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History Department
One Day in May, 2026

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The History Department and the Duggan Library Archives are collecting material to help future students understand everyday life for Hanoverians.  For over five years, we've asked volunteers to describe their circumstances on just one day, and we're checking in again this year on May 20.  Can you help?

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If you like to doodle and use fancy pens, you can print out a form to fill out by hand.  Or if you prefer to type, you can fill out an online form.  We think future students will especially appreciate hearing about the concrete details of your day -- what did you see or hear on May 20? who did you spend time with? what did you do for fun?  

SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS HERE! 

OR

print out a form for handwritten comments, doodles, etc.

We hope your contributions will help future students imagine themselves traveling back in time to 2026. (We got the idea from a similar project that has been underway in England since 1937.)

You can browse previous submissions to this project, held in the Duggan Archives, or you can follow the links below to read about One Day in Hanover's history.