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University Archives Online Exhibits and Projects

Sesquicentennial Essays


Wilson's Days: The Life and Legacy of Joseph C. Wilson

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Meliora is the motto of the University of Rochester, and translates from the Latin as “ever better.” The form in...

History of the University of Rochester, 1850-1962

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Upon his retirement in 1964 after almost 40 years of teaching  at the University of Rochester, Professor Arthur J. May...


University Traditions: The Boar's Head Dinner

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Since 1934, the students of the University of Rochester have welcomed the winter season with the Boar's Head Dinner.

Living History Project

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The University of Rochester's Living History Project was formally established in 2013 to complement the 2014 publication of Our Work...


Silent Sounds, Invisible Images: Reanimating the University's Recorded History

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The history of the University of Rochester is not just found in texts and photographs. Our past speaks and moves—it...

90 Years Beside the Genesee

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October 2020 marks 90 years since the dedication of the River Campus. The groundbreaking ceremony occurred in May 1927, and...


We'll Tell Our Story: 160 Years of Student Publications

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The history of the University of Rochester has been, and still is, recorded by its students. That we know about...

Evolutions in Space: The Rush Rhees Library Addition at 50

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By the early 1960s, Rush Rhees Library was full. Space for both staff and collections was at a premium, and...


Hyam Plutzik and the Plutzik Series at 60

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This online exhibit celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Hyam Plutzik Reading Series and draws upon exhibitions created in 1982,...

Maps and Meliora

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Our earliest map of Western New York—the gift of Dr. Seymour Schwartz—dates to 1724. A little more than a century...


To the Dandelion Yellow We Will E'er Be True

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In 1861, the University of Rochester moved to a new campus. It had just one building, some houses for faculty,...

Neilly Series Lectures

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In 2001, the Neilly Series was established through an endowment gift of Life Trustee Andrew H. Neilly and his wife,...