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Contact

For reference questions, inquiries about department holdings, or scheduling a research visit, please email:

Hours & Services

Hours are 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday thru Friday during the academic year.

Appointments are preferred as staff can prepare materials prior to a patron's research visit.

Hours may differ depending on limited staffing and in-person and virtual meetings.

Services & Staff

Researchers are welcome to use the Ramsay Archival Center in person or may request information via email or phone. Because of limited staffing, we do not conduct extensive research for users but do assist researchers to identify and access appropriate sources.

Department holdings do not circulate. A photocopier is available for public use in the Reading Room with minimal charges, and scans may be requested by patrons.

“There is…a poetic quality about such a college. Its poetry is in its past.”

-President Byron Trippet in his inaugural address of October 13, 1956

The Robert T. Ramsay, Jr. Archival Center provides resources for the preservation of and access to Wabash College records in addition to related materials that document Wabash's history and special collections. The primary purpose of the Ramsay Archival Center is to serve the archival needs of Wabash College and support faculty and student research and instruction.

1876 Wabash College Baccalaureate Pamphlet

1920s Wabash College Commencement Photograph in front of South Hall (demolished)

Circa 1969 Photograph of the Wabash College Sign (Corner of Wabash and Grant Avenues) after a Campus Strike of the Vietnam War

Wabash College Students During Chapel Sing, Unknown Date

1932 Wabash College Centennial Program Pamphlet

Mass of Wabash College Students on the Steps of Pioneer Chapel During Chapel Sing, Unknown Date

Popular Collections and Resources

The Bachelor
Wabash College Black Oral History Project Collection, 1982–1987
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The digital collection includes select items from the Wabash College Black Oral History Project Collection held by the Wabash College Robert T. Ramsay, Jr. Archival Center. The oral histories are divided into two series in the physical collection: Wabash and the Black Experience and Crawfordsville and the Black Experience. Audio recordings and transcripts of interviews from both series are included in this digital collection along with correspondence and documents detailing the planning and organization of the project over its five-year period.
Henry Campbell Civil War Diary ["Three Years in the Saddle"], 1861–1865
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This diary came to Wabash following Campbell’s death in 1915. Lilly’s artillery was under the command of Colonel John T. Wilder, an innovative thinker who mounted his infantry and equipped his men with the Spencer Repeating Rifle. This brigade came to be known as “Wilder’s Lightning Brigade” and was highly effective in combat.

Robert T. Ramsay, Jr. Archival Center at Wabash College