Digital Collections

Archives

To make researching easier, some of the archives’ holdings have been scanned and are available online.

 

A historic Piper football game from the Hamline archives

Hamline University Library and Archives

Step back in time with digitized films and videos from the Hamline University Archives. Focusing heavily on our athletic heritage, we showcase digitized reels of historic Piper sports.

Hamline Archives YouTube Channel

 

A scan of old book pages with advertisements for a tractor, a jewelry store, and a grocery store

Hamline University Catalogues and Yearbooks

The 1880 to 1950 catalogues and all volumes of the yearbook, The Liner, are searchable together. The catalogues for those years are especially rich sources since they list the names and hometowns of students, including those attending the preparatory school Hamline ran until 1914.

Catalogues and yearbooks

 

The cover of the Hamline yearbook from 1976. It features the silhouette of Old Main and says "76 Liner"

The Liner: Hamline Yearbooks

Hamline’s yearbook, The Liner, is available here from 1892-2008.
 

The Liner

 

A close-up of an old Hamline newspaper. It says "ORACLE MINN., MARCH, 1897"

The Oracle: Hamline student newspaper

Many issues of Hamline’s student newspaper, The Oracle, are available. Currently, the 1888-early 1930s and 1960s-2015 issues have been digitized.

The Oracle

 

one of the brass rubbings from Hamline's collection, depicting a person wearing a helmet

Brass Rubbings Collection

Information about Hamline’s large collection of memorials bearing witness to the deceased (ca. 14th-early 20th century in England) and monumental brasses in general.

Brass Rubbings

 

An illustration of Old Main from 1880, labeled "HAMLINE UNIVERSITY" underneath

Hamline Architecture Collection

Historic images and photographs of Hamline University buildings and environs – ca. 1880-2000.

Hamline Architecture

 

the 1913 champion Hamline women's basketball team, posing around a basketball

Hamline Athletics History

A selection of images that highlight the history of Hamline University athletics (ca. 1888-2001).
 

Athletics history

 

the 1916 state champion Hamline baseball team in their uniforms, with their signatures

Hamline Historic Photographs and Correspondence - Letters

A number of images from Hamline’s early days are available through Minnesota Reflections, part of the Minnesota Digital Library in coordination with the University of Minnesota. Also, searchable within Minnesota Reflections are the letters that Effie Loag Osborn, wife of Henry L. Osborn (Hamline professor and twice acting president), wrote to her mother Emily Taylor Loag, during her first year in Minnesota (1888-1889). Letters that Effie and Henry wrote each other during their engagement (prior to their arrival at Hamline) are available through the Hamline University Archives’ Blog.

Letters and photos

 

The front entrance of the Law & Graduate Schools building at Hamline University

Hamline School of Law Pictorial Collection

Photos from Hamline University's former law school (1972-2015), now the Mitchell Hamline School of Law.

School of Law

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