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#HappyBirthday to The University of Chicago’s 1st president, William Rainey Harper, born #OTD in 1856! If you visit our classroom you can see his rolltop desk & chair. We have photos of him at the desk - complete with modern conveniences like a phone! (APF1-02522)
Celebrate #WomenAstronomersDay with the Yerkes Observatory Records at SCRC! Check out the alt text for the names of the women in this photo from 1921, and learn more here: voices.uchicago.edu/ochre/project/…. Yerkes Observatory
Happy Birthday to philanthropist & businessman Julius Rosenwald, born #OTD in 1862! Read more about him, his The University of Chicago connections, & his personal papers on our Tumblr: tumblr.com/uchicagoscrc/7… J.R. & Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee, 1915, UChicago Photo Archive apf1-07303.
Ernest Everett Just was born #OTD in 1883. He completed his PhD in Zoology in 1916 The University of Chicago , and published The Biology of the Cell Surface in 1939. Learn more about how his portrait in Erman Hall came to be! shorturl.at/jtjPd. #UChicagoHistory #BlackHistory
When the world is your classroom, #dogs are students, too! The University of Chicago's September quarter kicks off on #NationalDogDay! Pictured are Ms. Skogman and Jack the Dog at the summit of #Colorado's #LongsPeak, 1922.