| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Baldwin University |
| Title: | History of Baldwin University and German Wallace College Typescript |
| Dates: | 1945 |
| Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) |
| Abstract: | The History of Baldwin University and German Wallace College was written in 1945 by Clyde E. Feuchter, Hilbert T. Ficken, Adam J. Loeppert, Frances F. Mills, Bertha L. Stiefel, and Myron F. Wicke. It chronicles the development of Baldwin-Wallace College, affliated with the United Methodist Church. Baldwin University came into existence in 1855 from a series of preceding institutions that included the Berea Seminary and the Baldwin Institute. All three were created with the aid of John Baldwin. In 1863, German Wallace College was established by Baldwin University trustee James Wallace around a nucleus of the Baldwin University Department of German. The two merged in 1913 to create Baldwin-Wallace College. The collection consists of a typescript of seven chapters covering the years 1790-1913 and including narrative on the early settlement of Berea,Ohio, the establishment of both institutions, and early student life. |
| MS Number | MS 4270 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The History of Baldwin University and German Wallace College was written in 1945 by Clyde E. Feuchter, Hilbert T. Ficken, Adam J. Loeppert, Frances F. Mills, Bertha L. Stiefel, and Myron F. Wicke. Both Berea, Ohio, institutions were responses to the nineteenth century movement for higher education in the Western Reserve. Baldwin University developed in 1855 from a series of preceding institutions including the 1837 Berea Seminary and the Baldwin Institute, a preparatory school founded in 1846. All three institutions were created with the aid of John Baldwin. In 1863, German Wallace College was established by Baldwin University trustee James Wallace around a nucleus of the Baldwin University Department of German. The two schools shared academic studies until 1911 when Baldwin University was declared below standard and German Wallace College ended its association. This prompted a call for union of the two schools by the Methodist Episcopal Conference in 1912 and the two were merged to create Baldwin-Wallace College. In the 1980s, Baldwin-Wallace College was a liberal arts college related to the united Methodist Church. Located between Eastland and Bagley Roads and Front Street in Berea, Ohio, the total plant consisted of forty-one buildings on fifty-six acres of land.
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The History of Baldwin University and German Wallace College is a typescript written in 1945 consisting of seven chapters covering the years 1790-1913 and including narrative on the early settlement of Berea, Ohio, the establishment of both institutions, and early student life.
This collection pertains largely to the early community life in the Berea, Ohio, area, the establishment of the two institutions which became Baldwin-Wallace College, and college life in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Related MaterialThe researcher should also consult Manuscript Vertical File H; MS 2015 John Baldwin Papers; and MS 4271 Herbert L. Heller Collection, Papers Relating to John Baldwin.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4270 History of Baldwin University and German Wallace College Typescript, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
David Palmer, 1972.
Processed by Bari Oyler Stith in 1988.