From the Archives: Selleck dining

Students go down the line as workers serve them food in the Selleck Quadrangle dining center in February 1963.

University Archives and Special Collections

These images offer a glimpse at the the work that kept Huskers in Selleck Hall well-fed in the 1960s. Selleck Quadrangle opened as a men’s dormitory in fall 1954. In fall 1963, months after these images were taken, Selleck Hall’s 8000 wing opened as a women’s housing unit.

Learn more about the history of Selleck Quadrangle.

An unidentified woman works the grill in the Selleck Quadrangle dining center in February 1963.

University Archives and Special Collections

Students sit at traditional dining hall tables and chairs in this February 1963 photo in the Selleck Quadrangle dining center.

University Archives and Special Collections

“From the Archives” is a weekly feature in Nebraska Today. Images are provided by Traci Robison, outreach archivist and assistant professor of practice with Archives and Special Collections in the University Libraries. Explore the Archives and Special Collections online. For more information, contact Troy Fedderson at tfedderson2@unl.edu or 402-472-8515.