Archives & Special Collections

Archives

The records in the University Archives, dating from the founding of the College in 1840, document the history of Bridgewater State University from its beginning as the State Normal School at Bridgewater, dedicated to the training of teachers, to the present day university with numerous undergraduate and graduate programs.

Collections include:

• Administrative Records
• Alumni listings from 1840-present
• Alumni Records
• Commencement Programs
• Course Catalogs, 1840-present
• Ephemera on past events and guest speakers
• Facility Records
• Faculty Papers
  • Annabelle Melville Collection
  • Mary Jo Moriarty Collection
• Faculty Publications
• Honors Theses, 1973-present
• Master’s Theses, 1938-present
• Newspapers
  • Campus Comment, 1928-present
  • Hard Times, 1970-1976
• Photographs
  • Early campus life to the present
  • Early buildings on campus
• Presidential Collections
  • Nicholas Tillinghast Collection
• Published histories of the University dating back to the 1800s
• Student Records
• Student Scrapbooks and Diaries
• University Sports Collections
• Yearbooks, 1899-present

Explore related collections in Virtual Commons:

• Special Collections & Archives digitized collections
• Campus Comment
• Faculty Publications
• Honors Theses
• Master's Theses
• Yearbooks
• Catalogs