For International Women’s Day, we are highlighting the work of international war correspondent Martha Gellhorn. Martha Gellhorn was born in St. Louis in 1908. Her mother, Edna Gellhorn, was a well-known supporter of women’s suffrage, and brought Martha with her to political events when she ...
In honor of Women’s History Month, we would like to honor the women of St.Louis, and particularly of Washington University, who aided in the war effort during WWI. Recording Women’s War Efforts Although women were not allowed to engage in combat at the beginning of the century, there ...
The exhibition: “Bride of the Desert: An Exploration of Palmyra” will be on display at The Sheldon, 3648 Washington Boulevard, Saint Louis, MO 63108, March 2 – April 21, 2018. This exhibition includes some photographs from the Russell Sturgis Photograph Collection in University Archives and book...
Funding will support the Libraries’ Modern Literature Collection and the digitization of student publications Washington University Libraries have been awarded a $50,000 grant from Newman’s Own Foundation, the independent foundation created by the late actor and philanthropist, Paul Newman...
Two weeks after the United States declared war on Germany in April of 1917, Dr. Fred Murphy of Washington University in St Louis Medical School got a call from the Surgeon General asking how soon he could have a hospital unit ready to go to Europe. Within a few weeks, Base Hospital 21, which had ...
Thanks to the generosity of his daughters Susan Koelle Bell and Anne Koelle McCann, Washington University Libraries have recently acquired the papers of Arthur Ernst Koelle. Arthur Koelle was a St. Louis native, born in the city on June 27, 1901. In 1923, he graduated from Washington University i...
Kick off Black History Month by nominating someone for the Trailblazers award! Nominations will be accepted until February 15 at 5:00 pm. The Washington University Trailblazers was established in 2016 to acknowledge, commemorate and celebrate the contributions Black alumni, faculty and sta...
The exhibition “Transformative Visions: Washington University’s East End, Then and Now” will be on display in the Garen Gallery at the Kemper Art Museum February 2, 2018 – May 21, 2018. This exhibition includes architectural drawings, photographs, and other material from University Archive...
The spring semester has officially begun, and as you have undoubtedly noticed, construction at the front end of campus continues on. One of the functions of University Archives is to document changes to our campus through the years. Our holdings contain historic photos that cover over a century o...
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