This photograph, captured outside of Leverone Field House during Alabama Governor George Wallace’s visit to Dartmouth on November 5, 1963, depicts Dartmouth students (including Richard Joseph '65) and Upper Valley community members protesting the segregationist's policies and views on race. Signs reading “liberation and integration” and “free men all” are raised in response to the politician’s recent inaugural address, in which Wallace stated, “segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.” Additional signs reference FEPC, or the Fair Employment Practices Committee, which was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941 to help prevent discrimination against African-Americans in defense and government jobs. — Dartmouth community members protest the speech of segregationist George Wallace on campus, 1963

A photograph of Croasdale and her friends at Woods Hole in the summer 1934. They appear to be preparing to go sailing or camping. — Hannah T. Croasdale, Dartmouth's first tenured female faculty member, pictured at Woods Hole, MA.

David Eckels photographed on Memorial Track Field for the Dec. 1985 issue of the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. — David T. Eckels, Class of 1944, dedicated campus accessibility advocate, exercises on Memorial Track Field.

The fourth panel painted The Temple Murals series, “The Assassination,” greets viewers as they step into the central lounge inside the Shabazz Center at Dartmouth. The panel depicts the turmoil and shock amid Malcolm X’s assassination, beginning a few seconds before he was shot at a rally (only three weeks after visiting Dartmouth). On the right side of the doorway two bodyguards gaze across the rally crowd toward the murderer, who is guided by the only distinctly white figure in the painting. — The fourth panel of the Temple Mural series, located in Cutter-Shabazz Hall, depicting the assassination of Malcolm X.

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The Historical Accountability Student Research Program at the Dartmouth Library offers several research opportunities for Dartmouth undergraduates to explore primary sources in our collections related to issues of diversity and inclusion in Dartmouth history.

On this website, you can learn more about the program, view digital exhibitions, browse the projects of Historical Accountability Student Researchers, and get started with research of your own!

The Historical Accountability Student Research Program at the Dartmouth Library exists as part of the Office of the President’s larger Inclusive Excellence initiative that recognizes believes social accountability is key to cultural change. The program, which is based at Rauner Special Collections Library, is offering several student research opportunities to assist Dartmouth students in exploring our collections and creating original content based upon primary sources.

Our innovative and dynamic program offers an open-ended scope for project topics and is dedicated to allowing undergraduates the opportunity research issues of diversity and inclusion in Dartmouth’s history. The program’s goal is not to create a definitive report or scholarly publication but to provide researchers of all degrees of experience to keep the dialogue about historical accountability alive and moving forward. It is a beginning, not a conclusion.

Projects & Exhibits

Explore the research of past Historical Accountability Student Researchers, including final research projects, digital exhibits, blog posts, and more!

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The Black Student Experience, 1960-1979

Moving Towards Accessibility

Featured Materials

Oral history interview of Charles F. Dey '58 runs for approximately four hours and documents his time at Dartmouth, beginning with his undergraduate years, his tenure as Associate Dean, particularly his work partnering with private schools to recruit minority students, and developing the ABC (A Better Chance) program. The interview concludes with Dey's time as Dean of the Tucker Foundation, and the various programs he supported in those years, as well as comments on the changing culture of Dartmouth College during the late ‘60s and ‘70s.

Oral history interview with Charles F. Dey '58

Celia Chen '78 writes into the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine to honor the late Hannah T. Croasdale after her death in 1999. She describes Croasdale as a woman “ahead of her time” and “one of the few female faculty members on campus not yet hospitable to women” when they first met in 1976.

“Dartmouth's First Woman of Science” in the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine.

A Visit With Section 504 Committee On Disabilities Member: Dave Eckels