Kean University Special Collections Research Library and Archive

How’s your signature look? This one is the Head Archivists favorite from the dated 1805.

organizational charts. We’re comparing a chart in the 1944-45 Annual Report with the one currently posted online. The biggest difference? Back then, students could only major in teaching. Want a ? Come on by!

Need a ? We have some from the early . This book belonged to Eliza Gaston from Elizabethtown, NJ. It includes for , , and . Want to see more?

It’s , so here’s a to a from #1800. What would you order?

We continue a tradition. Today, CNN Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash gives a lecture for Kean University’s Distinguished Lecture Series. She kindly added to our signature book. Included here is the book, the test page, and the pen. Come visit to see how Bash signed her page.

Lights, camera, action! will be included in a video about the Liberty Hall Academic Center. Here’s a couple b-roll shots from the at

Today we selected a folder from the Papers of Robert Winthrop Kean, labeled “Salk Vaccine, 1955.” Jonas Salk, who devoted his work to develop a against , opted not to patent or profit from the Salk Vaccine. Here we share a from then NJ Governor Robert B. Meyner concerned about vaccine distribution, along with Congressman Kean’s response. Also included is a picture of the Technical Report on Salk Poliomyelitis Vaccine, June 1955.

Did you know there are three books about the history of Kean University? Take a look or check them out . Take a look at the Kean Digital Learning Commons site to see old yearbooks and student newspapers, too.

Team member Scott saw this buck in the Elizabeth River (behind LHAC) on his way to work this morning. Add pictures of your animal encounters to and remember to for .

Today we had an unexpected guest visit us! A trustee and curator of the Caldwell Parsonage Museum in Union, NJ and Kean History Alumni, Anita Centeno stopped by to see some of our collection today. We loved hearing some wonderful stories about the history of our town and can’t wait to learn even more.

Could’ve, should’ve, would’ve? In 1960 an alumna suggested we buy dinosaurs bones uncovered in Utah, but it wasn’t approved.