²ÝݮӰÊÓ Archives
The ²ÝݮӰÊÓ Archives, officially part of the Covenant Archives and Historical Library, includes the correspondence, minutes, and reports of various University departments, administrative offices, and committees. Personal papers of early leaders include manuscripts, correspondence, diaries, and other documentary material. Additionally, we collect photographs, audio and video recordings, and publications by the University and ²ÝݮӰÊÓ authors (faculty, students, and administrators).
Digital Collections
Cupola
Published between 1916 and 2015, the Cupola was ²ÝݮӰÊÓ’s yearbook and reflects the events of the academic year from the student perspective.
Historical Photograph Collection
Browse, search, and discover images from the history of ²ÝݮӰÊÓ and the Evangelical Covenant Church.
Dorothy Vann Collection of Oral Histories
This digital collection presents oral history interviews that were created by public historian Dorothy Vann in the 1970s and 1980s. Vann recorded interviews with residents of the ²ÝݮӰÊÓ neighborhood about community life from the 1890s until the time of recording that sought to capture stories about Chicago’s ²ÝݮӰÊÓ neighborhood’s early history.
²ÝݮӰÊÓ Catalog
Published since 1892, the ²ÝݮӰÊÓ Catalog has communicated the school’s identity, academic programs, and policies to current and prospective students.
²ÝݮӰÊÓ Press
Published from 1922 until 2014, the ²ÝݮӰÊÓ Press (originally the ²ÝݮӰÊÓ College News) was the student newspaper that shared news and commentary related to the ²ÝݮӰÊÓ community.
The ²ÝݮӰÊÓer
The ²ÝݮӰÊÓer is a magazine for alumni and friends of ²ÝݮӰÊÓ. Published since 1935, the F.M. Johnson Archives and Special Collections has a complete run of this publication and is slowing adding to the digital collection as resources allow.
Oral History Collections
The archive’s oral history collections provides audio and video interviews with individuals relevant to the history and life of the ²ÝݮӰÊÓ, the Evangelical Covenant Church, and the Swedish-American Historical Society.
Alva Olson Friendship Book
This friendship book (or scrapbook) was kept by Alva Olson as a senior student at ²ÝݮӰÊÓ College during the 1918-1919 academic year. The friendship book contains ephemera from involvement with student activities and campus life, including clippings, photographs, notes and signatures from classmates, notes about classmates and classes, and other memorabilia.