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October 25, 2023 - June 2, 2024
Hours shared with Canaday Library
Coombe Suite Gallery
Canaday Library, 2nd Floor

The newest contribution to the Who Built ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï? project explores the early history of Japanese and Chinese students at ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï, a history colored by prevailing stereotypes about East Asian people that were circulating on ½ñÈճԹϒs campus, Philadelphia, and the country at large. At the turn of the 20th century, ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï began accepting Chinese and Japanese students through designated scholarship programs. But were these programs actually intended to benefit Asian students? What would their experiences have been like?​

3rd floor stairwell, Canaday Library

Cassie Paul '18 produced this display of lanterns held in the College Archives as part of her supervised work in Special Collections.