Beloit College--History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 162 Collections and/or Records:
Sports collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 99
Abstract
This collection documents the activities of many of Beloit College's athletic organizations, including intercollegiate sports teams, intramurals, clubs, and the Athletics Department in general. There are a considerable amount of materials related to the Midwest Conference throughout the collection, as well as game and tournament programs, news clippings from Beloit College and outside publications, news releases from the College, team records, statistics, rosters, and schedules. Sports...
Dates:
1851-ongoing
Sports scorebooks, photographs and programs
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2018-7
Dates:
1950-2009
STASH (Student Association of the Study of Hallucinogens) collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 100
Dates:
1968-1974, 1993
Stephen Pearl Lathrop collection
Collection
Identifier: MC 64
Abstract
On October 13, 1849 Stephen Pearl Lathrop became Beloit College's fifth faculty member, and taught chemistry and natural history. Lathrop Herbarium—formerly a room in Chamberlin Hall that housed mineralogical and botanical collections, many of which were part of the original college cabinet for the teaching of the sciences, including anthropology—was named for Professor Lathrop. This collection contains correspondence and other writings by Lathrop produced mostly during his time at Beloit...
Dates:
1852-1996
Stephen Peet and Stephen D. Peet collection
Collection
Identifier: MC 84
Abstract
Stephen Peet was one of the original founders and trustees of Beloit College. His son, Stephen Denison Peet, was in the college's first graduating class of 1851, and he went on to become a prominent archaeologist and founder of the journal American Antiquarian. This collection gathers various works about the two Stephen Peets, including articles, biographies, and genealogical research, as well as some of their correspondence, professional publications, and other miscellaneous materials. Of...
Dates:
1821-1979, bulk 1821-1910
Student Handbooks collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 56
Abstract
This collection contains nearly the entire run of Beloit College's entire run student handbooks from 1887 to the 2006-2007 academic year. Originally published by the college YMCA, then the YMCA and YWCA, the Associated Students of Beloit College, and eventually the Dean of Students office. Generally, the handbooks collect information also available in other sources like the Administrative Policy Manual and college Catalog, but they also contain information very specific to student life. Some...
Dates:
1887-2007
Talma Rowlands diary and other materials
Collection
Identifier: MC 93
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Rowlands' original diary, which covers the period from 1881-1883, as well as transcriptions of the diary, and student diaries analyzing the diary. There are also a few photocopied newspaper articles and photographs.
Dates:
1881-1994
Theodore Lyman Wright papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 120
Abstract
Theodore Lyman Wright, a member of the class of 1880, returned to Beloit College to teach Greek and Fine Arts from 1888 until his odd death in 1926. The Wright Museum of Art is named after him. He is well-known for his work on translations of Greek plays and helping put them on at Beloit. A small amount of his materials are in Greek.
Dates:
1847-1997