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Buena Vista University

 Organization

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Academic catalogs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BVU-0005
Content Description This collection of catalogs covers nearly every year of Buena Vista College's and later, Buena Vista University's, existence, from 1891 to the present. The catalogs have gone by many names over the years: Bulletin, Catalogue, View, Buena Vista Today, among them. They list classes, curricular requirements and calendars of activities; occasionally they have photos.Until the 1970s, title pages carried dates for the preceding and current academic years, and this is likely to confuse...
Dates: Publication: 1891-

Alumni publications

 Collection
Identifier: BVU-0027
Content Description

The alumni publications were published under many different names and size formats. At least one copy of most issues has been "wrapped" in a piece of white paper. These issues were cut into individual pages for scanning.

Dates: Publication: 1943-

Baccalaureate and Commencement programs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BVU-0003
Content Description

This collection contains baccalaureate and commencement programs from 1898 until the present. There are many gaps: 1891-1897, 1899-1915, 1919-1925, 1946, 1949, 1956, 1958.

Dates: Publication: 1898-

Biographical and Subject (vertical files and clippings) collection

 Collection — Cabinet 7-8
Identifier: BVU-0011
Abstract

This collection is almost exclusively comprised of newspaper clippings about students who attended Buena Vista University, or faculty and staff who work (or worked) here, athletics teams and competitions, buildings and grounds, and all sorts of campus and community events that occurred at BVU.

Dates: 2011-July 2016

Campus Directory collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BVU-0030
Content Description

Campus directories listing administrative staff, faculty, and students.

Dates: 1949-2014

Campus Newsletters and Announcements (Internal Communications) collection

 Collection
Identifier: BVU-0004
Content Description

This collection consists of publications that were used for internal communications before email existed. The Pulse was intended specifically for students. The Vista View and the Vista Vue were published for faculty, staff, and administration.

Dates: Existence: 1988-1996; Existence: Majority of material found in 1995-1996

Campus Newspaper collection

 Collection
Identifier: BVU-0001
Content Description

The Campus Newspapers cover the years 1892-2012 and measure 30 linear feet. Generally, the newspapers capture the interests and activities of Buena Vista students and faculty through the years. The papers also explore topics and issues of the times in which they were published. A special paper edition was published May 27, 2017, commemorating President Fred Moore's years of service.

Dates: Publication: 1892-2012

College and University photographs collection

 Collection — Cabinet 1-6
Identifier: BVU-0013
Content Description

This collection contains photographs depicting the history of Buena Vista College and Buena Vista University through the life of its students and faculty, through campus growth, through events, activities, and student organizations. The majority of photos contain little or no identification, especially where people are concerned. Researchers are encouraged to check the Unidentified files, as well as the Subject files for activities in which a former student may have been involved.

Dates: 1890s-2000

John Madsen framed objects collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0016
Content Description

Two framed objects. One is a mock-up of a front page of The Tack, featuring information about John Madsen and focusing on his career at BV and his impending retirement in 1999. The other framed object is the Trustees' Circle Print by local artist, Dolores Cullen. Numbered prints were given to offices and faculty on campus.

Dates: 1995-1999

September 11 Campus Forum cassette tapes

 Collection
Identifier: SC-0005
Content Description

Two copies of a cassette tape labeled September 11 Campus Forum, October 17, 2001. Tack article from October 26, 2001 included, which talks about the campus forum event.

Dates: October 17, 2001; Event: September 11, 2011

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Buena Vista College -- Students -- Newspapers 1
Buena Vista University -- Students -- Newspapers 1
College publications -- Iowa -- Storm Lake 1
College students -- Iowa -- Storm Lake -- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc) 1
College students -- Iowa -- Storm Lake -- Newspapers 1