Lawrence University Archives

Seeley G. Mudd Library
113 S. Lawe Street
Appleton, WI 54911

E-mail: archives@lawrence.edu
Voice: 920-832-6753
http://www.lawrence.edu/library/archives/

The Lawrence University Archives is comprised of the historically
significant records of Lawrence University and Milwaukee-Downer College,
the latter an all women’s college that consolidated with Lawrence in
1964. Collections include the records of Lawrence presidents and
faculty, student organizations, and a vast array of photographs and
scrapbooks from both Lawrence and Milwaukee-Downer College. There are
currently about 100 collections. The Archives also houses a collection
of published materials, including LU and MDC yearbooks, student
newspapers, and books on Lawrence’s rich history. The Archives preserves
and provides access to the historical resources in these collections.



The Milwaukee-Downer College Hat Hunt was a popular annual tradition.
This photograph is from the 1940s.


The Milwaukee-Downer College annual regatta, 1940s. When Milwaukee-Downer College merged with Lawrence in 1964, one of the activities they brought and continued at Lawrence was crew.


The ROCK, a boulder brought to the Lawrence campus in the 1890s, is a
Lawrence tradition and has been moved around campus in the past 100
years. A tradition is for graduates to have their picture taken with
this icon. This photograph was taken around 1960.

Top image: Main Hall, built in 1857, is the oldest building on Lawrence's campus. The photograph was taken around 1860.

Images courtesy of the Lawrence University Archives.

Entry compiled by Casey Coleman