Hackman Scholars Arrange and Digitize Historic Records

Franklin & Marshall students Krissy Montville and Rick Thoben spent the summer arranging and digitizing 90 years of the Junior League of Lancaster's records.  Read a full description of the project at the following link http://www.fandm.edu/news/article/hackman-scholars-help-bring-historic-records-to-public

Access the completed finding aid for the Junior League records at the following link http://library.fandm.edu/archives/mscoll/juniorleague.pdf

40th Anniversary of Coeducation Projects

This past summer, the College Archives was heavily utilized by faculty, students, and administrators in preparation for the college' s 40th anniversary of coeducation. Projects included intensive research by student Hackman Scholars Alysse Vaccaro '11 and Johanna Schein '11, the production of a 40th anniversary "Women's Firsts" brochure, and the digitization of photographs and documents for numerous web and alumni print publications. To learn more, please visit the college's official 40th anniversary of coeducation site at http://www.fandm.edu/40yearsofcoed

WWI Poster Acquisitions

The Archives and Special Collections recently added two unique "homefront" posters to our WWI poster collection. The two posters highlight the important roles young women played in WWI stateside causes. Please learn more about our WWI poster collection by linking here. Additional information relating to WWI poster values and conservation can be found here.

The above poster is by noted artist Edward Penfield, ca. 1917.