The University Archives documents all facets of campus life, from its founding in 1876 to the present. University Archives contains a wide variety of materials, such as faculty papers, maps and blueprints, correspondence, departmental records, photographs, student publications, audiovisual materials from athletics and student organizations, catalogs, yearbooks, military records, and more.
The following are a selection of materials from University Archives that may be helpful in your research on Central Hall, with links to their finding aids. Remember that Central Hall was also called Old Central, Soldiers' Orphans' Home, or simply Orphans Home, and relevant materials may be labeled as such. There are many more collections within University Archives, which can all be found in ArchivesSpace, our archives collections and finding aid database.
Remember that all of our finding aids are text searchable, so you can use the Library Websites search function on the library homepage, as illustrated below:
Try searching for "central hall" and "orphans' home" plus variations to start your search.
In addition to collections, SC&UA offers information about UNI history, campus buildings, faculty, and more through a number of illustrated historical essays and other web pages. Below are selected examples of such illustrated essays, etc with information about Central Hall:
Some SC&UA holdings and other institutional materials are available online in digitized and born-digital format:
