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Pitzer College Archives

Owning Institution: Claremont Colleges Library

About this Collection

The Pitzer College Archives contains materials from the history of Pitzer College. Founded in 1963 by philanthropist orange grower Russell K.Pitzer, Pitzer was the sixth school to join The Claremont Colleges consortium. Pitzer began as a women’s college with a focus on social sciences and community governance. Its first class graduated in 1968, and in 1970 it became coeducational.

The collection includes photographs by Arthur Dubinsky, yearbooks, student handbooks, newsletters, memorandums, course catalogues, and ephemera. Many of the items represented in the Digital Library have appeared in exhibitions in Pitzer’s Skandera Hall. There is an emphasis on the early years of Pitzer College, such as images of buildings under construction, campus life, and John W. Atherton, the school’s first president. View this collection on the contributor's website.

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196 items found in this collection

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Dining room preference card
Dirt of the future Mounds
Faculty meeting
Fountain in the middle of Pellissier Mall
The fourth commencement June 9, 1968 Pitzer College Claremont, California
Front entrance of Mead Hall
Front entrance of Mead Hall
Front entrance of Sanborn Hall
Front row seated graduates with diplomas
Full view of John Atherton
Graduates assemble in Scott Hall Courtyard
Graduates process into Scott Courtyard
Graduating class
Group at construction site
Harriett Crosby and President Atherton at Sanborn and Scott Halls dedication
Harvey Botwin pushes stroller
Hip measuring
Holden Hall and Mead Hall
Holden Hall construction
Holden Hall construction with cement mixer
Holden Hall construction with snow covered mountains
Holden Hall patio
Holden Hall, Scott Hall, and Sanborn Hall
Information for students... year three!
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