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Please note that items in italics are described in the Library's online catalog and you will need to review the catalog to obtain the call number of each item. All other items are described in guides in Special Collections and Archives.

I. Manuscript and Archival
II. Books and Published

• Alumnae Collections including scrapbooks
• Administrative Records
• Alumni materials
• Catalogues, digital and microfilm versions
• Publications including social guidance brochures
• Textbook Collection
• Charles Hallette Judson Papers, 1853-1907, Furman Professor, President Greenville Woman's College

• Women's Dorm Council-scrapbooks, 1920s, 1950s, 1960s, RG 42
• Dr. John H. Plyler scrapbooks
• Philosophian Literary Society records
• Adelphian Society records
• Sports Photographs 1890s - PastPerfect
• Furman Link/Campus Club Records--women's organization 1958 to present
• Furman University Historical Records RG 45, Records of previous campuses
• RG 45 004 and 005A - records of student crimes 1841, 1859, 1894
• RG 45 0005A, Faculty Report re: reopening of school, 1866
• Furman, Richard– 12 boxes minister and pioneer educator, Furman namesake
• Furman, James C.– 15 boxes son of Richard, minister, President of Furman 1859-79
• Pringle, Samuel McBride– 2 boxes Furman student 1859-1861, Civil War correspondence
• Cook, H.T.– 4 boxes professor at Furman beginning in 1881, founder of SC Baptist Historical Collection
• Crymes, Thomas Papers - 1 box includes lecture notes from classes 1867-1868, one of his professors was James P. Boyce
• Graduation essays from Furman students, 1914 -1916
• Laura Ebaugh Collection - Furman Sociology Professor 1935-1963, community activities and consultant for social welfare agencies
• Olivia Futch Collection - Furman Education Professor 1938, Dean Woman's College 1950
• Historic Textbook Collection 19thc, 20thc
• Tea with the ladies of Furman [sound recording of First Ladies of Furman] Student Alumni Council, 2006

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• History of Furman University: an outline, Prof. S. E. Bradshaw, 1921
• The story of our Mother, told by a daughter Elizabeth Alford, 1925
• Baptist beginnings in education: a history of Furman University, President W. J. McGlothlin, 1926
• Furman University, a history, Robert Norman Daniel, 1951
• Furman University: toward a new identity, 1925-1975, Alfred Sandlin Reid, 1976
• Academy and college: the history of the woman's college of Furman University, Judith T. Bainbridge, 2001
• Moral imperative and financial practicality: desegregation of South Carolina's denominationally-affiliated colleges and universities, Courtney L. Tollison, 2003
• Furman University, Courtney L. Tollison; foreword by David E. Shi, 2004

• Richard Furman as a leader in Baptist higher education, Howard M. Kinlaw, 1960
• The family of Richard Furman: an intimate story, Loulie Latimer Owens, 1983
• Richard Furman: life and legacy, James A. Rogers, 1985
• The life work of James Clement Furman, Harvey Toliver Cook

• Baptist Courier, Newspaper - Microfilm, 1869-1997, Indexed 1886-1912
• South Carolina Baptist Convention Annuals - 1842-1997, contains reports re: Furman University
• 00/021 Separation from SC Baptist Convention- materials from multiple departments
• Furman-Baptist Split, Newspaper Clippings 1990-1993, 1998
• Robert Shrum Collection pertains to Furman's separation from SC Baptist Convention

• Adelphian Feb, March 1889
• The Student Handbook/Helmsman 1892, 1914, 1917-1925, 1960 to present
• The Bonhomie yearbook 1901-2007
• Campus news: a newsletter for faculty and staff 1953-1971
• The Freshman Register, 1971, 1973-1993, 1995-2004
• The Furman echo 1893-1999, literary magazine for Furman University, Adelphian and Philosophian Societies
• Furman University Catalogue 1852 to present - For online version see Academic Records Home Page, View Previous catalogs
• Furman magazine 1976-2007
• The Furman newsletter: published in the interest of Christian education 1972-1977
• Furman report 1959-1999
• Furman Review: a journal of criticism and opinon1970-1974, merged with the Echo in 1975
• Furman University Journal 1890-1893, scattered issues, follows Adelphian Adelphian Society publication
• Furman update: a newsletter from the office of the President 2001, 2005-2007
• Hornet 1916-1960, student newspaper, followed by The Paladin
• Inside Furman 1972-2005
• The Paladin 1961-2007, student newspaper
• University Report 2006, 2007

• An address before the students of the Johnson Female Seminary at Anderson, S.C. August, 1850 James C. Furman
• Three changes in theological institutions. An address delivered before the Board of Trustees of the Furman University James P. Boyce, 1856
• Woman: her true mission and education. An address delivered before the Baptist Female College of Greenville, 1858
• The young lady's guide American tract society, 1870
• Sex in education : or, A fair chance for girls, Edward H. Clarke, 1873
• The value of classical studies. An address delivered at Greenville, South Carolina, Dec. 16, 1875 D. H. Chamberlain
• An early history of the Adelphian Literary Society of Furman University, Robert W. Sanders, 1913

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