{"id":18402,"date":"2026-08-19T12:35:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T17:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/?p=18402"},"modified":"2026-08-19T12:35:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T17:35:15","slug":"now-on-display-in-cudahy-library-unfinished-americas-ongoing-revolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/2026\/08\/19\/now-on-display-in-cudahy-library-unfinished-americas-ongoing-revolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Now on Display in Cudahy Library – Unfinished: America’s Ongoing Revolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The exhibit, Unfinished: America’s Ongoing Revolutions<\/em>, was created to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. Drawing on materials from Loyola and Mundelein, as well as Chicago and U.S. history, the exhibit explores how questions of identity, memory, and power have been shaped, challenged, and redefined throughout the nation’s history, highlighting the ways America’s revolutions remain ongoing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students\u00a0in\u00a0Loyola\u2019s Public History Graduate Program curated the exhibit\u00a0as part of their coursework that prepares them to\u00a0apply historical methods and skills to\u00a0study, manage, preserve, and interpret historical resources in settings such as museums, archives, and\u00a0digital media. Students first took\u00a0Professor Elizabeth Fraterrigo’s\u00a0Public History: Museums<\/em>\u00a0course\u00a0in Spring 2025,\u00a0which introduced\u00a0students to many of the issues and methods involved in museum work.\u00a0Building on their coursework,\u00a0students\u00a0in the Fall 2025 Public History Practicum gained hands-on experience by researching,\u00a0developing,\u00a0and curating an exhibit.\u00a0
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To help inform their project, graduate students\u00a0gathered input from undergraduate students about the ideas and issues they felt should be represented.\u00a0From\u00a0that feedback, the class developed the exhibit’s themes, researched and selected archival materials, and wrote the exhibit text that\u00a0accompanies\u00a0each display.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibit is now open to the Loyola community and offers an opportunity to explore stories drawn from the rich collections of the University Libraries. The project was made possible through a collaboration between Loyola’s Public History Graduate Program students, Professor Fraterrigo’s course, and archivists and staff from the University Archives and Special Collections and the Women and Leadership Archives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visit the exhibit<\/strong>  
Lake Shore Campus, Cudahy Library, Donovan Reading Room, 1st floor 
Entrance: Loyola Information Commons, 6501 N. Kenmore, Chicago | Campus Map<\/a> 
Now through December 2026 
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Acknowledgments<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special thanks to the following individuals for their contributions to this exhibit: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public History Practicum (Fall 2025)\u00a0graduate students:\u00a0Connor Barnes, Erin Carosella, Eleanor Carter (Exhibit Designer), Charlie Chmielewski, Rachel Shugarts, and Casey Welby.\u00a0
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Professor Elizabeth Fraterrigo\u00a0
Department of History
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Emily Reiher, Director\u00a0
Women and Leadership Archives\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kathy Young, University Archivist and Curator of Rare Books 
University Archives and Special Collections <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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