Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019
From Special Collections/University Archives: Bucknell’s Animal Behavior Program
Have you ever gone towards Bucknell West, or the “Mods” and heard the screech of a monkey? Then you are both lucky and unlucky. As…
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Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019
From Special Collections/University Archives: the Forrest D. Brown Conference Center
In the early 1930’s, the Bucknell University Christian Association brought forth the idea building a conference center for the University to use as an off-campus…
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Tuesday, September 17th, 2019
A librarian for every student
First year students: did you know that you have been assigned your own personal librarian? The librarians want to help you recognize and use library…
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Friday, September 6th, 2019
Who Invented the Bird Cage?
As I was looking through the archives of Bucknell World, a Bucknell publication for alumni that has been replaced by Bucknell Magazine, I found an…
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Tuesday, June 4th, 2019
From Special Collections/University Archives: The First Women of the University
Since the time the University at Lewisburg (former name of Bucknell University) was established in 1846 in the basement of the Baptist Church in Lewisburg,…
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Sunday, May 26th, 2019
From Special Collections/University Archives: The History of Bucknell’s Art Building
Did you know that the Art Building did not hold art within its walls for the first fifty years of its existence? In 1889, William…
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Sunday, May 19th, 2019
From Special Collections/University Archives: The History of Roberts Hall
Roberts Hall is one of the oldest and most interesting buildings on Bucknell University’s campus. The building was designed by Thomas U. Walter, who was…
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