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Lawrence University Archives

 Person

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Past Buildings Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG08-012
Scope and Contents This collection consists of materials documenting four academic buildings that no longer exist on the Lawrence University campus: the Academy (or Institute) building, Music Hall (or Peabody/Conservatory Annex), Peabody Hall of Music, and the Underwood Observatory. Materials primarily include correspondence, newspaper articles, and photographs.

Student Organizations Records

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG06-005
Scope and Contents This collection is composed of records documenting the administration and activities of student organizations on the Lawrence University campus. The majority of records in this collection came from the Office of Campus Activities and include budgetary and other administrative materials. Fliers, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other materials documenting the activities of student organizations are also included. Records date from 1885 to the present, with the bulk dating from the late...

University Archives Oral Histories

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: LU-RG13-002
Scope and Contents This collection consists of oral history interviews conducted or collected by the Lawrence University Archives from 2006 to the present. Narrators are primarily retired faculty and staff and alumni of Lawrence or Milwaukee-Downer College. Audio recordings and transcripts of interviews are included.

University Archives Records

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG04-039
Scope and Contents This collection consists of records created by the Lawrence University Archives, dating from 1954 to 2010. Records document collections held in the Archives as well as the reference and outreach activities of the archivist. Materials include annual reports, correspondence, log books, reference questions received, and other administrative files.

Welcome Week Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LU-RG00-017
Scope and Contents This collection documents Welcome Week, the week before the first week of classes fall term in which new freshmen move in and are introduced to Lawrence University. Prior to 2003, the week was known as New Student Week. Materials in the collection include correspondence, programs, photographs, and newspaper clippings, dating from 1926 to the present. Welcome Week schedules, involvement guidebooks, and orientation information for new transfer students, international students, and parents are...

Winifred Boynton Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: LU-MS-194
Scope and Contents This collection consists primarily of papers and photographs documenting Winifred Boynton's time as owner of the Bjorklunden Lodge and Chapel from its purchase in 1928 to the bequeathing of the estate to Lawrence University by Winifred and her husband, Donald, in 1963. Materials continue past 1963, including records regarding her honarary master of arts degree from Lawrence University in 1964. Additional materials include personal writings, children's art pieces, copies of the Saturday Evening...