Mar 22, 2023
Out on Campus: A History of LGBTQ+ Activism at Pennsylvania Colleges and Universities
A traveling exhibit, Out on Campus: A History of LGBTQ+ Activism at Pennsylvania Colleges and Universities, will be displayed on March 20 – April 7,…
Out on Campus: A History of LGBTQ+ Activism at Pennsylvania Colleges and Universities
Jan 20, 2023
Queer Pasts, Queer Futures: The Lafayette Queer Archives Project
Centered on the voices of Lafayette’s LGBTQ+ alumni, faculty, and staff, the Queer Archives project (QAP) is a collaborative undertaking of the College…
Aug 16, 2022
El pasado y el presente, en diálogo: refotografía de Lafayette College
The past and present in dialogue: rephotography at Lafayette College… Student projects from Assistant Professor Katherine Stafford’s Spanish 211 class…
Aug 14, 2020
Lasting Legacies, Bright Future: Celebrating 50 Years of Coeducation at Lafayette College
As part of the campus-wide celebration of the arrival of women students on September 10, 1970, the College Archives showcases photographs, documents, and…
Jan 31, 2020
Rapped in Black: The Founding of the Association of Black Collegians
In July of 1963, U.S. President John F. Kennedy appealed to college and university board presidents to extend equal educational opportunities to the nation’s…
Jan 31, 2020
Strike! Lafayette Student Activism in 1970
Fifty years ago this May and two weeks before final exams, approximately one-third of Lafayette College students coordinated a strike in protest of the…
Jan 31, 2020
Lafayette Student Traditions
Student traditions at Lafayette College from the 19th and 20th centuries are featured in Skillman Library’s Simon Room this fall. Class rivalries, dramatic…
Aug 31, 2018
The Art of Persuasion: Howard Chandler Christy’s Posters from the First World War
Posters showcase how the artist adapted his trademark Christy Girl to inspire self-sacrifice on the home front and entice thousands of young men to enlist…
Aug 3, 2017
Helen Copley’s Christy Girls on Display
Selections from the superb Helen Copley collection of works by American artist Howard Chandler Christy are now on display in Special Collections...
Aug 22, 2016
Werner Pfeiffer – Are Books Obsolete? An Exhibition of Book Objects & Artist’s Books
The book works of Werner Pfeiffer offer a dramatic dialogue about changing perceptions of that most traditional form of human communication—the book…