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Colgate students attired in suits and ties drink Coca-Cola in the campus store, May 1949. The campus store moved from the basement of Stillman Hall to the basement of East Hall in the late 1930s. It provided students with necessities like ice cream, coffee, and cigarettes, and services such as button-sewing. It was a hub for card games -- and one of the only places on campus where the all-male student population could interact with women 😬 The store moved to the O'Connor Campus Center when it was opened in 1967. We're pretty keen on the Colgate penguin shown here... new mascot @colgateraiders !? #colgatescua #colgate200 #colgateuniversity #archivesofinstagram #universityarchives #sideeye (at Colgate University) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwIEGuzBWJH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1pxxemllr3w8x

Wowza, Colgate once had its very own subcritical nuclear reactor stashed in the basement of Lathrop Hall. C. A. Dana Professor of Physics Emeritus, Charles Holbrow, led students in the Physics and Astronomy Club through its construction which included clad slugs of unenriched uranium and an 80 Ci Pu-Be (plutonium beryllium) neutron source loaned by the federal Atomic Energy Commission. Installed in the basement of Lathrop Hall in 1968, the reactor was moved to the attic of McGregory during construction of the link between the halls. It was decommissioned in the 1990s, though Professor Holbrow held onto the 80 Ci Pu-Be until after 9/11, when the Department of Energy recalled all loans of plutonium. h/t to Sofia Beaufrand '22 and Visiting Assistant Professor of History and Bicentennial Research Fellow, Jennifer Hull, for this rediscovered history! #tbt #colgate200 #colgatescua #colgateuniversity #universityarchives #archivesofinstagram #science #nuclear (at Colgate University) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuKa-NbhSoI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=72248mm0cuej

We can't resist a vintage library pic. A Colgate student studies (and smokes 😲) next to the overflowing bookshelves of the original library in the James B. Colgate building (now known as the "Ad" building), circa 1950s. The library collection outgrew the original building's capacity and its replacement structure was dedicated in 1959 and named for President Everett Needham Case in 1962. #archivesofinstagram #colgatescua #colgate200 #colgateuniversity #colgate #tbt #universityarchives #libraries (at Colgate University) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrnqYFsHOs0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fd3h9vl7p4sq

Don you recognize this Colgate University building? Probably not, unless you were around before 1956. Eaton Hall, home of the Colgate Theological Seminary (which transferred to Rochester, N.Y. in 1928), was erected in 1886 and contained classrooms, dormitories, and a chapel. The original tower was taken down in 1906 due to unsafe construction. The building was razed in 1956 make way for Dodge, Eaton, and Kendrick dormitories (in the present location of Curtis and Drake Halls). #tbt #colgate200 #colgatescua #colgateuniversity #colgate #archivesofinstagram #architecture #universityarchives #librariesofinstagram (at Colgate University) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtlzaENBGMf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=o9yglnmc13pc

Are you like us and wondering where the catchy phrase "polar vortex" came from? Was it some witty editor on BuzzFeed? Or a melodramatic meteorologist from The Weather Channel? Nope! It's first known published citing/sighting was in Charles Dickens' two-penny weekly, "Household Words," 1853. And the Colgate Special Collections and University Archives has its very own copy of the issue! #tbt #polarvortex #universityarchives #archivesofinstagram #periodicalsarecool #libraries #librariesofinstagram #colgatescua #colgateuniversity #dontgooutthere (at Colgate University) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtUHNoZB5iY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ao84yow6mfyq

Happy Valentine's day! Who's on YOUR dance card?? 😘 These Colgate junior promenade dance cards came in an array of materials: painted leather, embossed leather, silk, and some sort of acrylic from 1915. #tbt #colgatescua #colgate200 #colgateuniversity #dance #archivesofinstagram #universityarchives (at Colgate University) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt3pHOShqQK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lk9f5yvqpyrr

Before he became a political and spiritual leader, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. was a student at Colgate, Class of 1930. Read more at the Colgate 200 site (link in bio) #tbt #civilrights #blm #colgatescua #colgate200 #colgateuniversity #archivesofinstagram #universityarchives #adamclaytonpowell (at Colgate University) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt1meEghP14/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nlus71be4304

Happy birthday, Colgate! On March 5, 1819, the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York was granted a charter establishing its mission and purpose: to "educate pious young men." This is the organization (indeed, our 'founding fathers') which would become Colgate and this charter, held at the New York State Archives, is considered the University's founding document. On our 200th anniversary, reflect on this important moment and give thanks by stopping by the Memorial Chapel. (We hear there will be free pizza and a dashing Bicentennial winter accessory... ) #colgatescua #colgate200 #colgateuniversity #universityarchives #archivesofinstagram (at Colgate University) https://www.instagram.com/p/Buo1pcfBElp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12mpq3q0cnwu1