The American Antiquarian Society holds a significant collection of approximately 10,000 pre-twentieth century U.S. school and college catalogs. The collection covers a broad spectrum of educational institutions, including colleges and universities, seminaries and theological institutes, normal schools, medical schools, academies, and military schools. Additional related materials include obituary records, fraternities, class histories, speeches, commencement exercises, class reports, registers, prospectuses, circulars, proceedings, annual reports, magazines, photograph albums, and other materials related to U.S. educational institutions and associations.
See Finding Materials for Childhood and Youth Studies for information about related collections.
Access
All educational institution related materials are cataloged in the General Catalog. Relevant genre/form terms used include:
Most of AAS's school and college catalogs have been digitized and can be searched for individual names through the Ancestry subscription database: U.S., School Catalogs, 1765-1935.
AAS is in the process of making these scans freely available in Digital Commonwealth.