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Student Autograph Books and Collegiate Friendships
by Thomas Balcerski | Antebellum (1820-1861), Civil War (1861-1865)
Antebellum autograph books reveal the intimate, cross-sectional friendships northern and southern Princeton students formed in the years before the Civil War.
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Dolley Madison
| Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)
A portrait of Dolley Madison, First Lady of the United States.

Cyrus McCormick
Unknown | Reconstruction to Present (1865-)
An engraving of Cyrus McCormick by George Smillie.

Charles Grandison Finney
Unknown | Antebellum (1820-1861)
Portrait of Charles Finney (1792-1875), an influential "New School" Presbyterian minister.

Abel P. Upshur
1844 | Antebellum (1820-1861)
Lithograph print of Abel Parker Upshur, a Princeton student expelled in 1807 who later became Secretary of the Navy and Secretary of State under President John Tyler.

Cortlandt Van Rensselaer
1889 | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820), Antebellum (1820-1861)
Drawing of Cortlandt Van Rensselaer (1808-1860), a Presbyterian clergyman and member of the Princeton Theological Seminary's Board of Directors.
News

New Work by American Artist Titus Kaphar to Be Unveiled November 8th
Princeton University Art Museum Press Release, 10/12/2017
A new sculpture by leading American artist Titus Kaphar will be installed in front of Princeton University’s Maclean House.

Titus Kaphar Talks Art, University Connections to Slavery
The Daily Princetonian, 11/17/17
Titus Kaphar, an African-American painter and sculptor whose works are featured in the Museum of Modern Art, discussed the intersection between racism and Princeton University’s history in a lecture on campus.