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This collection contains collected examples of typefaces designed by and work from the press of Frederic W. (1865-1947) and Bertha M. Goudy (d. 1935).

Summary The Haines Family Business Records collection documents two distinct business enterprises run by the Haines Family of Lancaster County over several generations. The first section contains records of an early to mid- 19th century shad fishing company and the second features the business dealings of a late 19th century canning company/ general store. The shad fishing collection includes account books, attendance books, bills, business correspondence, and legal documents dating from 1833 to...

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This collection consists of unpublished correspondence and documents dating from the 13th through 20th centuries relating to and/or signed by historically prominent individuals. Also included in the collection are examples of English and American (Pennsylvania) legal papers such as deeds and a few early examples of published material such as newspapers.

Summary This collection consists of the research, correspondence, drafts, proofs and reviews pertaining to the research and production of Ira Grushow's 1984 book The Imaginary Reminiscences of Sir Max Beerbohm. Mr. Grushow was careful to document every step of the scholarly research and publication process - from initial notes and drafts, to published reviews and royalties. Strengths of the collection include a comprehensive overview of the publication process, duplicates of original Beerbohm...

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The materials in this collection include publications about the Pennsylvania Germans, examples of Pennsylvania German language, art and music as well as materials on other prominent men in the study of the Pennsylvania Germans.

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This collection includes photos, postcards, publications and miscellaneous materials pertaining to the Soviet Union from the late 1950s to the early 1970s collected by J. William Frey during his travels to the Soviet Union in the 1960s and 1970s.

Summary This collection contains scripts, documents, publications, photographs, and audio-visual materials relating to the theatrical, television, and film work of Tony Award-winning Broadway playwright, librettist, and stage and film director James Lapine, a 1971 graduate of Franklin and Marshall College. The bulk of the collection consists of materials relating to three Lapine-directed films and television adaptations of Lapine's theatre work. This includes footage, scripts and production...

Summary The James S. Constantine Papers chronicle the career of classical scholar and musician James Stuart Constantine, a 1922 graduate of Franklin and Marshall College. Types of materials include: biographical material, correspondence, publications, radio scripts, scrapbooks and travel photographs. Strengths of the collection include photographic documentation of ancient sites in the Greco-Roman world in the 1930s, Ancient Greek music, 20th century music performance, and scholarly literature on...

Summary This collection consists of research materials gathered by the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association an organization dedicated to the history of the Hessian soldiers who became citizens of the new United States after the American Revolution and their German-American descendents. Available to interested researchers are mostly secondary materials such as journals, monographs, family histories, articles, dissertations and manuscripts documenting German-American families, history and...

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This collection contains the personal and business correspondence of John Frederick Sehner a Lancaster PA businessman in the mid- late nineteenth century.

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The collection consists of drafts, galley proofs, magazines, and correspondence relating to the work of John F. Suter. These materials cover the span of Mr. Suter's career, including his early attempts at writing radio plays. The earliest item dates from 1945 with the bulk of the material covering the period from 1980 to the present.

Summary The items in the collection date from 1825 to 1877 and are, for the most part, diaries and journals. There are no childhood records. The materials document Foltz's life from the age of fifteen. It is assumed that the bulk of the collection was assembled by J.M. Foltz. Of particular interest are the contents of Foltz's medical journals: shipboard supplies, pharmaceutical lists, patient and remedy lists, and literature relating to the contemporary practice of medicine. Most of the Civil War...

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This collection contains letters between J.C. Passmore and George W. Hunter duing his first year as a lawyer in Lancaster.

Summary The Junior League of Lancaster's Records from 1923-2001, documents the group's organization, activities, and volunteer work. This collection includes board minutes, ledgers, membership manuals, membership minutes, annual reports, newssheets, magazines, scripts, programs, scrapbooks, photo albums, and audio recordings. The collection contains both records of the local Lancaster chapter with some mention of national workings. Both the administrative records and collection of scrapbooks are...

Summary This collection consists of letters, photographs and other material relating to four members of the Kneedler family of Greensburg, PA who attended Franklin and Marshall College in the 20th century. The largest portion of the material are letters written by Robert Glen, and Jay Ivan Kneedler (members of the Class of 1927). Their letters are particularly interesting as they depict student life in the 1920s. The second largest part contains the student papers (1961-1965) of A. Richard Kneedler,...

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This collection contains records of the Lancaster County Academy a secondary school that operated in Lancaster Pa from 1827 to ca. 1840. Materials include committee reports, trustees minutes, correspondence, receipts, and construction bids.

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This collection of materials consists mostly of published items relating to tourism, businesses, churches, schools, and social and cultural organizations of Lancaster County.

Summary This collection contains the administrative, financial, and publicity records of the Lancaster Day Care Center, a public, non-profit organization dedicated to providing affordable child care and educational services to the children of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Strengths of the collection include comprehensive financial and administrative records, including lengthy runs of Board of Directors’ minutes, financial information, correspondence, and photographs. Additional strengths include runs of...

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This collection contains the administrative, outreach, and publicity records of Lancaster Farmland Trust, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the rich and productive farmland of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Strengths of the collection include comprehensive financial and administrative records of the organization, and a complete run of organizational newsletters. Additional strengths include lengthy runs of annual reports, event programs, and newspaper clippings.

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This collection contains by-laws, board meeting minutes, bulletins, publications, unit study reports, historical background information, photographs, and newspaper articles.

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The collection consists of letters, legal documents, diaries, clippings, lithographs, engravings, broadsides, photographs, books and frakturs. The items were assembled and held by Bertha K. Leinbach. The earliest item in the collection dates from ca. 1745 with the bulk of the material covering the period from 1830 - 1900.

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This collection consists of administrative materials, correspondence, section reports and memorials.

Summary This collection consists of the typed literary manuscripts of Asian-American author-poet Marcialito Cam, written during the period from 1967-2003. Visually disabled from the age of nine, Mr. Cam is a 1955 graduate of Franklin and Marshall College. Among Mr. Cam's writings are works of fiction, poetry, and essays on social and political issues. Some manuscripts have been published in book form while others remain unpublished. Additional material received in 2004 documents Mr. Cam's...

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This collection contains coursework and classroom notes created by Marshall F.L. Zeigler (F & M 1908) while a student at Franklin and Marshall College, 1904-1908.

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This collection consists of the literary papers, drafts, manuscripts, research material, and personal correspondence of poet Martha Keller (1902-1971). Keller's major published works were: "Mirror to Mortality". New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1937; "Brady's Bend, and other Ballads". New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Univ. Press, 1946; and "The War Whoop of the Wily Iroquois". New York: Coward-McCann, 1954.

Summary The collection consists of correspondence, notes, legal documents, poems, newspaper clippings, and photographs. The earliest items in the collection dates from 1714 with the bulk of the material covering the period from 1873 to 1921 and consisting of mostly Lloyd Mifflin, Jr. (b. 1846 - d. 1921) items. The collection also includes a few photos, clippings and memorial program of Thomas Mifflin (b. 1744 - d. 1800), Major, Colonel, Brigadier and Major-General in the Revolutionary War and...

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This collection consists of miscellaneous letters, diaries, scrapbooks, notebooks, autographs, drawings, legal papers, deeds, legal papers, invoices, ledgers, advertising materials, promissory notes, mortgages, commissions, playbills, speeches, reports, charters, ephemera, and literary manuscripts of disparate or unknown provenances.

Additionally, it contains specialized collections, including WWI and WWII posters, historical prints, photographs, newspapers and maps.

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This collection consist of the personal papers of Rev. Nathan C. Schaeffer. Materials include addresses and lecture notes from 1899 as well as honorary degree certificates received by Schaeffer during his career.