Over the Spring 2024 semester, students in Professor Charles Weisenberger’s HIST330 course developed research projects in collaboration with Amanda Nelson and Special Collections & Archives. “The Past in Pieces” is the culmination of these projects: twelve student exhibits examining a range of topics including the Atwater Family, the Judd Hall Building, Women’s mental health, student activism on campus, Palestinian identity, campus outreach, Wesleyan’s relationship to the U.S. Supreme Court, and the university’s handling of human remains within its collections. Each exhibit deals with themes of power, bigotry, community, and the struggle to build a better world. Together, they offer different perspectives on the good, bad, and contentious aspects of Wesleyan’s shared past. In drawing these narratives to light, the students intend to allow viewers to piece together various strands from the past to uncover histories previously buried within the archives.