Last night we had over 50 people attend the opening of “Pieces of Eight,” the collective title of a showcase of eight separate student exhibitions in the Watkinson Library, which will run through June 30, 2016. This is the fifth annual such showcase of student exhibitions, and the turnout of faculty, students, parents and staff was very gratifying.
The exhibits and their curators are as follows:
Handmaid to History: What is Antiquarianism? / Elizabeth Askren ‘17
“Following the Light of the Sun, We Left the Old World”: The Dawn of Printing / Alec Buffamonte ‘17
An Uneven Playing Field: Sports and Social Classes in Britain / Marcus Cinotti, graduate student
Who You Gonna Call? Ghost Hunters from 1860-1960 / Hunter Drews ‘16
Bluejackets & Devil Dogs: U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Recruiting Posters from the Great War / Jordan Finning, graduate student
From Ragtime to Rock & Roll: Music Culture at Trinity College / Matthew Nazarian, graduate student
Victorian Ladies Leave the Sidelines: Women in Sports, 1860-1890 / Rosangelica Rodriguez, graduate student
Infant Doping and the Opium Imagination / Sarah St. Germain, graduate student
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On this day in 1828, Andrew Jackson was elected president.
I thought it would be good to put up this little piece of ephemera–related to the Connecticut push to get Jackson elected.
“The Committee-men should take it upon themselves, personally, to see that every Jackson man is at the polls.”
As was the custom at the time, neither candidate personally campaigned, but their political followers organized many campaign events. Most interesting are the notes of the political stance of Connecticut figures on the back.
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On this day in 1828, Andrew Jackson was elected president.