University Archives

The BVU Archives was founded in 2013 and is dedicated to preserving the history of Buena Vista University. The Archives collects documents, photographs and other memorabilia pertaining to our institutional history.

Alumni and friends who have items to donate to the Archives are encouraged to contact us. The Archives is located on the second floor of the library and its collections are available for use by appointment.

Archives Catalog

 

University Archivist

BVU Digital Archives

BVU Digital Archives includes photographs, videos, oral histories. You can search by keyword, subject, year, or format.

BVU Digital Archives

Alumni Publications

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The archives holds alumni publications spanning from 1944-2019, beginning with The Bulletin (1944-1964), The View (1965-1972), and Buena Vista Today (1973-2019). Other publications that ran concurrently include The Beaver Report (1955-1958) and BV Briefs (1999-2015).

Alumni Publications

Student Newspapers

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Over a century of campus news... with a point!

The Buena Vista University news archive site includes official campus newspapers printed between 1892 and 2012, as well as selected unofficial publications.

BVU Newspaper Archive

The Tack Online

The Tack Online is the current student news publication of Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa. The purpose of The Tack at BVU is to provide students, faculty/staff, and community members with an accurate, timely, and reliable news source focused on events that take place on our campus and within the Storm Lake community. Our primary audience is BVU students. This online news publication is written by students for students.

The Tack Online

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Yearbooks

Take a trip down memory lane, and visit the Iowa Heritage Digital Collections website to view digitized versions of BVU's yearbook, The Beaver Log.

Years available are 1907-1999. Any gaps in coverage mean that no yearbook was published in that year or range of years.

Buena Vista Yearbooks

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Historical Digital Objects Collection

The BVU Archives' Historical Digital Objects Collection contains a variety of digital objects relating to BVU history including oral histories, historical photographs of campus and past university presidents, World War I scrapbooks, papers about the impact of COVID-19 on campus, and the Centennial Time Capsule.

Historical Digital Objects Collection

Centennial Time Capsule

In 1991, Buena Vista College celebrated its 100th anniversary. Student groups, faculty, staff, and President Keith Briscoe and his wife, Carmen Briscoe, placed items in the Centennial Time Capsule. When the football field underwent renovations in 2011, the capsule was exhumed and stored.

Centennial Time Capsule

BVU Archives Youtube Channel

Browse the BVU Archives Youtube channel to see selected Commencement footage and Athletics films as well as other films and videos from the past.

BVU Archives Youtube Channel

 


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