William Woods University, Records, 1870s-2000s (SUNP6180) Preliminary Inventory

130 linear feet

RESTRICTED

INTRODUCTION

Academic and administrative records of William Woods University established in 1870 in Camden Point, Missouri, and moved to Fulton, Missouri, in 1890. Includes yearbooks, newspapers, newsletters, catalogs, student scrapbooks and photograph albums, and materials of Olympian Helen Stephens.

RESTRICTIONS

Consult the reference staff about the restriction on this collection.

Box List

Box 1

  • Yearbooks- 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1989

Box 2

  • Yearbooks- 1957, 1962, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1987, 1990-1993

Box 3

  • Yearbooks- 1910, 1915, 1966-1969, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988

Box 4

  • Binders
  • William Woods News Clippings
  • News Release Headlines – Publicity Office, 1978
  • News Release Headlines – Publicity Office, 1976-77
  • News Release Headlines – Publicity Office, 1976

Box 5

  • Yearbooks- 1924, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1939-1941, 1943, 1944

Box 6

  • Yearly reports of Presidents, 1960s-1970s
  • Honor Roll of Donors, 1969-1970, 1986-1987
  • Class/Department brochures
  • St. Louis Globe Democrat Sunday magazine, 1971
  • 50th Anniversary books
  • Picture flipbook, c. 1940s-1950s
  • Poem book by Meinert
  • Receipt/Letterbook, 1890s
  • Letterbook, (3 volumes), 1905-1906

Box 7

  • Helen Stephens memorabilia- jacket, clothes, shoes, trophies, misc.

Box 8

  • Achievement list & Dean’s list
  • News from Williams Woods (press releases), 1976-1977
  • News clippings, 1975-1976, 1978

Box 9

  • Yearbooks- 1946-1949, 1952, 1955, 1959, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1998

Box 10

  • Photographs/contact sheets—campus buildings, students, c. 1940s-1960s, 1980s
  • Echoes publications, 1960s
  • Photo albums (3)—graduation, students, campus, c. 1980s
  • Negatives album—students, ducks, c. 1980s
  • Photo envelope—Stoltz, students, c. 1920s
  • Framed photo—four women, n.d.
  • Negatives—construction of chapel, riding ring, 1968; pool, 1974
  • Negatives with contact sheets—historic and yearbook, c. 1980s

Box 11-12

  • Dr. Jones Letter Books, 1892-1910

Box 13

  • Letters, 1890s-1920s
  • William Woods newspaper clippings, 1960s-1970s
  • Woods cuts

Box 14-16

  • Dr. Jones Letter Books, 1900-1912

Box 17

  • Scrapbook—clippings re. William Woods from Oklahoma newspapers, 1950s
  • Alpha Iota Sorority convention report (Des Moines), 1931
  • Alpha Iota scrapbook, 1930s
  • Orphan School catalogues, 1890s
  • Picture books, 1920s, 1950s
  • Literature texts (inc. Shakespeare), c. 1900
  • Correspondence—Pemberton
  • Plaques/proclamations. c. 1960s, 1970s

Box 18-20

  • Dr. Jones Letter Books, 1890s-1920

Box 21

  • Publications
  • Green Owl newspaper, 1950s-1990s
  • Echoes, 1960s-1990s
  • William Woods Alumni, 1921, 1930, 1990s

Box 22

  • Book of Donations, 1891
  • Accounts Ledger, 1899
  • Student Scrapbooks
  • William Woods Correspondence

Box 23

  • Catalogs, 1950s-1990s
  • William Woods College Record (2 vols.), 1903-1905, 1905-1908
  • Echoes, 1916
  • Misc. publications and clippings, 1910s-1990s

Box 24

  • Academic council, 1981-1990
  • Academic chair/Directors meetings, 1993-1996 (3 folders)
  • Memory/scrapbook—Virginia Altheide, c. 1930
  • Memory/scrapbook—Leila Burks, 1910s
  • Cap & Gown yearbooks, 1908, 1909
  • Picture book (2 vols.), c. 1890s
  • Photographs and negatives, 1960s-1980
  • Misc. clippings and brochures
  • Poem by Clarence Wolfshohl
  • William Woods Book of Views (2 vols.), 1927, 1928

Box 25

  • William Woods Record

Box 26

  • Scrapbooks
  • Linda Hampton Rhodes—new student arrivals, 1960-1961
  • Edwards—dorm life, 1960s
  • Chapel hymnals (2)
  • Pronunciation of 10,000 Proper Names
  • Birthdays & Special Dates—“First Generation Book" (early alumni)
  • Sonnets of Eve by Flora May Johnson Pierce, WWC ’19
  • Monticello: The Biography of a College by Dr. Griffith A. Hamlin, WWC

Box 27

  • Catalogs, 1857-2001

Box 28

  • Catalogs, 1898-1948

Box 29

  • Scrapbooks (3)—c. 1940s, 1950s, c. 1970s

Box 30

  • Articles—Helen Stephens
  • William Woods College Bulletin, 1909-1922
  • Newspaper re. William Woods
  • Correspondence—Johnny Carson
  • Books—Alumnae Weekend
  • Echoes From The Woods
  • Photo albums
  • Scrapbook

Box 31

  • Dr. J.B. Jones Letter Books, 1901-1904, 1907, 1908

Box 32

  • Dr. J.B. Jones Letter Books, 1898-1901, 1908-1910

Box 33

  • Dr. J.B. Jones Letter Books, 1910-1912

Box 34

  • Photographs

Box 35

  • Commencement Programs
  • Student Lists, 1890s-1950s
  • Dr. Jones Letter Book, 1909
  • Alumnae Association Minute Book, 1933-1937

Box 36

  • Westminster College Catalogs

Box 37

  • Alumnae Clubs
  • Felt Pennants
  • Guest Books, 1950s

Box 38

  • Synodical College Reunion
  • Alumni Scrapbook—M. F. Fairchild
  • Binder—News releases, 1978-1979
  • Binder, folders (4)—re. faculty, grants, sabbaticals, educational assessment, council minutes

Box 39

  • Faculty Meeting Minutes, 1980s-1990s
  • Self Study, 1990s
  • Strategic Planning, 1990s
  • Women’s Leadership, 1990s
  • Women’s Study Group, 1990s
  • Master Plan, 1982-1987
  • Curriculum Committee, 1980s-1990s

Box 40

  • Photographs

Box 41

  • Miscellaneous Publications

Box 43-47

  • Publicity and Press Releases, 1975-1985

Box 48

  • Publicity and Press Releases, 1984-1986
  • Photographs

Box 49

  • Missouri Christian College correspondence—M. Fairchild
  • William Woods catalogs, c. 1950s, 1970s
  • Mailing re. new President Barnett
  • Scrapbook—newspaper clippings, 1985-1986

Box 50

  • Syllabi, 1999-2002

Box 51

  • Syllabi, 1998-2000

Box 52-61

  • Contact Sheets, 1966-1987, n.d.

Box 62

  • Green Owl newspapers, 1960s-1980s
  • Echoes From The Woods, 1970s

Box 63

  • Echoes From The Woods, 1960s-1970s
  • Descriptions/labels for exhibit items
  • Clippings, 1950s-1980s
  • Building specifications—M. Fred Bell bungalow
  • Correspondence
  • Picture postcards of WWC, 1900s, 1920s
  • Publications with WWC alumni featured
  • WWC catalog
  • Yearbooks
  • Plattsburg (MO) High School Gleam, 1914
  • Missouri Christian College Gleam, 1904-1905
  • Missouri Christian College catalog, 1909-1910
  • Woodland School class book, 1873-1874
  • Ornaments—William Woods, c. 1990s
  • Student notebook—Amy Shelton
  • Echoes materials—M. Fairchild
  • Photographs of razing of Edwards Hall, 1983

Box 64-69

  • Negatives, 1974-1993

Box 70

  • Negatives
  • Publicity Office, pre-1964
  • Binders (2) with contact sheets, September 1969

Box 71

  • Negatives
  • Binders (4) with contact sheets, September-November 1969
  • Photographs—residence halls, student groups, c. 1970

Box 72

  • Negatives, n.d.

Box 73

  • Binders—upperclasswomen home addresses, 1940-1963
  • WWC Catalogs, 1920s-1950s
  • Presidents’ Annual Reports, 1973-1976, 1979
  • Bulletins, 1909-1910s

Box 74

  • Photographs, 1930s, 1960s-1980s
  • Clippings/notes—Myldred M. Fairchild
  • WWC publications, 1920s-1960s
  • Clippings—WWC fire of 1956, 1980s-1990s
  • Blueprints—Power house, heating system

Box 75

  • Student Scrapbooks
  • Historic Slide Show

Box 76

  • Slides, 1992-1995
  • Photo album, 1916

Box 77

  • Curriculum Committee, 1980s-1990s
  • Council for Adult and Graduate Studies
  • Institutional Report Prepared for National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, Volume I and II, 1986-1987

Box 78-79

  • Echoes materials/student information

Box 80

  • Negatives—loose and in labeled envelopes, n.d.
  • Slides—graduation, students, faculty, 1980s
  • Photo album, c. 1970s

Box 81

  • Echoes materials/student information

Box 82

  • Echoes materials/student information/clippings

Box 83-84

  • Alumnae Weekends and Reunions, 1970s

Box 85

  • Binder—news clippings re. new dorms, 1950s
  • Photographs (framed)—Helen Stephens

Box 86

  • Green Owl, 1970s-1990s
  • Echoes materials, 1960s-1980s
  • WWC misc., 1910s-1920s

Box 87

  • Faculty Handbooks, 1970s-1990s
  • National Alumnae Association Record Book, 1940-1962
  • Executive Council Minutes, 1997
  • Faculty Lists (index cards)

Box 88

  • Executive Council Minutes, 1995-1997

Box 89

  • Callaway Alumnae Antique Sale—notebooks, promotional materials, clippings, 1967-1974

Box 90

  • Faculty Portraits and Alumnae Photographs
  • Student Photographs
  • Flattau Scrapbook, 1917-1921
  • Miscellaneous Photographs

Box 91-92

  • Echoes From the Woods

Box 93

  • Campus-Jones Hall fire, 1956—photographs, clippings, correspondence
  • News clippings, 1920s
  • Alumnae files
  • Bios, 1927-1948
  • Correspondence—Panzy Barger
  • Special canvass, 1974-
  • Sympathy acknowledgements, 1970s
  • Alumnae lists
  • Lawsuit against Westminster re. coeducational change, 1978
  • Lists—student addresses, 1950s-1960s
  • Explanation of Alumnae recognized groups
  • Faculty Development Committee—minutes, notes, travel expenses, 1991-1993
  • Photo album—Amber Cox internship with MO House of Representatives, 1996

Box 94

  • Alumnae programs, brochures, directories, 1960s-1990s
  • Echoes, 1970s-1990s
  • News clippings, notes, misc.—M. Fairchild

Box 95

  • Helen Stephens Photographs

Box 96-97

  • Helen Stephens trophies and shoes

Box 98

  • Miscellaneous Publications
  • Yearbook, 1918
  • Catalogs, 1940-1955

Box 99

  • Green Owl

Box 100

  • Journalism/Yearbook staff—Echoes materials, photographs, 1992

Box 101

  • Green Owl, 1951-1996

Box 102

  • Catalogs
  • Miscellaneous Publications
  • Westminster Yearbook, 1991-1992
  • Mother’s Club Yearbooks

Box 103

  • Correspondence—Mrs. Woods to J.B. Jones, 1910s
  • Alpha Iota Sorority, 1938
  • M. Fairchild—notes, clippings, brochures
  • Student directories, 1970s
  • Historical notes, clippings, photographs (“not used in book")

Box 104-105

  • Slides

Box 106

  • Publicity, 1970-1972
  • Echoes From the Woods

Box 107

  • Publicity- 1920s, 1959-1960, 1962-1965

Box 108

  • Scrapbooks, 1930s
  • Scrapbook for Miss Booth, 1938
  • Scrapbook—Worlds Fair, 1904
  • Ledger books (2)—J.B. Jones Memorial Fund, 1911-1912
  • Guest books (4 vols.), c. 1960s
  • Treasurer’s Book of the Alumnae, 1900s-1910s
  • Financial/bank books (4 vols.)
  • Grade records, 1891
  • Diary, 1908
  • Education class notebook, 1910s
  • Commencement programs, c. 1930s-1940s

Box 109

  • Dad’s Association, 1970s
  • Alpha Iota Sorority

Box 110

  • Miscellaneous Publications
  • Student Directories, 1970s
  • Alumnae Directories, 1987, 1993, 1998
  • William Woods Magazine, 1991-2005
  • Catalogs, 1980-1981, 1986-1987

Box 111

  • Scrapbooks (7 vols.), 1920s-1940s
  • Letter book—W.S. Woods, 1900s

Box 112

  • School/student registers (3 vols.), 1870s-1880s
  • Scrapbooks (2 vols.), 1960s
  • “Changeless Factors in a Changing World" by E.R. Cockrell, 1931
  • Scrapbook—Howard McClure, 1940s
  • Misc. clippings/photographs, 1920s-1960s
  • Clippings—Churchill, 1940s
  • Scrapbook—Jones Hall, 1961-1962
  • Photographs—yearbook, 1973-1974

Box 113

  • Yearbook office files (unfoldered), c. 1992
  • Orphan School Record, 1898
  • Green Owl, 1944, 1997-1998
  • Echoes from the Woods newsletters, 1941, 1944
  • Catalogs, 1925, c. 1940s, c. 1980
  • Faculty Development Committee files, 1989-1991
  • Fulbright scholarship information, 1993-1994
  • Photographs—Mrs. McNutt, J.B. Jones homestead, misc.
  • Slides, c. 1980s
  • Alumnae file update, 1982
  • Misc. Alumnae file—includes Helen Stephens exhibit list, 1992
  • Nancy Thomas Brammall file—photographs, clippings, c. 1940s
  • Faculty Development Committee files—grants
  • William Woods Softball 1993: A Year To Remember
  • Pins—“Be A William Woods Angel"
  • Medallion—William Woods Centennial Fellow

Box 114

  • Phi Beta Sorority
  • Chi Omega Sorority
  • William Woods posters (2)
  • Blueprints- Academic Building, Dormitory Addition, Alumnae House
  • Presidential and Honor Scholars
  • Alumnae Correspondence, 1936
  • William Woods Bulletin

Box 115

  • Academic Council files, 1997-2000
  • Continuing/Graduate Education, 1992-1997

Box 116

  • Faculty Assembly, 1997-1999
  • Strategic Planning, 1990s
  • Program Reviews, 1999
  • Catalog of Assessment Strategies, EDU 590, 1996

Box 117

  • Publicity, 1970s-1990s
  • Callaway County Vertical File
  • Owl Pin
  • Graduation sashes
  • Film Strip and Audio Cassettes (Promotional)
  • Video Cassettes
  • 1998 Graduation
  • The Factory
  • William Woods Dub from King’s Row
  • Promotional (5 cassettes)

Box 118

  • Administration Offices
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Fundraising Efforts

Box 119

  • Budget Reports/Handbooks—Advising, Employee, 1995-1999
  • Self Study Report, 13-16 April 1993

Box 120

  • Continuing/Graduate Education, 1992-1997
  • Syllabi, 2001

Box 121

  • Contact Sheets, Negatives, Photographs

Box 122-123

  • Negatives, Slides, Photographs

Box 124

  • Helen Stephens—medals, plaques, photographs

Box 125

  • Syllabi/class lists, c. 1990s-2000s
  • Accreditation/handbook materials, c. 1993-1994
  • Purchase orders, 1999
  • Faculty travel applications, 1999
  • Misc. publications (multiple copies)

Box 126

  • Grade books, 1890s-1910s

Box 127

  • Catalogs/Yearbooks
  • Programs
  • Echoes
  • Misc. publications

Box 128

  • Course catalogs, 1920s-1980s

Box 129

  • Catalogs, 1897-1920s
  • Scrapbook
  • Yearbooks

Box 130

  • Announcements (4 folders), 1890s-1920s
  • Pi Alpha Gamma, 1920s
  • Grade books
  • Yearbooks

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INDEX TERMS

These index terms are the subjects, people, places, etc. under which this collection is listed in all available indexes at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia. If you are interested in a specific index term, please contact the reference staff.

  • Alpha Iota Sorority
  • College students, Women
  • Green Owl, Fulton, Missouri
  • Jones, J.B.
  • Stephens, Helen Herring (1918-1994)
  • Student life
  • William Woods University, Fulton, Missouri
  • Women--Education
  • Yearbooks