This series contains correspondence as well as pamphlets and other materials distributed to alumni, predominantly for reunions and other key events. The earliest materials are from 19th Century jubilees and reunions of all classes on Alumni Day. Later alumni held reunions only for specific classes or campus organizations, such as the Potter Club or Pep Band, and this is reflected in the more targeted correspondence. Please see Series 1 and Series 3 for more materials related to Alumni Day, and Series 1 for communication to members of the Eastern Branch of the Alumni Association. The correspondence was retained with the group's meeting minutes and is therefore located in Administration.
There also are two publications, The Echo and the Alumni Quarterly, with contributions by, relevant to or about alumni. Introduced in 1892 as a monthly publication, The Echo was a newspaper/literary magazine featuring short stories and poems by current students or alumni as well news updates about the college, faculty, current students and alumni. Beginning in 1919, the Alumni Quarterly appeared four times a year, once each season. Although it still featured written contributions and news about faculty and current students, the emphasis shifted to news about and for alumni. The publication sought to bring together graduates of "old Normal" (State Normal School), the Normal College and the State College for Teachers. The issues included articles about events like Homecoming, contact information for key alumni contacts such as the leadership of the Alumni Association and branch associaitons and news about alumni jobs, births, marriages and deaths. Although alumni always served on the editorial board, by 1933 the publication specifically states that it is published by the Alumni Association. The Echo continued as a literary magazine and some later issues are included in this series. The Alumni Association replaced the Alumni Quarterly with The Carillon, another quarterly alumni publication in Fall 1967 as a tribute to the Carillon tower built with alumni funds on the University's new Uptown Campus.