Lincoln Hall - 1934, from Manzanita Lake

The material is this collection was donated by Fred Swink, a student resident of Lincoln Hall. Lincoln Hall is the oldest dormitory on campus; built in 1896. Swink wrote a paper on Lincoln Hall for his English 101 class, titled "The History and Evolution of the Sigma Rho Delta-Lincoln Hall Association." According to Swink, in 1942, when the dorm was taken over by the U.S. Army-Air corps cadets, the Lincoln Hall men reorganized as Sigma Rho Delta. In 1946, the Hall was returned to university residents, but the greek letters were kept through the mid-fifties. In 1991, the Hall again adopted new by-laws, and the dormitory government was renamed the Sigma Rho Delta-Lincoln Hall Association.

Included in the collection are copies from the university yearbook, Artemisia, and various oral histories; letters from previous occupants of Lincoln Hall; "The History of Lincoln Hall" by Elizabeth Bash, a paper for History 217, 1989; and interviews with former residents of the Hall.

1/4 cubic feet

Folder:

1. 1. The History and Evolution of the Sigma Rho Delta-Lincoln Hall Association. Written by Fred E. Swink, English 102. 1991.
2. Outline of proposed paper.
3. Correspondence with previous occupants of Lincoln Hall. 1990.
4. Comments on history.
5. The History of Lincoln Hall. By Elizabeth Bash, Semester Project, History 217, May 1989.
6. Copies of Artemisia entries on Lincoln Hall; other articles; research notes.
7. Copy prints from W. Preston photograph collection, AC 270; 1 photograph of Lincoln Hall, ca. 1990.
8. Two cassettes of interviews Swink made at homecoming (?) with former residents of Lincoln Hall. Very poor; extreme background noise.
   

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