Morehouse College Archives Vertical File
Scope and Contents
The Morehouse College Archives (MCA) Vertical File contains printed and published materials documenting Morehouse College activities primarily from the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Materials include printed programs, correspondence, and institutional documentation, such as flyers, announcements, and administrative or campus event records.
Key program runs represented in the collection include:
Commencement Programs, 1890–2025
Baccalaureate Programs, 1920–2025
A Candle in the Dark Programs, 1989–2026
In addition to ceremonial programming, the collection includes student and campus activity records, including materials related to:
Student Government Association, 1997-2009
Glee Club, 1934-2011
Campus flyers and announcements, 2005-2008
Homecoming, 1940-2007
Founders Day, 1936-1990
New Student Orientation, 1957-2009
Religious Emphasis Week,1982-1996
Convocation, 1967-2025
Overall, the files provide broad documentation of Morehouse College’s institutional life, public events, and student organizations through a mix of printed materials, documentary records, and correspondence.
Dates
- Creation: 1879 - 2025
Biographical / Historical
The Morehouse College Archives (MCA) Vertical File contains a wide range of the institution’s public and scholarly activities, documented in printed and published materials. This vertical file includes flyers, programs, and other printed documentation produced by or related to Morehouse College during the twentieth century.
The collection contains a substantial number of Commencement and Baccalaureate programs, which reflect the college’s academic calendar, ceremonial traditions, and notable campus events. Additionally, the collection features materials associated with key institutional and community observances, including Reflection of Excellence, A Gathering of Men, and Founders Day. Together, these items provide insight into the College’s evolving priorities, celebratory programming, and public presence over time, while also supporting historical research into student life, faculty and leadership recognition, and commemorative events at Morehouse College.
Extent
27 Linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This vertical file is arranged alphabetically. Titles that are born digital have links to RADAR (Repository of AUC Digital Collections, Archives and Research, rather than a box number, and are listed as "box unknown". This is a growing collection that will have additions added regularly. Conditions Governing Use All materials in this collection are either protected by copyright and/or the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc., and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. For more information, please contact archives@auctr.edu.
- Title
- Morehouse College Archives Vertical File
- Subtitle
- MCA Vertical File
- Author
- Aletha Moore Carter and Stephen Jones (Student Intern)
- Date
- 3/31/2026
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Morehouse College Archives Repository