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History of the University, 1831-2022

Collection Overview

Title: History of the University, 1831-2022

ID: UA/RG-01/H

Extent: 15.0 Boxes

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions: While Denison University may hold the physical rights for this collection, we may not hold the copyright or reproduction rights. If a researcher wishes to use or reproduce any of the material held in this collection, they are required to obtain copyrights, releases, and/or permissions their own. The Denison University Archives & Special Collections is not held liable.

Preferred Citation: RG 01 The University, Series H History, Denison University Archives. Granville, Ohio.


Box and Folder Listing

Box 1: Miscellany, 1831Add to your cart.
Folder 1: History (Miscellany), 1831-1899Add to your cart.
Folder 2: History (Miscellany), 1900-1910Add to your cart.
Folder 3: History (Miscellany), 1911-1970Add to your cart.
Folder 4: History (Miscellany), 1971-Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Profile of Persons Associated with Denison UniversityAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: "A Look Back", 2000Add to your cart.
From the Alumni Directory, 2000
Box 2: Events, 1852-1853, 1943-1983Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Proposed Removal of College from Granville, 1852-1853Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Vietnam War and Denison, 1965-1975Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Alternate College, March 1970Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Notebook with Various Clippings Pasted in Mostly about Denison PresidentAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: Denison Seal, Correspondence and History, 1935, 2020Add to your cart.
Folder 6: World War II: Hidden Government DocumentsAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: Black Students' Demands, 1968-1970Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Black Students' Demands, March 1970Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Black Students' Demands, April 1970-1983Add to your cart.
Folder 10: 1959 Incident, 1959Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Boat Incident, 1961Add to your cart.
Item 1: Capstan Yearbook, September 1943Add to your cart.
A number of Denison alumni apparently pictured inside (list inside book)
Box 2A: Events, 1971-1993Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Entrance Plaque Controversy, 1973Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Blackface Incident, May 1978Add to your cart.
Folder 3: "Dorming" Invasions, 1975-1978Add to your cart.
Folder 4: "Dorming" Incident, September 1981Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Tenure Decisions, 1974-1975, 1977Add to your cart.
Folder 6: "Mary Worth" Denison Episode, 1981, 1988-1989Add to your cart.
Folder 7: "Deep Throat" Controversary, October 1985Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Death on Campus, 1984Add to your cart.
Folder 9: South Africa Divestment, 1985-1987Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Economic Impact Study, 1988Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Iraq War Protests, 1991Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Racism Theatre Department (Alleged), 1992Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Racial Incident, April 1988Add to your cart.
Box 2B: Events, 1994-Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Fraternity Housing, 1994-Add to your cart.
Folder 2: CASE Award National Outstanding Baccalaureate Colleges Professor: Anthony J. Lisska, 1994Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Bullsheet Incident, April 1997 - May 1997Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Racial Harassment Response, January 1997Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Tenure Decisions, 1997Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Matthew HelmAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: September 11, 2001: ResponseAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: September 11: 1st Anniversary Commemoration 2nd etcAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: Iraq War, 2003Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Explosion (Campus Incident), 2002Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Protest: Westboro Baptist Church, 2003Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Political Rallies, 2004-Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Hurricane Katrina, 2005-Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Funding Controversy Denison Campus Governance Association vs Black Student Union, April 2009 - May 2009Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Ohio Historical Marker Certificate, 2010Add to your cart.
Folder 16: Racial Issues; Gender/Sexual Orientation Issues, 2007Add to your cart.
Folder 17: Campus Mass Meetings, 2007Add to your cart.
Folder 18: Student Deaths, 2011-2015Add to your cart.
Folder 19: Campus Mass Meetings, 2007Add to your cart.
Folder 20: Racial Issues; Gender/Sexual Orientation Issues, 2006-Add to your cart.
Folder 21: DCGA Incident, 2019Add to your cart.
Folder 22: Student Voting, 2018-Add to your cart.
Folder 23: Student Deaths; Sean Bonner, November 2018Add to your cart.
Folder 24: Women's March in D.C., January 2017Add to your cart.
Folder 25: Immigrants' Rights March, Chicago, May 1, 2017Add to your cart.
Folder 26: Campus Climate Watch Incidents & Policies, 2014 - April 2017Add to your cart.
Folder 27: Campus Climate Incidents of Bias, Community Responses, April 2017Add to your cart.
Box 3: William S. Denison: Denison FamilyAdd to your cart.
Folder 1: Autograph Album of Anna Evelina DenisonAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: William S. Denison's Home from the 1875 Muskingum County AtlasAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: Bible of Joseph William Denison, Bible of Louis KitchenAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: Letters to Mary Fisher DenisonAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: Letters to William S. DenisonAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: Denison Coat of ArmsAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: The Denison Family (Ancestors of William S. Denison)Add to your cart.
Folder 8: William S. Denison (For whom University is named)Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Fisher Family Letters to and from Granville College Students, 1846Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Denison Family: CorrespondenceAdd to your cart.
Item 1: Descendants of George Denison BookAdd to your cart.
Item 2: Joseph William Denison - Funeral Guest Book, 1947Add to your cart.
Box 4: Denison Family BibleAdd to your cart.
Box 5: BooksAdd to your cart.
Box 6: Heritage and PromiseAdd to your cart.
Box 7: Ohio Liberal Arts CollegesAdd to your cart.
Note: Formerly 1H-12
Box 8: Plaques, 1986, 2001, 2009Add to your cart.
Special Olympics, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, International Journal of Arts & Sciences, Sponsored Educational Group Participant (SEGP)
Arrangement: Previously coded H-61, Object
Box 9: Printing Plates, Miscellaneous ObjectsAdd to your cart.
Arrangement: Previously coded H-61, Object
Box 10: Printing Plates, Miscellaneous ObjectsAdd to your cart.
Arrangement: Previously coded H-61, Object
Box 11: Gavel made from Wood of "The Kicking Tree"Add to your cart.
Arrangement: Previously coded H-61, Object
Box 12: Miscellaneous ArtifactsAdd to your cart.
Arrangement: Previously coded H-61, Object
Item 1: Class Ring and Small Wallet from 1916 Pittsburgh ConventionAdd to your cart.
Item 2: Makeup CompactAdd to your cart.
Item 3: Makeup CompactAdd to your cart.
Item 4: Rock: Blackhand "Buena Vista Trench"Add to your cart.
Item 5: Denison Spoon, 1904Add to your cart.
Item 6: Light Fixture PlatesAdd to your cart.
Item 7: Denison University Press PlaqueAdd to your cart.
Box 13: Computer Vacuum Tube, Core Memory, ChipAdd to your cart.
Arrangement: Previously coded H-61, Object
Box 14: Articles of Incorporation; Consolidation of Denison University and Shepherdson College; AmendmentsAdd to your cart.
Note: Formerly 2C
Folder 1: Consolidation of Denison University and Shepardson CollegeAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: Articles of IncorporationAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: Certificates, Amendments, 1955-1978Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Proposal for Amendments and Related Correspondence, 1930 - 1967Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Charter or Articles of Association, 1867, 1910Add to your cart.
Box 15: Doctoral Academic CapAdd to your cart.
Location: Oversized - UA18, Row 1, Shelf 3
Box 16: Diplomas, Certificates, and Perpetual ScholarshipsAdd to your cart.
Note: Formerly 1H-91 (Diplomas), 1Z-91 (Certificates), and 2E (Perputal Scholarships)
Box 16A: Diplomas, 1850-1921Add to your cart.
Location: Oversized - UA18, Row 1, Shelf 3
Note: Formerly 1H-91
Box 17: Old Miscellaneous RecordsAdd to your cart.
Box 18: Socket and Light Bulb from first Denison Electric SystemAdd to your cart.
Note: Formerly H-61
Box 19: Replacement Clapper for Old CollegeAdd to your cart.
Note: Formerly 1H-61
Box 20: Scrapbook of Newspaper ClippingsAdd to your cart.
Note: Formerly 1H94-94 Box 12
Box 21: Dining Hall DishesAdd to your cart.
Note: Formerly 1H-61
Box 22: Dining Hall China, 1940s - 1950sAdd to your cart.
Note: Formerly 1H-61
Box 23: Objects from Denison Homestead and Pequotesepos Manor, ConnecticutAdd to your cart.
Note: Formerly 1H-61
Box 24: Saddle BagAdd to your cart.
Saddle Bag carried by President Pratt and President Going when collecting funds for the college
Note: Formerly 1H-61
Box 25: Carpet Mail BagAdd to your cart.
Note: Formerly 1H-61
Box 26: PortraitsAdd to your cart.
Note: Two 16' by 20' portraits of individual children. Back of both has "Mrs. Mary Denison" written and notes of what color to make parts of the portraits. Not positive of what the medium is, either watercolor or some sort of pastel or pencil.
Box 27: History: Film - "Her Son", ca. 1957Add to your cart.

Film labelled Russell R. Benson - "Her Son"

Formerly RG 01 Series H-97 Box 1

Digital Asset 1: Solidarity March, 2015Add to your cart.
Location: Preservica, ingested by SG on 2020/04/09
Item 1: Hospice of Central Ohio Award, April 23, 2015Add to your cart.
Glass rectangle on glass base measuring 5" x 8".
Acquisition Information: 1H - 61
Location: UA 10, Bay 1, Shelf 1
Item 2: Professional Grounds Management Society Green Award, October 17, 2019Add to your cart.
Green glass circle, measuring approximately 6.5" diameter.  Awarded to Denison for outstanding sustainable practices.
Acquisition Information: 1H-61
Location: UA 10, Bay 1, Shelf 1
Box 28: Printing PlatesAdd to your cart.
Item 3: Live United Award, 2018Add to your cart.
Award from United Way of Licking County.  Clear blue rectangle measuring 8" x 3.5" on a black base.
Acquisition Information: 1H-61
Location: UA10, Bay 1, Shelf 1
Drawer 2-1: Student Army Training Corps: Induction Ceremony, October, 1918Add to your cart.
1H-90o