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He Knew the Dangers Before Him
Elon Graduate Dewey Hooper in World War II
This Omeka exhibit tells the story of Dewey G. Hooper, a 1940 graduate of Elon College who served during the Second World War. Hooper enlisted in the U.S. Army and became a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Forces. In 1942, 2nd Lt. Hooper was killed when his B-24 Bomber crashed in a remote area of Australia.
Black Studies Protests
Elon University's Journey to an African American Studies Program
Explore student Emily Lange's StoryMap project detailing the student-led protests for Black Studies curriculum at Elon beginning in 1969, and the road to the hiring of Elon's first Black professor and the beginning of the African and African-American Studies at Elon (AAASE) minor.
Lives from the Archives
Lithuanian Faculty at Elon
Explore student Emily Lange's StoryMap project detailing the journey of Lithuanian Faculty as they escaped Eastern Europe after World War II and came to Elon.
Explore student Rachel Feld's StoryMap highlighting the growth of Elon University, featuring buildings past and present, and the origins of their names.
Elon College and the First World War
Archivist Randall Bowman's StoryMap tells the story of Elon College during World War I.
The Omeka exhibit is a campus tour built upon the 2020 Committee on Elon History and Memory Report and resources from Elon University Archives & Special Collections. You can follow along the campus tour to learn about the hidden injustices and acts of resistance in the university's history.
An online exhibit showcasing the fire of 1923, which destroyed the Administration Building, also known as "Old Main", on the campus of what was then Elon College. This historical event marked a shift into a growth period and allowed Elon to be reborn from the ashes just like a Phoenix. The exhibit was created by Brie Melchor, Elon Class of 2026 and includes a video titled "Triumphant From Ashes" produced by Evan Smith, Elon Class of 2026.
Founded in 1958, the student-led Liberal Arts Forum has provided Elon with quality scholarly lectures centered on the humanities and social sciences. This exhibit describes the organization's establishment and its evolution. Created by Blake Healey, Class of 2024, and Evan Smith, Class of 2026.
What the Archives of Elon University Say
about Sexual Violence on Our Campus, 1922-2020
Alexa Rasmussen's storyboard, created to share the results of an archival analysis, begins with a spotlight on Elon President Emeritus Leo Lambert and how his convocation speech given each year to first year students evolved to acknowledge gender-based violence from 2013 to 2016. It also highlights the key findings of how the student handbooks, policies, and dialogue have changed over the last 100 years and provides a brief timeline of sexual assault Issues and policy changes in the United States.