AU Yearbooks Collection Digitized

Are you looking for a former college classmate or trying to track down a photo to fill in your family tree? Researching Aurora University history just got easier.

The Office of Alumni Relations spent the summer digitizing AU’s collection of yearbooks so they are accessible online.

The Pharos yearbooks date back to 1931 and chronicle the early days of Aurora College, and later Aurora University.

The Embers yearbooks date back to 1913. They track George Williams College from its early days as a YMCA camp in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, through its relocations to Hyde Park and Downers Grove, and back to Williams Bay, where the college is currently located.

The Pharos are currently available online, and the Embers are scheduled to be online by Thanksgiving. You can find the yearbooks at aurora.edu/yearbooks.