http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/browse/page/1?collection=171&sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CCreator&output=atom <![CDATA[Iowa Heritage Digital Collections]]> 2024-03-29T08:52:12+00:00 Omeka http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/77942 <![CDATA[John W. Woody, 1873-1877]]> 2017-02-14T13:06:01+00:00

Title

John W. Woody, 1873-1877

Description

John W. Woody was the first president of Penn College, serving as president from 1873 to 1877. President Woody was married to Mary Chawner Woody in 1868. Mary Chawner Woody was on the faculty and she taught history, rhetoric and served as the first librarian.

Source

President box 1

Publisher

William Penn University. Wilcox Library Archives

Date

1873?

Rights

www.wmpenn.edu/library/about.html

Format

image/jpeg

Type

image

Identifier

http://server16125.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p15145coll2,0
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http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/77946 <![CDATA[William B. Morgan, 1877-1879]]> 2017-02-14T13:06:01+00:00

Title

William B. Morgan, 1877-1879

Description

William B. Morgan was the second president of Penn College. Prior to becoming president, William Morgan was a professor of mathematics and astronomy. He served for two years as president and then went back to teaching.

Source

President box 2

Publisher

William Penn University. Wilcox Library Archives

Date

1875?

Rights

www.wmpenn.edu/library/about.html

Format

image/jpeg

Type

image

Identifier

http://server16125.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p15145coll2,1
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http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/77949 <![CDATA[Benjamin F. Trueblood, 1879-1890]]> 2017-02-14T13:06:01+00:00

Title

Benjamin F. Trueblood, 1879-1890

Description

Benjamin F. Trueblood was the third president of Penn College. He served for eleven years and then went on to work in the peace movement and edit "Advocate of Peace".

Source

President box 3

Publisher

William Penn University. Wilcox Library Archives

Date

1879?

Rights

www.wmpenn.edu/library/about.html

Format

image/jpeg

Type

image

Identifier

http://server16125.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p15145coll2,2
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http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/77951 <![CDATA[Absalom Rosenberger, 1890-1910]]> 2017-02-14T13:06:01+00:00

Title

Absalom Rosenberger, 1890-1910

Description

Absalom Rosenberger served as the fourth president of Penn College. Before becoming president, he received his law degree from the university of Michigan. He was the longest serving president of the college.

Source

President box 4

Publisher

William Penn University. Wilcox Library Archives

Date

1890?

Rights

www.wmpenn.edu/library/about.html

Format

image/jpeg

Type

image

Identifier

http://server16125.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p15145coll2,3
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http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/77955 <![CDATA[David M. Edwards, 1910-1917]]> 2017-02-14T13:06:01+00:00

Title

David M. Edwards, 1910-1917

Description

David M. Edwards was the sixth president of Penn College and the first alumnus of Penn to fill that role. After leaving Penn he would go on to become president of Earlham College and Friends University.

Source

President box 5

Publisher

William Penn University. Wilcox Library Archives

Rights

www.wmpenn.edu/library/about.html

Format

image/jpeg

Type

image

Identifier

http://server16125.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p15145coll2,4
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http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/77958 <![CDATA[Robert L. Kelly, 1900-1901]]> 2017-02-14T13:06:01+00:00

Title

Robert L. Kelly, 1900-1901

Description

Robert L. Kelly served as acting president for the academic year 1900-1901 to allow President Rosenberger to travel and study abroad. Robert L. Kelly went on to become president of Earlham College in 1903.

Source

President box 4

Publisher

William Penn University. Wilcox Library Archives

Rights

www.wmpenn.edu/library/about.html

Format

image/jpeg

Type

image

Identifier

http://server16125.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p15145coll2,5
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http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/77961 <![CDATA[Stephen M. Hadley, 1917-1918]]> 2017-02-14T13:06:01+00:00

Title

Stephen M. Hadley, 1917-1918

Description

Stephen M. Hadley served as acting president for the academic year 1917-1918. Stephen M. Hadley graduated from Penn College in 1884. He returned to Penn College and served in numerous capacities from 1887 to 1930. During that period he took two years off for graduate study.

Source

President box 6

Publisher

William Penn University. Wilcox Library Archives

Rights

www.wmpenn.edu/library/about.html

Format

image/jpeg

Type

image

Identifier

http://server16125.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p15145coll2,6
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http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/77963 <![CDATA[H. Edwin McGrew, 1917-1928 and 1936-1942]]> 2017-02-14T13:06:01+00:00

Title

H. Edwin McGrew, 1917-1928 and 1936-1942

Description

H. Edwin McGrew served two terms as president of his alma mater, Penn College. His first term was 1917-1928 and he was called back during the depression to serve from 1936 to 1942. McGrew Fine Arts Center is named for President McGrew and the Ware Recital Hall is named for his first wife Edith Ware of New Providence, Iowa.

Source

President box 7

Publisher

William Penn University. Wilcox Library Archives

Rights

www.wmpenn.edu/library/about.html

Format

image/jpeg

Type

image

Identifier

http://server16125.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p15145coll2,7
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http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/77967 <![CDATA[H. Linneaus McCracken, 1928-1931]]> 2017-02-14T13:06:01+00:00

Title

H. Linneaus McCracken, 1928-1931

Description

H. Linneaus McCracken served as President from 1928 to 1931 and was the third Penn College graduate to lead the institution.

Source

President box 8

Publisher

William Penn University. Wilcox Library Archives

Rights

www.wmpenn.edu/library/about.html

Format

image/jpeg

Type

image

Identifier

http://server16125.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p15145coll2,8
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http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/77970 <![CDATA[H. Clark Bedford, 1931-1934]]> 2017-02-14T13:06:01+00:00

Title

H. Clark Bedford, 1931-1934

Description

Henry Clark Bedford served as president from 1931 to 1934 during the most difficult time for the college. Penn College lost accreditation in 1931. In 1933, the college reorganized and changed the name from Penn College to William Penn College in order to survive and avoid foreclosure on the campus buildings.

Source

President box 9

Publisher

William Penn University. Wilcox Library Archives

Rights

www.wmpenn.edu/library/about.html

Format

image/jpeg

Type

image

Identifier

http://server16125.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p15145coll2,9
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