In January 1969, Princeton University's Trustees voted to make the undergraduate college coeducational, breaking the 224-year tradition of an all-male student body. The Patterson Committee, made up of faculty and administrators, had studied and advocated the change. The one dissenting voice on the committee was Arthur J. Horton '42, the University's director of development. Horton wrote a minority report and became a rallying point for those opposing the move. His collection of materials on coeducation contains an annotated copy of the committee's report, numerous memoranda to the committee's chair and University administrators, official University releases and letters to alumni, and newspaper clippings regarding the change and campus issues in general. A quarter of the collection is comprised of letters from alumni, some welcoming coeducation but most strongly opposed.
From the description of Arthur J. Horton collection on Coeducation, 1968-1980. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 177674578
