In honor of Constitution Day, September 17th, we celebrate freedom of speech. On view were issues of all of The Claremont Colleges’ student newspapers that have been published since 1889. Times have changed, but students’ voices and their convictions remain strong.

This exhibit highlights photographs from the Scripps College Archives at Denison Library that were taken in the 1950s. Two photographers in particular captured the spirit of student life at Scripps. Ed Clark, a photographer for Life magazine, came to Scripps to document graduation in 1950. In 1956 Abbot Mills, a free lance photo journalist, photographed students preparing for mid year exams. The two photographers’ works are supplemented with images, some taken by fellow students, of life at Scripps College in the 1950s.

Perhaps influenced by memories of an unhappy childhood, and a great longing for children of her own, Olive Percival collected items usually perceived to be within a child’s purview. The exhibit at the Ella Strong Denison Library highlights some of the objects that she cherished. Eighteenth and nineteenth century popular culture is well represented by an eclectic gathering of such items as valentines, dolls, toys, tea sets, hand-made paper dolls created by her, and a collection of daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes.

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