The Franklin Wonder Five defined basketball during an eight-year era from 1918-1926. Four of those years were at Franklin High School, followed by an additional four at Franklin College. Earning three consecutive high school...
This collection encompasses student scholarship and creative expression in an open-access environment. Work was completed under the mentorship of Franklin College faculty at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Work within...
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This collection houses digitized copies of Franklin College's yearbooks beginning in 1898. The yearbooks include The Blue & Gold, The Fracolind, and The Almanack.
Joseph (Joe) Fairchild Beam graduated from Franklin College in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. Originally from Philadelphia, Beam participated in the Black Student Union (BSU), submitted work to the Apogee (literary...
Arthur Henry Wilson became Franklin College's first African-American graduate in 1902. While a student at Franklin, he participated in baseball and football. Wilson then became a physician upon graduation from Purdue University...
Virginia “Jenny” Johnson-Kappes, class of 1972, was a star softball player—she was named to the United States Slow-pitch Softball Association Hall of Fame—and has coached multiple sports at different colleges, including Indiana...
Robert Wise, born in 1914 in Winchester, IN, grew up in Connersville, IN. He attended Franklin College during the 1932-33 academic year but returned home due to the financial difficulties of the Great Depression. However, he...
Ruth Ann Doub Callon, class of 1952, is considered an original figurehead of women's athletics in Indiana. After her passing in 2015, The Indianapolis Star called her the "Mother of Indiana basketball," while the Daily Journal...
Branigin served as the 42nd governor of Indiana from 1965-69. Graduating from Franklin College in 1923, he earned a B.A. in French. He was an active member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, a founding member of the Indiana...
Douglas Gray from Franklin, Indiana is a pastor at 2nd Baptist Church in Franklin. In 2021 he was involved in the "Booker T. Washington Community Center Rededication Project". Additionally Pastor Gray is a nationally recognized...
