Springfield College Archives and Special Collections

Did you hear? Springfield College is getting a women's wrestling team!🥳

Women have been playing sports at SC since the 50s--click through to check out some of the earliest SC women athletes! We can't wait to add our women wrestlers to the gallery!

Celebrating today! From the Springfield College digital collections: A cabinet card photo of William G. Morgan, the inventor of volleyball, and a copy of the original rules of volleyball that were most likely sent to Springfield College by Morgan in 1932. Learn more about William G. Morgan here: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/723

Happy Reunion 2024! Welcome H▽ME, Springfield College alums! We're showing off the fantastic Eliott Baker Class of '74 Memorabilia Collection in the Springfield College Museum this weekend. Be sure to stop by Judd between 11am-1pm on Saturday to experience this hands-on exhibit!

Celebrating the 2023 National YMCA Hall of Fame inductees in the Springfield College Learning Commons! This display includes items from the College Archives and Special Collections. Learn more about the National YMCA Hall of Fame Class of 2023 here: https://youtu.be/pfCUsfdY6Rw?si=96CZv5LcHwycGpGj

Happy Homecoming! The Springfield College community was delighted to welcome Loretta Neumann to present the story of her remarkable late husband, Daniel Smith '60. Loretta is pictured here with College Archivist Jeff Monseau and Professor of Communications Marty Dobrow, along with a display about Dan Smith's life. Check out the display in the Learning Commons if you're on campus this weekend!

It's that time again! As we welcome the incoming Class of 2027 to campus and the students don their new beanies, we're also looking back at some classic beanie memories from the Digital Collections. Browse more photos here: https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15370coll2/search/searchterm/Beanies/field/subjec/mode/exact/conn/and/order/title/ad/asc

SCArchives Collection highlighted! If you haven't taken a look at these wonderful images, take a few moments and enjoy.

Lots of activity in the Archives this week! Library staff members John, Hannah, and Elizabeth pitched in to help College Archivist Jeff Monseau, professor emeritus Kathy Post, and former VP for Academic Affairs Jean Wyld sort through many (many!) boxes of documents, photos, and other items from the Health Sciences Center. As the Springfield College campus prepares for the opening of our brand new Health Sciences building, it's fun to look back at these memories from the "old" building!