College is good for three things: learning, partying and discovering The Beatles.

The Founders Memorial Library now helps students cover at least two of those objectives. An exhibition, “The Long and Winding Road: A Decade of The Beatles” is now available for viewing on the main floor of the FML through April 30. The exhibit contains a number of rare and historic items including a DVD compilation of the Ed Sullivan show, where America was first introduced to The Beatles.

Charles Larry, associate professor for university libraries and chair of the exhibits committee for FML, said he and David Lonergan, professor from the libraries department, put the exhibition together. Larry said many artifacts in the exhibit came from his own home.

“The exhibit is divided into two sections beginning from their black and white period, 1960 to 1966, and moving into the second half of the decade when their music became more psychedelic,” Larry said. “They developed into very sophisticated musicians by that time.”

Other items displayed include British imprints of The Beatles’ work. Capitol Records withheld two tracks from the British imprints on every album up until “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” The record label decided to hold certain tracks from American listeners in order to release a later album to increase profit, Larry said.

Senior history major Tony Biros said he wrote his thesis on John Lennon. Biros examined the psyche of Lennon and how the general public perceived his image during the Vietnam War.

“I’ve always been interested in Lennon because he was an unusual fit to the Beatles image,” Biros said. “The exhibition here is very cool; it has a lot of good stuff. The most interesting thing I would say is the ‘Yesterday and Today’ album cover. It was very controversial during that time because it depicted decapitated babies.”

“Yesterday and Today” was on the shelves for less than 24 hours before Capitol Records panned another image over the “butcher shot.”

Pat Marek, junior painting and sculpture major, said The Beatles had such a wide influence on the music that came out after them.

“They were the first to do so much for the art of music,” Marek said. “Each album can relate to everyone in some form or another. They have played an immense role in my life and in the lives of so many people through their music.”