William K. Selden Collection on Eating Clubs 1906-1994

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William K. Selden Collection on Eating Clubs 1906-1994

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/np193917q

The William K. Selden Collection on Eating Clubs contains research materials collected by Selden for the publication, Selden donated the material to the Archives in 1994. Club Life at Princeton; An Historical Account of the Upper-Class Eating Clubs at Princeton University.

0.63 linear feet; 2 boxes

Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections.Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library. Princeton University Archives.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6321306

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Selden, William K.

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William Kirkpatrick Selden (1911-) was an American educator. From the guide to the William K. Selden Collection on the History of Health Services at Princeton University, 1880-1991, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections) As Princeton's student population expanded in the middle part of the 19th century, eating clubs were established to provide sufficient dining services. Eating clubs filled the social vacuum created when Greek-letter frat...

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 ...