Research Guides @ Fordham: Fordham University History: Publications of Fordham University

School Newspapers

The Fordham Ram Archives
The Fordham Ram is the University journal of record. The mission of The Fordham Ram is to provide a forum for the free and open exchange of ideas in service to the community and to act as a student advocate. The Fordham Ram is published and distributed free of charge every Wednesday during the academic year to the Rose Hill, Lincoln Center and Westchester campuses with a print readership of 12,000+ and a web readership of 300,000+.
Ram Home Page
The Observer Archives
Founded in 1981, The Observer is the award-winning student newspaper of Fordham University. Based at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center Campus in Manhattan, The Observer’s circulation also reaches Fordham’s Rose Hill Campus in the Bronx, making it available to all the students in the University’s undergraduate colleges and graduate schools.It is Lincoln Center’s fourth paper. The first was “The Curved Horn”, originally the newspaper of the Undergraduate School of Education at 302 Broadway that transferred to LC when that campus opened in 1968. Two other papers, “The Review” and “Evex” were started up. By 1981, all three papers had folded and the school was ready for a voice for students and “The Observer” was born.
Observer Home Page

Fordham Monthly Magazine
Fordham Monthly was the first official magazine of the college. Vol 1 No. 1 was published in November of 1882. The magazine contained alumni information, sports recaps, student events and commencement exercises.
Included is the special 1919 edition about Fordham in WW1

Maroon 1916
The first yearbook was published in 1916 to commemorating the 75th anniversary of St. John's College, Fordham, NY.

This copy of the 1916 yearbook is made available by Haithi Trust.
Maroon 1916-1941
The Maroon Yearbook is the yearbook of Fordham College, Rose Hill. Starting in 1916, the yearbook has consistently been published except for 1918 and 1945, when World Wars interrupted publication. The other schools had their own yearbooks but in 1941, in honor of the centennial of the university, all schools were represented in The Centurion. This special 400 page yearbook contains a wealth of early Bronx history and the college's beginnings.

The library has digitized The Maroon through 1941. Future plans include adding the other school yearbooks and bringing The Maroon up to date.