Milwaukee-Downer College
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Lawrence College and Milwaukee-Downer College Consolidation Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: LU-RG01-015
Scope and Contents
The collection contains records documenting the 1964 consolidation of Milwaukee-Downer College with Lawrence College to form Lawrence University. Official and legal documents, correspondence between the two institutions regarding the logistics of transferring people and materials, financial records, and publications describing the consolidation, including newspaper articles, are included. The bulk of the records date from 1963 to 1965, but materials discussing the future of Milwaukee-Downer...
Lucia R. Briggs Papers
Collection
Identifier: MDC-MS-002
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the correspondence of Lucia R. Briggs, the second President of Milwaukee-Downer College, along with articles written about and by her. It also contains photographs documenting Briggs’s 30 year tenure at Milwaukee-Downer College.
Found in:
Lawrence University Archives
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Lucia R. Briggs Papers
Milwaukee-Downer College Records
Collection
Identifier: MDC-RG-003
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the administrative, financial, and historical records of Milwaukee-Downer College, primarily dating from 1895 to 1964. Records of its predecessor institutions, Downer College and Milwaukee College, dating back to 1848 are also included, as well as records documenting the activities of Milwaukee-Downer alumnae since the consolidation with Lawrence College in 1964. Materials include correspondence, financial records, and subject files of the Board of Trustees, Office of...