The Heritage Book collection is a special collection of pamplets, manuscripts, books, and other documents relating to noteworthy events and accounts of Taylor's history.
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A Brief History of Taylor University
William C. Ringenberg
A paper written by Dr. William C. Ringenberg on the history of Taylor University
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A Century of Faith and Victory (Later Transcript)
Enoch A. Bunner
A history of Taylor University written by the Rev. Enoch A Bunner from the class of 1898 and presented in 1946 during the centennial celebration of Taylor University. This is a later transcript of the original transcript. Blank spaces correspond with typoes and unintelligible corrections in the original transcript.
The original transcript was from 1946 but this copy appears to be from the 1990s, though there are no dates on this document. It may have been retyped on the occasion of Enoch's death in 1992.
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A Century of Faith and Victory (Original Transcript)
Enoch A. Bunner
A history of Taylor University written by the Rev. Enoch A Bunner from the class of 1898 and presented in 1946 during the centennial celebration of Taylor University. This is the original typed transcript.
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A Short History of the Development of the Campus of Taylor University Upland, Indiana
William C. Ringenberg
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Highlights of Taylor Etiquette
Taylor University
A booklet produced circa 1930 detailing the expectations of Taylor University students. Sections in the booklet include:
- As Regarding the Dining Hall
- As Regarding the Campus
- As Regarding Chapel
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Highlights of Taylor Etiquette: 2022 Edition
Taylor University
Students in Dr. Aaron Housholder's ENG110 class collaborated with Special Collections & University Archives to produce an updated etiquette guide. The original etiquette guide was booklet produced circa 1930 detailing the expectations of Taylor University students. Sections in the booklet included:
- As Regarding the Dining Hall
- As Regarding the Campus
- As Regarding Chapel
Students in the ENG110 (College Composition) course spent time reviewing the original etiquette booklet, identified guidelines that should be carried forward into 2022, and then worked together to generate several new "guidelines" they felt were relevant to today's Taylor culture.
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History of Taylor University
Taylor University
A written history of Taylor University by the 1927-1928 Journalism class.
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Inaugural Address of President Jay L. Kesler
Jay Kesler
"Five Smooth Stones"
Delivered October 24, 1986
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My Life Story
Kittie Smith
The autobiography of Kittie Smith, the Taylor student who was born without arms. The booklet features several photographs and images of her art and handiwork.
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Operation Emergency . . . at Taylor University, Upland, Indiana (1960)
Taylor University
A booklet produced to inspire giving to Taylor University due to the 1960 fire of H. Maria Wright Hall.
"The Taylor University Board of Trustees, in session just six days after the fire, authorized "Operation Emergency" to raise $1,011,275 for the construction of both a new science building and an administration-classroom building."
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Snap Shots: Upland, Indiana And Vacinity
Yeater Publishing Company
A booklet of photographs of Upland, Indiana, and the surrounding area.
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Taylor University and How it Helped Make America (1930)
Taylor University
A promotional booklet featuring photos of campus and information about the University.
"Taylor University is successful in presenting a type of Christian culture that results in hard working, loyal, patriotic, world citizens. Sun crowned boys and girls who go forth to build up and not tear down, who disseminate wholesome joy."
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Taylor University: The First 150 Years
William C. Ringenberg
"It is difficult to see any need for Taylor during its first years," the author contends. The sparsely populated state of Indiana in 1846 already had several Protestant colleges and a state university, and each of these institutions professed a Christian philosophical orientation. But the need for the school "up beyond the village border" soon became clear.
The intellectual revolution at the turn-of-the-century cracked the spiritual foundations of major universities and even many church-related colleges, and it caused the Christian world view to lose its place of dominance.
The subsequent de-humanizing of education and the inability of secular higher education to guide students in their quest for meaning contrasted sharply with the spirit and campus life of Taylor with its emphasis upon "whole person" education.
Though Taylor has always been faithful to its Christian mission, nevertheless it has been operated by mortals whose deeds--sometimes very admirable, sometimes otherwise--are chronicled with responsible candor. Since those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it, Dr. Ringenberg's honest assessment of the past gives credence to the steadfast conviction that for Taylor, "the best is yet to be."
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The Taylor Tradition Book (1927)
Taylor University
Preface
It has long been the thought of many students of Taylor that a Tradition Book, dealing with the history of our school, with its early struggles, with the lives of its founders, with its various organizations, both religious and social, with its debating record, with its class traditions and with its athletic records, would be of deep interest and untold value. -The Echo Staff -
T.U. Cook Book: Carefully Tested and Selected Recipes (1914)
Taylor University
A cookbook published in 1914 featuring recipes from within the Taylor University community.
Foreword
This book has not been gotten up as an advertising scheme nor as a moneymaking project for any charitable purpose. It's main object is to make the many good cooks of Taylor University and vicinity acquainted with each other's best "specialties", the recipes for which are either original or so rare as to be found in very few cook books.Every recipe has been thoroughly tested and tried, and we venture to say that you will find some of them alone worth the price of the book as an addition to your daily or weekly bill of fare.
