Archives for Chatham University. Sharing fun details of Chatham's history.
08/03/2023
to the spring semester when Chatham Student Government organized a campus-wide engagement project connecting students to Chatham history through materials in the University Archives! We’re getting excited for fall and lots of projects like this in the years to come!
07/26/2023
Wayback in 1952, Chatham Alums organized a fair on the lawn outside Mellon Hall, featuring booths with flowers, cookies, and assorted wares. The event included balloon trees and watersports and, from the looks of it, they enjoyed lovely weather!
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07/19/2023
Did you know there was once a swan living in the Mellon Pond? Wayback in the 1940s, when Mellon was donated to Chatham, the resident seen was enjoyed by campus visitors. Curious about other bygone campus features? Checkout the Postcards Collection at the Link below! --> https://www.jstor.org/site/chatham/campuspostcardcollection
07/12/2023
Who loves postcards? We do! Especially historical ones, like those in the Chatham Campus Postcard Collection (see more in the Link below). This one is a favorite because it shows that brief moment when the Chapel had just been built, but Old Dilworth had not yet been replaced by Braun Hall. Look how little those trees are!
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07/06/2023
It looks like the January 1992 Chatham Abroad trip to the Galápagos Islands was amazing! The trip included encounters with giant tortoise, snorkeling with penguins, and hiking over lava! Wow!
06/28/2023
to 2003 and the Chatham Abroad trip to France! The group traveled to Paris, where they saw the Eiffel Tower, and to the Loire Valley where they saw the Château de Chaumont, and some lovely spot where a baguette was acquired! Sounds like an amazing trip!
06/21/2023
to 2008 and the Chatham Abroad trip to Russia! Students visited the Peterhof Palace and Gardens, as well as the Winter Palace. Photos from the trip also show students at a religious site- can anyone identify where they are?
06/14/2023
to 2004 and the Chatham Abroad trip to Prague! From the looks of it, students were able to enjoy some pretty stunning architecture. Is that the Prague Castle?
06/07/2023
The Chatham Abroad program took students to Peru in 1999, where they explored Machu Picchu, the Cuzco Region, and spent some time at the beach!
06/05/2023
January 1995 saw a group of Chatham students heading to Italy for an interim Chatham Abroad! The group visited Florence, Rome, Venice, Padua, Siena, and Assisi before hoping over to London for a few days study in then-new Renaissance Wing of the National Gallery. What fun!
05/30/2023
Chatham Abroad traveled several times to Belize, where students explored the region’s cultural heritage and biodiversity. Here’s hoping there are lots of wonderful travel plans forming for a great summer travel season!
05/22/2023
Anyone traveling this summer? Fresh inspo from the Chatham Abroad trip in 1992 to Egypt! Read all about it, though the voices of those who traveled, in the Link below. --> https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.25484105