{"id":6596,"date":"2018-04-27T11:10:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T15:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=6596"},"modified":"2018-05-31T14:30:26","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T18:30:26","slug":"asc-60s-exhibit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/2018\/04\/27\/asc-60s-exhibit\/","title":{"rendered":"Purdue Archives&#8217; New Exhibit Tells Story of &#8220;The Sixties: A Decade of Triumph, Struggle, and Change at Purdue&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.purdue.edu\/spcol\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/04\/Spring_60s_Exhibit_banner.jpg?resize=600%2C222&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/04\/Spring_60s_Exhibit_banner.jpg?resize=300%2C111&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/04\/Spring_60s_Exhibit_banner.jpg?w=624&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new exhibit, &#8220;The Sixties: A Decade of Triumph, Struggle, and Change&#8221; from Purdue University <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.purdue.edu\/spcol\">Archives and Special Collections<\/a>, a division of Purdue Libraries, features a rich variety of artifacts, photographs, and documents, all from the Archives&#8217; collections. According to Archivist for University History Adriana Harmeyer, the artifacts and displays spotlight the student experience at Purdue throughout the eventful decade.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibit is free and open to the public from 1-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday in the Archives and Special Collections, located on the fourth floor of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education (HSSE) Library, Stewart Center. <strong>An exhibit open house is set from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, May 23 in the Archives and Special Collections<\/strong>, and the event will include light refreshments, activities for children, and a chance to meet the exhibit curators.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Student scrapbooks, senior cords, and underground student newspapers appear alongside aeronautics textbooks, Rose Bowl tickets, and Grand Prix programs,&#8221; noted Harmeyer and Digital Preservation and Electronic Records Archivist Carly Dearborn, who both curated the exhibit. &#8220;Topics range from Purdue&#8217;s astronaut alumni to the 1969 centennial celebrations to student protests that marked the final years of the decade.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Sixties: A Decade of Triumph, Struggle, and Change&#8221; is on display through Friday, Aug. 10 in Purdue University Archives and Special Collections.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Harmeyer at aharmey@purdue.edu or Dearborn at cdearbor@purdue.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new exhibit, &#8220;The Sixties: A Decade of Triumph, Struggle, and Change&#8221; from Purdue University Archives and Special Collections, a division of Purdue Libraries, features a rich variety of artifacts, photographs, and documents, all from the Archives&#8217; collections. 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