College Archives

Lafayette-Lehigh program, 1950
Board of Trustees Minute Book, December 27, 1824
1956 Season Baseball Signed By Coach Charlie Gelbert and players
Scholarship Certificate, 1854
Mary Robinson Markle Fan Collection
1915 Track Medal
Lafayette-Lehigh game ball, October, 1897

The College Archives documents the history of Lafayette College from its conception by the citizens of Easton in 1824 to the present day by preserving the administrative records, audio visual materials, photographs, and objects associated with the institution.

Campus Architecture

Arranged alphabetically by name, this inventory lists the location, construction date, architect, and builder of campus facilities past and present. Photographs and a short description of each building’s use are also included in the survey. The architectural history of Pardee Hall, Van Wickle Hall, McKelvy House, Hogg Hall, Colton Chapel, Kirby Hall, and Farinon College Center is also available in an essay by Robert Saltonstall Mattison entitled "Lafayette College Architecture: In Context."

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Coeducation

During the 1970′s single sex colleges and universities throughout the United States were becoming coeducational at an unprecedented rate. In May of 1967, the Lafayette Faculty urged the president to assemble a special committee to consider the possibility of becoming coed. The committee, consisting of faculty and alumni, recommended in March of 1968 that the college admit women.

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Greek Life at Lafayette

Prepared by Professor Emeritus of History and Archivist Emeritus Albert W. Gendebien '34, this online resource details the history of the Greek experience on campus. A directory with images of fraternities and sororities at Lafayette College and the documents governing these organizations are available as appendices to the text.

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College Records

Detailed inventories to each of the following record groups are available. Please contact the repository for additional information.

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Queer Archives Project Digital Humanities Site

Explore Queer History at Lafayette!

The QAP digital humanities project is a timeline-based Scalar site shaped around the dynamic interface among oral history interviews, related archival materials and emergent scholarship and research. Structured through themes generated by the oral histories, the digital humanities project offers an innovative, multi-dimensional platform from which to learn about Queer history, conduct scholarship, and share research. Lafayette students are working side by side with faculty, digital scholarship services specialists and archivists to conceptualize, develop and create the site.

Welcome: Queer Pasts, Queer Futures...