Abstract The A to Z collection, created by Beloit College Archives staff, is made up of topical folders arranged in alphabetical order. The topics range from specific entities or events from the Beloit College campus, to more general topics. Materials are derived from various offices of origin, and are sometimes photocopied from a larger collection to facillitate increased access. Materials are continuously added to these folders, and if a topic grows large enough, it may be separated from this...

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This collection contains mostly correspondence (1852-1885) both personal and college business, much having to do with financial issues, college events, teaching positions, local area issues, students, land and property; also sermons, diaries, speeches, biographical data, administrative files, photographs. There is also a small collection of Chapin family letters dating from 1837-1841.

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1954-1956, 1956-1957 Logbooks

Abstract This collection contains mostly 20th century records for a variety of academic honorary societies, including Alpha Lambda Delta, Artus (Omicron Delta Gamma), Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma, Sigma Alpha Iota, and Theta Alpha Phi. Records include correspondence, financial...

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This collection consists of only paper materials. These documents range from 1960 until 2009, with the bulk in the 1970s through the 1990s. Numerous members of the college served on this committee and the membership changed consistently throughout its records.

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This collection is comprised of Faculty and Academic Senate meeting minutes and agendas, as well as supporting documentation for the meetings including correspondence and notes. From 1849-1970, the group in charge of directing the educational program at the college recorded their meetings simply as "Faculty Minutes," though the group consisted of students and administrators as well as faculty. In 1970, they changed their name to Academic Senate.

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Administrative Rules and Regulations. Manuals 1966, 1970-1972, 1977, 1983, 1986, 1988-1989, 1990-1991, 1998, 2001, 2002

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Advisor's handbook, advisor's manual, Advising Practicum

Abstract Alonzo William Pond graduated from Beloit College in 1918 and served as the assistant curator at the Logan Museum of Anthropology from 1925-1931. He was leader of the Logan Sahara Expedition in 1925-26 and two African expeditions, one in 1926-27 and another in 1929-30. He participated in numerous other expeditions to such locations as France, Algeria and Asia. His papers primarily consist of his writing, both published and unpublished, as well as personal correspondence and reproductions of...

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This collection contains documents created or collected by the Beloit College Jewish students clubs Chevrah and Am Yisrael. Included are materials such as charters and constitutions, event planning documents, correspondence, photographs, newsletters, news clippings, financial records, and meeting agendas.

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This collection contains correspondence, biographical information, publications, manuscripts, publications, photographs. Topics include North American Indian Arts, South Campus project.

Abstract Anne Bassett Kelley, also known as Nan, Beloit College class of 1907, became a missionary teacher in China. The Archives holds an extensive collection of Kelley's correspondence from China during 1919-1923 as well as letters from her adopted daughter in China to Kelley and other family members, dating from the 1940s-1990s, altogether amounting to hundreds of letters. Along with the correspondence, there are numerous photographs and memorabilia from Kelley's stay in China. Kelley's letters,...

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Reports, speeches for college's 25th, 40th, 50th, 75th, centennial, 125th, sesquicentennial anniversaries; 100th anniversary of first commencement, alumni association

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Anthropology Club 1968-1985 records, minutes, newsletter; Anthropology Department correspondence, press releases, clippings, directories, Field Studies Reunion, reports, Anthropology at Beloit newsletter 1982, 1985, 2001. 2014 Cookbook in A-Z cabinet Cookbooks folder.

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This collection contains a small amount of press materials and correspondence about the Argonne Semester program, often between Beloit College and the Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM), though which Beloit participated in the program, or Argonne National Laboratory itself. The bulk of the collection is dedicated to final reports by Beloit College students who took part in the program from 1962-1964.

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Departmental literature, articles, flyers

Abstract Arthur Henderson Smith, Beloit College class of 1867, was a Civil War veteran and prominent missionary to China, along with his wife Emma, best friend and classmate Henry Porter, and Porter's wife, Elizabeth Chapin Porter, and sister, Mary Porter. Smith wrote many volumes on China for Western audiences, including Chinese Characteristics, Village Life in China, and The Uplift of China. He was in Shandong during the Boxer Rebellion and was instrumental in the United States returning China's...

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This collection contains documents affiliated with Asian Studies at Beloit College, including departmental literature describing the program, minor, courses, and faculty; brochures and correspondence regarding various exchange and language programs, and a small selection of student work. Professors John Rapp and Terence Bigalke both have correspondence and other materials in the collection.

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Group reports, newsletters, academic papers, and brochures

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Award Night programs, Blue Skies Award memo, Memos, invitations for Jane Quisenberry '35 and W. Willard Wirtz '33 Endowed Prize for Public Service

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Committee of Faculty and Trustees - E. P. Bacon Student Aid Fund Record Book

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This collection contains Beloit Academy (also called the Preparatory Department) administrative materials such as student registers, grade books, and catalogues, as well as publications (Junta Climax) and alumni correspondence and other materials created by Academy students. Additionally, there is a compilation of transcripts of articles and meeting minute excerpts concerning the Academy, gathered by Beloit College Professor Robert K. Richardson.

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Trips, correspondence, news clippings

Abstract This collection contains materials gathered by the Beloit College Archives staff, relating to Beloit and its vicinity, spreading as far out as the state of Wisconsin and some of northern Illinois. Materials include newspapers, government documents (reports, minutes, laws and ordinances), census data, directories, photographs, 19th century handbills, event programs and planning materials, record books, publications, maps. The general series has groups of records on local buildings,...

Abstract This collection contains materials regarding the activities of Beloit College alumni classes, alumni-oriented organizations, and Beloit College alumni in general. These materials include registers, fundraising information, Alumni Council documents, and class record books. Among the primary features of this collection are the materials pertaining to class reunions, broken down by class year or reunion year. There is also a considerable amount of correspondence to and from members of the...