Deep Roots at Tufts University

Slavery, Colonialism, & Their Legacies

Another Light on the Hill

Black Students at Tufts

The Charge and the Challenge

Tufts Presidents from Ballou to Kumar

Thirteen presidents have celebrated their installations on the hill since the founding of Tufts College. This exhibit offers a glimpse at each president and a survey of the highlights and major events of their tenures. The exhibit opens with a welcome to President Kumar then moves back through time all the way to Tufts' first president, Rev. Hosea Ballou 2d.

Muriel Simonson: The life of a student at Jackson College

1924-1929

Jackson College at Tufts University in the late 1920s as told through the life of Muriel Simonson, Tufts's first undergraduate theatre director.

A Glimpse at Jackson College for Women

1910-1924

Originally staged online in 2007, this small exhibit on Jackson College was re-staged in a new exhibit environment in 2018.

Tufts Answers the Call to Service: V-12 and NROTC at Tufts

TARC presents a series of exhibits focusing on the two United States Navy programs, the V-12 and NROTC, that arrived on campus during World War II.

The Magnet and the Iron: John Brown and George L. Stearns

The Stories Behind the Busts

Explore the stories behind the busts of John Brown and George L. Stearns at Tufts University.

The Poet's Work: The John Holmes Collection

John Holmes was a poet and professor of English at Tufts. This exhibit provides access to his work through annotated poems, “biographies” of poems, audio poems, and poems animated with photographs and soundtracks. Please note that this project was completed in 1999.

The MacJannet Legacy

Exploring the ideas of leadership, international understanding, and education through the lives and work of Donald and Charlotte MacJannet.

Donald and Charlotte MacJannet established international camps and schools, including one at Talloires where the Tufts European Center is located. The exhibit explores the ideas of leadership, international understanding, and education through their lives and work.

The Life and Work of Edward R. Murrow

an archives exhibit

The exhibit features Murrow’s career from his student days to his work for USIA with additional essays on his private life, on the accomplishments of his wife, Janet Brewster Murrow, and on the ‘Murrow Boys.' Using items from the Edward R. Murrow Papers at TARC, the exhibit describes known and lesser-known aspects of Murrow’s work and life, placing them in the political and historical context of his career.

New England Almanacs

18th and 19th century New England almanacs from Tisch Library Special Collections

The Walter B. Wriston Archives

Walter B. Wriston (August 3, 1919 - January 19, 2005) was a banker and former chairman of Citicorp. An expert on commercial banking, Mr. Wriston wrote and spoke widely on topics relating to finance, banking, technology, and international business.

Women's Bodies, Women's Property

German Customary Law Books Illustrated in the Fourteenth Century

An electronic exhibition of an exhibit at the Slater Concourse of the Aidekman Gallery at Tufts University, November 18 - December 15, 1998

A New Nation Votes

American Election Returns, 1787-1825

A New Nation Votes is a searchable collection of election returns from the earliest years of American democracy. A New Nation Votes is also available through the Tufts Digital Library.

Girls' Books

A collection of late 19th through mid-20th century books for and about girls, including series such as Nancy Drew, Judy Bolton, Beverly Gray and many others; non-series fiction titles; and mid-20th century conduct books for girls.

Zella Luria: Leading the Charge

An exploration of the life and work of Professor Zella Luria.

A Step into the Unknown

Commencement at Tufts University

An exploration of the history of Commencement at Tufts, from 1856 to the present.