-
Several trainees in the U.S. Navy’s V-12 program pick up books at Dartmouth. The V-12 program enrolled some 125,000 men at more than 100 U.S. universities and colleges to develop a vastly expanded officer corps for World War II.
-
Text on the back of the photographic original suggests this image may have been intended to promote the College: “A class on the lawn in front of Dartmouth Hall demonstrates photographically the informality and average size of classes at Dartmouth. The emphasis is upon undergraduate instruction in the liberal arts and in the development of critical and productive powers in the minds of the students.”
-
Established with a collection for general reading, Students enjoy the comfortable setting of the Tower Room circa 1955. A note on the back reads “smoking is permitted in the Tower Room.”
-
Like maps created in medieval Europe, which often had Jerusalem at their center, mapmaker A.K.D. Healy chose to center the Dartmouth College universe on its library.
-
Four photographs show American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) executives at Dartmouth College during the 1950s. At these summer institutes, business managers could expand their creativity through exposure to the liberal arts.
