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Current Exhibits

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…

Web Exhibits and Resources

A number of exhibitions mounted by Special Collections in recent years have been adapted for online presentation. Also available here are digitized selections of Special Collections resources organized around a theme, object, or event.

Past Exhibits

A record of exhibitions presented in Skillman Library’s several display spaces since 2010. Most of the photographic exhibitions showcase visiting artists, but the book and manuscript exhibits primarily highlight the holdings of Special Collections, with some notable exceptions.