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Personal correspondence.

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Bernard C. Wolff Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 012
Summary

This collection contains correspondence written to Bernard C. Wolff by German Reformed ministers who were interested in and potential contributors to the union of Franklin and Marshall College. The bulk of the material dates from the year 1852. There are also a few letters written by Wolff to John Williamson Nevin in 1842.

Dates: 1841-1887,; Majority of material found in 1852

C. H. Martin Collection of Lincolniana

 Collection
Identifier: MS 016
Summary This collection consists of biographical, commemorative, and pictorial material on Abraham Lincoln dating from ca. 1865 to the 1950s. Included are articles, pamphlets, postcards, facsimiles, memorabilia, prints, advertising, and news clippings containing information about, or commemorating Lincoln. The collection is particularly strong in Lincoln iconography and lore. Also included is personal correspondence of C.H. Martin, Lancaster Lincoln researcher, and member of the Lincoln Fellowship...
Dates: c.1863-1962,; Majority of material found within 1934-1952

Charles H. Kessler Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 053
Summary This collection consists of correspondence between members of the Jewish-American Kessler family of Pottstown, Pennsylvania dating from the World War II period (1940-1946). Also included in the collection are newspapers and other items relating the war and the Kessler Family. The bulk of the collection includes the letters to home written by father David, and sons Charles and Robert Kessler while the three served in the armed forces of the United States. Particularly poignant are the...
Dates: 1935-1948,; Majority of material found within 1943-1945

E. J. Bonbrake Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 015
Summary

E.J. Bonbrake was a member of the Franklin and Marshall College Class of 1855. This collection contains letters of recommendation and miscellaneous items which he gathered during his study here. Letters in this collection are signed by Theodore Appel, Henry Harbaugh Apple, and Emanuel Vogel Gerhart.

Dates: 1854-1856.

Francis M. Mull Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 056
Summary This collection consists of 100 letters received by Francis Marion Mull of Jeannette, Pennsylvania while a student at Franklin and Marshall College from 1926 to 1928. While at F & M, Mr. Mull lived in Santee Hall, became a member of Alpha Pi Fraternity, and married a girl named Evalyn in November 1928. Although a member of the Class of 1930, Mr. Mull apparently never received his degree having quit school sometime after December 1928. The majority of the letters were written by Francis'...
Dates: 1925-1928,; Majority of material found within 1926-1928

John F. Sehner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 002
Summary

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

Dates: 1861-1896,; Majority of material found within 1868-1879

Joseph C. Passmore Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 018
Summary

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

Dates: 1841-1842.

Marshall F. L. Zeigler Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 009
Summary

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.

Dates: 1904-1908,; Majority of material found within 1904-1908

Nathan C. Schaeffer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 008
Summary

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.

Dates: 1877-1914,; Majority of material found within 1895-1914

Robert E. Faulkender Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 007
Summary

This collection consist of personal papers and classroom materials owned by Robert E. Faulkender, a 1942 Economics graduate of Franklin and Marshall College. Most materials date from his time as a student at F & M from 1938-1942. Mr. Faulkender later taught Economics at Windham College in Putney, Vermont for many years.

Dates: 1938-1964,; Majority of material found within 1938-1942