Students prepare specimens in this undated photo. Today the Timothy E. Lawlor Mammal Collection contains more than 15,000 specimens, including some rare and exotic specimens like a platypus, tarsier and more.
In this 2011 photo students in professor Tim Mulligan's Ecology of Marine Life (Fish 435) seine fish in Trinidad Bay. Science instructor Hortense Lanphere lead the charge to create a fisheries program at Humboldt State in the early '40s, which began in the typical Humboldt manner: with salvaged lumber, donated materials and a promise to cost the school nothing. The program was an immediate hit and spurred the creation of wildlife studies and numerous other departments.
The old fountain on the art quad is seen in this 1989 photo. The fountain was the subject of a 1999 masters thesis by alum Jensen Rufe ('99, Theatre, Film and Dance) titled "The Ugliest Fountain in the World (Without a Doubt)."
Humboldt State music students perform for area school children in this undated photo. Field trips to the Arcata campus for concerts and theatre performances have been a tradition for local children for decades.
Members of HSU's Percussion Ensemble perform Brazilian samba music on the quad in this 2010 photo.