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  Three women moving into their dorm as Dartmouth goes co-ed in 1972

  Three women moving into their dorm as Dartmouth goes co-ed in 1972
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  Married Student Housing, 1946

  As GI’s returned from World War II, the college had to scramble to create housing for married couples.
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  Clifford Orr to mother, September 22, 1918

  Perhaps to get his bearings in the first days of college, young Clifford Orr, Class 0f 1922, sent a hand-drawn map of campus home to his mother.
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  Dorm Room of Will Colgate, Class of 1870

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  Journal

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  Account book

  When Frederick Baker moved into his freshman dorm in 1934, he had to pay $15.00 for a desk and chair. His account of his first days at Dartmouth show an odd mix of boredom and excitement.
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  The Aegis

  Foley house not only “sunk” women before Dartmouth went co-ed, they also asserted their independence from what they saw as a doomed Greek system. Foley House is now part of the College’s affinity housing system.
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  Dorm Room circa 1985

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  Dorm Room of Gail Borden, Class of 1926 (heir to Borden Condensed Milk)

  Students could customize their rooms. This room in Mass Hall was featured in House Beautiful.
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  Dorm Room circa 1912

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  Dorm Room circa 1890