Celebrating 100 Years in Memphis
Ashner Gateway and residence hall about 1925
Ashner Gateway is in the foreground and Residence Hall is in the background of this image taken in 1925, about the time that the College opened in Memphis.
1925
Kennedy Hall as it appeared in 1925
Kennedy Hall was called Science Hall when it first opened in 1925. In 1968, it was remodeled and named for Berthold S. Kennedy, Class of 1912. It is on the National Register of Historic Plces.
Plan of Union, Charter and By-Laws of Southwestern, 1925
This is the amended Plan of Union from 1873 in the Charlter and By-Laws of Southwestern: The College of The Mississippi Valley in 1925.
Planting the trees in Oak Alley in 1925
This is a picture of the ceremony for planting acorns from trees at the Clarksville campus on the new Memphis Campus during the Inaugural Celebration.
1925-11-27
Announcement of Memphis Opening Day September 24, 1925
This announcement appeared in the Memphis Commercial Appeal and the News Scimitar on July 20, 22 and 23, 1925.
1925-07-20
Letterhead used by College in 1922
This is a sheet of stationary from 1922 when plans were being made to move the College to Memphis from Clarksville. The proposed name for the new College in Memphis was Southwestern, the College of the Mississippi Valley. The image at the top of the document shows an artist's conception of the buildings. The lower image is a photograph of the land being cleared for the new campus with the help of donkeys and carts. Some trees have been cut down with the wood stacked in piles. Missouri Railway cars that arrive on campus by way of a railway spur are in the background and are hidden by the piles of cut wood. The railroad cars brought the stone from the College's quarry in Bald Knob, Arkansas.
1922
Enduring Investments
Southwestern, The College of the Mississippi Valley
This publication was used to raise funds for the new Memphis campus and an endowment to sustain it. It contains a block plan, descriptions and costs of the proposed buildings,
1923
Moving a College
Diehl, Charles Edward, 1875-1964
Speech given by President Diehl at a meeting of "The Egyptians" in October of 1956 recounting the early history of Southwestern, with a specific focus on the College's move from Clarksville to Memphis.
1956-10-25
Palmer Hall construction 1924
1924