Features Bringing centuries of history to campus

Mossey Library archivists curate displays of rare coins and photographs of the S.S. Hillsdale Victory

By Carly Moran

Assistant Editor

In the Hoynak Archive Center, black-and-white photographs and artifacts wait to share the story of their history with curious visitors. Two new exhibits, one on the S.S. Hillsdale Victory and one featuring the Carus Coin Collection, are now on display.

Sophomore Natalie Spaulding, who curated the S.S. Hillsdale Victory collection, first decided to work in the archives after her freshman orientation tour of Mossey Library. Special Collections

Librarian Lori Curtis showed Spaulding’s group a picture of a navy ship and asked them what it was.

The photograph featured the S.S. Hillsdale Victory, one of 160 victory boats built in 1944 by the U.S. Maritime Commission.

“I would hold up a picture and say, ‘Who knows what this is?’ No one knew, of course, but then I could give a little