Mock Convention Washington and Jefferson College 1932, image Courtesy and Copyright The Learned T. Bulman '48 Historic Archives & Museum, Washington & Jefferson College
An Archive… (With a Capital A!) “is an organization dedicated to preserving the documentary heritage of a particular group: a city, a province or state, a business, a university, or a community.” - The Society of American Archivists definition
For example,
are all responsible for the preservation and management of archives.
special collection
n. “a cohesive collection of noncirculating research materials held together by provenance or by a thematic focus…,
Physical archival Material can be found in two ways in the college library:
Digitized Archive Material can be access online in our Clark Family Library Digital Archives
This includes the Red & Black, Washington & Jefferson College's student-run newspaper. The digitized issues run from 1909 to 2016.