1905 founder whitney darrow country of origin united states headquarters location princeton new jersey publication types books official website www.press.princeton.edu princeton university press u.s. historic district contributing property show map of mercer county new jersey show map of new jersey show map of the us location 41 william street princeton new jersey coordinates 40 20 59.8 n 74 39 13.3 w 40.349944 n 74.653694 w 40.349944 ; 74.653694 coordinates 40 20 59.8 n 74 39 13.3 w 40.349944 n 74.653694 w 40.349944 ; 74.653694 built 1911 architect ernest flagg architectural style collegiate gothic part of princeton historic district 75001143 added to nrhp 27 june 1975 the princeton university press is an independent publisher with close connections to princeton university . its mission is to disseminate scholarship within academia and society at large . the press was founded by whitney darrow with the financial support of charles scribner as a printing press to serve the princeton community in 1905 . 1 its distinctive building was constructed in 1911 on william street in princeton . 2 its first book was a new 1912 edition of john witherspoon s lectures on moral philosophy . 3 contents 1 pulitzers and other major awards 2 papers projects 3 bollingen series 4 other series 4.1 sciences 4.2 humanities 5 selected titles 6 references 7 further reading 8 external links pulitzers and other major awards edit six books from the princeton university press have won pulitzer prizes . russia leaves the war by george f. kennan 1957 4 banks and politics in america from the revolution to the civil war by bray hammond 1958 5 between war and peace by herbert feis 1961 6 washington village and capital by constance mclaughlin green 1963 7 the greenback era by irwin unger 1965 8 machiavelli in hell by sebastian de grazia 1989 9 books from the princeton university press have also been awarded the bancroft prize nautilus book award and the national book award . papers projects edit multi volume historical documents projects undertaken by the press include the collected papers of albert einstein the writings of henry david thoreau the papers of woodrow wilson sixty nine volumes the papers of thomas jefferson kierkegaard s writings the papers of woodrow wilson has been called one of the great editorial achievements in all history . 10 bollingen series edit the princeton university press bollingen series had its beginnings in the bollingen foundation a 1943 project of paul mellon s old dominion foundation . from 1945 the foundation had independent status publishing and providing fellowships and grants in several areas of study including archaeology poetry and psychology . the bollingen series was given to the university in 1969 . other series edit sciences edit princeton math series in annals of mathematics studies phillip a. griffiths john n. mather and elias m. stein editors princeton series in astrophysics david n. spergel editor princeton series in complexity simon a. levin and steven h. strogatz editors princeton series in evolutionary biology h. allen orr editor princeton series in international economics gene m. grossman editor humanities edit princeton modern greek studies series 11 selected titles edit the whites of their eyes the tea party s revolution and the battle over american history by jill lepore 2010 the meaning of relativity by albert einstein 1922 atomic energy for military purposes by henry dewolf smyth 1945 how to solve it by george polya 1945 the open society and its enemies by karl popper 1945 the hero with a thousand faces by joseph campbell 1949 the wilhelm baynes translation of the i ching bollingen series xix . first copyright 1950 27th printing 1997 . anatomy of criticism by northrop frye 1957 philosophy and the mirror of nature by richard rorty 1979 qed the strange theory of light and matter by richard feynman 1985 the great contraction 1929 1933 by milton friedman and anna jacobson schwartz 1963 with a new introduction by peter l. bernstein 2008 military power explaining victory and defeat in modern battle by stephen biddle 2004 references edit princeton university press erected through the generousity sic of charles scribners a new and unique adjunct to the university pdf . the new york times . may 19 1912 . letich alexander 1978 . a princeton companion . princeton university press . a history of princeton university press 2002 the pulitzer prizes 1957 winners the pulitzer prizes 1958 winners the pulitzer prizes 1961 winners the pulitzer prizes 1963 winners the pulitzer prizes 1965 winners the pulitzer prizes 1990 winners cooper john milton 2011 . woodrow wilson a biography . random house . p. 736 . retrieved july 28 2012 . seeger center for hellenic studies publications further reading edit banks eric april 1 2005 . book of lists princeton university press at 100 . artforum international . staff of princeton university press 2005 . a century in books princeton university press 1905 2005 . isbn 9780691122922 . cs1 maint uses authors parameter link external links edit wikisource has original works published by or about princeton university press princeton university press website princeton university press albert einstein web page princeton university press bollingen series princeton math series in annals of mathematics studies princeton university press centenary princeton university press new in print v t e princeton university academics bendheim center for finance piirs neuroscience institute office of population research department of psychology princeton plasma physics laboratory woodrow wilson school of public and international affairs east asian studies department residential colleges butler college forbes college mathey college rockefeller college whitman college wilson college graduate college eating clubs cannon club cap and gown club charter club cloister inn colonial club cottage club ivy club quadrangle club terrace club tiger inn tower club former 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