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A curated collection of databases and publications about the founding and history of Rollins College.
Rollins College History
Rollins College was founded in 1885 by New England Congregationalists who sought to bring their style of liberal arts education to the Florida frontier.
You can request a Rollins History Tour with the Archives to learn more about the early days of Rollins College.
Historical Books
Online Resources and Databases
Research Essays
- Be the Change: A Brief History of Social Activism at Rollins
- Branding Rollins: A Brief History of College Logos and Other Institutional Symbols
- The Enduring Legacy of Fred Rogers at Rollins College
- The Evolution of the Rollins Curriculum, 1885-1985
- Hamilton Holt’s Scrapbooks
- The Historical Development of Rollins' Mission Statement
- Housing Rollins Arts: How Spaces Define Performing Arts at Rollins
- In Remembrance: Gold Stars of Rollins During the Armed Conflicts of the Twentieth Century
- Living on the Lake: Rollins College and Lake Virginia
- Pathway to Diversity – The History of Race Relations at Rollins: A Brief Overview from the Archives, Part One (1885-1951)
- Pathway to Diversity – The History of Race Relations at Rollins: A Brief Overview from the Archives, Part Two (1951-Present)
- Race and Sport in the Florida Sun: The Rollins/Ohio Wesleyan Football Game of 1947
- Rollins’ Historical Markers
- AN UNEASY IMBROGLIO: AN UNEASY IMBROGLIO PART II
- Women and Academics at Rollins: From the Founding to Present-Day
Rollins College Publications
- Rollins Magazine
- Sandspur
- Tomokan
- College Catalogs
- Rollins Songs
- The Rollins Book of Verse
- First Fox Days, 1956-1969
- An Experiment That Has Proved Itself
- College Life at Rollins: The Spirit of Rollins
- The Rollins College Adventure in Common-Sense Education
- Rollins College on Lake Virginia's Shore
- Rollins Pictorial: Being Random Views of Rollins College and the City of Winter Park
- Report of the Curriculum Conference Held at Rollins College, January 19-24, 1931