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Princeton University

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1896
  • Existence: 1896    

Biographical / Historical

Founded in 1746, as the College of New Jersey; in 1896 the name was changed to Princeton University

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Robert H. Socolow Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2023-031
Abstract

Personal files, academic files, publications, manuscripts, printed materials, correspondence, photographs, and audio/visual materials from the American environmental scientist and theoretical physicist Robert H. Socolow.

Dates: 1937-2023; Majority of material found within 1955-2023

The Papers of Georg and Max Bredig

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-011
Abstract This collection of mixed media contains manuscripts, photographs, publications, artifacts and works of art collected and owned by Georg and Max Bredig. The collection documents Georg Bredig’s scientific training and rise to prominence as a gifted physical chemist in pre-World War II Germany. In contrast, the scope of the collection takes a dramatic shift after the Nazi rise to power in 1933. As a result of Bredig’s Jewish descent, his scientific career and very way of life was...
Dates: 1891-1968; Majority of material found within Bulk 1894-1944