Lilly Library at Wabash College: Robert T. Ramsay, Jr. Archival Center at Wabash College: Digital Collections

Digital Collections and Resources

The Robert T. Ramsay, Jr. Archival Center at Wabash College has strived over the years to make collection materials available online for faculty teaching, student research, and alumni engagement. The Archives' digital collections—which continue to be added to and updated—provide access to Wabash photos, publications, and historical records and documents as well as manuscript and primary-source materials including rare books, correspondence, diaries, and ephemera. The Archives' digital collections are listed below.

To view descriptions for individual digital collections, hover the cursor over the digital collection title or link.

Popular Collections and Resources

The Bachelor Archives
Malcolm X Institute of Black Studies Collection
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.
Wabash College Institutional Repository

The Bachelor Archives
Black Cultural Sites in Indiana Research Collection
Chapin Family Letters, 1850–1864
Edmund O. Hovey Letters, 1822–1876
Edmund O. Hovey Scrapbook, 1832–1876
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.
Malcolm X Institute of Black Studies Collection
National Horse Thief Detective Association Collection, 1866–1934
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.
Wabash College Academic Bulletins and Catalogues
Wabash College Historical Images
Wabash College Institutional Repository
Wabash College Yearbooks

Digital Collection Guides

Instruction Guides

The following are resource lists of Archives materials pulled for specific Wabash courses. The documents include physical location reference codes, folder titles, and sometimes brief descriptions of folder and item contents relevant to the topic. They are provided here for student and researcher use.

Digital Exhibits

Dear Old Wabash
A blog by Beth Swift (College Archivist, 2003 to 2022) which features a collection of entries from 2008 to 2022 covering campus history, faculty biographies, alumni stories, and hundreds of photos.

What's in the Box?
Blog by College Archivist Nolan Eller documenting his findings as he explores the Wabash College Archives box-by-box