Department of Grounds and Buildings Technical Correspondence Records 1866-1988 1930s-1940s
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Princeton University. Dept. of Buildings and Grounds.
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The responsibility for supervising the construction and maintenance of new and existing buildings originally fell within the provenance of the financial officers of the College of New Jersey and the Finance Committee of the Board of Trustees, which organized an ad hoc committee for each new project. It was not until 1865 that the Trustees created the Standing Committee on Real Estate to oversee the development of new structures on campus. This became the Committee on Grounds and Bui...
Princeton university. Library
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The Princeton University Library, consisting of the main Harvey S. Firestone Memorial Library and 13 special libraries in locations around campus, is one of the world's most distinguished research libraries. Since its founding in 1750, the Library's collections have grown to include more than 6.2 million books, 6.3 million microforms, 36,000 linear feet of manuscripts, and impressive holdings of rare books, prints and archives. The origins of the Princeton University Lib...
Princeton University
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The collection documents the physical expansion of the University from its earliest period through the acquisition of large tracts of land in the 20th century, including the properties around Carnegie Lake and numerous farms. Early records document transactions with such Princeton University notables as Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, John Witherspoon, Walter Minto, John and Richard Stockton, and John Maclean. For the most part, the papers consist of standard legal documents with detailed descriptions ...
