The Library in 1865

Magill Library, 1865 Haverford faculty in the Philips Wing of Magill Library, 1865. Courtesy College Archives.

Haverford libraries own more than 625,000 titles, including not only printed books but thousands of items in other formats—microfilm, photographs, diaries, letters, sound and video recordings, electronic publications, and miscellaneous ephemera.

O. Winston Link

Chemistry class 1950s A chemistry class ca. 1955, O. Winston Link. Courtesy of Special Collections.

Best known for railroad photography, O. Winston Link also shot promotional images of Haverford and many are in Special Collections.

The Women’s Center

Students stand on Yoga mats with hands in namaste position. The Women’s Center hosted a Yoga-thon fundraiser on November 10, 2012 to benefit Women for Women International.

The Women’s Center is a safe, non-political space on campus that is open to both women and men providing support, resources and information to the community.

Kitt Peak

Student adjusts equipment at Kitt Peak Observatory. Students had hands-on time with the telescope and its control systems while gathering data and taking images of star clusters.

Peter Ferguson ’13, an astrophysics major, regulates the temperature of the WIYN 0.9-meter telescope with liquid nitrogen during a four-day field trip to Kitt Peak National Observatory.

Kim & Tritton Halls

New Study Room With green roofs and gold LEED certification, Tritton Hall and Kim Hall house 160 students.

Over 22 months on campus we watched Kim Hall and Tritton Hall take shape. But now you can watch the new dorms rise from the site of a former parking lot in just over three minutes, thanks to a time-lapse … Continue reading

The Honor Code

Inside a Haverford College classroom Here students celebrate handing in their exams by tossing them to the front of the room.

In the academic context, the Honor Code engenders an immediate sense of trust and colleagueship between students and faculty and creates a relaxed, personal atmosphere.

Fine Arts at Haverford

Fine Arts has class outside It's not unusual for classes to have fewer than five students; nearly 35% have fewer than ten.

The Fine Arts at Haverford emphasize the individual. Studio classes are small and all students—from beginners to declared majors—receive individual, focused instruction, and are encouraged to develop the physical and critical skills necessary to create art.