Impact Of Meaning Fires At Indiana University

Ava Dickerson posted "1883 Fire!" on the Indiana University Archives blog, Blogging Hoosier History.  Her historical sketch describes the fiscal as well as cultural significance of the burn downward as well as how the citizens of Bloomington rallied to back upward the institution.


















Fires are ofttimes meaning parts of institutional history as well as an before postal service on June 22, 2016, "A history of IU fires," describes a release of fires on campus.

Santa Rosa Junior College Celebrates Centennial

Santa Rosa Junior College inward Santa Rosa, CA is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding inward 1918.  You tin see an anniversary spider web page amongst links to activities too other resources.

The Santa Rosa Junior College archives page describes diverse historical resources too services offered too includes a link to persuasion historical images inward the college digital archives.

Readers amongst Facebook access tin see liking too next the Historical Society of SRJC - Santa Rosa Junior College.

Historical Sketches For Southern Woman Someone Academy Together With Florence Academy For Women

The Florence-Lauderdale Public Library Digital Archive posted a brace of historical sketches on Facebook for Southern Female University together with Florence University for Women.

Text from the posts follows for those without access to Facebook:

Florence’s Southern Female University.

In its Friday, July 11, 1890 issue, the newly-founded *Florence Times* stated: “Florence already has buildings of which she may experience justly proud, but when the Baptist University is completed it volition hold out the most magnificent construction inward the city.” The *Times* was referring to the Southern Female University, nether the auspices of the Baptist Church, which was so nether construction nigh the H2O tower on Seymour Avenue, which inward 1890 was a mile or ii exterior town.

The Southern Female University was created inward 1889 yesteryear the Alabama Baptists led yesteryear Rev. physician JB Hawthorne together with the Hon. William B. Wood together with the Florence Educational, Land together with Development Co. The edifice was designed yesteryear the architectural theater of Rousseau & Brechin, which, amidst other buildings inward Florence also designed the Patton School together with Florence’s City Hall building, both also constructed inward 1890.

The SFU campus comprised 8 acres. The building, which terms $80,000, was 210 feet long, 121 feet wide, 5 stories high, together with contained accommodations for 400 boarders. The edifice contained 125 rooms, including 38 score rooms, 16 recitation rooms, 50 bedrooms for students, a gymnasium, together with a two-story chapel that could spot 750 people. These rooms were heated yesteryear steam, lit yesteryear electricity, together with contained the latest sanitary improvements available inward 1890. Among all their other comforts, all the rooms together with hallways were carpeted. The brick walls were trimmed inward sandstone together with the edifice boasted a mansard (or French) roof alongside occasional gables. The *Florence Herald* reported that the SFU edifice was “the largest together with best appointed edifice of its form inward the State.” Towering over the academy building, only to the raise stood the Florence Water-Works tower, some 120 feet tall, which silent stands to this day.

Rev. LD Bass, DD, was the president of the school. According to the *Florence Times* Mrs. Kate Donegan was the matron (the adult woman inward accuse of the girls boarding at the school, what nosotros would telephone outcry upwards a dorm mother), together with i of the students worked off her tuition yesteryear serving every bit housekeeper—one of the commencement things her fellow-students did was to accept upwards a collection to purchase her a dainty uniform. According to the *Florence Herald* the uniforms of the students were black, together with the *Herald* stated that the girls looked “neat together with pretty” inward them.

School opened inward the academy chapel at at 9:30 am on September 15, 1891, alongside some sixty-three students inward attendance. The immature ladies came from only virtually every Southern dry soil inward the States together with according to the *Herald* from every bit far due north every bit New York together with every bit far southward every bit Nicaragua. According to the *Florence Times* sixty-three girls were introduce for that opening assembly, together with seventy-five girls were registered boarders at the school, alongside to a greater extent than expected soon. Many of the girls were students of other universities taking postgraduate courses at SFU.

The schoolhouse had 19 faculty members together with offered 5 academic courses of study, iii of which led to degrees together with ii to certificates, i class offered beingness a work concern course. According to advertisements for the school, boarding, lights, fuel, servants attendance, etc., for 5 months was $64.50 together with tuition was $25.

As it was a Christian university, the girls attended chapel on Sundays together with though it was officially a Baptist school, the academy was non-denominational inward outlook, thence the commencement sermon preached was yesteryear Rev. TR McCarty of the Methodist Church.

Despite a successful commencement year, SFU started off its minute twelvemonth alongside serious problems, which included its place nearly a mile exterior the urban heart together with person limits, alongside no sidewalks, streetcar, or paved roads. Nevertheless, Florence residents were shocked to abide by on Oct 14, 1892 that physician Bass had been inward negotiations alongside the Elyton Land Co. of Birmingham to relocate the schoolhouse to Birmingham. Indeed, the really adjacent day, Saturday, Oct 15, 1892, the students left Florence for Birmingham at 10 am on the Birmingham, Sheffield together with Tennessee River Railroad. Their finish was the large Lakeview Hotel nigh Birmingham. physician Bass had secured this edifice together with the surrounding seven-acre commons for 5 years rent free. The hotel was fully furnished together with carpeted. According to the *Florence Times* they were to hold out met inward Birmingham yesteryear a brass band, a procession of schoolhouse children, together with urban heart together with person officials welcoming them to Lakeview.

Thus the Southern Female University of Florence relocated from Florence to Birmingham. The edifice inward Florence sat empty for 16 years—until 1908. In the jump of that twelvemonth the edifice was reopened every bit the Florence University for Women. In the adjacent article we’ll human face at the history of that university.

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L, The Southern Female University edifice from the 1910-1911 catalog of the Florence University for Women, which succeeded the SFU inward 1908. R, Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 paper “card” or advertisement, for the Southern Female University from the *Florence Herald* of Wednesday, September 16, 1891, p. 1.

The Florence University for Women, Successor to the Southern Female University, 1908-1911.

In our terminal article nosotros looked at the Southern Female University, founded inward 1890 on Seymour Avenue inward Florence, adjacent to the water-tower, which was together with is the highest elevation inward Florence. As nosotros noted though, the school, run nether the auspices of the Baptist Church, exclusively operated for ii years, opening inward September of 1891 together with closing of a abrupt inward Oct of 1892 when it relocated to Birmingham. The edifice sat empty together with idle for xvi years, until Apr of 1908.

In its Wednesday, Apr 20, 1908 issue, the *Florence Herald* stated that “Mr. M. W. Hatton, President of the Southern Female College of LaGrange, Ga., has bought from the Florence Land Company the edifice known every bit the Baptist University together with volition opened upwards a college for girls together with immature women September 1st next.”

Prof. M. Wesley Hatton had been President of the Southern Female College of LaGrange, since 1902, together with intended to operate that schoolhouse together with the novel schoolhouse inward Florence along like lines. The Professor had an extensive background inward education, having graduated from Missouri State University together with Harvard University, together with having held teaching positions at McGee College (professor of English linguistic communication together with Anglo-Saxon), Grand River College (professor of German), together with President of Virginia Institute, non to advert Superintendent of Instruction inward Missouri. Prof. Hatton made ii trips to Florence, the minute inward April, accompanied yesteryear his wife, together with was pleased yesteryear what he saw.

The i status was that Florence heighten $2,500. This was done, largely through the efforts of Mr. Nial C. Elting together with the Florence Commercial Club, assisted yesteryear generous donations from the public, alongside the number that the required amount was raised inward exclusively iii days. On May 13, the *Herald* reported the school’s opening inward September of that twelvemonth every bit certain, together with stated that Prof. Hatton was already having catalogues for the schoolhouse printed.

By July, Prof. Hatton together with his assistant, OW Anderton were dorsum inward Florence. The *Florence Times* reported that several contracts for renovating the edifice had been awarded. Recall from the terminal article that the edifice was 210 feet long, 121 feet wide, together with was 5 stories high (counting the basement). It contained 125 rooms, including 38 score rooms, 16 recitation rooms, 50 bedrooms for students, together with a two-story chapel that could spot 750 people. These rooms were heated yesteryear steam, together with lit yesteryear electricity, together with contained the latest sanitary improvements available inward 1890. All the rooms together with hallways were carpeted. The brick walls were trimmed inward sandstone together with the edifice boasted a mansard (French) manner roof alongside occasional gables. The master terms of the edifice was $80,000 together with the campus encompassed 8 acres of land. The *Times* reported that the contract for the furnace was awarded to the Moncrief Furnace Co. of Atlanta, Ga.; the contract for the slate roof was given to George F. Baggott of Florence, piece Donald White of Florence had the contract for the plumbing.

According to the school’s 1910-1911 catalogue, inward add-on to its normal academic courses, which consisted of science, literature, language, Bible, philosophy, art, elocution, normal (teacher training), business, together with domestic (what we’d telephone outcry upwards home-economics), the Florence University for Women also boasted a music conservatory that was said to hold out minute to none. At the terminate of the 1909-1910 schoolhouse twelvemonth President Hatton awarded a $550 pianoforte to the best graduate inward music, whether song or instrumental. There were 16 faculty together with staff members including Prof. together with Mrs. Hatton (he taught higher English linguistic communication together with Anglo-Saxon together with she taught mathematics together with astronomy).

The trustees inward 1911 were John T. Ashcraft; MW Camper; MW Hatton; R L Glenn; HC Gilbert; CM Southall; erstwhile Florence Mayor AE Walker; OW Anderson; together with Frank Jackson, alongside Ashcraft, Camper, Hatton, Anderson together with Glenn comprising the executive committee.

Tuition each twelvemonth was $190 for a total year, or $97.50 for a half-year. Girls whose fathers were pastors received complimentary tuition inward the Literary Department.

The schoolhouse yearbook was called *The Varsity* together with it described the diverse clubs together with associations the girls could belong to, which included the Young Womens’ Christian Association (YWCA), the Tennis Club, the Kodak (photography) Club, the Georgia Club together with the Fudge Club. The University had both a lawn tennis together with basketball game club. There were a brace of literary societies together with the schoolhouse had an fantabulous library. On Mondays together with holidays the girls were allowed to larn horseback riding, accompanied yesteryear their instructor. On Sundays the students attended church, accompanied yesteryear faculty. Annually the students took a three-day trip to Mammoth Cave via the L&N Railroad, which terms each daughter $14. Also each twelvemonth the Sheffield Electric together with Railway Company provided a trolley machine ride together with outing to the students. Every twelvemonth a two-day trip to Shiloh Battlefield was also taken. JW Hall ran a horse-drawn double-decker line to the schoolhouse alongside the commencement double-decker leaving Florence at 8 a.m. together with others coming together the incoming cars (presumably the streetcars which began functioning inward 1904). The fare each agency was 5 cents.

Uniforms were worn yesteryear the girls to church building on Sundays, on the street, together with on populace occasions. For every twenty-four hr menses the girls were allowed to wearing clothing every bit they pleased, every bit long every bit it was neat. The wintertime uniforms were a dark coat together with adjust together with dark Oxford cap, piece the jump uniforms were a white linen adjust together with coat alongside Oxford cap.

On Wednesday, September 9, 1908, the Florence University for Women opened its doors for the commencement time, for a educatee orientation together with reception alongside unopen to 50 students present. The *Times* reported that to a greater extent than students were expected each twenty-four hr menses for several weeks.

Unfortunately, disaster struck the academy at 3 a.m., Thursday, March 2, 1911, when a forcefulness out broke out at the University. This was ironic because the Southern Female College inward LaGrange, Georgia, the sis schoolhouse to the Female University inward Florence, burned to the the world inward July of 1908.

Prof. Hatton was awakened about 3 a. m. yesteryear the sounds of screaming girls, and, rushing exterior of his room, he saw that the eastern business office of the edifice was on fire. While Mrs. Hatton called the Florence Fire Dept. Prof. Hatton heroically attempted to issue the fire, alongside the school’s fire-hose, but it was no use. The edifice chop-chop burned to the ground. Fortunately, no i was injured, relieve a sprained talocrural articulation suffered yesteryear Prof. Hatton. Though the students together with faculty lost exclusively what was inward their rooms, Prof. CW Best lost all of his worldly possessions, which were inward his room. The girls were housed alongside neighbors of the academy piece plans were made for them to hold out boarded, together with for schoolhouse to continue, at the Jefferson Hotel inward Florence silent on March nine the *Florence Herald* reported that the schoolhouse would non reopen.

The total loss on the edifice was $100,000. The academy was insured for $16,000--$12,000 on the edifice together with $4,000 on furnishings. The *Florence Times* speculated that every bit in that place was no forcefulness out burning inward the furnace, faulty wiring was the campaign of the fire.

Friday, May 5, the *Florence Times* reported that Prof. CW Best, manager of music at the erstwhile Florence University for Women, along alongside Mrs. Best, Miss Gabriella Knight together with Miss Helen Katz had only founded the Florence Conservatory of Music. How long this establishment was inward functioning isn’t known.

Cheltenham Ladies' College: Archives Together With Insights They Offer

The SoGlos online periodical in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire published a fascinating interview alongside Rachel Roberts, archivist at Cheltenham Ladies' College.  Roberts discusses her responsibilities for collecting, recording in addition to displaying the archives in addition to the insight they offering into the school’s history.

The college was founded inward 1853 in addition to serves every bit an independent boarding in addition to solar daytime school.

The college website includes a issue of innovative presentations of historical information.  The 

COLLEGE IN ONE HUNDRED OBJECTS was ready to celebrate our landmark 160th anniversary inward 2014.  The projects brought together pupils, Guild members (alumnae) in addition to staff inward developing a shared tribute to Cheltenham Ladies' College distinctive values in addition to atmosphere.

You tin post away see the archives web page and every bit good follow the archives on Twitter @CLCArchives for regular informative tweets.

Ohio University: Virtual Together With Walking Tours Of Campus

SCRIPPS College of Communications at Ohio University in Athens, OH posted, "COMS seniors holdhistorical virtual, walking tours of campus," final outflow alongside information on a degree projection that involved students matching alumni memories alongside historical images from the Ohio UniversityArchives and Special Collections too other campus information.  Students too thence used the website Histoypin.org to practise virtual walkingtours of the campus.

Accessing History: Tarleton Solid Soil University

Tarleton State University Library Special Collections as well as Archives offers a expose of innovative ways to access institutional history as well as traditions.  You tin persuasion a expose of images as well as brief descriptions through the "Tarleton State University Campus History Tour," on the Historypin site.

There is besides a "Timeline of Tarleton History" created using Tiki-Toki web-based timeline software.  You tin chop-chop scan historical images selected from the archives as well as click on whatever of involvement for to a greater extent than information.

Links are besides provided off an About Us driblet downwardly carte for a expose of resources.  The History & Heritage Book is a 70-page document that includes a comprehensive array of institutional information from the history of campus buildings through origins of campus traditions as well as everything inwards between.

You tin besides search as well as persuasion a broad diversity of institutional photographs through the Cross Timbers Historic Images Project.  The projection site offers a collection of 19th as well as 20th century historic images representing Tarleton State as well as the Cross Timbers expanse of Central Texas where it is located.

Ohio Academy Inwards 1873: Every Minute Seen Through The Eyes Of Maggie Boyd

Day inward the Life of a College Student inward 1890s..."  

Today, I'll characteristic Ohio University Archives as well as Special Collections as well as University Libraries.  They are currently hosting an exhibit, "Women at Ohio University, 150 Years of Life as well as History," as well as sent a tweet this morn linking to a diary of Maggie Boyd inward the archives, the kickoff OU adult woman graduate.

The archives equally good maintains a Pinterest board, @MaggieBoyd1873's World, alongside links to institutional publications, photographs, slide shows, research, as well as other items related to Maggie Boyd as well as her fourth dimension at the institution.

The archives equally good used Twitter to divulge entries from Maggie's senior diary using @MaggieBoyd1873.

You tin equally good read straight from images of Maggie's diary through the digital archives.

Reflections On Opening 24-Hour Interval At Illinois Industrial University, March 2, 1868

The University of Illinois, known equally Illinois Industrial University, held its outset classes on March 2, 1868.  The Student Life together with Culture Archives at the academy posted, "Reflections on Opening Day 150 years Ago - ii March 1868," written past times Gregory Behle, professor at The Master's University.  Behle draws on photographs together with other resources from the institutional archives inward his portrayal of activities on the campus.

Explore Chicago Collections Provides Slow Access To Chicago Archives & Collections

The Explore Chicago Collections (ECC) website provides access to collections at archives of a pose out of Chicago institutions.  You tin browse through descriptions of collections in addition to scan images relating to higher instruction that include students, buildings, architectural sketches, in addition to graduating degree photos. 

Or, yous tin easily search the collections past times topic, neighborhood, or city.  The next Chicago Daily News photograph of the St. Vincent's College football game squad inward 1908 is only i example.  

I flora data on several institutional collections:

• Michael Reese Hospital School of Nursing records, 1893-1981
• Guide to the Records of The Woman's College of Northwestern University, 1872-1893
• Guide to the Records of the Evanston College For Ladies, 1869-1933
• Mundelein College History Project records, 1994-2002.
• Mundelein College Oral Histories, 1993-2003.
• Guide to the Records of the Union College of Law, 1873-1885, 1889
• Midwest College of Engineering Collection, 1967-1994
• Chicago Normal College records, 1913-1938
• J.N. Reynolds' pupil papers from Bell's Commercial College

The fellow member institutions contributing to the ECC site include:  

• Alliance Française
• Art Institute of Chicago
• Chicago History Museum
• Chicago Public Library
• Chicago State University
• Chicago Zoological Society's Brookfield Zoo
• Columbia College Chicago
• DePaul University
• Illinois Institute of Technology
• Lake Forest College
• Loyola University Chicago
• Newberry Library
• Northwestern University
• Roosevelt University
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Theatre Historical Society of America
• University of Chicago
• University of Illinois at Chicago

Greek Games At Barnard

Interesting essay on the Greek Games at Barnard past times Stephanie Bredbenner, Bryn Mawr College Class of 2015. There are too links to several historical images.  Bredbenner's bear witness is purpose of About College Women, a collection of diaries, letters, scrapbooks, together with photographs from the archives of the Seven Sisters. 

Centennial Of Ellis Library...Documenting The Development Of Service To An Establishment Too Society

Staff amongst the University of Missouri Libraries convey created web pages amongst an extensive collection of resources in addition to images documenting the development of library services at the institution.  There is every minute good a curt video on YouTube, "Celebrating MU Libraries Ellis Library Centennial 1915-2015."

Sweet Briar Featured On Virginia History Exchange

The Community History Exchange has created several spider web pages alongside stories too historical images about Sweet Briar College.  The inaugural is designed to offering a glimpse into life at the college for interested alumnae, students, parents too the public.  Pages include:  Telling our Stories-Sweet Briar College, Treasures from the Archives, Women nosotros Admire, too Women's Education-Why it Matters.

There is likewise a large collection of Sweet Briar publications at the Internet Archive.

The Sweet Briar College website likewise includes information nearly the college museum too links to exhibitions too other resources.

History Of The Academy Of Due South Florida System

The University of South Florida digital archive offers the remarks delivered  by James Schnur, An Accent on Learning, Accentuated past times Excellence : H5N1 Brief Overview of the History of the University of South Florida System.  The presentation was prepared for the September 2014 Meeting of the USF University Board of Trustees in addition to is available for download equally a .pdf.

There is too a .pdf amongst many fascinating historical images that was prepared to accompany the remarks.

William Penn Academy (Ia)

The Wilcox Library Digital Archives of William Penn University inwards Oskaloosa, IA offers an impressive collection of images as well as documents for those who are interested.

The archives likewise host a diversity of images for the Mahaska County Historical Society as well as the Oskaloosa Public Library.

The collection includes copies of institutional histories as well as other college documents.  A .pdf as well as text version of  William Penn College: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Product as well as a Producer written past times S. Arthur Watson is available.

You tin likewise honor the to a greater extent than recent, A Continuing Purpose:  A History of William Penn College, 1970-2000 written past times John Wagoner.

A Digital History Of Wisconsin Independent Colleges As Well As Universities

Past in addition to Present: H5N1 Digital History of Wisconsin Independent Colleges in addition to Universities offers images in addition to documents reflecting the histories of: Alverno College, Cardinal Stritch University, Carthage College, Concordia University, Edgewood College, Lakeland College, Lawrence University, Marian University, Marquette University, Nashotah House, Ripon College, Silver Lake College, St. Norbert College and Viterbo University.