Colby Staff Authors
Our Colby Coloring and Activity Book features 18 coloring pages, a Colby word search, a section for tic-tac-toe, and Colby trivia. Each illustration was custom drawn by local artist Lizzie Kane.


Written by College Historian and former Dean of the College Earl H. Smith, Mayflower Hill is a lively history of Colby College from its founding in 1813 to the present day. The book relates the history of the College within the greater contexts of both Waterville and of the social movements that have affected higher education in the past 200 years.
The story of Waterville and its surrounds is one of astonishingly rapid growth and prosperity. The city flourished on the wave of the Second Industrial Revolution. Its ever-multiplying mills drew workers from around the world, and its streets were filled with merchants of every kind.