COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Trustees records include minutes, 1923-1996; reports, 1960-1975; and correspondence, 1913-1984. Deep Springs student body records contain minutes, 1917-1999, co-education studies reports, 1979-1994. Also student, community, committee and class projects, 1933-1990's; Telluride Association newsletters, 1915-1983; Telluride Association convention minutes, 1911-1999; and Deep Springs Alumni newsletters, 1966-1999. These materials include minutes, reports, correspondence, projects, photograph albums, and newsletters. Includes a manuscript copy of "A History of Deep Springs" with chapters by various authors.
Also, works compiled by Denis E. Clark, 2001, including "Telluride Power: A Brief History of the Early Days," "Nunn Archive Image Index," and three CD-Rs: DEC Nunn Archive Images, vol. 1 and vol. 2 (images of the early days of the Telluride Power Company obtained from various sources), and Deep Springs Archive Photos (images scanned by students at Deep Springs College, mostly Telluride Power Company, but some early Deep Springs)
Dates
- 1910-2017
Creator
- Deep Springs College (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY
Deep Springs College, founded in 1917 by power and mining magnate L. L. Nunn, is located thirty miles from the nearest town, in a high desert valley of eastern California. Mr. Nunn wished his students to learn the value of service and practical knowledge as well as be able to work uninterrupted by the distractions of modern society and learn that freedom requires living in accordance with the ideals and duties of one's community. Each of the 26 male students experiences a broad seminar-style education based on the "three pillars of Deep Springs": academic pursuits, the labor program, and self-governance. Following their time at Deep Springs most students transfer to other institutions of higher learning to earn college degrees.
Extent
16.59 cubic feet. (16.59 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Trustees records include minutes, 1923-1996; reports, 1960-1975; and correspondence, 1913-1984. Deep Springs student body records contain minutes, 1917-1999, co-education studies reports, 1979-1994. Also student, community, committee and class projects, 1933-1990's; Telluride Association newsletters, 1915-1983; Telluride Association convention minutes, 1911-1999; and Deep Springs Alumni newsletters, 1966-1999.
Physical Description
Correspondence, minutes, published material, manuscripts, and photographs.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- RMC Staff
- Date completed:
- May 2018
- EAD encoding:
- Marcie Farwell, May 2018
- Date modified:
- Marcie Farwell, November 2018
- College students -- United States.
- Deep Springs College -- : Students.
- Deep Springs College -- : Trustees.
- Deep Springs College -- : Alumni and alumnae.
- Education -- United States.
- Nunn, L. L. (Lucien Lucius), 1853-1925.
- Photographs.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- May 2018
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu