St. College Faculty Correspondence Collection (c. 1900)

Overview

The St. College Faculty Correspondence Collection is a digital assemblage of early‑twentieth‑century documents relating to faculty governance, diploma issuance, and administrative resolutions at St. College. The collection is catalogued as a “Collection” type in the Arke Institute’s PINAX repository (ID 01KCJ7M47464E8N28PKCZJBZQX) and is dated to the year 1900. Materials are presented in English and are accessible via the institute’s online portal.

Background

The source materials were created by an unidentified author or group of faculty members associated with St. College, a higher‑education institution referenced in the metadata. The documents appear to have been generated during a period of internal dispute over the validity of diplomas and the conduct of the faculty assembly, as indicated by the presence of a “resolution document” and references to an “invalid diploma.” The collection was digitized and deposited by the Arke Institute, which provides the accompanying metadata, including entity codes that identify key participants (e.g., an unknown faculty member, the faculty assembly) and a specific date (1 April 1900).

Contents

The collection presently consists of a single scanned image (scan_1.jpg, 383 KB, JPEG) whose OCR transcription reveals a faculty member’s protest against signing an “invalid diploma.” The text outlines concerns about repeated misconduct by the faculty, the insufficiency of resolutions or pledges to prevent future infractions, and a resolve to cease participation unless regulatory reforms are devised. The OCR excerpt also references a “faculty assembly” and a “session” held in the spring, suggesting a formal meeting context. Metadata links this document to six extracted entities: an unknown faculty, St. College, the faculty assembly, the date 1900‑04‑01, the concept of an invalid diploma, and a resolution document.

Scope

• Temporal coverage: Primarily the spring of 1900, with the explicit date of 1 April 1900.
• Geographic focus: St. College (location unspecified).
• Subject matter: Faculty governance, diploma legitimacy, institutional resolutions, and internal dissent within a college administration.
• Language: English.
• Materials included: Digitized correspondence (scanned image with OCR text). No additional files or ancillary records are presently attached.

The collection offers researchers insight into early 20th‑century academic administration and faculty‑level conflict, illustrating how institutional policies and personal convictions intersected in the governance of higher education. Access is provided through the Arke Institute’s portal at https://arke.institute/01KCJ7HQ5NV7D1ASST8NCF892N.