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, 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…
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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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Thursday, 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…
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Friday, 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…
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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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