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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…
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…
Howard Exchange Proposal
This official university correspondence from November 1962 advises Bucknell student Jeffrey Fleming on how to propose a visit to D.C.’s historically black college founded in 1867, Howard University, during spring break for several Bucknell…
Letter to Alumnus re: Interracial Contributions
This official university correspondence from April 1960 documents the response from Dean John C. Hayward () to an alumnus who had expressed concern at a cross-burning incident that took place at outside a Bucknell fraternity. He condemns the incident…
Howard University Exchange Weekend
In this collection from 1958-1959, three photographs are shared depicting students participating in the Bucknell/Howard exchange program weekend get-together at Cowan, Bucknell University’s retreat center in Mifflinburg. Students from Howard…
Student Exchange Program
This February 1952 brochure details the Student Exchange Committee's effort to organize exchange programs between Bucknell and historically black universities. The bulletin provides information on Hampton Institute, where the exchange program took…
Virginia Union Students
A Bucknell University program from 1965 tells the schedule for the Virginia Union University students while at Bucknell. In addition, an article from the Sunbury Daily Item in the same year details the intercultural exchange (in the interests of…
Bucknell-Howard Exchange
Two items are involved in this entry. First is a March 1963 essay written by a Bucknell student from regarding six Bucknell students who spent their spring break at the historically black Howard University that was founded in 1867 in D.C.. The essay…
"Why Howard Week-End?"
In this February 1958 article from the Bucknellian, a student explores the purpose and benefits of participating in Bucknell's exchange program with historically black Howard University. Howard was founded in D.C. in 1867. Overall, the student…
"BU, Howard Observe Twentieth Anniversary of Exchange Weekend"
This Bucknellian article from April of 1958 looks forward to the weekend when 19 Howard students will visit Bucknell to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Howard-Bucknell Exchange. Howard University is a historically black college that was founded…