From the Director's Desk
Catawba College has a rich academic history. From its earliest beginning as a mid-nineteenth century German Reformed college in Newton, North Carolina to today's widely diverse and multi-disciplined liberal arts campus of Salisbury, the college has witnessed enormous change.
The library’s archives, the Palmer archives, housed temporarily within the I.C.E. Box, track and document that change. In so doing, they serve as an institution memory – a kind of ongoing testimony of its college’s legacy.
The Library is dedicated to preserving Catawba's heritage by maintaining the College's archival records. The Catawba College collection contains documents and artifacts chronicling the school's founding, growth, and relocation.
The Catawba College Library has partnered with the 
