{"id":115,"date":"2020-11-23T16:18:02","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T16:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/library\/archives-and-special-collections\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T19:04:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:04:58","slug":"archives-and-special-collections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/archives-and-special-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"Archives and Special Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns sidebar is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45rem\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/12\/buzz-aldrin-cropped.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/12\/buzz-aldrin-cropped.avif 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/12\/buzz-aldrin-cropped-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/12\/buzz-aldrin-cropped-768x512.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Clark University Archives and Special Collections at the Robert H. Goddard Library is the repository for approximately 7,000 linear feet of rare books, manuscripts, University records, historical photographs and ephemera, Clark theses and dissertations, and other materials. In addition, we have extensive collections of unique digital materials available online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.clarku.edu\/archives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit Archives and Special Collections<\/a>&nbsp;on <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.clarku.edu\/\">Clark&#8217;s Digital Commons<\/a> to find information about collections, finding aids, and access to unique digital collections including:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.clarku.edu\/goddard_library_finding_aids\/\">Finding Aids to Archival and Special Collection<\/a> of Clark University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.clarku.edu\/clarkscarlets\/\">The Scarlet: Archive of Clark University Student Newspaper<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.clarku.edu\/pasticcios\">Pasticcios (Yearbooks), 1916-present<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.clarku.edu\/goddardcollection\/\">The Robert Hutchings Goddard Collection<\/a> (See also: Full-text searchable database of the <a href=\"http:\/\/database.goddard.microsearch.net\/\">Robert H. Goddard Papers<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.clarku.edu\/monadnock\/\">The Monadnock (Clark Geographical Society)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.clarku.edu\/conference1909\/\">The 1909 Conference Collection<\/a>, documenting Freud&#8217;s visit to Clark University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.clarku.edu\/universityarc\/\">Clark University Archives<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:archives@clarku.edu\">archives@clarku.edu<\/a> for additional information or view our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/archives-and-special-collections\/#faqs\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/a> below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-white-color has-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-f37199947dff148dfca807e979263ca4 is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-hours-of-operation\">Hours of Operation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Semester Hours:<\/strong><br>Monday-Thursday, <br>10 a.m. \u2013 4 p.m. by appointment only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Questions about Hours? You can contact us at <a href=\"mailto:archives@clarku.edu\">archives@clarku.edu<\/a> or 1-508-793-7206.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#faqs\">Frequently Asked questions<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-gray-100-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-52009084 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Gems from the Archives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Clark\u2019s Archives and Special Collections houses approximately 7,000 linear feet of materials. Ranging from books and artifacts to manuscripts and dissertations, the collections capture the essence of Clark and its storied history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2020\/12\/basketball-team.jpg\" alt=\"Clark University basketball team\" class=\"wp-image-728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2020\/12\/basketball-team.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2020\/12\/basketball-team-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2020\/12\/basketball-team-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Archives includes photos of the Clark Cougars men\u2019s basketball team from 1925 to 2003.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/clark-postcard.jpg\" alt=\"Postcard depicting Jonas Clark Hall and the Science Building.\" class=\"wp-image-123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/clark-postcard.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/clark-postcard-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/clark-postcard-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Postcard depicting Jonas Clark Hall and the Science Building.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/50s-60s-classroom.jpg\" alt=\"Students jot down notes while listening to a lecture in the late 1950s or early \u201960s.\" class=\"wp-image-124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/50s-60s-classroom.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/50s-60s-classroom-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/50s-60s-classroom-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Students jot down notes while listening to a lecture in the late 1950s or early \u201960s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/corner-store-annies-brunch.jpg\" alt=\"old photo\" class=\"wp-image-125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/corner-store-annies-brunch.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/corner-store-annies-brunch-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/corner-store-annies-brunch-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An old corner store, now the site of the famous and beloved Annie\u2019s Clark Brunch.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/buzz-aldrin-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"This miniature autobiography of Clark University's Robert Goddard, printed in Worcester, traveled to the moon with astronaut Buzz Aldrin during the 1969  Apollo 11 moon landing.\" class=\"wp-image-126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/buzz-aldrin-cropped.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/buzz-aldrin-cropped-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/buzz-aldrin-cropped-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This miniature autobiography of Robert Goddard traveled to the moon with astronaut Buzz Aldrin during the 1969 moon landing.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/old-library-jefferson-hall.jpg\" alt=\"A view of the \u201cOld Library\u201d (now Jefferson Academic Center) prior to the construction of the Robert H. Goddard Library in 1969. The main entrance, which was on Main Street, is now sealed.\" class=\"wp-image-127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/old-library-jefferson-hall.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/old-library-jefferson-hall-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/old-library-jefferson-hall-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A view of the \u201cOld Library\u201d (now Jefferson Academic Center) prior to the construction of the Robert H. Goddard Library in 1969. The main entrance, which was on Main Street, is now sealed.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/Seneca-philosophy-book-Clark-University.jpg\" alt=\"A 1658 imprint of the works of Seneca published in Amsterdam.\" class=\"wp-image-136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/Seneca-philosophy-book-Clark-University.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/Seneca-philosophy-book-Clark-University-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/Seneca-philosophy-book-Clark-University-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A 1658 imprint of the works of Seneca published in Amsterdam.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/Robert-Goddard-crop.jpg\" alt=\"The miniature autobiography of Robert H. Goddard, printed and bound in Worcester in 1966.\" class=\"wp-image-129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/Robert-Goddard-crop.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/Robert-Goddard-crop-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/Robert-Goddard-crop-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The miniature autobiography of Robert H. Goddard, printed and bound in Worcester in 1966.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/clark-pep-band.jpg\" alt=\"The Clark Pep Band performs a tune in the gymnasium.\" class=\"wp-image-133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/clark-pep-band.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/clark-pep-band-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/clark-pep-band-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Clark Pep Band performs a tune in the gymnasium.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/Book_of_Hours-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"The Book of Hours, 1423.\n\" class=\"wp-image-130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/Book_of_Hours-cropped.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/Book_of_Hours-cropped-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/Book_of_Hours-cropped-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Book of Hours, 1423.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/psych-dept-stanley-hall.jpg\" alt=\"A view from the Psychology Department at Clark in 1914. One of the oldest departments on campus, it was spearheaded by the University\u2019s first president, G. Stanley Hall.\n\" class=\"wp-image-128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/psych-dept-stanley-hall.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/psych-dept-stanley-hall-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/psych-dept-stanley-hall-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A view from the Psychology Department at Clark in 1914. One of the oldest departments on campus, it was spearheaded by the University\u2019s first president, G. Stanley Hall.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"803\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2020\/11\/Phillis-Wheatley-ClarkNow.jpg\" alt=\"Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral book cover\" class=\"wp-image-406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2020\/11\/Phillis-Wheatley-ClarkNow.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2020\/11\/Phillis-Wheatley-ClarkNow-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2020\/11\/Phillis-Wheatley-ClarkNow-1024x642.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2020\/11\/Phillis-Wheatley-ClarkNow-768x482.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cPoems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral,\u201d a rare first-edition volume by 18th-century African American poet Phillis Wheatley Peters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2020\/12\/interferometer.jpg\" alt=\"Albert A. Michelson's interferometer\" class=\"wp-image-750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2020\/12\/interferometer.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2020\/12\/interferometer-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2020\/12\/interferometer-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Clark Physics Professor Albert A. Michelson\u2019s interferometer. In 1907, Michelson was the first American to win a Nobel Prize in any science.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/tug-of-war-v3.jpg\" alt=\"Clark students used to participate in a yearly tug-of-war contest across Crystal Pond. The tradition began in 1909; the photo collage above is from 26 years later, 1935.\n\" class=\"wp-image-135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/tug-of-war-v3.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/tug-of-war-v3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/tug-of-war-v3-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Clark students used to participate in a yearly tug-of-war contest across Crystal Pond. The tradition began in 1909; the photo collage above is from 26 years later, 1935.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/goddard-rocket.jpg\" alt=\"In 1914, Robert Goddard was awarded his first two patents for the rocket apparatus: for a liquid-fuel gun rocket and a multistage step rocket.\n\" class=\"wp-image-134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/goddard-rocket.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/goddard-rocket-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/goddard-rocket-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In 1914, Robert Goddard was awarded his first two patents for the rocket apparatus: for a liquid-fuel gun rocket and a multistage step rocket.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group section is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"faqs\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-style-faq is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Where are the archives?<\/summary>\n<p>Archives and Special Collections and the Rare Book Room are located on the first floor of the Goddard Library, off the Academic Commons.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-style-faq is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Can I check out materials and use them outside of the Archives?<\/summary>\n<p>No, you will need to use the materials in the Archives or Rare Book Room. Our materials do not circulate but we are able to digitize some materials and make them available through our website.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-style-faq is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Can I use my phone camera to scan pages of the book I will be using?<\/summary>\n<p>Yes. as long as you do not use a flash.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-style-faq is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Can I see the records of someone who had attended Clark in past years, like a grandfather?<\/summary>\n<p>We are not allowed to show the records of someone who is still alive to another person. If the person you are interested in has died, we would need to see some record of that, like an obituary, before showing the materials.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-style-faq is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Do you have all the dissertations and theses that were written at Clark?<\/summary>\n<p>We have most of them. Before the Archives were established in 1972, all theses and dissertations were in the circulating collection of the University library, and some were borrowed and never returned. Because the University has only this one copy, we do not lend out master\u2019s or doctoral theses, and they must be used on site. We also digitize theses and dissertations, when feasible.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Libbey Slide Collection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"176\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/libbeyout.jpg\" alt=\"libbey slides\" class=\"wp-image-80\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1928, Clark University was given the library of Dr. William Libbey, professor of physical geography and director of the Museum of Geology and Archeology at Princeton University. Included in the gift were 14,000 lantern slides dating between 1860 and 1910.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The collection consists of both commercial sets as well as personal original photographs. It includes 100 series of slides \u2014 each dealing with a specific topic, state, or country \u2014 representing a remarkable cross section of the geography and people of many parts of the globe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Lantern Slides<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Lantern slides, the precursor to modern cardboard- or plastic-mounted slides, consist of two small glass plates. One plate is coated with an emulsion that captures an image when exposed to light, and a second glass plate is placed over the first to protect the emulsion. A cutout border, usually of black paper, is placed between the glass plates to act as a frame for the picture. The glass plates are sealed together with black tape. The projector used to illuminate the slides was called a \u201cmagic lantern\u201d \u2014 hence the term \u201clantern slides.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although magic lanterns were used to project transparent drawings before 1839, it was not until 1850 that glass photographic slides were made in the United States. They became a common form of home entertainment, reaching their highest level of popularity by 1900. They continued to be widely used until 35mm film and cameras became readily available in the late 1920s to the mid-1930s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Generally, lantern slides were black and white, but they could be hand-tinted with transparent oils. They were often commercially produced and typically sold by opticians who purchased the rights to the photographs, reproduced them as lantern slides, and sold them either singly or in sets. Descriptive booklets were often included with the sets. Many of the pioneers of photography had their photographs reproduced in this fashion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Libbey Slide Collection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/william_libbey.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. william libbey\" class=\"wp-image-81\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Libbey became interested in photography as an undergraduate at Princeton&nbsp;University and embarked on many expeditions during his lifetime. Many of those travels are documented in his collection. The series housed at Clark includes photographs from:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An 1877 Princeton scientific expedition to Utah.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An 1878 expedition to view a solar eclipse near Denver, Colorado.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An 1886 expedition organized by the&nbsp;<em>New York Times&nbsp;<\/em>to climb Mt. St. Elias in Alaska alongside Lt. Frederick Schwatka. This series includes photographs of the Yakutat Indians in Yakutat Bay.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1894 and 1899 Peary Expeditions to Greenland.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A 1902 expedition to Jordan, about which Libbey co-authored his most famous publication,&nbsp;<em>The Jordan Valley and Petra.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A 1908 expedition to Yellowstone Park.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There are currently approximately 20,000 glass lantern slides housed in Clark University\u2019s Map Library. 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Alaska.\" class=\"wp-image-88\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/36-27r.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/36-27r-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/36-27r-768x533.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Women at Karta Bar. 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Alaska.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-slide splide__slide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/52-11r.jpg\" alt=\"Party on Diana - 1899\" class=\"wp-image-94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/52-11r.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/52-11r-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/52-11r-768x502.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Party on Diana &#8211; 1899<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-slide splide__slide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/52-54r.jpg\" alt=\"Arctic Naval Review - Foulke Fjord, Fran, Diana Windward.\" class=\"wp-image-95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/52-54r.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/52-54r-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/01\/52-54r-768x482.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Arctic Naval Review &#8211; Foulke Fjord, Fran, Diana Windward.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<script>\n    let cu_carousel_0 = new Splide( '#cu_carousel_0',{\n        type   : 'loop',\n        perPage: 2,\n        perMove: 1,\n        focus  : 'center',\n        pagination:false,\n        updateOnMove: true,\n        gap:'2.5rem',\n        breakpoints: {\n            768: {\n                perPage: 1,\n                arrows: true,\n                pagination: false            },\n            1279: {\n                perPage: Math.min(2, 2) ,\n                arrows: true,\n                pagination: false            },\n        }\n    } );\n    cu_carousel_0.on( 'mounted', function () {\n        cu_carousel_0.Components.Slides.forEach(component => {\n\t\t\tcomponent.slide.style.alignSelf = 'start'\n\t\t})\n    } );\n    cu_carousel_0.mount();\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The library&#8217;s Archives and Special Collections are home to thousands of rare books, manuscripts, historical photographs, artifacts, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":116,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-115","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Archives and Special Collections | Robert H. 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