Lawrence University Archives

Scope and Contents This collection consists of records created by the Department of Psychology dating from 1924-1987. Records include reports, budgets, articles, photographs, and correspondence.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of records created by the Department of Religion dating from 1924-1986. Records include reports, budgets, and correspondence.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of records created by the Department of Sociology dating from 1926-1982. Records include budgets, reports, and correspondence.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of records of the Department of Spanish, dating from 1926 to the present. In addition to administrative records, correspondence, and departmental reports, the collection includes two volumes of poetry translated from Spanish to English by students in the Lawrence University department of Spanish in 1999.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of records documenting the East Asian Languages and Cultures Program dating from 1986 to 2005.  Records include correspondence, fliers, photographs, articles, and reports. Also included are records documenting grants from the Freeman Foundation and the National Security Education Program ("Building Bridges through Practical Chinese.")

Scope and Contents This collection consists of records of the Environmental Studies Program dating from 1970 to 2005. Records include correspondence, a grant proposal, and posters. Also included are materials from precursors to the program, the student Environmental Action Committee and faculty Environmental Studies Committee, dating from the early 1970s.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of records of the Ethnic Studies Program dating from 2000 to 2016. Records include correspondence, planning documents, brochures, draft syllabi, and proposals from the Ethnic Studies Working Group.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of records documenting subjects pertaining to the faculty and staff of Lawrence University, dating from 1894 to the present. Files were created by the University Archives.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of records of the Faculty Subcommittee on Administration dating from 1922 to the present. Records include meeting minutes and correspondence.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of materials documenting the history and development of First-Year Studies (formerly Freshman Studies) a required course for first-year students at Lawrence introduced by President Nathan Pusey in the fall of 1945. Correspondence, schedules and reading lists, committee and grant documentation, and other curricular materials make up the bulk of the collection. Documentation on variations of the first-year core program offered during the 1970s is also included.