Remembering Ford and Sydeman Halls
![A crowd gathers in front of Ford Hall to protest](images/featurebox-images/gathering-960x840.jpg)
Students gathering outside Ford Hall, January 8-18, 1969
[University Photo Collection]
This exhibit is presented by The Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections Department of the Brandeis University Libraries.
![Ford Hall seen from the back, with students in small groups talking or walking](images/featurebox-images/d93-ford-back-735x490-feature.jpg)
General History and Architecture
A historical and architectural overview of the building
![Students gather in front of Ford Hall to protest](images/featurebox-images/occupation-feature-735x490.jpg)
Student Occupation
A brief account of the 11-day Ford Hall occupation by Brandeis African-American students
![Students working in a Science Laboratory in Sydeman Hall October 17, 1954](images/featurebox-images/lab-gallery-feature-img.jpg)
Image Galleries
Photographs of Ford and Sydeman Halls from its construction starting in 1939 to its destruction in 2000
![Three workers perched on the scaffolding, using hammers, during the construction of Sydeman Hall](images/featurebox-images/02-sources-feature-img.jpg)
Sources on Ford and Sydman Halls
A bibliography concerning Ford and Sydeman Halls and the student occupation