The University Archives has two new exhibits on display in the Cudahy Library Reading Room. The south wall cases of the Reading Room celebrate Abraham Lincoln’s 200^th birthday. Materials from the University Archives and rare book collection highlights the life of President Lincoln, the role of women during the civil war, and Civil War connections to Loyola. This exhibit is a collaboration between University Archives staff and Professor Theodore Karamanski of the History department.

Land deed signed by John Q. Adams, 1825 (President, 1825-1829).

The north wall cases feature materials from the Autograph Collection including signed documents from Presidents John Adams, Franklin Pierce and John Q. Adams, and photographs of Washington, D.C. landmarks, circa 1880 to 1900.