Wednesday, September 20th, 2017
From Special Collections/University Archives: The SS Bucknell Victory
Did you know that an armed cargo ship in service during World War II and the Korean and Vietnam Wars was named after Bucknell University?…
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Thursday, September 14th, 2017
From Special Collections/University Archives: Who is Ellen Clarke Bertrand?
In 1963, J. Olin Oliphant, professor of history at Bucknell and the first archivist of the University, referred to Ellen Clarke Bertrand as, “the greatest…
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Sunday, September 10th, 2017
Special Collections/University Archives Fall Exhibit: Straight Out of Booklyn
For more than a decade, Special Collections/University Archives has been working with the Booklyn Artists Alliance to purchase artists’ books representing collaborative work among artists,…
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Thursday, September 7th, 2017
Introducing Haley Stodart!
Hello everyone, my name is Haley Stodart. I am a junior at Bucknell University and am your new Special Collections/University Archives blogger! Before you read…
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Thursday, May 11th, 2017
From Special Collections/University Archives: The George Bernard Shaw Collection
George Bernard Shaw, an Irish writer and playwright, was one of the most prolific figures in 19th and 20th centuries. . Born 1856 in Dublin,…
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Monday, May 1st, 2017
From Special Collections/University Archives: Horace Hildreth, Bucknell’s Ninth President
Over the hundred and seventy one years of Bucknell’s history, the University has had seventeen presidents. Each one has had a unique background—some in academia,…
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Tuesday, April 11th, 2017
From Special Collections/University Archives: Bucknell’s Observatory
Five years after William Bucknell donated $50,000 to the University at Lewisburg in 1881, saving the institution from financial ruin, he continued to play a…
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