Archives

The Monmouth College Archive houses and preserves the documents and artifacts of Monmouth College's past. This repository of historical materials manifests the founding and growth of the institution over its 150+ years. The Archives are arranged and described for a multitude of institutional and public uses by researchers, alumni, classrooms and the community.

The papers of professors, administrators, departments, student groups, and alumni are all part of the rich collections of the Archives.  Materials include theater programs and posters, sports clippings, admissions brochures, old Red Books, Zoo Books, College literary publications, student newspapers, Antique fraternity and sorority dance cards and paddles, old pipers uniforms, trophies, plaques, oral interviews, student scrapbooks, and a myriad of photographs...just some of the fascinating treasures of college history that comprise these collections! 

Records for the collections held in the MC Archives can be found by searching the library catalog.  

There are also a few parts of the collection that have been digitized and are accessible via the web.

• College & Town Newspapers

  The student newpapers in all its forms: Courier, Oracle, etc., has been digitized for viewing at Heritage Microfilms.

• Monmouth College Digital Collections (CARLI Digital Collections)

  Digitized photographs, scrapbooks, memorabilia, and documents record the history of small, liberal arts campus life over the past 160 years. Hosted on the CARLI Digital Collections website. Collections: Dance card collection, MC student life collection, Naval Flight School collection.

• Monmouth College Publications on Internet Archive

  The Monmouth College at the Internet Archive is a collection of MC publications, including the Ravelings yearbook, college catalogs, and related items.

A Finding Aid is a detailed guide to an archival collection.  The following is a list of Finding Aids from selected collections within the MC Archives.

• Bernice Fox

• Bobby Woll Papers

• Campus Facilities

• Charles Speel

• Dance Card Collection

• Douglas Spitz Papers

• Eta Sigma Phi

• Fort Nightly Collection

• Gracie Peterson Papers

• Greek Letter Honor Societies

• Greek Life Organizations

• Hugh F. Wallace Sermon Collection

• Kappa Delta Collection

• Lewis L. Gould Primary Documents Collections

• Literary Societies - Inter-Societal Collection

• Literary Societies: Aletheorean

• Literary Societies: Amateurs des Belles Lettres

• Literary Societies: Eccritean

• MACTLAC files

• Naval Flight Preparatory School / Naval Academic Refresher Unit

• Property Financial Documents

• Ralph Eckley Papers

• Samuel Thompson Papers

• Samuel Weed Collection

• Sigma Phi Epsilon

• Tau Kappa Epsilon

• WHOM

Monmouth College Archives
Hewes Library
700 East Broadway
Monmouth, IL
61462

Archivist
Lynn Daw
309-457-2187
ldaw@monmouthcollege.edu

The Monmouth College Archive is consulted most frequently by students in the History 300 capstone course, by family members of former MC faculty, staff and students, and occasionally by request from historians and journalists whose research interests lead them to our collection.  We are especially intersted in the papers of former faculty and staff, in documents relating to fraternities, sororities, and all other student groups, including athletic teams and the Pipe and Drum Band.

We are happy to consider donations at any time. If you are interested in donating records to the Monmouth College Archives please use our contact information at the left. Staff can indicate whether this is the appropriate repository for records and the best steps for their placement. Donations become the property of Monmouth College and copyrights are transferred to the College through a signed donor form.