Archives Guide

The Eckerd College Archives is a closed-stack library located on the second floor of the Peter H. Armacost Library building. Appointments may be scheduled through our Archives Appointment form.

Student appointments related to a class take precedence. Upon arrival, check in at the Library Circulation desk on the first floor. Visits are limited to two (2) hour windows and cannot be extended. 

Before visiting, view our material handling policy. For questions, reach the Archives team at library_archives@eckerd.edu.

Minette Wiederhold volunteered her services and began the Eckerd College Archives in 1966. Her work is continued through the efforts of Volunteer Archivist and '71 alum, Cathy McCoy, and her volunteer assistant, Arturo Macias. Many collections are digitized: 

Includes the following digital collections

• Historical Eckerd College newspapers from 1960-2009; 2023 to date
• Eckerd College newspaper, The Current, from 2009-2016
• Eckerd College course catalogs from 1959-2008
• Eckerd College yearbooks from 1964-2002
• Eckerd College Literary Magazine Eckerd Review complete from 2005 - present, 1966-2005 partial
• Undergraduate theses via our EC Scholar repository from 1964 to current (not all theses are publicly available)

• Digital Collections - recently digitized campus collections (some ongoing)

See our Finding Aid for additional materials stored within the College Archives