These are histories of Macalester written or compiled by students, the institution, or third-party creators. They include chronologies of important dates in school history, institutional demographic data over time, and narratives about the college told from a variety of perspectives.
Here you’ll find student projects, archival materials, web content, and more across a variety of formats. Each item has on its page standard metadata that includes information about the item as well as a plain-text description. For descriptions and potential warnings about content, please read the brief summary under each item title on this page.
HIGHLIGHTED PROJECT: Macalester History Reading Group
In the spring of 2020, a group of students, faculty, staff and alumni came together to explore the history of Macalester, centered around a reading of Jeanne Kilde’s Nature and Revelation: A History of Macalester College. Read more about the reading group and access some of the sources examined here (some materials are only accessible to current Macalester students, staff, and faculty).