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Archives
and Photographic Collection
The
George T. Henry College Archives include a reading
room and a climate- controlled vault located on
the lower level of Stewart Memorial Library.
Archive Hours
Monday
- Friday
9 A.M.- 12:00 P.M
1:00 P.M.-3:30 P.M.
For
extensive research, appointments may be made by
scheduling with the archives assistant (x8787)
or with library's Reference Department (319-399-8017).
Items from the archives may not be used outside
the reading room.
Subject
to donor or copyright restriction, materials are
generally available for copying. The reading room
is equipped with a light box and networked scanning
station to allow for the convenient use of photographic
images.
Named
after George T. Henry, Coe graduate and college
photographer for over fifty years, the archives
contain material useful in interpreting the history
of Coe College. The collection includes administrative
records, back files of college publications, manuscripts,
photographs and artifacts generated by administrative
and academic offices, student groups and alumni
organizations. Student honors theses and publications
authored by Coe faculty and alumni are also housed
here.
The
Henry Archives includes the papers of historian
and journalist William Shirer '25 and selected
papers of the poet and educator Paul Engle '31.
The archives are the repository for the George
T. Henry photographic collection, a comprehensive,
fifty-year documentation of daily life at a small
liberal arts college.
The
George T. Henry Photographic Collection
A
valuable and irreplaceable visual history, the
George T. Henry Photographic collection is an
unparalleled record of the life of a college as
seen through the viewfinder of a single photographer.
Beginning in 1949, and continuing for over half
a century, George Henry served as the college's
primary photographer, creating over 100,000 images
in the process. Working almost exclusively in
black and white, careful in his choice of materials
and meticulous in his processing technique, the
photographer created a legacy that is comprehensive
in content and remains in remarkably good physical
condition.
The
Henry Collection consists of approximately one
hundred thousand negatives, sixty thousand proof
sheet images, nine thousand prints and 900 digital
scans--all of the items relating to Coe College.
As Mr. Henry remains active in his profession,
the transfer of the materials to the library is
not yet completed.
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