History and Haverford College (HC): Histories

Presents brief biographical entries about students who attended Haverford College from its beginning through 1922.

Includes alumni and nationally-known faculty members.

An Alumni Association committee worked for fifteen years to publish this detailed account of the College in the nineteenth century. The book includes sections on the student societies and the library and museum collections. There are also multiple print copies of this work in the Tri-Co.

Isaac Sharpless published this history in 1918; half of the book is a first-hand account of his three decades as College President. His history is also available in print.

Rufus Jones' history of the College, published in 1933. Also available in print.

Greg Kannerstein (HC 1963) edited this most recent history of the College, published in 1983. Includes chapters on the Library (by David Fraser), Women at the College (Abigail Adams), Minorities at the College (Adolphus L. Williams, Jr. and Cynthia Farr Brown), and Intercollegiate Athletics (Robert Alan Katz and Kannerstein). Also available in print.

A student-authored history dating from 1833-34. The editors write anonymously, but are believed to be S. Fisher, I. S. [Isaac] Serrill, and J. Elliott, Jr.. These individuals may have been members of the "Haverford School Historical Society." Also available in print from Haverford Special Collections.