April 26, 2012

On April 28, the UNH anthropology department hosted its first Archaeology Day. The UNH community had an opportunity to see an archaeological dig of the site of the home of Charles Pettee, a dean and interim president of UNH back in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Another local site of interest is the barracks built in 1918 when UNH was turned into a training camp for World War I. Students have found the barracks foundation near the Memorial Union Building. The site will be excavated this summer.

You might want to take a look at some of the photos of the barracks from the Clement Moran photography collection in the UNH Library. Housed in Special Collections and Archives, you can also see many of those photos online in our Digital Collections. Just choose “Photographs” from the navigation panel and then search for barracks.