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Historian James McPherson Visits

The Lawrenceville School's Bunn Library and Gruss Center of Visual Art together hosted a discussion of Abraham Lincoln, his legacy, and the 150th anniversary of the Civil War led by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James M. McPherson. The lecture, "Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation," and a post-event reception took place on February 12 President Lincolns 204th birthday in the Gruss' Hutchins Rotunda. Professor McPherson also visited the Stephan Archives and met with students at a prelecture luncheon and in history classes.
Historian James McPherson addresses an audience Guests were also encouraged to view the School's own of approximately 80 guests. collection of Lincoln memorabilia, selected from the Bunn Library's Stephan Archives, on display in the Gruss Center of Visual Art through Alumni Weekend. The exhibit includes a lock of Lincolns hair in a mourning locket and a first edition of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates autographed by Lincoln himself.

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Guest speaker McPherson is the George Henry Davis '86 Professor of History Emeritus at Princeton University. He has published numerous volumes on the Civil War, including the 1989 Pulitzer Prizewinning "Battle Cry of Freedom," "Crossroads of Freedom" (which was a New York Times bestseller), "Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution," and "For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War," which won the 1998 Lincoln Prize.

Volume 1, Issue 1

March 8, 2013

In this issue:
Historian James McPherson Lectures on Lincoln
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Old Barn Mystery Solved! Archives BOLO: Student Handbooks wanted Alumni Weekend 2013 On Exhibit: Now Youre

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The Lawrence Now Digitized

Meet the Stephan Archives staff Accessing Archival Student Records

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Cooking!

The Lawrence now Digitized

Have you ever wanted to look up stories from old issues of the The Lawrence? If you are a student or faculty member, you now can, and if you are an alum, you may soon be able to, as issues of The Lawrence from 1881 until June 2010 have now been digitized and are keyword searchable. Because the title has been password protected, access is currently limited to current students and faculty through the Blackboard software portal on campus, but plans are underway to expand access to other users, including alumni. If you are a Blackboard user, you will find the link on the lower left-hand side of the portal page (The Lawrence Archive, 18812010.) Watch for an update on expanded access and if you are an alumnus on campus for Alumni Weekend, visit the Stephan Archives to try it out.

Meet The Stephan Archives STaff

Previous to the generous gift donated by John Stephan 59 to the Lawrenceville School, the Archives staff consisted of Jacqi Haun, School Archivist, and a part-time staff position. Since 2011, Dr. Stephans generosity has extended to additional staffing support to assist in transitioning the archival catalogs from their 1970s physical card catalog to 21st-century online access. Jacqueline Haun, Archivist Jacqi was appointed School Archivist in the fall of 2000. She has a Masters in Information Science from the University of Michigan. In addition to her duties as one of six librarians, Jacqi is responsible for reference and student instruction in the Stephan Archives and care of the Schools documents and photographs. Sarah Mezzino, Historic Exhibit Specialist With a Masters degree in the History of Decorative Arts and Museum Studies from the Smithsonian Associates in partnership with The Corcoran College of Art +Design, Sarah is responsible for all 3D objects in the Archives and campus curation. Casey Babcock, Project Archivist Casey came to Lawrenceville in January 2011. He has a Masters in Public History from Rutgers University and in his position creates catalog records and finding aids for the Stephan Archives collections. Maureen Kane, Archives Assistant Maureen Kane has been a part-time Archives Assistant since 2009 and has post-graduate training in Early Childhood Education. In addition to her work in Archives, Maureen is responsible for a weekly literacy and crafts session with the on-campus Childrens Center.

Accessing archival student records

With the completion of the renovation of the archives department in the fall of 2011, the Stephan Archives was finally able to bring together more than 25,000 student records previously housed elsewhere on campus in less than ideal conditions and house them in our new climate-controlled space. The Student Record Collection goes back to approximately the mid-1890s, with a nearly complete run of records for all students for the last 100 years, including all permanent record cards and transcripts. Because student information is regarded as private under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a students educational record is open only to appropriate officials of the school and to the student until the right to privacy ends with the students death. Consequently, the Stephan Archives allows access to student records under the following conditions:
A student or alumnus

discretion, we will sometimes allow direct descendants access to their family members records once the student is deceased. What does this mean for you?
You may see your

own student records. If you choose to share them with others, that is your right.
If someone who graduat-

ed from Lawrenceville in 1933 or earlier is deceased, you may see their records. While most such requests are for genealogical research, such records are considered open to all researchers. What is contained in student records varies by the period in which they were created, but most student records contain, at the minimum, the students application to Lawrenceville. Our oldest records also frequently contain written correspondence between family members and the school. Due a change in school record-keeping practice, more recent records may not contain disciplinary information. If you want to access your own or someone elses student record, please contact Archivist Jacqi Haun.

always has the right to access his or her own student record.
Access to a student record

by another person is only possible if the student is deceased and at least 80 years have passed since the students class year. However, at the Archivists

Barn Mystery solved!

In the spring of 2012, students in Art Master Sheamus Burns 01s Design class came to the Stephan Archives for an assignment in which they found some nugget of school history they felt was hidden and created design projects to reveal that history to the School community. Vilma Jimenez '14 s find was a photo of a barn that, until the 1883 reorganization of the school and the subsequent building of the Circle by Frederick Law Olmsted, had stood behind what are now Hamill and Haskell Houses. While current staff believed the pre-1877 building had long since been torn down, Vilma noticed a penciled notation on the back of an early photo claiming that the barn had been moved to the plant area of campus and was still in use as of the 1940s, first as an office building and then as the hobby house. This set off a flurry of sleuthing as both Vilma and school staff tried to determine whether one of the existing buildings was that antique barn. Because the exterior of the building has changed substantially, including an altered roof line following a fire when the building was an auto shop, it took a while to confirm, but recently Dan Peterson, Manager of the Structural Trades in the Buildings and Grounds Department, identified the original barn as the building today used as the paint shop and for furniture storage. Although the building was built sometime before 1877, it is not considered a part of the Schools Historic Designated Landmark status.

The Old Barn in its original location behind Hamill and Haskell Houses c. 1870s.

The Old Barn , c. 1920s, following its relocation .

Left: What is believed to be the Old Barn today. The roof was replaced following fires in 1982 and 1994.

Upcoming events
Alumni Weekend, May 3

Archives BOLO (Be on the Look Out)

-5 The Music Men, Ask the Archivist, in the Spring 2013 Lawrentian The Spirit of Invention, Summer 2013 Lawrentian Lawrenceville Music, an exhibit opening in October 2013 in the Heely Reading Room of the Stephan Archives

The Stephan Archives is on the hunt for Student Handbooks for the following school years in order to fill existing gaps in our collections: 1971-1972 1972-1973 1973-1974 1974-1975 1975-1976 1976-1977 1977-1978 1978-1979 1980-1981 1984-1985

Please contact Archivist Jacqi Haun at jhaun@lawrenceville.org or (609) 895-2034 if you have any of these items in your personal collection and are willing to part with them. Thank you!

The Stephan Archives

The Bunn Library The Lawrenceville School PO Box 6128 2500 Main Street Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 Contact Us! Jacqueline Haun, Archivist Sarah Mezzino, Historic Exhibit Specialist Casey Babcock, Project Archivist Maureen Kane, Archives Assistant Archivist: 609-895-2034 Exhibit Specialist: 609-895-1291 Main Archives Number: 609-895-2108 Fax: 609-895-2159 E-mail: jhaun@lawrenceville.org

Alumni Weekend 2013

Coming to campus for Alumni Weekend (May 3-5)? Be sure to check out what is going on in the Stephan Archives!
Due to popular demand, the Life in Old

Lower exhibit, first displayed during Alumni Weekend 2011, will be on display again in the Bunn Library for Alumni Weekend 2013. The exhibit features a life-size reconstructed Old Lower cubicle, decorated as it would have been in 1965.
Now Youre Cooking! The History of Dining

The reconstructed Old Lower School cubicle on display during Alumni Weekend 2011. The life-size cubicle can be entered and explored by visitors.

Preserving Lawrencevilles past for all Lawrentians

Were on the Web! Blog: Stephanarchives.org Facebook: https:// www.facebook.com/ stephanarchives Twitter: @StephanArchives

at Lawrenceville will be on display in the Heely Archives Reading Room, along with images of the School Presidents from the Major Reunion Classes.
An Archives open house, allowing a

rare behind-the-scenes look at the new archives storage and exhibit spaces, will take place on Saturday, May 4, from 24 p.m.
The newly digitized Lawrence (1881-

2010) will be available on computers in the Archives Reading Room.

On exhibit: Now youre Cooking!

High school dining services are often, well, roasted for the selections they serve up. Not so at Lawrenceville! The Schools Stephan Archives, housed in the Bunn Library, are celebrating nearly two centuries of culinary excellence in Now Youre Cooking! The History of Dining at Lawrenceville, currently on display in the Heely Archives Reading Room during regular library hours. Nearly 50 items are currently 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 Schools 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. Foodies will be especially fascinated by the Calliopean Society banquet menus, which date back to 1893 and feature such delights as terrapin soup, frozen nesselrode pudding, and consomm pritaniere. Gary Giberson, founder and president of Sustainable Fare, Lawrenceville's food service provider, noted that while the preparations may seem exotic to modern day diners, most of the ingredients were fresh and locally sourced. This was a necessity in the late 1800s, but a sustainability goal for Giberson. In honor of the exhibit opening, Giberson and his staff provided a special menu for Lawrentians on October 26 featuring items typical of the early 1900s including authentic turtle soup.

Among the collections cataloged this year were photographs taken by the Coachman brothers, Walter L1913 and Charles L 1917. For more photos from the collection, visit http:// tinyurl.com/ah4vocp