Academic Catalogues 1860-61 1861-62 1865-66
IWC Newsom Archives Raymond J. Chadwick Library Iowa Wesleyan College Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Facts • Each catalogue was published the year after the actual academic year.
• Edwards & Snyder, Printers and Book Binders in Mount Pleasant, Iowa
published the catalogues from 1860 to 1865. In 1866, White & Marsh, Publishers of “The Free Press” located in Mount Pleasant published the catalogue The Publisher then changed again in 1967-68 to Mount Pleasant Journal Print, Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
• There is no catalogue for 1866-67 academic year.
• In all three catalogues there were seven departments at Iowa Wesleyan:
Collegiate, Biblical and Theological, Law, Preparatory, Scientific, Modern Languages, and Music.
Facts •Students and their primary residence are listed under their department or class. •The calendar for the current academic year is printed in the previous years’ catalogue (i.e.
1860-61 catalogue has the calendar for the 1861-62).
•The calendar for the current academic year is printed in the previous years’ catalogue (i.e.
1860-61 catalogue has the calendar for the 1861-62).
•Each catalogue lists the Board of Trustees, Visitors, Officers, Executive Committee,
Faculty, and Agents. The 1860-61 and 1861-62 catalogues also included the janitor and previous presidents, faculty, teachers, honorary degrees, and previous graduates.
•The 1860-61 catalogue there are notes of who joined the military, the deceased, and two
remarks about actions of the war.
Facts •The end of the Seventh Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the Iowa Wesleyan
University for the Academical[sic] Year 1861-2 states: –“In
common with ather [sic] Institutions we have felt the depressing effects of the Rebellion. Being so near the Border, many of our students responded to the first call of the Government for volunteers; and there have been few if any battles fought east or west or south, in which some of the students of the present or former years have not participated. Some have fallen, many have been wounded; not one, to our knowledge, has acted ignobly. All honor to the gallant living; all honor to the memory of the brave and noble dead!
–Our
Catalogue does not, however, show as great a decrease in the number of students as we had anticipated. Our prospects for the coming year are good. Let all our friends aid us by every means in their power.”
Academic Catalogues • Title: • Sixth Annual Catalogue of Officers and Students of Iowa Wesleyan University
• Date: • 1860-61
• Description: • 8.25” x 5.1”; bound volume •
Academic Catalogues • Title: • Seventh Annual Catalogue of Officers and Students of Iowa Wesleyan University
• Date: • 1861-62
• Description: • 8.25” x 5.1”; loose copy
Academic Catalogues • Title: • Eleventh Annual Catalogue of Officers and Students of Iowa Wesleyan University
• Date: • 1865-66
• Description: • 8.25” x 5.1”; loose copy