Fifty years ago, Northwestern set the Earth Day standard
Posted April 1, 2020
Even before national activists could stage the first Earth Day in April 1970, Northwestern students and faculty led the way in pushing environmentalism into...Category: University Archives
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Addition of McCormick papers makes Libraries a journalism history hub
Posted March 6, 2020
Before the addition of the Robert R. McCormick’s personal and business papers, Northwestern Libraries already had a substantial collection of journalism archives deposited by...
“On the Same Terms”: Women’s Professions and the Chicago Campus
Posted January 31, 2020
When Northwestern decided to add training in the “professions” (medicine and law) to its original liberal arts curriculum, it did so by affiliating with...
From the Monster on the Knoll to the Library of the Future
Posted January 22, 2020
On January 19, 1970, a new chapter began in Northwestern’s history: the opening of the new University Library building. Today and tomorrow we look...
University Hall marks 150 years as a Northwestern icon
Posted September 6, 2019
1869 was a rather big year for Northwestern. This fall, the University is set to commemorate the 150th anniversary of one significant event...
150 Years of Women at Northwestern: A year of commemoration begins
Posted June 19, 2019
In preparation for Commencement Day, a platform is set up in a shady grove on the campus grounds; sunlight shimmers on the lake in...
Remembering alumnus and D-Day paratrooper Norb Schwartz
Posted June 7, 2019
June 6, 2019, marked the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, the turning point of World War II. In honor of the day, University...
Champions of new music: the archives of orchestra conductors
Posted May 13, 2019
Long-dedicated to collecting twentieth-century and contemporary art music, the Northwestern University Music Library holds several important archival collections documenting the careers of influential orchestra...
Hamid Naficy Papers open for research
Posted February 22, 2019
University Archives is pleased to announce that the Hamid Naficy Papers are now open for research. Naficy has been a member of the Northwestern faculty since...