Cliosophic Society archives, 1789-1941.
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Cliosophic Society.
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The Cliosophic Society was born on June 7, 1770, from the remnants of an earlier Princeton student club, the Well Meaning Club. The adjective "Cliosophic" seems to have been invented by William Patterson, the 1763 graduate of the College of New Jersey (Princeton) and, later, governor of New Jersey, who had remained in Princeton to study law. Signifying "in praise of wisdom," it bears no relation to the muse of history. The club served as a major political, debating, and literary force both on th...
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 ...
American Whig-Cliosophic Society
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The American Whig Society and the Cliosophic Society, founded in 1769 and 1765 respectively, were student organizations on the Princeton campus from the eighteenth century through the middle of the twentieth. During the eighteenth century and most of the nineteenth, they were the major focus of student life outside of the classroom, fulfilling the students' social needs as well as providing educational opportunities which were not part of the college curriculum. The societies provided for a foru...
