Explore Colgate History
“To contemplate the future, it is wise, first, to consider Colgate’s history and the ways in which the university’s unique characteristics have emerged.” — President Brian W. Casey
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Browse the artifacts in our archives’ digital collections.
Origins
Before Payne’s Farm
How Oneida lands became Colgate
Women on the faculty and administration
A trio of pioneering Colgate women leaders share their experiences.
1836–present
Colgate’s presidents
200 years of leadership
1930-1960s
Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Class of 1930
Activist, reformer, fighter
1900–1958
Edward Harris Stone
Colgate photographer for more than 50 years
1819
Colgate’s First Charter
Establishing the institution that would become Colgate
1931
Johnny Marks: Mr. Christmas
Composer of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and Class of 1931 graduate was a songwriter extraordinaire
Built in 1884
History of Hascall Hall
From President Dodge’s commitment to National Register of Historic Places
