This is a photo of the first Beta Theta Pi house at Wabash. Prior to the purchase of this home, the Betas as well as the other fraternities, had rented space in […]
It is always neat to find a piece like this one out of the 1924 Wabash College yearbook. A day in the life of the fraternity man of 1924 is similar in […]
The Big Bash is here again. Lots of alums and their spouses, walking around campus, reliving their days at Old Wabash. The stories flow fast with laughs sprinkled all through them. This […]
At the beginning of April the Ramsay Archives welcomed Anita Harris’ fifth grade class for a session on one of our treasured primary sources, a letter from George Washington. This letter was […]
It is sometimes hard to describe the artifacts that we hold in our collections in a few brief words. In the case of this earthy treasure it couldn’t be easier. This is […]
So begins the latest addition to the Wabash College You Tube channel called From the Vaults which can be viewed at this link: http://www.youtube.com/WabashCollege#p/c/662501E9537A6867/0/KIUL1hETukw Once again, thanks to the magic of Adam […]
This is a picture of a Wabash College home baseball game from the 1920s. I love this picture for many reasons. It is so visually rich in appearance. I also love it […]
This year marks the sesquicentennial of the Civil War. All over America various organizations are marking this year in all sorts of ways and throughout this year I will share a few […]
As the Archivist of this small college, I struggle a bit with the concept of an accurate picture of student life in any given era. I understand many things about student life […]
East semester I put up a small exhibit in the Lilly Library…this semester the exhibit is about Wabash in 1911. As a part of looking at college life in 1911 I was […]
From Wabash Athletics Archives 1921 Wabash-Purdue Football Game Inaugurates Ross-Ade Stadium The interconnectedness of the world today is just stunning and here is a great example of the ways that technology improves […]
As we approach Christmas there are always a few movies on my must see list each year…It’s a Wonderful Life – to remind me that I am really pretty lucky. Holiday Inn […]
While researching a query, I came across this interesting snippet from the Wabash alumni magazine of the 1920’s and thought it might be fun to share it. The photograph below is the […]
Wabash Faculty 1843-1854 Born New Haven, Connecticut 1805 Yale Class of 1825, Post-graduate studies at Yale and Andover Seminary Established a young ladies’ seminary at Madison, Indiana. Twining taught mathematics, natural philosophy […]
A successful minister at an elite church in New York City, Baldwin responded to Hovey’s plea and in 1835 came to the West to head this new college. Baldwin was much loved […]
Aspromised, another post on Crawfordsville’s most famous author. This is an image of Lew Wallace in front of the fireplace of his new study here in town. At this point in his […]
