Princeton alumna Elena Kagan '81 nominated to U.S. Supreme Court

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All of these documents are from the holdings of the Princeton University Archives,
which is held within the Mudd Manuscript Library.


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1981 Nassau Herald (yearbook)


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1981 Nassau Herald (yearbook) portrait


Click to download as Sachs Scholar

Click to download Princeton Alumni Weekly announcement of Sachs Scholar

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senior thesis preface (.pdf)

Elena Kagan's senior thesis, submitted to the history department in 1981 and titled "To the Final Conflict: Socialism in New York City, 1900-1933," is 156 pages in length. Due to copyright considerations, the archives cannot provide the entire thesis online. However, a copy may be obtained by ordering it through the Princeton University Archives at the Mudd Manuscript Library. Fees will apply (.pdf).


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Commencement cover


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Commencement, honors


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Commencement, Phi Beta Kappa


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Daily Princetonian (independent student newspaper) advertisement