The Xavier University Photographic Negative Collection contains photographic negatives that University Archives selected for reformatting and digitization by the Northeast Document Conservation Center in 2007.
The images document the academic, athletic, and cultural life of Xavier University from 1889 to the 1950s, with the bulk of the images dating from the late 1930s to the late 1950s. There are images of intramural sports (basketball, volleyball, handball and bowling among others); intercollegiate golf, boxing, and baseball; special events; awards and presentations; faculty; alumnae and alumni organizations and events; student organizations such as the Masque Society (theater); and student classroom experiences. The collection also includes images of the Evening College, which served adult students, and commencement activities. The majority of the collection likely originated from Xavier's Office of Marketing and Communications, but exact photographer information is unknown.
Copyright for the majority of the collection belongs to Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio).
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Intramural Baseball
Contributor: Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Physical Description: 1 negative
Date: 1940 -
Intramural Basketball
Contributor: Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Physical Description: 1 negative
Date: 1940 -
Intramural Bowling
Contributor: Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Physical Description: 1 negative
Date: 1940 -
Intramural Boxing
Contributor: Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Physical Description: 1 negative
Date: 1940 -
Intramural Handball
Contributor: Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Physical Description: 1 negative
Date: 1940 -
Intramural Volleyball
Contributor: Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Physical Description: 1 negative
Date: 1940 -
Kenneth C. Royall and ROTC student during commencement
Contributor: Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Physical Description: 1 negative
Date: 6-9-1948 -
Kenneth C. Royall exiting airplane
Contributor: Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Physical Description: 1 negative
Date: 6-9-1948 -
Kenneth C. Royall, Secretary of Army, receives honorary Doctorate of Law degree
Contributor: Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Physical Description: 1 negative
Date: 6-9-1948 -
Kenneth C. Royall speaking on the commencement stage
Contributor: Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Physical Description: 1 negative
Date: 6-9-1948 -
Paul Beckman and Jack Ralstin pose with their golf club
Physical Description: 1 negative
Date: 1-1-1938 -
Paul Beckman tees up a shot while team members watch from bench
Physical Description: 1 negative
Date: ca. 1939 -
Plaque installation
Contributor: Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Physical Description: 1 negative
Date: ca. 1-1-1940 -
Player batting during baseball game
Contributor: Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Physical Description: 1 negative
Date: 1939
