Archives and Special Collections
Publications
Facts and Figures, etc.
Annual fall compilations of basic information about the College, title varies (At a Glance, Facts, Some Facts, Facts about, etc.) as do data elements provided, but including: enrollment, faculty (number, 5 Ph.D., student/faculty ratio, av. class size, etc.), majors and programs, calendar, off-campus study options, etc.
Historical Works
30 Miles North: A History of Lake Forest College, Its Town and Its City of Chicago by Franz Schulze, Rosemary Cowler, and Arthur H. Miller (2000), in print through the campus bookstore, $35.00.
Lake Forest College: A Guide to the Campus, ed. Christopher Reed and Arthur H. Miller (2007), in print through the campus bookstore, $18.00.
“North Shore Town and Gown : a Complex Legacy Connects the College and Community of Lake Forest” by Michael H. Ebner, Chicago History v. 35, nos. 1-2 (Summer 2007), 4-29. See also Professor Ebner’s 1988 book, Creating Chicago’s North Shore: A Suburban History (U. Chicago Press), 343 pp..
Historic Preservation Master Plan 2008
“Warren Manning’s Picturesque Vision for Lake Forest College,” by Arthur H. Miller, View (Summer 2011; no. 11), 27-31. Published by the Library of American Landscape History, Amherst, MA.
Bulletins, Catalogs: official listings of faculty, courses, students and graduates (early years), etc., 1861 (Lind University) through 2007
Hardcopy in Archives; digitized: 1898-99 (LF University programs in Lake Forest); 1903-04 (Lake Forest College, with LF Acad. and Ferry Hall). 1904-05.
Updates after 2007 on the College Website
Commencement Programs: with lists of graduates, etc.
Alumni and Public Relations Periodicals, since 1919
Since 1919 under various titles, including Alumni Bulletin, News from Lake Forest College and Spectrum; frequency varies.
— An index to hardcopy files (mostly unbound) in the Archives, created by student assistants in Special Collections, with coverage through ca. 1921 through ca. 1995. Best for proper names of alumni, faculty, trustees, speakers, etc.; with some major topics (Commencement, for example).
— An index to hardcopy Spectrum files (bound) in the Archives, created in the Spectrum office, ca. 1994-2000.
Directories
Alumni (see catalog for hardcopy various years)
General Register of Lake Forest College, 1857-1914 online; hardcopy
General Register of Lake Forest College, 1857-1931 online; hardcopy
Campus, annually 1944 to 2008
Handbooks, By-Laws, Regulations
Trustee
Faculty
Administrative Staff
Student, etc. Periodicals
Lake Forest University Review, v. 1-4, 1880-83, monthly and irregular (catalog for online version, by volume); see 30 Miles North for description.
Stentor, 1887-83 (monthly), since 1893 weekly, more recent years variable, (catalog for online version by volume);
digital:
v. 1-2, 1887-88 (Google Books, Harvard copy)
vols. 1-9 (1887-1895), vols. 11-15 (1897-1900), vols. 17-35 (1902 - 1920)
Index to vols. 1-34 (1887-1920)
CD-ROM, 2003 - 2006, 2008
microfilm, 1887-1992, in reference (also in Special Collections, under Stentor)
Daily Commencement Bulletin, during Commencement week in June, 1890s-1900s (catalog for hardcopy only)
Tusitala, since 1935 per semester and since 1950s annually; campus literary magazine (catalog for hardcopy only)
Black Rap, mostly 1960s-early 1970s, with some 1980s— irregular, partial holdings; see catalog for hardcopy only and Worldcat. Digitized issues (in progress).
Collage, since 1970 annually; foreign language literary magazine
Other
Student Yearbooks:
The Forester, 1892-2002, irregular annual
Links to digitized versions are available in the library catalog.
