Breaking Ground: A History of Construction, Destruction and Renovation at Ursinus College

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Breaking Ground: A History of Construction, Destruction and Renovation at Ursinus College

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Project Description

Breaking Ground: A History of Construction, Destruction, and Renovation at Ursinus College aims to educate the public about the history of Ursinus buildings. The group decided to pick three buildings that are personally connected to our lives on campus. The three buildings are currently known as Myrin Library, Bomberger Memorial Hall and the Berman Museum of Art. The project is just the initial step in creating a full history of the buildings on campus. Although each building was built at a different time in the college’s history, two major dates of renovation have emerged through our research, the 1970s and the mid 2000s.

Faculty Mentor

Kara McShane

Faculty Mentor

Susanna Throop

Publication Date

Fall 2016

Keywords

digital humanities, history, Ursinus College, Bomberger Memorial Hall, Clark Memorial Organ, Heefner Memorial Organ, Alumni Memorial Library, College Union, Berman Museum of Art, Freeland Seminary, Freeland Hall, Myrin Library, campus, buildings

Disciplines

Architectural History and Criticism | Digital Humanities | Higher Education | Historic Preservation and Conservation | Liberal Studies | Social History | United States History

Comments

Students involved in this project maintained blogs throughout the course of the semester. The following are links to the blog entries:

Shelby Bryant

Morgan Kentsbeer

Breanna Knisely-Durham

Morgan Larese

Rachel Zane

Breaking Ground: A History of Construction, Destruction and Renovation at Ursinus College

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