Special Collections

What is an Archive?

According to the Society of American Archivists (SAA), the term "archive:"

 ...[R]efers to the permanently valuable records—such as letters, reports, accounts, minute books, draft and final manuscripts, and photographs—of people, businesses, and government. These records are kept because they have continuing value to the creating agency and to other potential users. They are the documentary evidence of past events. They are the facts we use to interpret and understand history. (SAA)

For more information, visit the SAA website.

Our Collection

At this time, our archive does not have publicly accessible finding aid.

Here is some of what we have:

• Photos by students from the 1920s-1930s
• Course catalogs and view books from 1918 through the present
• Newspaper clippings from the 1930s through the 1950s compiled by alumna Bernice Meier
• College promotional material from the 1980s through the present
• Commencement and Annual Exhibition programs and brochures
• The Ben Maltz Gallery Archive, including exhibition catalogs, checklists, ephemera, images, and administrative documents
• Digital images of some items from the collection