Students enrolled in a variety of classes use the 5th Floor Special Collections for projects and research. In addition to history of science, materials in our four collections support research and study in art history, classics, drama, history, languages, literature, religious studies, and much more! Explore historical context of topics such as environment, gender and race using primary source materials from our collections. Here are some examples:
Fashion in Historical Context
During fall 2019 and spring 2020 Katie Sahlstrom (Class 2020) conducted research in the collections for projects in her Atlantic Revolutions class (Prof. Jennifer Davis) and Digital Scholarship History Internship (Tara Carlisle).