Bloomsburg University Archives

Online Exhibits

• Bloomsburg State Teachers College in 1959. This is a pictorial look at the campus of 50 years ago, complete with historical and current information on all campus areas that existed at that time.



• A Gallery of Presidents and History of Bloomsburg University. The exhibit provides biographical information on all of the individuals who have headed what is now Bloomsburg University since 1866. It also presents in-depth historical information on the growth the school has experienced since that time in terms of the number of students, programs, courses, and the physical size of the campus, all showing the remarkable progress from our days as a normal school to a teachers college and finally a full university.



• Views of the Bloomsburg State Normal School, 1921-1923. This exhibit takes photographic images from the course catalogues for these two academic years to give a view of what the campus looked like in the early 1920s during its days as a state normal school. It also includes historical information on the campus, buildings, classes, and students.



• 1919 War Hero Memorial Pinery.  The exhibit examines the history of the World War I memorial located near Carver Hall, and provides biographical information on the 16 students who are remembered there.



• The Maine Experience: Bloomsburg State College Summer Art Classes at Moosehead Lake, 1975-79.  This exhibit remembers the summers during the 1970s that art students from Bloomsburg went to the wilds of Maine to paint, draw, learn their craft and experience life.



• A Legacy of Champions: The Story of Wrestling at Bloomsburg University.  The exhibit documents the history of the wrestling program at the University from its founding in 1930 to the present day, featuring many of our individual and team champions from over the years.



• The Navy V-5s at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College.  An exhibit telling the story of the naval flight instructors who trained in Bloomsburg during World War II.  The site also includes primary documents from the BSTC naval training programs collection.

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Updated 6/3/09