Lawrence Archives

The audio files and transcripts of oral histories done with alumni during Reunion Weekend 2008 are now online. Two interviews done before and after the weekend are also included. Take a look at them here.

Fall Traditions of Lawrence

This exhibit on the first floor of the library features photographs, programs, and newspaper articles on fall traditions at Lawrence. Traditions include All College Day and the Walk Around that were held from the late 1880s through the 1940s, the Lawrence/Ripon College football rivalry that started in the 1880s, and the many events of Homecoming at Lawrence. The exhibit will be up through the first of October.

An article on favorite haunted places in the Fox Valley includes the annual Haunted Lawrence tour and some of Lawrence’s haunted places in the August 2008 issue of New North Business to Business magazine. The article is available at the following link.

http://www.newnorthb2b.com/aug08feat3.html

The collection of materials documenting the history of Main Hall has been processed and the finding aid is available here.

A digital collection of this physical collection will be available soon on the website as well. Many thanks to Katherine Elchert who worked on this collection during her Spring term 2008 internship. Her work on this collection included arranging hundreds (no exaggeration) of photographs in chronological order.

This collection is part of the Lawrence University Buildings Collection that is currently being processed.

The transcript of the oral history interview done with George Bogs, class of 1947, is up on the Archives website at the following link.

http://www.lawrence.edu/library/archives/oralhistory_bogs.shtml

George shares memories about his time in the Navy and being stationed at Lawrence, and the activities that he participated in while at Lawrence.

Main Hall Photographs, 1850s – 1960s and the Lawrence University Crest

The exhibit features photographs documenting the history of Main Hall from its creation in1853 to the present. The Lawrence University Crest exhibit provides a look at the history of the crest and its many uses over the years, including being displayed on Commencement programs, yearbooks, and Lawrence promotional materials.

The exhibits were done by Archives intern Katherine Elchert.

The transcript of the oral history interview with Sue Hackett, class of 1957, is now up on the Archives website at the following link.

http://www.lawrence.edu/library/archives/oralhistory_hackett.shtml

The interview was done during Reunion Weekend 2007. Sue shares stories about the sport of curling at Lawrence, the formal balls and dances, and Winter Weekend. She also tells of viewing the deceased Senator Joseph McCarthy as he lay in state at a nearby church.

The Namesake of the Richard A. Harrison Symposium for the Humanities and Social Sciences

The exhibit located in the case on the first floor of the library provides a look at Richard Harrison, dean of the faculty and professor of history at Lawrence University from 1992-1997. Harrison was one of the founders of the Student Humanities and Social Sciences Symposium that first began in 1996, After Harrison’s death in 1997, the symposium was renamed the Richard A. Harrison Symposium for the Humanities and Social Sciences in 1998. The symposium showcases student research and writing and will be held this year on Saturday, May 17.

The Lucia Briggs collection has been processed and the finding aid is now available here.

Lucia R. Briggs was president of Milwaukee-Downer College from 1921-1951 and received an honorary degree from Lawrence in 1926. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, and articles about and written by Briggs.

The collection was processed and the finding aid was completed by Archives intern Katherine Elchert.

Citations for awards given to faculty members at Commencement each June are now available on the Archives website. Citations for honorary degrees awarded to retiring faculty are located at

http://www.lawrence.edu/library/archives/honfac.shtml

Citations for the Excellence in Teaching Award are located at

http://www.lawrence.edu/library/archives/univaward.shtml

And citations for the Young Teacher Award can be found at

http://www.lawrence.edu/library/archives/youngteacher.shtml

Citations go from 1978 to the present year, and additional years will be added in the future. For questions or information, visit or e-mail the University Archives.