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Beacom College Historical Records

Historical Records of Beacom College

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College catalogs 1900-1924:

Folder 1-Catalogs for the Wilmington Business School (forerunner of Beacom), 1900-1903

  1. First Annual Catalog, 1900-01 (2 copies). 
  2. Second Annual Catalog, 1901-02 (3 copies).
  3. Third Annual Catalog, 1902-03 (4 copies).

Folder 2-Catalogs for the Wilmington Business School (forerunner of Beacom), 1904-1906

  1. Fifth Annual Catalog, 1904-05 (4 copies)
  2. Sixth Annual Catalog, 1905-06 (5 copies)

Folder 3-Catalogs for the Wilmington Business School (forerunner of Beacom), 1907-1908

  1. Eight Annual Catalog, 1907-08 (6 copies)

Folder 4-Catalogs for the Wilmington Business School (forerunner of Beacom), 1909-1910

  1. Tenth Annual Catalog, 1909-10 (3 copies)
  2. First Annual Catalog, 1909-10, of Salisbury College of Business (established as an affiliate of Wilmington Business School in 1909)  (3 copies)

Folder 5-Catalogs for the Wilmington Business School (forerunner of Beacom), 1911-1912

  1. Twelfth Annual Catalog, 1911-12, is titled Beacom Business Colleges and is the first combined catalog of Wilmington Business School and Salisbury College of Business. (1 copy). This Combined type of catalog continued to be issued annually through 1924.  

Folder 6-Catalogs for the Wilmington Business School (forerunner of Beacom), 1912-1914

  1. Thirteenth Annual Catalog, 1912-13 (4 copies)
  2. Fourteenth Annual Catalog, 1913-14 (A. Raymond Jackson’s personal copy as an entering student, Sept. 1913)

Folder 7-Catalogs for the Wilmington Business School (forerunner of Beacom), 1914-1918

  1. 1914-15 Catalog (3 copies). 
  2. [1918?] Catalog. Undated, but references to World War I and a page 15 reference to "more than 18 years" suggest 1918 as the date.
  3. [1924?] Catalog. Undated, but the Foreword refers to "nearly a quarter of a century ago."

Artifact (1918?) Catalog. Undated, but the foreword refers to “nearly a quarter of a century ago".

Acknowledegments

This guide was made machine-readable by Emma Harbaugh, August 2017.