Monday, 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…
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Monday, 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…
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Sunday, March 1st, 2020
From Special Collections/University Archives: 100 Years Ago: — Suffrage and Lewis & Mary Theiss
Looking back at life 100 years ago can be shocking, especially considering how far we have come and how much farther we have to go.…
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Sunday, February 23rd, 2020
From Special Collections/University Archives: 100 Years Ago — Freshmen Rule(s)
The word Freshmen, or “First Year Student” in today’s terminology, conjures up many memories, both good and bad, for anyone who was or is one.…
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Monday, February 10th, 2020
From Special Collections/University Archives: 100 Years Ago –Student Life in the 1920s
It seems hard to believe that the decade coined “The Roaring Twenties” began exactly a century ago. When one thinks of this time period, scenes…
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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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