Beloit College--History

Abstract Arthur Henderson Smith, Beloit College class of 1867, was a Civil War veteran and prominent missionary to China, along with his wife Emma, best friend and classmate Henry Porter, and Porter's wife, Elizabeth Chapin Porter, and sister, Mary Porter. Smith wrote many volumes on China for Western audiences, including Chinese Characteristics, Village Life in China, and The Uplift of China. He was in Shandong during the Boxer Rebellion and was instrumental in the United States returning China's...

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This collection contains documents affiliated with Asian Studies at Beloit College, including departmental literature describing the program, minor, courses, and faculty; brochures and correspondence regarding various exchange and language programs, and a small selection of student work. Professors John Rapp and Terence Bigalke both have correspondence and other materials in the collection.

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Group reports, newsletters, academic papers, and brochures

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Award Night programs, Blue Skies Award memo, Memos, invitations for Jane Quisenberry '35 and W. Willard Wirtz '33 Endowed Prize for Public Service

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Committee of Faculty and Trustees - E. P. Bacon Student Aid Fund Record Book

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This collection contains Beloit Academy (also called the Preparatory Department) administrative materials such as student registers, grade books, and catalogues, as well as publications (Junta Climax) and alumni correspondence and other materials created by Academy students. Additionally, there is a compilation of transcripts of articles and meeting minute excerpts concerning the Academy, gathered by Beloit College Professor Robert K. Richardson.

Abstract This collection contains materials gathered by the Beloit College Archives staff, relating to Beloit and its vicinity, spreading as far out as the state of Wisconsin and some of northern Illinois. Materials include newspapers, government documents (reports, minutes, laws and ordinances), census data, directories, photographs, 19th century handbills, event programs and planning materials, record books, publications, maps. The general series has groups of records on local buildings,...

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This collection contains many different calendars created by various groups within Beloit College. Included are the master events calendar (kept by the Dean of Students office); Arts, Lectures, and Sports; weekly events (1936-1982); this week's events; wall calendars and planners published by the Alumni and Development offices, and student groups.

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A collection of commencement programs and an assortment of related materials, including president's notes, audiovisual materials, and some programs from Baccalaureate.