Collection Note: This Finding Aid is currently in progress and incomplete. 

Please email archives@kenyon.edu with questions.

Collection Overview 

Scope and Content Notes

The Kenyon College Person Files collection is a growing collection containing materials related to faculty, students, staff, and others affiliated with the College. The collection includes photographs, correspondence, transcripts, applications, and more. The collection focuses on the Kenyon careers and connections of the people represented.

Names may be followed by affiliation notes as follows:

AM - Masters degree

ASTP - Army Specialized Training Program

B - Bexley Graduation Year

G - Kenyon Grammar School

H - Honorary Degree Year

HS - Harcourt Seminary

K - Kenyon Graduation Year

KMA - Kenyon Military Academy

M - Matriculation Year

MH - Milnor Hall

P - Parent of graduate

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation: PF[series number].[box number].[file number].[item number], Kenyon College Person Files. Special Collections and Archives, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio.

Acquisition Information: The majority of materials were deposited to the archives directly from the creators or owners (college offices, student groups, alumni, etc.).

Finding Aid Information:

Created by: Abigail Tayse, College Archivist

Date: October 2019

Revision History: January 2024

Restrictions: Some files are restricted to use by family members or persons approved by a person or estate with proper credentials and are identified as: [Restricted].

Arrangement of Collection 

• Series 1: Undated

• Series 2: 1800s

• Series 3: 1900-1909

• Series 4: 1910-1919

• Series 5: 1920-1929

• Series 6: 1930-1939

• Series 7: 1940-1949

• Series 8: 1950-1959

• Series 9: 1960-1969

• Series 10: 1970-1979

• Series 11: 1980-1989

• Series 12: 1990-1999

• Series 13: 2000-2009

• Series 14: 2010-2019

• Series 15: 2020-2029