Class of 1888 records
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a photograph album from the Haverford College Class of 1888 and an invitation to the cremation ceremony they held at the end of their sophomore year in 1886.
Dates
- Creation: 1886-1888
Creator
- Haverford College. Class of 1888 (Organization)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Historical Note
17 people graduated with the Haverford College Class of 1888, and 16 additional people were a part of the class at one point but did not graduate with them. The cremation ceremony took place at Haverford throughout the late nineteenth-century when the sophomore class burned the most hated textbook in a ritualistic ceremony.
Extent
.23 Linear Feet (1 volume, 1 folder)
Language
English
Overview
This collection contains a photograph album from the Haverford College Class of 1888 and an invitation to the cremation ceremony they held at the end of their sophomore year in 1886.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in one volume and one folder.
Processing Information
Processed by Madison Arnold-Scerbo; completed June, 2018.
Subject
- Haverford College -- Students (Organization)
- Haverford College -- History -- 19th century (Organization)
- Title
- Class of 1888 records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Madison Arnold-Scerbo
- Date
- June, 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2022-04-11: Revised by Elizabeth Jones-Minsinger to include the invitation to the cremation ceremony held by the Class of 1888.
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