Finding aid for the Baldwin-Wallace College Records
Title:
Baldwin-Wallace College Records
Repository:
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722
http://www.wrhs.org
Creator:
Baldwin-Wallace College
Dates:
1913-1958
Quantity:
1.60 linear feet (4 containers)
Abstract:
 Baldwin Wallace College is a Methodist-affiliated liberal arts college in Berea, Ohio. It was founded in 1837 as the Berea Seminary, a part of the Lyceum Community commune. In 1846 it was chartered as the Baldwin Institute and in 1855 it became Baldwin University. Its German Department (est. 1857) withdrew to form German Wallace College in 1863. In 1913 the two schools merged as Baldwin-Wallace College. The collection consists of a copy of the memorandum of agreement and articles of incorporation uniting Baldwin University and German Wallace College, minutes of the Trustees and the Executive and Investment committees, annual reports of the president, financial statements, budgets, treasurer's reports, departmental reports, correspondence, schedules, lists of donors, by-laws, and two surveys.
Identification:
MS 3604
Location:
closed stacks
Language:
The records are in English

History of Baldwin-Wallace College


click here to view the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry for Baldwin-Wallace College

Scope and Content

The Baldwin-Wallace College Records, 1913-1958, consist of a copy of the memorandum of agreement and articles of incorporation uniting Baldwin University and German Wallace College, minutes of the Trustees and the Executive and Investment committees, annual reports of the president, financial statements, budgets, treasurer's reports, departmental reports, correspondence, schedules, lists of donors, by-laws, and two surveys.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Berea, Ohio, and higher education there in the first half of the twentieth century. Those studying the history of Baldwin Wallace College and university administration will find this collection particularly useful.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged by document type and then chronologically.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Related Material: Related Material

The researcher should also consult MS 2015 John Baldwin Papers; and MS 4270 History of Baldwin University and Wallace College Typescript.


Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Baldwin-Wallace College.
Berea (Ohio) -- History.
Universities and colleges -- Ohio -- Administration.
Universities and colleges -- Ohio -- Finance.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3604 Baldwin-Wallace College Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Detailed Description of The Collection



Baldwin-Wallace College Records, 1913-1958

Box 1 / Folder 1
Union agreement, minutes of meetings, and reports, 1913-1918




Box 1 / Folder 2
Minutes of meetings and reports, 1918-1921




Box 1 / Folder 3
Minutes of meetings, reports, and bylaws, 1921-1923




Box 1 / Folder 4
Minutes of meetings and reports, 1924-1925




Box 2 / Folder 1
Minutes of meetings and reports, 1925-1927




Box 2 / Folder 2-4
Minutes of meetings and reports, 1930-1933




Box 3 / Folder 1-5
Minutes of meetings and reports, 1933-1940




Box 3 / Folder 6
Minutes of meetings and reports, 1949-1952




Box 4 / Folder 1-3
Minutes of meetings and reports, 1953-1958




Box 4 / Folder 4-5
Survey of the college, 1931




Box 4 / Folder 6
Survey of the college, 1957