Class of 1895-1899, 1895 - 1899

File — Box: T-03

Identifier: T:024

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series: This series includes materials relating to alumni, awards, Alumni Association, authors, Alumni Club, deaths, dinners, Alumni Fund, publications, travel, Circle Club, reunions held on campus, Shankweiler Society, Class of 1876-1991, and information about individual alumni.

Includes constitution and by-laws, event programs, photos, speeches, personal letters, newspaper clippings, mailer envelopes, ballots, tickets, brochures, magazine articles, newsletters, fliers, commencement invitations, poems, report card, and surveys.

Dates

1895 - 1899

Creator

Muhlenberg College (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research, with only a few very limited restrictions; access by appointment.

Extent

From the Collection: 50 Linear Feet (The bulk of the printed material (previously the vertical files) is contained in flip-top document cases. Textiles, memorabilia, and other realia is stored in appropriate lidded boxes.)

Additional Description

Listing of members, photo of members receiving symbolic Golden Key, Alumni Day photo; 25th Anniversary celebration; banquet reunion 1902; mentions Class of 1895 Scholarship; photo of 50th Reunion of Class of 1895: Preston A. Behler, Frederick C. Krapf, Luther D. Lazarus, Joseph H. Stopp; Class of 1899 celebrates 25th anniversary with song written to tune of Battle Hymn of the Republic

Dr. Edward H. Kistler, Class of 1895, wrote college Alma Mater; Class of 1895 increased William Wackernagle scholaarship to $2,000

Dr. L. Franklin Gruber, alumnus 1898, owns collection of rare manuscripts

Listing of class of 1899 members; newspaper photo "Scenes at Muhlenberg's Biggest Alumni Day" include Dr. James Berg, Peter S. Trumbower, Dr. William A. Hausman, all class of 1899

Program for "Cremation of . . . Titus Livy" by Class of 1895, heldl in Music Hall, 6/21/1892

Invitation to Commencement Exercises for Class of 1895 includes program of activities and class list