Lawrence Archives

Current Exhibits

Fall Traditions of Lawrence

This exhibit on the first floor of the library features photographs, programs, and newspaper articles on fall traditions at Lawrence. Traditions include All College Day and the Walk Around that were held from the late 1880s through the 1940s, the Lawrence/Ripon College football rivalry that started in the 1880s, and the many events of Homecoming at Lawrence. The exhibit will be up through the first of October.

Main Hall Collection processed and finding aid online

The collection of materials documenting the history of Main Hall has been processed and the finding aid is available here.

A digital collection of this physical collection will be available soon on the website as well. Many thanks to Katherine Elchert who worked on this collection during her Spring term 2008 internship. Her work on this collection included arranging hundreds (no exaggeration) of photographs in chronological order.

This collection is part of the Lawrence University Buildings Collection that is currently being processed.

Current Exhibits

Main Hall Photographs, 1850s – 1960s and the Lawrence University Crest

The exhibit features photographs documenting the history of Main Hall from its creation in1853 to the present. The Lawrence University Crest exhibit provides a look at the history of the crest and its many uses over the years, including being displayed on Commencement programs, yearbooks, and Lawrence promotional materials.

The exhibits were done by Archives intern Katherine Elchert.

New oral history transcript is up on the Archives website!

The transcript of the oral history interview with Sue Hackett, class of 1957, is now up on the Archives website at the following link.

http://www.lawrence.edu/library/archives/oralhistory_hackett.shtml

The interview was done during Reunion Weekend 2007. Sue shares stories about the sport of curling at Lawrence, the formal balls and dances, and Winter Weekend. She also tells of viewing the deceased Senator Joseph McCarthy as he lay in state at a nearby church.

Current Exhibits

The Namesake of the Richard A. Harrison Symposium for the Humanities and Social Sciences

The exhibit located in the case on the first floor of the library provides a look at Richard Harrison, dean of the faculty and professor of history at Lawrence University from 1992-1997. Harrison was one of the founders of the Student Humanities and Social Sciences Symposium that first began in 1996, After Harrison’s death in 1997, the symposium was renamed the Richard A. Harrison Symposium for the Humanities and Social Sciences in 1998. The symposium showcases student research and writing and will be held this year on Saturday, May 17.

Lucia R. Briggs collection and finding aid

The Lucia Briggs collection has been processed and the finding aid is now available here.

Lucia R. Briggs was president of Milwaukee-Downer College from 1921-1951 and received an honorary degree from Lawrence in 1926. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, and articles about and written by Briggs.

The collection was processed and the finding aid was completed by Archives intern Katherine Elchert.

Faculty Award Citations

Citations for awards given to faculty members at Commencement each June are now available on the Archives website. Citations for honorary degrees awarded to retiring faculty are located at

http://www.lawrence.edu/library/archives/honfac.shtml

Citations for the Excellence in Teaching Award are located at

http://www.lawrence.edu/library/archives/univaward.shtml

And citations for the Young Teacher Award can be found at

http://www.lawrence.edu/library/archives/youngteacher.shtml

Citations go from 1978 to the present year, and additional years will be added in the future. For questions or information, visit or e-mail the University Archives.