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The Alumni Association Records span from the beginning of the organization in 1889 until 2008. The Alumni Association still exists and is very active at present, with more than 80,000 members worldwide, as of 2025. The collection contains the organizational records used by the Alumni Association to record and accomplish its work, such as meeting minutes of the general and Executive Board meetings; correspondence; ephemera for reunions, homecomings, annual business meetings, and other college events; financial records; fundraising and merchandising items; publications; materials relating to the Alumni Entrance Gates; photographs; publicity scrapbooks; reports; newspaper clippings; and a small amount of realia related to merchandising.

The Alumni Association Records contain materials from the North Jersey Alumni Association, as well as the general association. While the records are primarily concerned with locations in New Jersey, such as the two locations of the College, it also includes correspondence from members across the country.

Of note are scrapbooks created by Iona Fackler Myers that document the controversy of former college president Robert Heussler. Additionally, the newspaper clippings and scrapbooks extensively document the life events of alumni, faculty, and leadership. These items also show the current events of the local area and the college at large for more than 50 years.

The Clara Wolverton Papers contain materials from her early education beginning in 1892, through Normal School, and her earliest teaching years ending in 1903. It comprises personal items such as her grades book, greeting cards, and notes of affection from her students, as well as professional items such as her teaching contracts and letters of recommendation, and also printed commencement programs and tickets and clippings. There are only a few items after this time period, and they document her involvement in the Red Cross and Botanical Society of Pennsylvania.

There are no materials related to teaching at Trenton Public Schools or attending University of Pennsylvania.

Her collection also initially contained six books, four of which were cataloged and added to the Historical Textbooks and General Collections of Gitenstein Library, and two were deaccessioned due to duplication.