Online Exhibits

O'Hare@50 [1]

On March 23, 1963, President John F. Kennedy officially dedicated O’Hare International Airport. Fifty years later, our beloved O’Hare is still going strong and has become a city and national transportation icon. 

Best of Bologna: Edgiest Artists of the 2008 International Children's Book Fair [2]

Abolition of the British Slave Trade, 1807 [5]

This exhibit showcases rare materials commemorating the bicentennial of the end of England's trade of slaves from Africa. It highlights important publications from the Rare Books collection of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies and from the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections.

African Fashion [6]

This exhibit features items found in the collections of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University Library.

Building History: Northwestern University [7]

Northwestern University Buildings and campus features are highlighted by images and documents from Northwestern University Archives.

Communities Uniting to Confront HIV/AIDS in Africa [8]

This virtual exhibit highlights the numerous materials used to inform some African communities about HIV/AIDS with the hope of slowing infection rates, shattering myths and misconceptions about the disease, while teaching people to live with and support HIV positive individuals.

Don Roberts: A Tribute [9]

Don Roberts, director of the Music Library, has retired after 33 years at Northwestern University. This exhibit is a tribute to his contributions to the fields of music, ethnomusicology, and music librarianship.

A web exhibit of photographs, artifacts, and documents on the history of football at Northwestern University. Originals are preserved in University Archive's collection.

Notable Northwestern University Alumni [11]

From nineteenth-century politician William Jennings Bryan to Miss America 1998 Kate Schindle, alumni of Northwestern University have achieved prominence in many fields. The men and women featured in this exhibit represent a small sampling of Northwestern alums who have made their names noteworthy.

Pictured: Saul Bellow

World Aids Day 2006 Poster Video [12]

The poster collection of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies, Northwestern University, documents the efforts of African governments and private organizations to promote public awareness regarding HIV & AIDS. This three-minute video shows a small sample of posters drawn from the collection.

1968 Student Protests [13]

Forty years ago, while demonstrations, sit-ins, and student activism were sweeping the nation's campuses, Northwestern was home to a notable moment of its own.

From May 3-4, 1968, a group of African-American students, organized by For Members Only and the Afro-American Student Union, occupied the school's business office at 619 Clark Street, to protest what they characterized as the school's lack of response to an April 22 set of demands to the administration.

This was the first time the administration was faced with this type of student action and it would go on to have lasting impact, particularly in the push for an African-American studies department and increased African-American enrollment.