Northwestern College (Watertown, Wis.)

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This series contains documents relating to various conferences. Included are seminars and conferences for administration, conferences for the faculties of the synod ministerial schools, workshops for the College faculty, and the annual Lay Bible Institutes held at the College.

Subseries 11a: Administration Conferences Subseries 11b: Faculty Conferences Subseries 11c: Lay Bible Institutes

Scope and Contents This series contains documents (agendas, minutes, reports, correspondence, etc.) relating to the synodical board in charge of ministerial education. The board changed its name over the years, from the Advisory Committee on Education (ACE) to the Commission on Higher Education (CHE) to the Board for Worker Training (BWT) to the Board for Pastor and Teacher Education (BPTE) and finally the Board for Ministerial Education (BME). This material contains information relating not only to...

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This series contains miscellaneous documents relating to the administration of the college.

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This series contains documents relating to the buildings on campus. Much of the material relates to the building programs and includes correspondence, proposals, plans, bids, and receipts. There are also programs for events such as groundbreaking and dedication ceremonies. The files are sorted by the building projects.

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Not much seems to have been preserved in the way of library archives. This series includes statistical reports and accession files, arranged chronologically. There is also information about a few special items donated to the NWC Library.

Scope and Contents Music was an important part of the history of Northwestern College. Performers represented in this section of the archives included the band, orchestra (early years), male choir, traveling choir, individual students, and visiting musicians. Much of the archives consist of programs for concerts and recitals given by these musicians. However, there are also tour advertisements and correspondence, and newspaper clippings. The music archives are divided into (a) visiting artist and (b) NWC...

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This series consists of newspaper clippings on a variety of issues. One file contatins newsclippings from the 50th anniversary of Northwestern College. One contains articles on fellowship, scouting and World War II, among other subjects. One contains articles on the Lutheran World Federation and the Missouri Synod’s growing friendliness with liberal Lutheranism.

Scope and Contents Drama at Northwestern College fell primarily within the student organization known as the Forum. Performances included musicals, one-act plays, choral reading performances, Christmas hymn festivals, major spring plays, performance by outside drama companies, and some forensics. The majority of the archives are programs, but there are also minutes of the Forum Society, posters, scripts, a couple of short histories of drama at NWC, and various files on matters such as staging and finances. ...

Scope and Contents This series contains files related to Athletics at Northwestern College and Northwestern University. A relatively comprehensive History of Athletics at Northwestern College, written by David Schleusener ca. 1990, is included among the other articles and notes about its overall history. Many of the sports have a listing of their all-time statistics and records. Year-by-year files include homecoming programs, rosters, statistics, newspaper articles, Trojan Sports News and other files. The...

Scope and Contents Major special events on campus were commencement and campus anniversaries. The articles related to commencement include announcements, programs, newspaper articles, speeches, honorary degrees, and diplomas. For each of these subgroups, the articles are arranged chronologically. The articles related to campus anniversaries are arranged chronologically as well. They include correspondence, programs, announcements, and newspaper clippings. The major campus anniversaries occurred in 1915 (50...