The Babson Collection is a special section of the Horn Library where you can find Babson-specific materials. It is currently located on shelves outside of study room 201 on the second floor of the Horn Library. The newest addition to the collection is the Babson Alumni Magazine (which since spring 2005 has been known as the Babson Magazine.) There are bound volumes from 1929 through 1985. These bound volumes will not circulate. Back issues will be bound through 2007 and we hope to continue binding issues one year at a time. When these issues are bound and available I will announce it in this space. The earliest issues of the Alumni Bulletin (1924-1929) have been scanned and are available in PDF. The most recent issues can still be found in the Jamie Horner Lounge.
The Babson Collection includes our yearbook The Babsonian. Babson has had a yearbook from 1921. One can check out individual volumes or view them on line via the Babson Archives Timeline. I have completed scans from 1921—1958 (2004 & 2005 as well) and hope to complete the digital copies by the end of the academic year.
The principal contents of the Babson Collection are the books published by Roger W. Babson, the founder of Babson College. These books can be checked out. "Actions and Reactions" is the autobiography of Roger W. Babson and is available on reserve as well. I have scanned a copy of the 1949 revised edition of this autobiography and made it available via the Archives Website. The page includes other items which might be of interest.
There is one last book which, while not part of the Babson Collection, might be of interest to the Babson Community. Babson History Professor John P. Mulkern wrote "Continuity and Change: Babson College, 1919—1994" (LD284.B22 M85 1995) for the 75th Anniversary of the College. It is available on reserve and is available digitally as a PDF on the Archives Website.
R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives
