Scope and Contents This collection contains programs and information relating to Commencement including: North Central College Commencement, affiliated institutions Commencement, Commencement addresses, Commencement concerts, Commencement week schedules, Baccalaureate, Class Day, invitations, news clippings, and Honors Convocations. The North Central College Commencement programs and the Commencement programs from affiliated institutions (Academy, School of Commerce, and School of Music) contain...

Scope and Contents This collection contains Evening College catalogs and schedules ranging from 1959 to 2002, as well as Weekend College catalogs and schedules ranging from 1986 to 2002. However, all documents from the 1980-1985 period are missing. The catalogs and schedules included within these boxes provide information regarding class offerings and dates. This series also includes the interim catalog from 1972, along with summer sessions catalogs ranging from 1942 to 1992, with a gap between 1971 and...

Scope and Contents This collection contains resources about cultural events and speakers brought to campus. This includes brochures and fliers promoting academic and cultural events on campus. Schedules and programs from cultural events including Convocation, Lecture Courses, the Artists Series, and Special Events, and the Fine Arts Festival are also present. Some schedules combined activities on campus from different groups. There are also meeting minutes from the committee overseeing events in Pfeiffer Hall...

Scope and Contents This collection contains minutes, financial ledgers, constitutions, correspondence, events, membership lists, newspaper clippings, and programs. The minutes date from 1916 to 1974 and cover the general conduct of the meeting as well as the discussions that were presented each meeting. In accordance with these monthly meetings, the series also includes yearly programs that listed the discussion theme for the year, the meeting dates, and the hostesses for each meeting from 1917 to 1966. ...

Scope and Contents This series contains materials generated by the development office. The bulk of the material consists of brochures and fundraising campaign materials. Other material includes memoranda, reports, presentations, and newsletters relating to such topics as estate planning, campus improvement, the College’s 125th anniversary, and scholarships. Of particular interest is material relating to the North-Western College Aid Association, North Central’s first attempt at fundraising, which dates from...

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This collection contains fliers with events and services offered by the Dyson Wellness Center, formerly known as Health Services and the Counseling Center separately. Emergency Care handbooks produced by the Student Health Service are also found in this collection.

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This collection contains newsletters, emails, correspondence, memoranda, reports, presentations, handbooks, proposals, directories, forms, applications, faculty resumes, agendas, course schedules, surveys, exams, applications, and photographs for the North Central College Education Department. Consult the Scope and Content Notes for each series for more specific information.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of Edward Meachen’s files from his time as Director of the Library. The files include materials concerning administration of the library with topics ranging from on-line catalogs, book purchasing, and bibliographic instruction, to gifts, grants, and awards. Also included are files on campus-wide, as well as external committees and projects in which Meachen participated. These included the Campus Computerization Committee and the LIBRAS Cooperative Collection...

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This collection contains letters that Edward and Hettie wrote to each other when they were physically apart during the early part of their marriage. A small number of letters received from family members and others are present. One of Edward’s religion textbooks, a copy of his master’s thesis, and a Domm/Damm family history book are also part of this collection.

Scope and Contents This collection, which includes documents from 1913 to 1946, contains mostly financial correspondence between President Rall and individuals and groups concerning monetary donations to the College. A small amount of materials pre-date Rall’s administration, but were presumably used for reference or as part of an ongoing program. The majority of this series consists of correspondence with G. A. and Henry and Annie Merner Pfeiffer. Largely, the letters are solicitations from President Rall for...