February 23rd, 2021
Looking Back/Looking Forward: Spring 2021 Exhibit
At a time when many Americans were headed west to Oregon or California, the U.S. was at war with Mexico, and Frederick Douglass was lecturing…
November 4th, 2020
Merle Odgers, Bucknell’s 10th President
(Photo: The three presidents: Polly Told, president of Women’s Student Government Association, Bucknell President Merle Odgers, Richard Klaber, president of Men’s Student Assembly, 1955)
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September 14th, 2020
Want to contribute to Bucknell’s history?
Special Collections/University Archives invites Bucknellians to contribute writings, photographs, audio, video as well as other media representing their personal experiences and perspectives about the COVID-19…
June 1st, 2020
From Special Collections/University Archives: Women’s Affirmative Action 1972
The “Women’s Affirmative Action Report” was published in 1972, exposing key insights in the battle for equal rights for women on Bucknell’s campus. The Bucknellian…
May 7th, 2020
From Special Collections/University Archives: Student Protests – Moratorium
A year after a draft card burning on campus in 1969, and after subsequent protests during the fall 1969 semester at Bucknell, a national week…
May 1st, 2020
From Special Collections/University Archives: Student Protests – Draft Card Burning
No matter the decade or political climate across our nation’s history there were always those who took a stand for what they believed in, regardless…
March 16th, 2020
From Special Collections/University Archives: The History of Dana Engineering
In my latest installment, I thought it would be interesting to focus on the physical campus: What was different? What buildings were new? What did…