club-Alumni Directory, 1926
Box 13, Folder 2 Ivy Club-Menus, Bulletins, and the Song, 1888-1980
Box 13, Folder 3 Key and Seal-Annual Banquet, 1907-1909
Box 13, Folder 4 Quadrangle Club-15th Anniversary Booklet, 1915
Box 13, Folder 5 Prospect Club-Constitution, 1949
Box 13, Folder 6 Terrace Club-Miscellaneous, 1906-1963
Box 13, Folder 7 Tiger Inn- Constitution, 1893, 1897, 1899
Box 13, Folder 8 Tiger Inn-Miscellaneous, 1902-1940
Box 13, Folder 9 Tower Club-Miscellaneous, 1906-1967
Box 13, Folder 10 University Club-Menu, 1892
Box 13, Folder 11 E. Membership Rosters, (1901-1983)
Subseries Description
Club membership rosters were printed by many of the clubs, from the short-lived Arch Club to Tower Club. Ivy Club's collection of membership rosters is the most extensive. Many of the membership rosters have constitutions and by-laws along with short club histories included in the volume.
Arch Club, 1915
Box 14, Folder 1 Campus Club, 1911, 1913, 1920
Box 14, Folder 2 Campus Club, 1925, 1950,1956
Box 14, Folder 3 Cannon Club, 1915, 1917, 1923, 1928
Box 14, Folder 4 Cannon Club, 1940, 1951
Box 14, Folder 5 Cap and Gown Club, 1894, 1903, 1905, 1915
Box 14, Folder 6 Cap and Gown Club, 1922, 1932, 1941
Box 14, Folder 7 Charter Club, 1906-1907, 1911-1912, 1915, 1917, 1921, 1939
Box 15, Folder 1 Cloister Inn, 1913-1914
Box 15, Folder 2 Cloister Inn- “The Cloister Indian”, 1924-1940
Box 15, Folder 3 Colonial Club, 1904-1905, 1913-1914, 1924, 1926, 1931
Box 15, Folder 4 Colonial Club, 1936, 1948
Box 15, Folder 5 Colonial Club, 1954, 1959
Box 16, Folder 1 Colonial Club, 1971, 1966
Box 16, Folder 2 Cottage Club, 1902, 1904-1906
Box 16, Folder 3 Cottage Club, 1907, 1908, 1913
Box 16, Folder 4 Cottage Club, 1922, 1927
Box 16, Folder 5 Cottage Club, 1931, 1948
Box 16, Folder 6 Cottage Club, 1953, 1961
Box 17, Folder 1 Court Club, 1930-1931
Box 17, Folder 2 Dial Lodge, 1920-1921, 1948, 1957
Box 17, Folder 3 Elm Club, 1908-1909
Box 17, Folder 4 Ivy Club, 1890-1901
Box 17, Folder 5 Ivy Club, 1901-1907
Box 17, Folder 6 Ivy Club, 1907-1915
Box 17, Folder 7 Ivy Club, 1915-1921
Box 18, Folder 1 Ivy Club, 1921-1922, 1928-1929, 1931-1932
Box 18, Folder 2 Ivy Club, 1933, 1936, 1946
Box 18, Folder 3 Ivy Club, 1950, 1954, 1958
Box 18, Folder 4 Ivy Club, 1966, 1972, 1962
Box 18, Folder 5 Key and Seal Club, 1912-1913, 1914-1915, 1922, 1949
Box 19, Folder 1 Quadrangle Club, 1904-1916
Box 19, Folder 2 Quadrangle Club, 1916-1926
Box 19, Folder 3 Quadrangle Club, 1927-1929
Box 19, Folder 4 Quadrangle Club, 1930-1934
Box 19, Folder 5 Quadrangle Club, 1937-1940, 1950
Box 19, Folder 6 Quadrangle Club, 1955-1957
Box 20, Folder 1 Quadrangle Club, 1960, 1963, 1968
Box 20, Folder 2 Terrace Club, 1924, 1930, 1938
Box 20, Folder 3 Tiger Inn, 1901, 1905, 1911, 1914
Box 20, Folder 4 Tiger Inn, 1921, 1924, 1935
Box 20, Folder 5 Tiger Inn, 1953, 1959
Box 20, Folder 6 Tiger Inn, 1890-1965
Box 21, Folder 1 Tiger Inn-“The Tiger Inn and Out”, 1926
Box 21, Folder 2 Tower Club, 1933
Box 21, Folder 3 Tower Club-40th Reunion, 1943
Box 21, Folder 4 F. Club Histories, (1879-1991)
Subseries Description
This sub-series consists of the histories of individual Eating Clubs dating from 1879 to 1991. Colonial Clubs and Ivy Club both have histories that span one hundred year periods. Other club histories include Tiger Inn, Cannon Club, and Tower Inn.
Cannon Club, 1895-1933
Box 21, Folder 5 Colonial Club, 1891-1941
Box 21, Folder 6 Colonial Club, 1891-1991
Box 22, Folder 7 Ivy Club, 1879-1929
Box 22, Folder 1 Ivy Club, 1879-1979
Box 22, Folder 2 Tiger Inn, 1890-1940
Box 22, Folder 3 Tower Club, 1902-1928
Box 22, Folder 4 Series 4: Photographs
Series Description
Photographs document buildings the social life and the general atmosphere surrounding the clubs, between the late 1890s to the 1960s. The time frames for the photographs are noted on the back of each photo.
Photographs, various
Box 23 Series 5: Blueprints, undated
Series Description
This sub-series consists of blueprints of the clubs themselves and also site prints.
Series 6: Microfilm
University Cottage Club Register (negative), Oct 1966
Series 7: Eating Club Records Accruals, 1916–2000
(14.92 linear feet in 17 boxes and 2 oversized volumes)
Series Description
This series is made up of the additions to the collection since its processing in 1993. Many clubs are represented, including the Bachelor's Club, Dial Lodge, The Monastery, the Princeton Terrace Club, the Quadrangle Club, Stevenson Hall (a non-bicker University-managed dining facility) and the Tower Club. Among the types of materials in the series are anniversary publications, newsletters, scrapbooks, program files, photographs, meeting minutes and fundraising campaign materials. Tower Club records from the 1970s through the 1990s, such as fundraising files, financial records, and board of trustees meeting minutes, comprise a large portion of the series.
Series Arrangement
The records remain in the original order as given to the Mudd Manuscript Library.
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