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We Have Changed More Than Just Our Name
by Dan Linke The world has changed a lot in the past four years, and Princeton University Library’s Special Collections is no exception. The start of a New Year is a good opportunity to review these changes, as we strive to make our holdings accessible […]
A Cool Cannon Ball
The Battle of Princeton took place on January 3, 1777. This is a canon ball in the collection, dug up from Princeton Battlefield in 1896 by former Princeton University Library staffer Amos Sorter. I bet the last time an Englishman held this it was hotter.
Wordless Wednesday #33
Selected by April C. Armstrong *14
Two Heads Are Better Than One
By Will Noel As a child I was fascinated by a story that there were two heads of John the Baptist – one of him as a young man and one of him looking a bit older, both preserved as relics in French churches only […]
Our Favorite Things #4: A Vision of a Women’s World
In this reoccurring series, members of the Special Collections staff will introduce some of our favorite objects found in the stacks of Special Collections at Princeton. April C. Armstrong *14, Library Collections Specialist | “Untitled, 1910 December 29” April, what do you do at Princeton? […]
