UNH Museum - Fields of Dreams Exhibit

Fields of Dreams: UNH in the Formative Years February 23 - July 16, 2001 Dale Valena, Museum Curator
Colleges founded in this country before the Revolutionary War were the special province of the privileged classes, offering a strictly classical program of study. The industrial revolution, with its flood of new inventions and increasingly complex technology, created a demand for workers possessing a technical education beyond that available at a secondary level. But even more important in an overwhelmingly agricultural society was the need for advanced agricultural education and research. Through a chronological display of photos, text and artifacts, this exhibit tells the story of the formative years of New Hampshire's land-grant college, built for the benefit of all of the people of the state. Read the Press Release. Chronology: Significant Events in the History of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, 1856 - 1893. Take a trivia quiz! Select a photo for more information.
The Hanover Years	The College moves to Durham

Fields of Dreams: UNH in the Formative Years