The oldest building on campus is the Old Observatory, nestled between Landrum Bolling Center and Carpenter Hall. While it is in the center of a bustling area on campus today, when it was constructed in 1861, it was far away from the action. The first observatory on a college campus in Indiana, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
After Lindley Hall burned in 1924, the College was in dire need of a replacement building to house administrative offices and classrooms. Lindley Hall's replacement, Carpenter Hall, is still the home to College administration and many classrooms. It's one of the College's most recognizable buildings. Thanks to the College Archives we're able to present this photographic history of Carpenter and learn more about who the building is named after. Click for more images.
Regular exercise was encouraged in the early days of Earlham College, but organized sports were another story. When students formed a baseball club in the 1860s, the board imposed so many restrictions -- like not allowing female spectators -- that it was doomed to fail. Football didn't have it much easier. Click here to see more historic images of football at Earlham. Click "more" below to view other entries in our series.
During the month of July, our Archives staff is busy preparing for the coming year. We'll update our EC in History section in August with another interesting feature about the College's rich history. Until then, click on the image to read an article on the Friends Collection and College Archives that appeared in the Winter 2008 Earlhamite.
At Earlham College, the breaking news in the Summer of 1930 was that the Quaker school was allowing its students to do something they had not been allowed to do before: dance.
May '59For more than a century, Earlham rang in spring with a traditional English-inspired May Day festival that included a May pole dance and the crowning of Robin Hood and the Queen of the May.
April 1959Fifty years ago this month, Earlham hosted a speaker who shortly was to become one of the world's most recognizable leaders. Find out out who it was and what else happened this month in Earlham history.
The oldest building on campus is the Old Observatory, nestled between Landrum Bolling Center and Carpenter Hall. While it is in the center of a bustling area on campus today, when it was constructed in 1861, it was far away from the action. The first observatory on a college campus in Indiana, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
After Lindley Hall burned in 1924, the College was in dire need of a replacement building to house administrative offices and classrooms. Lindley Hall's replacement, Carpenter Hall, is still the home to College administration and many classrooms. It's one of the College's most recognizable buildings. Thanks to the College Archives we're able to present this photographic history of Carpenter and learn more about who the building is named after. 
Regular exercise was encouraged in the early days of Earlham College, but organized sports were another story. When students formed a baseball club in the 1860s, the board imposed so many restrictions -- like not allowing female spectators -- that it was doomed to fail. Football didn't have it much easier. Click 
