The winning essays from the 2009 Thomas Jefferson essay competition are now online! This year’s question was “Does commerce contribute to the happiness of mankind?” Follow the link to view current and previous year’s winning essays.
http://www.elon.edu/e-web/library/libraryinfo/carretessays.xhtml
The Archives and Special Collections has completed its first digital project which involved digitizing historical postcards that feature Elon University’s campus during the 19th and 20th centuries. The postcard collection highlights Elon’s campus history with postcards showing the first campus buildings, and the development and progression of Elon College.
Read the feature article about the project on E-Net by following this link: http://www.elon.edu/e-net/Note.aspx?id=938803
Check out the postcard collection online: http://techapp.elon.edu/postcards/
In May 2009, the Archives and Special Collections received seven boxes of materials from Robert L. “Bob” Sigmon relating to service-learning. The Bob Sigmon manuscript collection contains materials pertaining to the National Service for Experiential Education, the North Carolina Internship Office, the Council of Independent Colleges, the Society for Field Experience Education, the Southern Regional Education Board, and many other newsletters, pamphlets, research notes, and unpublished manuscripts about service-learning. (more…)
Do you ever wonder who the O’Kelly monument on Elon’s campus was named after? James O’Kelly was the founder of the Christian Church, and a prominent figure in Elon’s history. We have original record books from the O’Kelly Chapel (located in Chatham County, NC), and now these books have been digitized and are available online. To learn more about James O’Kelly, the O’Kelly monument, and the O’Kelly Chapel–click on the link at the bottom of this page.
If you are researching a particular person or family associated with Elon University or are just interested in learning more about individuals who have passed through Elon’s doors–we might have a manuscript collection that suits your needs. Many of our manuscript collections have finding aids (or guides) to accompany them in order to make your research a bit easier. Now these finding aids are available online!
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Ever wonder what is located behind the door next to the computer lab on the 2nd floor of Belk Library? No, it is not a closet–but a part of the library that holds documents and artifacts relating to the 120 years of Elon’s history!
Students planning to enter the 12th Annual Philip L. Carret “Thomas Jefferson Essay Competition” now have another resource to use when conducting research for their work: past winning essays available on the Belk Library web site.
For the first time since the contest started in 1997, winning essays – along with the second- and third-place entries – have been digitized and posted online. Click on the link below to read past winners and to learn more about the history of the essay contest. (more…)