About the Collection
The Grounds and Buildings Series of the Historical Photograph Collection contains photographs of the grounds and buildings owned by Princeton University. The photographs date from the late 1850s to the present, with the bulk of the photographs dating from the 1870s to the 1940s.
The Collection was assembled from a variety of sources which include the Grounds and Buildings Files; the Historical Subject Files; the files of the Secretary of the University; Communications Office files; PAW files; photograph albums; and from the collections of individual alumni.