Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections

Student Scenes

A large group of students standing and sitting in a room. They're clapping and chanting or singing while a woman plays the guitar. There is a sink with lots of cups in it in the background.

Students protesting in the snack bar (October 15, 1963)

Female participants in a fashion show pose for the camera in front of a brick fireplace. Some are standing while others sit, and they are all wearing nice dresses. A few women in the background are having a conversation.

Participants in a fashion show pose for the camera (November 3, 1953)

A male student is blowing into a shofar (a musical instrument made out of a ram's horn or the horn of another animal that is used on important Jewish public and religious occasions). Usen Castle is in the background.

A student blowing a shofar, a musical instrument used on important Jewish public and religious occasions, outside of Usen Castle (1987)

Two students - a man and a woman - are performing a ritual for a Jewish evening service. The woman is holding a lit blue candle, and the man is holding a silver cup and looking down at a book on a small table.

Two students perform a ritual for a Jewish evening service (1987)

A man and a woman are sitting on a tree stump. Two men and a woman are standing in front of them. The pond in the Boston Public Gardens is in the background.

Students hanging out in the Boston Public Gardens (1987)

A man stands on a runway wearing sneakers, jeans, and a jean jacket.

Students show off their outfits on the runway during a student fashion show (February 1988)

A woman strikes a pose with one hand on a hip and the other hand behind her head. She is wearing a jump suit with a wide belt and a jean jacket.
A woman strikes a pose on the runway with one hand on a hip while holding her jacket up and to the side. She is wearing a v-neck sweater with embroidered bows and a pair of slacks.
Seven students are in a mud pit on a green lawn. One of them is on his hands and knees while two other students dump mud on him. All the people in the photo have a lot of mud on them.

Students playing around in a mud pit (1988)

A woman smiles for the camera while leaning on her side against a bulletin board with her arms crossed. On the board in big paper letters are the words "Women's Resource Center."

A student stands in front of a bulletin board at the Women's Resource Center (November 21, 1994)

A large group of people walking along a path on campus. The two people in the front are holding a large banner that says "generation after generation...retelling their story." Usdan Student Center is in the background.

A silent march for Holocaust Remembrance (April 27, 1995)

Two women are kneeling in front of a small block of ice. One woman is scraping at it with a metal tool. There is lots of snow on the ground, and there are two other ice sculptures behind them on the right side of the photo.

Two students making an ice sculpture for Winter Fest (February 3, 1996)

There is a table with nearly empty plates and a basket of food outside the entrance to the Farber Library. There are balloons tied to the basket. A few students are standing around the table. A person wearing a cookie monster costume is standing behind the table.

The Cookie Monster hanging out with students at an event (September 4, 1996)

A person throws snow at another person while they put their hands up to block the snow. There are a few people standing off to the side at the right side of the photo. They are outside of a building, and there is lots of snow on the ground.

Students having a snowball fight on campus (March, 1960)

A man sleds down a snow-covered hill.

A student sleds down a snow-covered hill (March, 1960)

A large crowd of people stand outside of a building with lots of windows. There is a large sign that says "A Community United Against Hate" and a pride flag with the Brandeis seal. A person in the crowd is holding a sign that says "PRIDE."

A rally in support of the LGBTQ+ community held by Triskelion, a Brandeis LGBTQ+ organization founded in 1981, outside of the Farber Library (October 29, 1998)

A man sits inside a radio booth and talks into a microphone that has a small paper sign attached to the front that has "WBRS" written on it vertically. The man is holding a record. There is a record player to his right. There is a Beatles '65 album record sleeve in front of the microphone.

A host from WBRS, the Brandeis student-run radio station, doing a radio show (February 2, 1966)

People are sitting on towels on the beach with the ocean visible in the background. In the foreground, a woman is leaning on her arm on a beach towel while rubbing the shoulder of a man sitting next to her. Two men are walking between the towels toward the ocean.

Seniors enjoying a day at the beach during Senior Week (1965)