Princeton University is an Ivy League school founded in 1746 and moved to Princeton, New Jersey in 1756, making it the fourth-oldest higher education institute in the United States of America.
Located in the center of town, the university's oldest building, Nassau Hall, once served as the meeting site for the Continental Congress for four months in 1783.
Henry Jones, Sr. was a professor of medieval literature at Princeton for much of the early half of the 20th century who was characterized by his son, Indiana Jones, as "the one the students hope they don't get". The younger Jones, an archaeologist, briefly held a similar role as part an arrangement with London University whereby he lectured on medieval literature for Princeton but performed fieldwork for London. Afterwards, he took a position as a full-time lecturer for Princeton's archaeology department in the early 1930s.
History[]
In addition to his studies at Oxford University,[1] Marcus Brody attended some courses at Princeton where he knew Austin Coleridge.[2]
In 1900, Henry Jones, Sr began a faculty position as professor of medieval literature at the university.[1] While still a member of the faculty, he took his wife and young son on a two-year world lecture tour beginning in 1908.[3] After their return and the death of his wife,[4] he eventually moved to the Four Corners University for a brief time,[5] but then moved back for his teaching duties by 1916[6] still as a professor of medieval literature.[7]
Professor Jones' friend Dr. John Thompson left his research position at the University to work for Thomas Edison's company, designing inventions.[6]
At some point Indiana Jones encountered some of the left-wing intellectuals at Princeton University who came from Saint Louis or New Orleans but could quote George Bernard Shaw or Henri Barbusse and driving Pierce-Arrows or Franklins.[8] While originally expected to study at Princeton University[6] at his father's insistence,[9] he would later study at the University of Chicago,[10] his preferred choice for its archaeology program.[11]
In 1920, Henry Jones resumed his full duties at Princeton after receiving tenure and continued his Grail research from there throughout the decade.[5]
Henry's son, Indiana Jones, began teaching at Princeton himself as early as 1930 as professor of Medieval Literature and Studies while doing fieldwork for London University as part of a special arrangement.[12][13]
By 1933, Jones was working for Princeton's own archaeology department. His residence was a rented house at 1226 Chestnut in his hometown.[14] Some Princeton faculty from the Department of Art and Archaeology crossed paths with Indiana Jones as his search for the Voynich Manuscript intensified.[14] Jones kept a small office on the fourth floor of McCormick Hall.[15] In July 1935, Jones resigned from Princeton and started teaching teaching at Marshall College.[1] Jones Sr. once again held a position there by 1935, and his office was receiving mail on Indiana's behalf while in the South Pacific. His son Indiana visited the university before heading to China.[16]
Forrestal, a respected rival of Indiana Jones, went missing in Peru[10] around 1935 while working for Princeton.[1]
Henry Sr. continued to teach medieval history at Princeton University, at least until 1938, although he was retired by 1943.[17]
Staff and students[]
Faculty[]
- Henry Jones, Sr. (1900-1912, 1916-c.1938)
- Forrestal (c.1935)
- Indiana Jones (1930, 1933-c.1935)
- Jim Awe (c.1933)
- Harold Gruber - Chairman of the Department of Art and Architecture (c.1933)
- Charles Rufus Morey
- Harold Dodds
- Albert Einstein
Other staff[]
- Penelope Angstrom (Secretary: 1904 - c. 1933)
Students[]
- Marcus Brody (c. 1906)
- Austin Coleridge (c. 1906)
- Griffith (1933)
- Hudson (1933)
- York (1933)
Locations[]
Appearances[]
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal" → My First Adventure
- The Mummy's Curse (Mentioned only)
- Young Indiana Jones and the Eye of the Tiger (Mentioned only)
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "Princeton, February 1916" → Spring Break Adventure
- Race to Danger (Mentioned only)
- The Mata Hari Affair (Mentioned only)
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "Paris, October 1916" → Demons of Deception (Mentioned only)
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father" → Winds of Change (Mentioned only)
- Indiana Jones and the Sky Pirates (Mentioned only)
- Indiana Jones and the White Witch (Mentioned only)
- Indiana Jones and the Philosopher's Stone
- Indiana Jones and the Dinosaur Eggs
- Indiana Jones and the Hollow Earth (Mentioned only)
- Indiana Jones and the Secret of the Sphinx
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom junior novel
- The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones – "Beyond the Lucifer Chamber!" (Mentioned only)
- Indiana Jones and the Saucermen from Mars (Cancelled)
Sources[]
- Grail Diary
- The World of Indiana Jones
- Raiders of the Lost Ark Sourcebook
- Chapter 19: Winds of Change on IndianaJones.com (backup link on Archive.org)
- Indiana Jones' Marshall College entry on IndianaJones.com (backup link on Archive.org)
- Indiana Jones: The Ultimate Guide
- The Lost Journal of Indiana Jones
- Grail Diary (prop replica)
- The Real Indiana Jones: Courage & Perseverance on Lucasfilm.com (backup link on Archive.org)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Indiana Jones: The Ultimate Guide
- ↑ The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones – "Beyond the Lucifer Chamber!"
- ↑ The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal" → My First Adventure
- ↑ Indiana Jones' Marshall College entry on IndianaJones.com (backup link on Archive.org)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Grail Diary
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "Princeton, February 1916" → Spring Break Adventure
- ↑ Race to Danger
- ↑ The Mata Hari Affair
- ↑ The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "Paris, October 1916" → Demons of Deception
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Raiders of the Lost Ark
- ↑ The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father" → Winds of Change
- ↑ Indiana Jones and the Sky Pirates
- ↑ Indiana Jones and the White Witch
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 Indiana Jones and the Philosopher's Stone
- ↑ Indiana Jones and the Secret of the Sphinx
- ↑ Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom junior novel
- ↑ Indiana Jones and the Army of the Dead