CWRU Archives Sources used in Seals, Coats of Arms, and Heraldic Banners
Sources used for Seals:
1AA 1:2 Adelbert College of Western Reserve University. Catalogue (1883): cover1H 2:4 Waite, Frederick. Western Reserve University: Cleveland Era: 12
24H 1:7 Waite, Frederick. Western Reserve University Centennial History of the School of Medicine (1946): 174-176
60H 2:7 Waite, Frederick. Western Reserve University: The Hudson Era (1943): 53-54
1WI 1:3 "Special Supplement to Campus News," Campus News, 3/21/1991
1WI 1:4 Memorandum, H. R. Young to Miss Stankard, May 1963
2JD 1:1 Minutes, Western Reserve College Board of Trustees, 3/2/1826
2JD 1:1 Minutes, Western Reserve College Board of Trustees, 3/3/1826
2JD 1:1 Minutes, Western Reserve College Board of Trustees, 8/29/1827
2KE 1:2 Minutes, Western Reserve University Board of Trustees Executive Committee, 4/27/1932
2ND 1:1 Minutes, CWRU Board of Trustees, 7/5/1967
19BE 1:1 Minutes, Case Trustees, 11/7/1882
19BE 3:1 Minutes, Case Corporation, 10/22/1925
19BE 3:1 Minutes, Case Corporation, 10/19/1932
Sources used for Coats of Arms:
1WI 1:4 Report, WRU Office of the Secretary, The Seal of Western Reserve University, December 7, 1950
1WI 1:4 Letter, C. Howard Allen to Carl M. Senn, 3/11/1954
2LE 1:2 Minutes, Western Reserve University Board of Trustees Executive Committee, 1/17/1951
2ND 1:1 Minutes, CWRU Board of Trustees, 7/5/1967
4PN2 3:2 ?, "Artist Designs Shield as WRU Trademark," Reserve Tribune (3/2/1951): 4
4PN2 3:5 ?, “Publications Will Don New Insignia,” Reserve Tribune (5/20/1954): 5
7PR 6:4 Press Release, Case Western Reserve University Office of Public Relations, April 1968
19BE 3:3 Minutes, Case Trustees Executive Committee, 9/17/1942
20JA 4:1 ?, “Coat of Arms” Case Alumnus (November 1942): 26-28
Sources used for Heraldic Banners:
1WI 1:1 Memorandum, Ruth Helmuth to ?, 3/24/1975
1WI 1:1 Commemorative Publication, Case Western Reserve University Sesquicentennial, [1975-1976]
1WI 1:1 Program, Case Western Reserve University, Convocation for the Inauguration of David Henry Auston as President of Case Western Reserve University, 10/29/1999
1WI 1:1 Email, Eric L. Dicken to Jill M. Tatem, 7/6/2015
A18-017 #1 CWRU Flags, Records of Richard E. Baznik, Vice President for Public Affairs
Information was compiled by staff of the Case Western Reserve University Archives from these sources and published on the original Archives website in 2004. The information was revised on the original website in 2018. The information was republished on this website in 2021.
