University history
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: DCA collecting area. Do not use as an approved LC subject; see Tufts University -- History for this purpose.
Found in 102 Collections and/or Records:
Albert Henry Imlah Papers
Collection
Call Number: MS176
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains materials by and related to Albert H. Imlah, Tufts University professor of economics. Materials date from 1903 – 2005. The collection has photographs of the Tufts campus, Tufts faculty, and the Imlah family. It also includes a number of books written by Albert H. Imlah and Ann G. Imlah, his daughter. The collection also contains correspondence relating to his research and appointment at Tufts University, as well as personal correspondence with his wife, Helen...
Dates:
bulk 1932 -- 1985, 1903 -- 2005
Alfred Church Lane Papers
Collection
Call Number: MS127
Scope and Contents:
This collection includes biographical sketches and memorial materials, newspaper clippings, one manuscript by an anonymous, possibly German, author that is entitled "The Science of God" (which A. C. Lane attempted to get published in 1939 or 1940), personal and professional correspondence, and Alfred Church Lane's war records. The bulk of the material dates from 1920 to 1948 and was created in the context of Dr. Lane's activities as the Pearson Professor of Geology and Minerology at Tufts...
Dates:
bulk 1920 -- 1948, 1903 -- 1983
Amory Nelson Hardy Photographs
Collection
Call Number: MS223
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains print photographs of the Tufts campus taken by Boston photographer Amory N. Hardy. The photographs capture the scenery of Tufts at a time when the campus was expanding with the construction of new buildings, such as Barnum Hall, Goddard Chapel, and Goddard Gymnasium (later renamed Goddard Hall), in the 1880s. They also display contemporary events on campus, such as a baseball game and Daniel Pratt's May 1885 lecture outside Packard Hall.
Dates:
1883 -- 1885
Andrew McClellan Collection of Jumbo Memorabilia
Collection
Call Number: MS250
Overview:
This collection contains Jumbo memorabilia collected by Tufts University Art History Professor Andrew McClellan for a 2014 exhibition at the Tufts University Gallery on Tufts's mascot, Jumbo the Elephant.
Dates:
circa 1860 -- 2014
Arthur Irving Andrews Papers
Collection
Call Number: MS019
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains correspondence from and pertinent to Andrews including memoranda, pamphlets, photos, and reports regarding his teaching, the department and travels. The collection also contains some of the documents Andrews collected for the planned Tufts War Memorial/Museum, an effort he spearheaded to commemorate the part Tufts men played in World War I.
Dates:
bulk 1915 -- 1925, 1911 -- 1978
Arthur W. Leighton Papers
Collection
Call Number: MS056
Scope and Contents:
This collection includes church organizational documents and brochures, correspondence, educational records, essays, news clippings and photographs from Tufts University professor Arthur Whiting Leighton. In addition to his service to Tufts as a professor of engineering design and graphics, Leighton was active in a number of local Congregational church organzations. Some of these organizations included in his papers are North Street Church, Boston Congregational Club, Woburn Association of...
Dates:
1913 -- 1973
Artifact Collection
Collection
Call Number: AC
Overview:
The Artifact Collection is an artificial collection created in 2001, which consists of materials relating to Tufts University and people associated with Tufts University; artifacts from ancient cultures and modern; and manuscripts, prints, and other texts, all dating circa 2150 BCE – 2007 CE. Materials included in this collection are coins; cuneiform tablets and cones; illuminated manuscripts; leaves from early printed books; maps; paintings; prints; sculptures; textiles; furniture; and other...
Dates:
circa 2150 BCE -- 2007 CE
Austin Barclay Fletcher Papers
Collection
Call Number: MS121
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains correspondence, a family Bible with a copy of Austin Barclay Fletcher's marriage certificate bound into the text block, newspaper clippings, photographs of Austin Barclay Fletcher and Hortense M. Fletcher, and statements of the Tufts Board of Trustees concerning the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. The bulk of the material is dated from 1910 to 1923. The materials in this collection document Austin Barclay Fletcher's professional life as the president of the Tufts...
Dates:
bulk 1910 -- 1923, 1876 -- 1976
Ben Sands Papers on Tufts Hockey
Collection
Call Number: MS245
Overview:
This collection contains materials created and compiled by Ben Sands (E1954), former player and later coach of the Tufts hockey team, including newsclippings and publications, photographs, programs and rosters, statistics, correspondence, admnistrative material, and memorabilia.
Dates:
circa 1930 -- 2015
Bingham Associates Fund Records
Collection
Call Number: MS228
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains publications, meeting minutes, and administrative files of the Bingham Associates Fund, as well as the Bingham Advisory Committee. Physician files, annual reports, and correspondence, as well as information about regional medical programs, are also included. The physical collection documentation folder of this collection includes copies of Dave Nathan’s original finding aid entries as well as copies of the original acquisition records.This collection...
Dates:
bulk 1932 -- 1985, 1900 -- 1990
