How did the newly formed Northfield College define academic excellence? We take a peek into the earliest annual catalogs of the college for the required curriculum.

The college library found its first proper accommodations in 1897 with the completion of the Scoville Memorial Library.

The final telescope, a 16.2-inch Brashear refractor purchased for $15,000 (more than $390,000 in today’s dollars), was made by Pittsburgh’s famed John Brashear Company, arrived in 1890, and was placed beneath the larger dome.