Scope and Contents This collection includes meeting minutes from the women’s athletic association as well as the constitution of the association and amendments made to it. Each of the minutes start off with a roll call and list who was present and who was absent from the meeting. The minutes at the beginning of the series included the nominating committee and their choices for W.A.A. officers, as well as the sports included in this association and corresponding seasons. Monthly minutes discuss budgetary...

Scope and Contents This collection includes weekly programs, broadcast transcripts, member rosters, program proposals, budget proposal, report on educational benefits of WONC, and control room instructions for the College radio station. The majority of the papers date from 1967 through 1985 though some papers are from more recent years. In addition, an audio selection of shows, newscasts, documentaries, liners, and promos from 1972-1982; 1997-2004; 2018 are available in digital format. Audio...

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Series 1: Files, 1873-1957. Series 2: Student Handbooks, 1873-1950. See series descriptions for further details.

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This series consists of senior theses completed and submitted by students of the Shimer Great Books School at North Central College during their senior year. Topics represent all areas of the program’s curriculum, including humanities, natural science, social science, and liberal studies. The theses range from 1980 to 2017.

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The Lyre collection consists of one undated publication, which was likely from the 1980s. The Lyre was a literary magazine of poetry and prose written by Shimer students and faculty.

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The Shimer College Board Meeting Minutes Collection, running from 1896-2008, contains minutes taken from meetings of Shimer’s Board of Trustees, from Mt. Carroll to Waukegan to Chicago. Many of the minutes include supplementary material that would have been handed out during board meetings.

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This collection contains published works by Shimer faculty and alumni. These works comprise a variety of topics which align with Shimer’s curricular concentrations in humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.

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The Quest collection, running from 1958-1960, contained newsletters published by a student newspaper staff. Along with campus news and weekly event calendars, the Quest contained creative writing by Shimer students as well.

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The Excalibur collection, ranging from 1966-1970, was a student-run newspaper reporting on news around the Shimer campus and, when relevant, around the world. Commonly featured subjects in the Excalibur were the Vietnam War and Shimer’s Grotesque Internecine Struggle.

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Running from 1874-1895, the Oread collection includes information about the institution then known as the Mt. Carroll Seminary, which would later be called Shimer College. Copies of the Oread included a history of the college, information on the curriculum and campus, news about various campus events, and news about Seminary alumni. Many copies of the Oread began with prose, poetry, or transcribed speeches written by faculty, students, or alumni.