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Tufts Commencement Programs and Our New Digital Commencement Exhibit

Commencement and reunions weekend is one of the busiest, and most enjoyable, times of the year for us in the archives; we’re always busy with events and visits by graduating students, their families, and alums. Although in person visits are not possible this year, we at DCA have been reflecting on and researching the history of commencement at the University as we celebrate and congratulate Tufts 2020 graduates. We’ve created a new online exhibit titled A Step into the Unknown: Commencement at...

Color image of the cover of the 1857 commencement program.

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Bookplate by Elizabeth Lord with cat sketch.

Elizabeth Lord and a Brief History of the Bookplate

Elizabeth Lord was a student of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in the early 1920s, when the bookplate craze was at a...

General August V. Kautz, left, and General Godfrey Wetzel. Photo: Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum

Medford Historical Society Partnership

We at Tufts Digital Collections and Archives are delighted to announce a new partnership with the Medford Historical Society and Museum to protect, preserve, and...

Boy writing, undated, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, http://hdl.handle.net/10427/3462 records.

COVID-19 at Tufts – Share Your Story

Your stories, together with University records and web archives collected by our staff, will help to create a fuller picture of the Tufts community in...

About DCA

Digital Collections and Archives (DCA) is the archives and manuscript repository of Tufts University and is open to the public.

DCA’s team of professional archivists provides stewardship for the Tufts University Archives, several hundred manuscript collections, and other permanently valuable physical and digital archival materials. DCA staff also assist Tufts students, faculty, and staff with recordkeeping activities, through records management and digital library services.