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Archives and Special Collections, Loyola University Chicago @lucarchives1928.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Thanksgiving is one week away! This holiday season, be like Fred, Jesuit Residence chef pictured here in 1978 - ✨ Roll up your sleeves ✨ Test out creative potato mashing methods ✨ Don’t forget to smile! 📷 Adrian Kocurek Photograph Collection

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Archives and Special Collections, Loyola University Chicago @lucarchives1928.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Chicago’s first snowfall this week has transformed campus into a scene straight out of Loyola’s history. Even the street sign reminds us to slow down and savor the season. What’s your favorite Loyola winter memory? tinyurl.com/yp2e8m66

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Archives and Special Collections, Loyola University Chicago @lucarchives1928.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Today we recognize the courage of veterans in our community and beyond. We’re featuring photographs of Fr. Lester J. Evett, S.J., Loyola University Medical Center Dental School Chaplain, who served in the U.S. Army during World War II. His images capture moments of faith and... tinyurl.com/yupjjw6w

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Archives and Special Collections, Loyola University Chicago @lucarchives1928.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

🎉 The Graduate School is 100 years young! 🕰️ Established in 1925 by Austin G. Schmidt, S.J., the Graduate School was originally part of the Loyola campus known as the Downtown College. It shared space with the School of Law, University College, and... tinyurl.com/msjf22pt

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Archives and Special Collections, Loyola University Chicago @lucarchives1928.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Enter if you dare... the Halloween Open House is LIVE (or should we say... UNDEAD?) 🎃🕸️ From fang-tastically silly to spine-chillingly creepy, we’ve got spooky for every taste! 📅 Today 🕘 9 AM – 4 PM 📍 Cudahy Library Room 217 #HalloweenOpenHouse #LUCArchives #SpookySeason

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Archives and Special Collections, Loyola University Chicago @lucarchives1928.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

🏈⚾🏀 Wrapping up American Archives Month with a home-team favorite: Chicago sports! From drama in the dugout to legendary rivalries, Scott Stantis’s cartoons capture the heartbreak, humor, and hope that define being a Chicago sports fan. tinyurl.com/4j5v38y2

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Archives and Special Collections, Loyola University Chicago @lucarchives1928.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

🎃 Our Halloween Open House is creeping closer, and we’re dying to see your costumes! 👻🕸️ 📅 October 31 🕘 9 AM – 4 PM 📍 Cudahy Library Room 217 Come explore spooky artifacts and all things eerie. Costumes encouraged! 🧛🧙 #HalloweenOpenHouse #LUCArchives #SpookySeason tinyurl.com/59k74hjr

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Archives and Special Collections, Loyola University Chicago @lucarchives1928.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

🗂️ American Archives Month continues! This week, we’re turning the spotlight on Chicago life as seen through the pen of editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis. 🖋️ Whether it’s autumn strikes, blazing summers, or water wars, Stantis’s cartoons reveal the humor and grit woven into... tinyurl.com/ax3ex5zn

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Archives and Special Collections, Loyola University Chicago @lucarchives1928.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

🎃 You never know what's lurking in the archives 👀🕸️ Join us for the LUC Archives & Special Collections Halloween Open House! 📅 October 31 | 🕘 9 AM – 4 PM 📍 Cudahy Library Room 217 Explore chilling tales of witchcraft, exorcisms, and more. Come if you dare... 🦇📚 #HauntedHistory #LUCArchives #Halloween

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Archives and Special Collections, Loyola University Chicago @lucarchives1928.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

🎉 October is American Archives Month! We’re celebrating with highlights from the Scott Stantis Collection, featuring decades of editorial cartoons that blend sharp wit with powerful commentary on politics, culture, and civic life... tinyurl.com/5xsu5pjv

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Archives and Special Collections, Loyola University Chicago @lucarchives1928.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

🐶 Meet Flame, the four-legged heartthrob of postwar cinema. Affectionately known as "Flame the Wonder Dog," this talented German Shepherd starred in over 20 classics between the 40s and 50s, including My Dog Shep (1946), the Rusty series (1947-1949), and the Pal detective... tinyurl.com/yc2fastc

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Archives and Special Collections, Loyola University Chicago @lucarchives1928.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

📚 Michalak Monday📚 Step into the world of 19th-century British satire with the Michalak Collection, home to broadsides and books illustrated by legends like George Cruikshank, Robert Cruikshank, James Gillray, and John Leech. 🕰️ This week’s spotlight is... tinyurl.com/3jrz2se3

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Archives and Special Collections, Loyola University Chicago @lucarchives1928.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

🏈 Get your game face on, it's football season! This undated photograph of the Loyola Academy football team captures the spirit of determination that defines Ramblers to this day. dlvr.it/TMxrpx #FootballSeason #LoyolaAcademyCollection #HistoryinUniform

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Archives and Special Collections, Loyola University Chicago @lucarchives1928.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

📚 In observance of LaborDay, we’re highlighting archival records that reflect the evolving landscape of labor in our community's history. . 1️⃣ The Haymarket Riot (1886) - An entry in the Vice President’s Diary… dlvr.it/TMpXZR #FromtheArchives #HistoryofLabor #WorkersofAmerica #LaborDay

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Archives and Special Collections, Loyola University Chicago @lucarchives1928.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

As we head out to winter break we thought that we would share some of the Christmas cards in our collection. Designed and printed by Melville P. Steinfels, these cards were sent to family and friends. From the Melville P. and Margaret H. Steinfels papers.

Christmas card saying Yuletide Greetings and Best Wishes surrounded by Christian iconography. Designed and printed by Melville P. Steinfels. circa 1920s

1929 Christmas card designed and printed by Melville P. Steinfels saying Venite Adoramus Dominus. The color image on the card is of the Blessed Virgin Mary hold the Christ child. Signed Melville P. Steinfels at the bottom.

1940 Christmas card designed and printed by Melville P. Steinfels showing angels on one side and St. Joseph and the Blessed Virgin Mary standing over the manger on the othe side. Signed Margaret Hollahan Steinfels and Melville Philip Steinfels.

1986 Christmas postcard designed and printed by Melville P. Steinfels saying We wish you a Merry Christams, we wish you a Merry Chirstmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year too! Text is in a circle around the top of a red candle. Signed Peg and Mel Steinfels.

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Archives and Special Collections, Loyola University Chicago @lucarchives1928.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Did you know parts of our beautiful Lake Shore Campus used to be, simply, lake? In 1908, a seawall was constructed to extend the shore by the intersection of Devon and Sheridan. In 1989, Loyola University Chicago undertook an Erosion Protection Extension Project to secure the campus footprint.

1908 October – Dredge pumping sand over the seawall at Devon Avenue and Sheridan Road

1989 – Proposed Erosion Protection Extension Project model with technician in foreground

1991 September – Seawall construction, facing north towards the Madonna della Strada Chapel, photograph by Adrian Kocurek

Circa 1985 – Lake Michigan waves crashing against seawall, photograph by Adrian Kocurek

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Archives and Special Collections, Loyola University Chicago @lucarchives1928.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Hi everybody, thanks for following! :-) Here's a photo from last week's class visit, Western Civilization to the 17th Century taught by Dr. René Luís Alvarez at Arrupe College. Along with viewing rare books, manuscripts, artifacts, and maps, the students got a behind-the-scenes tour of the archives.

University Archivist Kathy Young, standing, holds up a text for seated students around a reading room table to view. Photo by Natalia Gutierrez-Jones

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Archives and Special Collections, Loyola University Chicago @lucarchives1928.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Hi #bluesky! We'll be posting our #archives and #specialcollections updates here as well as IG going forward. Here's some nice clear skied photos of our beautiful campus by Peter Kiar (1998, 2001)!

1998. Woman reading, seated under lamppost on grass by the lakeshore, with Lake Michigan and blue skies in the background.

Fall 2001. Madonna della Strada Chapel from the side, with Lake Michigan and blue skies in background.

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