Muhlenberg College, 1867 - 1928

File — Box: E-13

Identifier: E:134

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series: This series includes materials relating to Allentown Seminary, Allentown Military and Collegiate Institute, Allentown Preparatory School, bicentennial/centennial celebrations, coeducation, The Muhlenberg Five, EVI, honorary degrees conferred, Middle Atlantic States evaluation, college seal and mace, S.A.T.C. (Student Army Training Corps), strategic plans, and much more.

Includes newspaper clippings, booklets, programs, catalogs, marketing brochures, calendars, fliers, legal documents, photos, sermons, and surveys.

Dates

1867 - 1928

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

30 page booklet includes: HISTORY OF MUHLENBERG COLLEGE, THE MUHLENBERG OF TODAY, FACULTY AND INSTRUCTORS, STUDENTS FROM 1924 TO 1928 INCLUSIVE, STANDARDS DISTINGUISHED, ALUMNI

Photos of President Rev. John A. W. Haas, Science Building, Library, Administration Building, outdoor campus view, dormitories;

First B.S. degree granted in 1899;

Descriptions of Administration Building, The Dormitories (Berks Hall, Luther League Hall; six fraternity houses; LIBRARY BUILDING and costs, ENDOWMENTS AND RESOURCES, NEW BUILDINGS

Faculty and Instructors: George T. Ettinger, Robert C. Horn, Robert R. Fritsch, Stephen G. Simpson, John D. M. Brown, Albert C. H. Fasig, Isaac Miles Wright, Jenry R. Mueller, Preston A. Barba, Charles B. Bowman, Harry Hess Reichard, Anthony S. Corbiere, Luther J. Deck, C. Spencer Allen, James Edgar Swain, George H. Brandes, Harold K. Marks, John C. Keller, George William Merkle, John V. Shankweiler, Joseph S. Jackson, Carl Wright Boyer, Walter L. Seaman, Russel W. Stine, Benjamin F. Wissler, Truman Koehler, Walter F. Heintzelman, William D. Coder, Ephraim B. Everitt, H. P. C. Cressman, William S. Ritter

Standards include course requirements, number of students in each class, number of graduates in each class

Distinguished ALUMNI: Edgar Dubbs Shimer, Frank M. Trexler, Aaron B. Hassler, Elmer P. Kohler, George A. Miller, Samuel C. Schmucker, Raph H. Bieber, James H. S. Bossard, John Robert Kline, Harold W. Schoenenberger,

Deceased distinguished ALUMNI: M. C. L. Kline, Revere F. Weidner;

ALUMNI in ministry: Samuel G. Trexler, Edwin S. Woodring, Franklin K. Fretz, William M. Horn;

ALUMNI physicians: Willard D. Kline, William A. Hausman

C. C. Boyer, Howard S. Seip

younger ALUMNI: Roland W. Leiby, William E. Brandt,