Bell Week Sometimes the images just speak for themselves… I would only add that this photo is from 1967, the Bachelor from 1951 and, of course… Go Wabash! Beth Swift
This aerial picture is from the 1950’s. I love it because it shows us Mud Hollow so very clearly. Mud Hollow was Wabash’s version of a veteran’s village to accommodate the men […]
Hovey Museum When I make a presentation about the history of the college, I like to start with this image. It is a photograph of the Hovey Museum taken for the 1898 […]
Mock Conventions of the 20th Century While searching for a picture for a sign here in the Archives, I came across these photos of Mock Political conventions through the 20th Century . […]
Your Wabash College Little Giants This Varsity football team of 1904 was the first to be known as the Little Giants and the first to be coached by Francis Cayou, pictured […]
This is a small part of a page from the Atlas of 1878. We can learn a lot about the history of the campus from this small image. The “College Building” is […]
As a part of the new curriculum which was instituted in the late 1920’s, seniors were expected to display a “mastery” of the subjects they had studied. Comprehensive Examinations were instituted to […]
Junior Fence This is an image of the Junior Fence from the 1920’s. This fence stood between Center Hall and the Peck Hall of Sciences (where Hays Hall now stands). In this photograph […]
This is a picture of the barracks that housed the Student Army Training Corps of World War I. As America entered the Great War a program was created to avert the “Lost […]
Hello I am Beth Swift and I am the Archivist for the College. While keeping the history of a place as rich in traditions and heritage as Wabash I see lots of […]
