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• Printed Books and Manuscripts from the Library of Doris Benz
  Doris Benz was a wealthy book collector from the Boston area who vacationed near Dartmouth. Much to the surprise of everyone at Dartmouth, her will directed her estate to auction her book collection with all proceeds going to Dartmouth’s Special Collections to create an endowment for the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts. It remains the largest endowment in support of Special Collections.
• Chariot Races on the Green
• 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
• Dartmouth Classroom
• Awaiting the Train, Winter Carnival, circa 1920
• Portrait of Eleazar Wheelock
• Married Student Housing, 1946
  As GI’s returned from World War II, the college had to scramble to create housing for married couples.
• Surveying Camp
  Thayer School of Engineering students at Surveying Camp in Canaan, New Hampshire, ca. 1939.
• Students protesting for women’s rights on the Green
  In addition to fun, students also used the Green for other purposes such as this protest related to women’s issues in the 1980s.
• Center Green Snow Sculpture, 1956
• Russell Sage Hall
  Despite Hopkins concerns about men playing the roles of women, Dartmouth took its time inviting women into its community. Dartmouth first admitted women in the fall of 1972 and it was the last of the Ivies to take this step. While the majority of men welcomed the addition of women to Dartmouth, a vocal and often profane minority resisted the change as can be seen by the banners hung from the windows of Russell Sage Hall.
• The DOC’s Environmental Studies Auto Exhaust clinic, May 1971
• The Old Pine
• President John Kemeny's New Hampshire license plate, 1975
• Great Issues lecture, undated
• Students arriving for "The Great Day 1967"
  In 1967, the Freshman Class organized a day of book discussions with students from nearby women’s colleges. The point was to socialize with members of the opposite sex, but in an environment where intellectual engagement superseded the usual partying of the big date weekends like Winter Carnival or Green Key. This class would be the last to graduate before Dartmouth went co-ed in 1972.
• Freshman Trips
  A group of tripees, ca. 1983.
• Kappa Kappa Kappa Fraternity, 1986
  While the Undergraduate Council’s resolution did away with frat discriminatory clauses, it also drove a number of frats to separate from their nationals. The resolution did not end discrimination and it would take several generations before racial integration was a reality in Dartmouth’s Greek system.
• Fred Harris, Class of 1911, Founder of the Dartmouth Outing Club, ca. 1958
• Hallgarten Hall
  Also known as Hell Gate because of its location close to a swampy part of town, and because it was a bit further from what was then the campus than most dorms, Hallgarten was one of the cheapest dormitories on campus. At a time when each room was priced based on it desirability, this meant that the poorest students—including most minority students—were relegated to these buildings
• Hallgarten Room
  Here you see a couple of students trying to manage in the cramped quarters afforded to those who were forced to room in Hallgarten.
• House Party Weekend, 1924
• Dartmouth Classroom
• Second College Grant
  The Second College grant, 27,000 acres of land in Northern New Hampshire, initially provided profits from commercial timber operations that the College used for scholarships and other educational purposes. Eventually the Grant became another destination for those seeking fun outdoors experiences.
• Dartmouth Classroom