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,…
Past Exhibits
Feb 2, 2023
James: The Identities of James Armistead Lafayette
Special Collections & College Archives Black Heritage Month display explores the identity of James, the spy who provided information to the Marquis de…
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…
Nov 1, 2022
Death in Disguise
“Death in Disguise,” curated by Student Assistant Kusum Subedi ’26, draws from the collection of artists books in Special Collections & College Archives…
Sep 20, 2022
Easton Histories
Easton Histories Simon Room, Skillman Library Drawing from archival sources and ephemeral items held in Skillman Library’s Special Collections & 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…