Archives and Special Collections
Recent acquisitions and additions
November 2005

The following exciting new items were recently added to the holdings of the Archives and Special Collections. Please visit us on the ground floor of the Shadek-Fackenthal Library to see them and more.

College Archives

Martin W. Witmer (F&M 1904) papers

Approx. 4 cu. ft of personal notes, documents, ephemera, photographs, publications dating from 1900-1929 documenting Witmer's student years, years on the faculty of Franklin and Marshall Academy and years as an Alumni reunion organizer.

Digital College Reporter 1964-1986

The student newspaper the College Reporter has now been completely digitized and will soon (December) be made available online as a full-text searchable database. Previously the period 1987-2001 had been completed and made available. This recent addition completes the Reporter from its beginning in 1964 to 2001. Please visit http://library.fandm.edu/archives/ digital.html for access. More recent issues will be added in the future.

Digital South Netherlands Book of Hours

Also known as the Hawley Book of Hours, our ca. 1450 illuminated manuscript book of hours, a 1988 gift of Mrs. Elaine Hawley, is know available digitized online as part of the Lehigh University's Digital Library of Illuminated Manuscripts. Please visit http://library.fandm.edu /archives/digital.html for access.

WWI Poster-

WWI Poster-

WWI Poster-

Twentieth-century Playbills collection

This collection of New York Theater playbills dating from ca. 1920-2005 was added to the Leventhal Collection (MS 61). Mostly contains Playbill playbills dating from 1930-2005.

Autographs of George Washington and Joseph Lister

The signature of George Washington dated October 7, 1777 and a signed note from Joseph Lister dated Feb 15, 1899 were added to the Rawnsley Autograph Collection (MS 50).

Holy Bible : showing in simple form all changes, additions and omissions that appear in the revised version... : containing the Old and New Testaments / translated out of the original tongues,... conformable to the edition of 1611, commonly known as the authorized or King James version. Red letter art edition. Philadelphia, Pa. : National Bible Press, c1895.

This addition to the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association Collection was owned by the family of Ira C. Schwalm. It is enhanced by color maps and illustrations.