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Throwback Thursday: Three friends relax together on a sofa at Princeton University, ca. 1970. (This image has been digitally enhanced to address color fading.) Admission Office Records (AC152), Box 9

This week in Princeton University history, the Bric-a-Brac has a new cover, an employee at an eating club protests unfair treatment, and more. http://bit.ly/Feb_8-14

Throwback Thursday: Sisters Bessie and Mabel Hillian worked together as cooks in Princeton University's Isabella McCosh Infirmary for five decades after their start as teenagers in 1917. This photo was taken in 1932. #TBT #ThrowBackThursday Photo details: Daily Princetonian, April 11, 1932

In the 1870s, formerly enslaved singers raising money for Fisk University and Hampton University performed at Princeton. Local reception was at best mixed. http://bit.ly/HamptonJubilee

This week in Princeton University history, house carpentry helps pay student expenses, Joline Hall opens, and more. http://bit.ly/Feb_1-7

Throwback Thursday: Princeton University Glee Club, ca. 1896. This photo was likely taken on their annual winter tour (hence the train). #TBT #ThrowbackThursday Photo from 1898 Bric-a-Brac

This week in Princeton University history, the Cane Spree inspires a songwriter, Buddhists chant in Alexander Hall, and more. http://bit.ly/Oct26-Nov1

Throwback Thursday: Students in a Princeton University dining hall gathering their meals, ca. 1971. This image was part of an admissions brochure named "Princeton in a New Light." Historical Subject Files (AC109), Box 294, Folder 1

In this installment of our blog series on Princeton University foodways, a look at how the options diversified after the Civil War. Tofu this, tofu that. We’d have had beancurd coming out of our ears.

Reminder: Book talk tomorrow!

This week in Princeton University history, two members of the Class of 1979 are running against each other for Congress, the first director of the Program in Women's Studies is named, and more. http://bit.ly/Oct_19-25

Learn more about James A. Baker III '52's time in Washington this coming Wednesday with authors Peter Baker and Susan Glasser, whose research with us helped them write this new book.

Throwback Thursday: Princeton, New Jersey's University Place, ca. 1920s. #TBT #ThrowbackThursday Historical Photograph Collection, Grounds and Buildings Series (AC111), Box SP01, Image No. 197

What would the average Princeton student have eaten for dinner in the antebellum period? Probably beef and potatoes--staple foods for many generations.

This week in Princeton University history, a rally mourns the death of Matthew Shepard, controversy surrounds an advertisement in The Daily Princetonian, and more. http://bit.ly/Oct12-18

Throwback Thursday: An unidentified Princetonian uses a rotary telephone, ca. 1970. (Please note this image has been digitally enhanced to adjust the balance of colors that had become distorted over time.) #TBT #ThrowbackThursday Admission Office Records (AC152), Box 9

This year, we're used to staying home to avoid people getting sick, but during the "Great Epizootic" of 1872, it was the horses who were falling ill. Today's blog looks back on the benefits and challenges of the historical reliance on horses in daily life as Princeton University experienced them.

Do you have burning questions about archives--ours or anyone else's? Join in tomorrow on Twitter for #AskAnArchivist Day to get answers from archives and special collections libraries around the world. We'll be popping in throughout the day to join the conversation.

This week in Princeton University history, women gather to discuss sexism on campus, a new kind of roof is being installed for Nassau Hall, and more. http://bit.ly/Oct5-11

Throwback Thursday: This 1911 postcard, showing a female fan of Princeton University Football, folds out to reveal a banner. #TBT #ThrowbackThursday Historical Postcard Collection (AC045)