When Princeton University dedicated Mudd Library in mid-October 1976, University Librarian Richard W. Boss called the $2.5 million expenditure in times of economic uncertainty “a sassy act of faith,” especially given that the materials it housed were only drawing approximately 250 visitors per year. In 1976, Princeton expressed the hope that building Mudd would double this number to 500 annually. Though we aren’t objective, we think Princeton’s sassy faith in our collections’ usefulness has been realized. Over 4,300 people conducted research at Mudd in its 40th year of operation. Note: This site is not associated with the admission office. All potential applicants to Princeton are advised to go through the regular application channels, detailed on the official Princeton Admission website. Mudd Manuscript Library reserves the right to delete user comments that promote commercial ventures or do not comply with other University or Facebook policies. Posts that are off-topic, abusive, contain profanity, are threatening in tone or devolve into personal attacks will be deleted. Posts that are determined to be spam will be removed. Account administrators reserve the right to review all comments and posted materials and remove such materials for any reason.
