Branch Rickey Collection

Photos, articles, and ephemera from the OWU Historical Collection related to Rickey's time as a student, athlete, coach, athletic director, and trustee.

The Letters of Marshall Clason

Digitized letters of Marshall Blair Clason (OWU 1858), written to his family during his time as a Union soldier in the Civil War.

Our Shared History: Delaware, Methodism, and Ohio Wesleyan University

The interrelated history of the city, the Church, and the college as told through materials from the Archives of Ohio United Methodism, the Delaware County Historical Society, and the OWU Historical Collection.

OWU Libraries Newsletters

Library newsletters published by the Friends of the OWU Libraries from 1988-2008.

OWU Magazine

Digital versions of the OWU Magazine and precedent publications of the OWU Alumni Office. (Currently a work in progress, and not complete. Issues from 2006 and forward are available online.)

OWU Student Newspapers - Part 1 (1867-2006)

Full-text access to issues of OWU's print student newspapers: Western Collegian, Practical Student, Ohio Wesleyan Transcript, and The Transcript.

• Guide to searching the collection
• 90-second tutorial on finding specific articles and capturing them (YouTube)

OWU Student Newspapers - Part 2 (2006 - present)

Full-text access focused on modern issues of the Ohio Wesleyan Transcript as well as the 1974 Review-Journal. Additional print newspaper volumes and online stories will be added in the future to create a complete run of OWU student newspapers.

OWU Yearbooks

Digitized copies of Le Bijou from 1960-1979. The OWU Historical Collection holds print copies of all the yearbooks.

The Paula B. and Thomas W. Harvey Collection of Civil War Letters 

Letters, diaries, and newspaper clippings from the OWU Historical Collection concerning the experiences of Union soldiers from Muskingum County, Ohio in the Civil War.

Collection transferring platforms to https://cdm15963.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/Harvey/search.

OWU Historical Collection Photographs & Documents

Small collection of historical images and documents. More are available in the holdings of the OWU Historical Collection.

OWU Science Historical Collection

Historical materials for the OWU Geology and Geography programs. This digital collection currently includes early field notes (from the Westgate era) as well as later departmental newsletters (1960s-1980s).

Wilson's American Ornithology

Digital access to the OWU Libraries' copy of Andrew Wilson's American Ornithology.

Zumari: A Journal of Black World Studies

Ohio Wesleyan University's Black World Studies newsletter and journal, Zumari, published 1991-1995 and 2002.