USF Library Special & Digital Collections Exhibits

Sponge Schooner

Here y’are. . .can’t tell the teams without a scorecard

A barker sells programs in a ballpark, labeled “State Department.” Players mill about wearing baseball shirts with the name of either “Nixon’s” or “Johnson’s” on them.

[USF's first library.]

The University of South Florida's first library is now part of the Student Services Building.

[Chemical lab.]

Research inside a chemistry lab.

[The registration nightmare.]

Before computers, registration for classes could be a chaotic experience at USF. This photo was taken in the gym.

[The Oracle as seen by...]

The artist behind "The Lil Man on Campus" cartoon features the Oracle.

[Library director Elliot Hardaway mans the bomb shelter pump.]

The USF campus originally had three bomb shelters for students in case of nuclear attack.

[Florida Mental Health Institute construction site.]

The construction site of FMHI in 1971.

[College of Engineering research.]

[A research scene from the College of Engineering.

[College of Education classroom.]

A classroom at the College of Education.

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