by Dr. Louise Sherby, Hunter College Archives & Special Collections
On May 19, 1887, the Queen of Hawai'i, Queen Kapi'olani, was on a trip from Hawai'i to London for Queen Victoria's celebration of her golden jubilee. On her way, she stopped in New York City and visited the Normal College (what we now know as Hunter College).
Photo by J.J. Williams, Hawai'i State Archives
Since we can't go into the Archives now, take a look at some images from Hunter College's Archives and Special Collections on fllckr.
Image credit: The Wistarion, Pg. 174-175, 1937, Archives & Special Collections, Hunter College Libraries, Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York City.
On Saturday, March 29, the Hunter College Alumni Weekend included a visit to the Hunter College Archives. Guests were shown materials from the Archival collection, including yearbooks, a graduation dress worn by graduate Mary Ann Brown in the 1870s, and the Nobel Prize medal awarded in Physiology and Medicine to Hunter alumna Gertrude Elion ’37 for her work on drug development.