Web Exhibits and Resources

Potential History: Unlearning Imperialism

A pop-up exhibit curated by students in A&S 325

This exhibit draws inspiration from Ariella Aïsha Azoulay's book of the same title and aims to confront the profound legacy of violence deeply ingrained within museum collections.

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Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the ABC: 1969-2019

The Founding of the Association of Black Collegians

An online exhibition featuring photographs and documents from the College Archives tracing the early history of the Association of Black Collegians at Lafayette College.

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Lafayette College Papyrus

The Lafayette College Papyrus has been identified as an example of the “First Book of Breathings,” a funerary ritual dating from the Greco-Roman period in Egypt. The site includes extensive images of the papyrus, information on its history, a translation of the text, and information about its conservation treatment in 2003-2005. Also included are images of several other Egyptian items and fragments housed in Lafayette's Special Collections.

Lafayette in Persia

Lafayette College's deep ties to the American College of Teheran (Alborz College) in Iran are detailed by the resources gathered here. A look at the Lafayette students and alumni who raised money for Alborz and served as teaches and administrators from 1898 to 1940, when the school was nationalized by the Iranian government. The site also includes nearly 30 selected letters and documents written by Walter (Lafayette Class of 1919) and Estelle Groves during their first few years at the school, 1925-1930.

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Lafayette We Are Here!

A look at the ringing statement made on July 4, 1917 by General Pershing's aide, Colonel Charles E. Stanton, at the grave of Lafayette in Paris. The exhibit examines ways in which Americans paid tribute to Lafayette as they came to France's aid during World War I.

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Whistlin' Dixie

This exhibition was created for the one-hundredth anniversary of the founding in 1908 of the company that became the Dixie Cup Company, at one time one of the city of Easton’s largest industries.

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