The Monroe Confederate Reunion of 1913

Back in 2018, I made a post about the above photo. You really can't make out who anyone in the photo is, because it is scanned so small. The photo itself is very long, as you can tell. I decided to go to the Special Collections department, where the original is housed, and take close … Continue reading The Monroe Confederate Reunion of 1913 →

A New Treasure

A little over a month ago, a box was donated to Special Collections full of the papers of Judge Americanus Willis, who was here from the late 1800's to the mid 1910's. My boss has slowly been going through them and the historical documents are exciting! Some of them are being prepared to be digitized … Continue reading A New Treasure →