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Preserving the history and legacy of @RollinsCollege, Winter Park, and the Central Florida community. #RollinsHistory

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As of this week, #RollinsArchives is open Monday - Thursday, 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m and Friday by appointment only. Please contact us at [email protected] or 407-646-2421 with any questions.
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In honor of #America250, we share Prof. Wenxian Zhang's "Celebrating America 250: Notable Americana Collections in the Rollins College Archives." https://t.co/BVBVrAlYng
Image: engraving with signature of George Washington, Hamilton Holt’s Presidential Portrait Collection

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#OTD 1918, The Sandspur announced that the Class of '18 "was the largest number of candidates that has ever assembled to receive the Blue and Gold insignia of Rollins alumni" a few days prior. That record-breaking number over a century ago was 8!
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This week, #RollinArchives will be closed Wednesday through Friday. We will reopen on Monday, May 18th. You can still access our online collections on our website: https://t.co/KPKHiMctDl

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We are happy to share that Arianna Pazmino '26 received the first Rollins Undergraduate Scholarship for Archival Research Grant! She writes of her research process and findings analyzing @thesandspur here: https://t.co/B4xt942L6J

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Lunch & Learn about the Citrus Wizard of Florida, Lue Gim Gong, with Prof. Wenxian Zhang and @HistoryCenterFL on May 1st from Noon to 1PM! Register here: https://t.co/M6DmMQ77jf

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Lunch & Learn about the Citrus Wizard of Florida, Lue Gim Gong, with Prof. Wenxian Zhang and @HistoryCenterFL on May 1st from Noon to 1PM! Register here: https://t.co/M6DmMQ77jf

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Prof. Leslie Kemp Poole writes about how her "love of literature, history, and landscape" led to her book, "Tracing Florida Journeys: Explorers, Travelers, and Landscapes Then and Now," on our blog!
"Roaming Florida and Turning It into an Academic Book" https://t.co/janFjHySXN

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Two women made up #RollinsCollege's first graduating class in 1890! Learn about Ida May Missildine, "Rollins' Other First Graduate," on our blog: https://t.co/MeicguuLE4
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What were your favorite #RollinsCollege stories to tell during Alumni Weekend? Share and preserve those memories at https://t.co/rh7BKqNte4!
Photo: John Boyle '56 balances a canoe on his chin circa 1954
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We are always happy to have classes visit #RollinsArchives! Last week, Prof. Katie Avagliano's ENG167 Introduction to Creative Writing students came by to explore #RollinsHistory and write a micro-documentary!

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Today we remember Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, who passed away last week. The civil rights leader once visited #RollinsCollege in 1973 to speak during the first Black Awareness Week sponsored by @rollinscollege_bsu.

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President Hamilton Holt presented Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune ’49H with an honorary degree #OTD 1949, making her the first African American to receive one from a Southern college in the US. Learn of the events leading up to this from Prof. Wenxian Zhang: https://t.co/AlqN0IO9CW

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@HistoryCenterFL Sorry for the late reply. Yes, he was! He didn't finish his degree at Rollins though.

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In response to the Civil Rights Act, #RollinsCollege began integrating the student body in 1964. Enrolling in 1966, William Johnson, Lewanzer Lassiter, and Bernard Myers became the first African American students to graduate and become #RollinsAlumni in 1970!
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Couldn't attend the Faculty Day of Scholarship today? Access to past and present scholarly work from #RollinsCollege faculty, students, and staff is right at your fingertips at https://t.co/Wp5Cvalnx9! Rollins Scholarship Online is available to researchers worldwide.

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ICYMI, our latest blog post dives into #RollinsArchives' Susan Gladwin Collection: https://t.co/P9mynarGWg
Susan Tyler Gladwin (Class of 1899) was one of the American teachers who traveled to Southeast Asia in 1901 to help establish a public education system.

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New on our blog: "From Rollins to the Pacific: Susan Gladwin and America’s Educational Mission in the Philippines" by Prof. Wenxian Zhang: https://t.co/sukMEK2qP4

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Wishing everyone Happy Holidays! #RollinsArchives will be closed next week and reopen January 5th.
Photo: Carolers outside Pinehurst Cottage, 1987
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Prof. MacKenzie Moon Ryan and Prof. Zack Gilmore's RCC201 Honors students came back to #RollinsArchives to give presentations earlier this month! It's always a great opportunity to be able to collaborate and have objects in our collections used for research!
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Three cheers for the end of finals! Reminisce about the times before exams that made you want to cheer this past semester at https://t.co/f9Oeywd2su.
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