Tuesday, 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…
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Wednesday, 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)
Bucknell…
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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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