The primary purpose of the Carleton College Archives is to gather, preserve, and make available for institutional reference and public research use documentation and information pertaining to the work, history, and development of Carleton College, or about programs, policies, activities, events, persons, or groups associated with the College.
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Carleton tennis player Tom James ’89 returns the ball at a game during during 1987-1988. -
Two students work with plants for a botany lab in 1951. -
A student receives bass lessons from instructor Kenneth Davenport at the music hall in 1964. -
Buddha snow sculpture, 1983. -
Knight and dragon snow sculpture, 1960. Student is Carole Pushing ’61. -
First (and only) metric football game.
OSCAR (Online Search of Carleton’s Archival Records) is the College Archives’ searchable online database. It contains information about the hundreds of archival collections managed by the College Archives, as well as digitized copies of many individual items within those collections. For more information about OSCAR, see our user guide.
Location: Laurence McKinley Gould Library, Room 164
Hours: Visits to the College Archives are by appointment only. Appointments can be scheduled for Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Contact: archives@carleton.edu or 507-222-4270
Researchers: Please make an appointment in advance.