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The story
Founded in 1885, as the Young Men's Christian Association department of the School for Christian Workers in Springfield, the school originally specialized in preparing young men to become General Secretaries of YMCA organizations in a two-year program. In 1887, it added a Physical Education department. In 1890, it separated from the School for Christian Workers and became the YMCA Training School and in 1891, the International Young Men's Christian Association Training School.
In 1905, the school became a degree-granting institution. In 1912, it took the name International YMCA College and in 1954, Springfield College.
Archives
Since 1999, the institutional archives have included archival material from the Society of Health and Physical Educators and some of its affiliates, including the papers of their leaders.
Presidents
Springfield College has had 13 leaders:
From Wikipedia’s article on Springfield College, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5