The Lawrenceville School’s Stephan Archives and the Bunn Library will be closed as of Wednesday, November 21, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. We will reopen on Monday, November 26. Because the library will be closed, there will be no archival or library services available until we reopen. Have a happy and safe Thanksgiving!
The Lawrenceville School and the Stephan Archives have reopened after being closed due to Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy for an entire week. While the campus sustained some damage courtesy of wind and trees, the Archives and the Bunn Library in which is it is housed were spared any signficant issues. All collections “weathered the storm” without any problems, despite a four-day power outage, thanks to the cool autumn weather. Thanks is owed to the School’s amazing Buildings & Grounds department, who were on campus and working hard to protect our facilities and community members both during and after the storm. Without their invaluable assistance, things could have been much worse.
High school dining services are often, well, roasted for the selections they serve up. Not so at Lawrenceville! The School’s Stephan Archives, housed in the Bunn Library, are celebrating nearly two centuries of culinary excellence in “Now You’re Cooking! The History of Dining at Lawrenceville,” on display beginning October 26, during regular library hours. Nearly 50 items will be on exhibit, including a century-old Tiffany & Co. tea set, locally produced china, and even a recently retired plastic cafeteria tray.
While most of the items were housed in the Archives, other treasures have been unearthed in unexpected locations. Members of the School’s Buildings and Grounds staff found a colonial-era glass bottle and a circa 1860 flask hidden in a wall at Belknap House (now a faculty residence), a former tavern.
Read more: http://www.lawrenceville.org/about/news/news_detail.asp?id=952A?dup=0
UPDATE: For more on the exhibit and the special dining hall menu created around it, check out this article from the Spring 2013 Lawrentian.
We’re happy to share with you the work of Chioma Iwelumo ’12 who worked on this video on the history of coeducation at Lawrenceville using the Stephan Archives collections and oral history interviews with Ruwei Mount Hanewald ’90, Kristina B. Schulte P’15, W. Graham Cole, Jr., H’87, P’91, P’95 and Head Master Elizabeth A. Duffy H’43 as a senior independent study with Media Specialist Gil Domb last spring.
The Stephan Archives will be closing at 12 p.m. on Friday, August 25 to accommodate a facilities maintenance project. The Bunn Library will remain open during this project. The Archives will reopen on Monday, August 27 and resume normal school year operating hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Have a great afternoon!
The Lawrenceville School Stephan Archives 