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Class Notes: University History

Got a Story to Share?An online exhibition shows the history of Rochester’s student publications and asks members of the University community to share their own archives.
University of Rochester exhibition student publicationMore about the exhibition and the collection.

If you’ve ever wondered what Rochester students thought of taking classes on Saturday morning in 1886 or want to remind yourself what your classmates looked like when you knew them on campus, a new exhibition from the Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation is a good place to start.

The exhibition, We’ll Tell Our Story: 160 Years of Student Publications, provides a history of the University from the point of view of student writers, editors, photographers, and other creatives who participated in Rochester’s many campus publications.

Part of an effort to digitize and make available the resources in University Archives, the exhibition includes newspapers, yearbooks, literary publications, humor magazines, and other material from the earliest student newspaper in 1873 to the most recent 2021 journal.

While the collection is fairly comprehensive, it’s not entirely complete. The Libraries would be interested in hearing from those who have copies at home, particularly copies of more recent publications, they would be willing to donate.