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Aidan Goldberg '25 is spending his summer putting together a history of the A.D. White House.

In this series, The Daily is diving into key historical events and researching prominent figures from Evanston and Northwestern’s pasts. When Kevin Leonard (WCAS ’77) was an undergraduate at NU, Highlights of Astronomy was a popular class — primarily because of the course’s professor, Josef Allen Hynek. “When I got here, he was a subject...

At the end of the Civil War, millions of enslaved people living in the United States became free. “Freedom Across Georgia” explores the experiences of six formerly enslaved people from Georgia and their individual stories of freedom.

Conservation laboratory. this is an example from the - is an example from the manuscript collection, it is a map— manuscript collection, it is a map and _ manuscript collection, it is a map and here it is being surface _ map and here it is being surface cleaned and claude is using — surface cleaned and claude is using what we call a smoke sponge, _ using what we call a smoke sponge, you see the kind of muck— sponge, you see the kind of muck we _ sponge, you see the kind of muck we get off ...

What would happen? well, the books would deteriorate more, the building already, we know there are structural issues with it, weve got to do it. actually, there isnt a choice. we absolutely must do this project. the more damaged or vulnerable items will be treated here at the conservation laboratory. this is an example from the manuscript collection, its a map and here it is, being surface cleaned, and clodagh is using what we call a smoke sponge, you see the kind of muck that we get off, and th...

Launched a 90 million euros restoration to improve the buildings environmental controls and help protect the collection. during the project, every single one of these books will be cleaned, catalogued and moved off site. if you didnt do it, what would happen? well, the books would deteriorate more, the building already, we know there are structural issues with it, weve got to do it. actually, there isnt a choice. we absolutely must do this project. the more damaged or vulnerable items will be tr...

The Library maintains a number of collections containing rare and unique materials. Often these collections contain a mix of published and unpublished material. In order to facilitate access, copying and publishing, donors of rare and unique material are asked to complete a  rights agreement which sets out agreed conditions under which a library patron may, for example, make copies for research or study, or publish an extract in a book.  Library staff will refer first to these rights agreement...

In hobnail boots, tweed jackets, shirt, tie and warm mittens, hardy mountaineers from a black and white age tackled and conquered Scotland’s…

As an undergrad, Marylynn Salmon ’74 sometimes found herself bored or distracted in classes, but she was never bored in Professor Mary Beth Norton’s