This collection consists of agreements, articles, biographical information, certificates, cornerstone information, historical sketches, letters, meeting minutes, programs, publications, reports, and student records of the Salt Lake Collegiate Institute from 1884-1906, organized into 21 subject categories. There are 10 annual reports (1900-1910) compiled on forms provided by the Presbyterian Church's Board of Home Missions to the Salt Lake Collegiate Institute (SLCI). The reports contain the name of the school, location of the school, the post office address of the school, the number of teachers (or missionaries), number of day scholars enrolled, number of boarding scholars, number of Sabbath school scholars, number of members of "Young People's Societies," and number of students confessing Christ. When appropriate, there are places for separating statistics into males and females with totals. The reports also provide the Collegiate Institute with a section to request "Needs for the New Year," including additional teachers, new buildings, etc. An inventory of all property, lands, buildings, and equipment belonging to the Women's Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. was completed by the Board. It was only necessary for SLCI to add accurate numbers, check the appropriate blanks, and attached to the completed report. These records include two historical sketches of the Salt Lake Collegiate Institute. The first was written by Rev. Robert G. McNiece in 1884, the second by alumnus, Ethel Paul in 1925. Notations on the later document suggest that Ethel Paul was a member of SLCI's class of 1893, and that the historical narrative was written to commemorate the Institute's fiftieth anniversary. The collection includes the minutes of the Board of Trustees and the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). The Board of Trustees file contains the minutes of a meeting held on 22 May 1884. The significance of this meeting appears to be in the discussions of the erection of the "Liberal Institute Building", its building costs and resulting debt. The Liberal Institute Building was constructed by Godbeites and other Mormon and non-Mormon reformers in downtown Salt Lake City in July 1871 and was used by apostate Mormons, Protestant churches, and others unable to build their own buildings. The Presbyterian Church held their first meetings there and later the Presbyterians would buy and use the building as a male dormitory for their Collegiate Institute. The collection also contains the minutes from the first meetings of the Salt Lake Collegiate Institute's YMCA date to 25 Sept. 1906 with discussions on the organization of the Collegiate Institute's YMCA plus various promotional publications. Another group of publications ("Graduation Exercises") are the Institute's graduation programs (1882-1923). Each program lists graduation activities and the names of the graduates. Student records category include the following records: Board of Conditions, Enrollment Records, enrollment list, and student list. The "Board of Conditions" file contains nine student cards that describe the work of students who are failing or falling below acceptable levels of academic standing from 1918-1919. The "Enrollment and Reports Book" contains data on students listing their name, age, address, occupation, religion, nationality, status as a former pupil (if they were a returning student) and date of dismissal (if applicable) by number, by year and quarter. The second half of the book is a handwritten, untitled, and anonymous manuscript that describes the position of the Salt Lake Collegiate Institute relative to public schools, the purpose, expenses, etc. The "Enrollment List (1887-1906)" is titled "First Freshman College Class Organized In September 1897," although the document provides a list of students attending the Collegiate Institute beginning in 1897 through 1906. The list is organized by academic year and provides the name of the student, home address, and the academic origin of the student ("received from S.L.C.I.," "Received from Gordon Academy S L C," etc.). The "Student Names" file contains 23 cards, each with the name of a student, their birth date, parents' names, and home city. Most of the student name cards are hand-written on small, non-uniform pieces of paper. Unique items include the following six items: Information on Salt Lake Collegiate Institute's baseball team (highlighting Clarence "Hawky" Hawxhurst), a Business Men's Alliance Agreement, a stock certificate, descriptions of the Collegiate Institute building's cornerstone's content, a deed letter, instructor Mary E. Moore's biographical information, and a fragment of the Sheldon Jackson College constitution. Finally, the "Roll (1884)" contains the names of faculty of the Salt Lake Collegiate Institute as of 20 Sept. 1894 as well as the primary department. No other information is included in the list.
