The
Edinboro Digital Initiative, A Cooperative Catalogue is a combined catalog of materials at the Edinboro Area Historical Society, the Goodell Gardens and Homestead and the Edinboro University Archive. While this is not a complete catalog it does offer access to unique materials outside the Baron-Forness Library.
In the
Edinboro Online Archival Exhibit you will see photographs from the collections of the EAHS, Goodell Gardens and the EUP Archive.
Minutes of the Council of Trustees
This is the longest continuous running collection in the EUP Archive. The minutes date back to 1860. the early years are hand written in legal sized binders and have posed a problem for scanning. The full text of minutes dating back to 1968 are found here. Researchers should note that the minutes do not represent all the reports presented at the meetings and additional documentation may be available by examining the collection. They are part of the Council of Trustee's Record Group in the EUP Archive.
Annual Reports of the President
Mr. Foster Diebold was president or Edinboro from 1979-1995. He was president when Edinboro changed status from a State College to a University. The stages of the school's development can be traced in the
Full text of Annual Reports. This collection contains 27 annual reports dating back into the 1950's and a typed version of the 1861 report. Except for the 1861 report, which is found in the Vance Collection, the reports are part of the President's Office Record Group. For a full listing of items in this collection, click here.
1912 Birch Rod Documents President Taft Speaking to Edinboro Students
The Birch Rod was an early student newspaper. There are only a few issues in existance. This 1912 issue announces
President Taft at Edinboro. Taft was in Cambridge for the opening of Polish Alliance College. He was persuaded to come to Edinboro to speak to the students. His speech to the students can be read here. The photograph shows a trolley like the one he rode from Cambridge to Edinboro. The trolley conductor was Ned Goodell. The Birch Rod is located in the Student Newspaper Record Group in the EUP Archive.
The Earliest Catalog
This is a digital copy of the earliest known Catalog. The 1861-62 Catalog contains a list of facutly, a sketch of the campus, a description of the new "normal" curriculum and more. It is searchable if you click on "Open Full Reader Search" under the "Find" tab. It is part of the EUP Archive Registrar's Record Group.
Student Handbooks provide a snapshot of life as a student at Edinboro. They include rules, activities, class schedules, fraternities and other organization and more. The handbooks are a series in the Student Affairs record group.
Early Transportation
The Edinboro Route, 1903 shows the intercity trolly lines between Erie and Edinboro and between Edinboro and Cambridge Springs. It gives maps, times, costs and advertisements of local businesses. This is part of the Hopkins Collection in the EUP Archive.
Murals in Normal Hall
The Murals of Edinboro, 1939 was first printed in 1939 When Edinboro was a State Teachers College. The murals were painted in Normal Hall (which burned in 1969) by student artists. The murals covered nearly 3,000 square feet of surface. This digital image here is in black and white, as is the book. This item can be found in the Small Collections Record Group in the EUP Archive.
Songs of Edinboro
Songs of Edinboro, ca. 1913was printed around 1915. There are two editions of this booklet. In what appears to be the original, the songs were arranged and edited by former Edinboro Normal School student Morgan Barnes. Some of the songs are directly related to Edinboro while other are just songs of the time. These booklets can be found in the Hopkins Collection in the EUP Archive.
Mr. Foster Diebold was president or Edinboro from 1979-1995. He was president when Edinboro changed status from a State College to a University. The stages of the school's development can be traced in the
Full text of Annual Reports. This collection contains 27 annual reports dating back into the 1950's and a typed version of the 1861 report. Except for the 1861 report, which is found in the Vance Collection, the reports are part of the President's Office Record Group. For a full listing of items in this collection, click here.
The Birch Rod was an early student newspaper. There are only a few issues in existance. This 1912 issue announces
President Taft at Edinboro. Taft was in Cambridge for the opening of Polish Alliance College. He was persuaded to come to Edinboro to speak to the students. His speech to the students can be read here. The photograph shows a trolley like the one he rode from Cambridge to Edinboro. The trolley conductor was Ned Goodell. The Birch Rod is located in the Student Newspaper Record Group in the EUP Archive.
