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Jackie Robinson (legendary black second baseman) visits Bucknell
These photographs and Student Church pamphlets from February 1949 advertise the presence of a legend on campus. As the first African American to play…
Civil Rights Roundtable
This flyer from the early ‘60s advertises for a roundtable discussion on the appropriate role for Bucknell in the Civil Rights movement. The discussion will be led by a professor from Howard University, a historically black college founded in 1867…
Questionnaire to Bucknell Students Concerning the Recent Southern Sit-in Strikes
This item contains the physical survey itself, while Item #50 reveals the responses. This survey was released to Bucknell students in 1960 to get an idea about their feelings and opinions on the Civil Rights movement, African American people, and…
Summary of Intersocial Questionnaire
This document from May 1960 shares the results of the survey released to Bucknell students. The goal of the survey was to get an idea about students’ feelings and opinions on the Civil Rights movement, African American people, and integration in…
Conference Attendance
This document lists all the conferences and exchanges Bucknell participated in during the 1963-1964 academic year and the students who attended them.
Barbara Beach on Howard Exchange
These three files from 1964 issues of The Challenge, The Bucknell Alumnus, and the Bucknellian, respectively, describe, in her own words, Barbara Beach’s very positive, semester-long experience at Howard University as an exchange student. Howard is…
James Farmer photograph
In this photo from a November 1965 Bucknell publication, James Farmer (1920-1999), the national director of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and original Freedom Rider, is surrounded by Bucknell students in Hunt Hall after an event earlier that…
Beyond the Classroom
In this January 1965 of Bucknell Alumnus, a student named Morri Holcomb, ‘66, reflects on all the extra-curricular activities available for Bucknell students. She mentions the Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity, the Christian Association,…
University Position on Discrimination in Fraternities
In this official university correspondence from October 1968, John P. Dunlop (1929-2013) (Dean of Men at Bucknell from 1962-1968; Dean of Student Affairs from 1969-1988) reminds all of Bucknell University's position on discrimination in fraternities,…
Hammermill Paper Company Response
In this official university correspondence from March 29, 1965, Hammermill Paper Company writes in response to John F. Zeller (1919-2010) (‘41; Vice President of Bucknell from 1955-1984; Interim President of Bucknell in 1984) in gratitude for…
To Students & faculty interested in Civil Rights
This memo is another official university correspondence from March 1965 that describes an opportunity during spring break where students can assist with a voter education and registration project in either Petersburg or Lynchburg, Virginia, sponsored…