A&SC Undergraduate Research Spotlight

Melissa Band '14 and Eli Schneck '14 - "Hospital Architecture in Lancaster, PA: A Case Study of Evolution of the Ambulance Bay"

Closer Look Research Fair - April 11, 2014 - Ann & Richard Barshinger Life Sciences & Philosophy Building, Franklin & Marshall College

Melissa and Eli analyzed the architectural evolution of Lancaster General Hospital (LGH) from 1893 to 1952 using original blueprints from the Wohlsen Construction Company archive, Sanborn Fire Insurance maps, and other archival sources.

Three New Fore-edge Books!

Hemans, Felicia. Poems of Felicia Hemans. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons., 1852. A New Edition.
With fore-edge painting of pastoral scene. Gold tooled and stamped leather binding.

Moore, Norman, ed. Natural History Essays by Charles Waterton/edited, with a life of the author. London: Frederick Warne and Co., [1870]
With fore-edge painting of Noah’s Ark. Red morocco leather, gold tooled binding.

Russell, John Abraham. Remains of the late Rev. Charles Wolfe ... with a brief memoir of his life. London : Hamilton, Adams, and co., 1838.  7th edition.
With fore-edge painting of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London from the Thames. Gold-tooled leather binding.

All gifts of William E. Krantz '37- March 2014

Early F&M Yearbooks Digitized (1883-1923)

Discover early F&M yearbooks online as part of the college's Scholars Square institutional repository.  Browse the F&M Yearbooks Collection to view the Oriflamme from 1883 to 1923 at the following link
https://dspace.fandm.edu/handle/11016/23149

Enjoy!

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

Krantz Miniature Book Collection Gift

The Archives & Special Collections recently received a generous gift of 244 miniature book titles from William E. Krantz, F&M class of 1937.  The Helen D. Krantz and William E. Krantz Miniature Book Collection was compiled over the course of several decades.  Numerous subjects, presses, and binding styles are represented, including two with 19th century fore edge paintings.  The miniatures were acquired from book dealers located throughout the United States and Europe, and at Miniature Book Society (MBS) Conclaves.

Bill Hutson Collection MS 73

The Archives & Special Collections is pleased to announce that the Bill Hutson Collection MS 73 is processed and available for scholarly research. The collection documents the professional career of contemporary African-American artist Bill Hutson and contains personal materials relating to Bill Hutson's career as a fine artist and teacher.

A complete finding aid for the collection is available at http://library.fandm.edu/archives/mscoll/hutson.pdf

Documenting Historic Lancaster Architecture using SketchUp

This spring, Professor Kourelis' Master Builders of Lancaster seminar has been looking at historic Lancaster in a new way. In a series of exercises, students have been utilizing historic Sanborn fire insurance maps to recreate virtual city blocks using SketchUp. This free app from Google allows users to build 3-D models quickly and easily. See project results and learn more about the class by visiting their blog Master Builders of Lancaster.

Napoleon Seminar Exhibition

Under the direction of Scott Lerner, the Arthur and Katherine Shadek Professor of Humanities and French and Italian, eight students have curated a bilingual exhibition titled Napoléon représente/Napoleon Represents in the Nissley Gallery. The exhibition is the result of the students’ work last semester in Lerner’s French 373 course, during which the classmates examined the theme of representation and propaganda by and about the Emperor of the French.

Lerner and his students marked the opening of the exhibition on Tuesday, Jan. 31, with a reception and gallery talk. The show, which will be on display in the Nissley Gallery through March 9, includes rare books from the College’s 1,890-volume Napoleon Collection and original furniture that once belonged to Joseph Bonaparte, Napoleon’s brother.

For more information, please see the full F&M Diplomat article online at http://thediplomat.fandm.edu/article/939

Max Beerbohm Gift Collection

The Archives & Special Collections has recently added 127 titles relating to the career of noted English author and caricaturist Sir Max Beerbohm. The extensive gift was the personal collection of F&M emeritus professor Ira Grushow, a noted Beerbohm scholar. Dr. Grushow had carefully assembled the titles over a lifetime of scholarly inquiry, and wanted them to remain a cohesive unit. The titles represent a significant addition to the previously established Ira Grushow Collection, MS 58. A complete finding aid for the expanded collection can be found at the following link - http://library.fandm.edu/archives/mscoll/grushow.pdf

Minoru Yamasaki Exhibit

“Minoru Yamasaki – World Class Architect” is an exhibition designed to celebrate the life and work of American architect Minoru Yamasaki. Best known for his design of the World Trade Center in New York City, Yamasaki was one of the preeminent architects of the "New Formalism" style, blending elements of classicism with modernist designs. In 1973, Franklin & Marshall College commissioned Yamasaki & Associates to design a new college center. Situated in the center of campus, the new College Center opened in the spring of 1976, bringing student services together under a modern, two-story skylit atrium.

The exhibit will run through January 31, 2012. Enjoy, and please post your comments!

New Home for Archives & Special Collections

Over the winter break, the Archives & Special Collections relocated to the first floor of Martin Library of the Sciences. Please see the F&M Diplomat online article at http://bit.ly/gU57mK for more details!

New College History Published!

A new history of Franklin & Marshall College was published this past fall by Penn State University Press. Researched and authored by historian Sally F. Griffith, Liberalizing the Mind: Two Centuries of Liberal Eduction at Franklin & Marshall College represents the first comprehensive examination of the college's history in over fifty years.

(Teaser from PSU Press)
With its roots in the German Reformed denomination of Protestantism, Franklin & Marshall College has the distinction of being the first institution of higher learning in America founded (in 1787) for the purpose of educating students of German ethnic background. Liberalizing the Mind is a comprehensive narrative history of Franklin & Marshall College’s transformation from that tiny classical college for German American students into one of the nation’s preeminent liberal arts institutions. It combines analysis of historical context and institutional development with richly detailed accounts of dramatic periods such as the Civil War and the rebellious 1960s. 512 pages | 5 illustrations | 7 x 10 | 2010 | ISBN 978-0-271-03723-3 | cloth: $64.95

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Sally F. Griffith is an independent scholar. Among her previous publications are Home Town News: William Allen White and the Emporia Gazette (1989), an edition of The Autobiography of William Allen White (1990), and Serving History in a Changing World: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania in the Twentieth Century (2002).

Books of Hours Exhibition

"The Book of Hours: a Medieval Best-Seller" is an exhibition designed to introduce viewers to these best selling books of the Middle Ages. For 250 years, from the late 13th century to the early 16th, more Books of Hours were produced than any other type of book, including the Bible. Patrons delighted in commissioning Books of Hours whose cycles of pictures reflected their personal devotion, taste, and wealth.

The exhibit will run through August 31, 2010. Enjoy, and please post your comments!

Lancaster Architecture Collections

Three collections relating to Lancaster architecture have recently been added to Scholars Square. The Lancaster Architecture Collection features historic images from late 19th - early 20th century publications such as Art Work of Lancaster (1892). Two collections from the Wohlsen Construction Archive feature photographs and marketing material. Please visit the collections at

Lancaster Architecture Collection

Wohlsen Construction Archive Photograph Collection

Wohlsen Construction Archive Marketing and Advertising Collection

Recent Scholarship Exhibition

"From Collection to Publication, 2004-2009" is an exhibition designed to celebrate recent scholarship from the Archives & Special Collections. For each item, the final publication is cited, followed by the primary resource or collection used.

The exhibit will run through January 31, 2010. Enjoy, and please post your comments!

Framed Images in Shadek-Fackenthal Library

Beginning last spring, the following groups of framed historical and rare book images were installed in the library:

Periodicals Reading Room

Four framed shadow boxes featuring publications and artifacts documenting the history of Fackenthal Library from 1938 to 1983. Project funded by the Friends of the Library.

Mezzanine Level

Seventeen framed reproductions of rare books housed in the Archives & Special Collections. The images are part of a multi-phase “Footpaths to History” project funded by a grant from the Von Hess Foundation and designed by alum Jay Davidson Susanin ’87.

1^st Floor Lobby

One oversized framed image containing reproductions of the contents of two library time capsules - one from 1897, and the other from 1937. Also part of the "Footpaths to History" project.

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

Lancaster Tourism Exhibition

Take a tour through the history of Lancaster County tourism in the 20th century. Please enjoy our latest five-case exhibition featuring a survey of Lancaster County tourism from turn of the century trolley tours, to the modern re-vitalization of downtown Lancaster.

The exhibit will run through June 30, 2009. Please post your comments!

James Lapine Collection

The Archives & Special Collections is pleased to announce the availability of the James Lapine Collection.  The collection contains scripts, documents, publications, photographs, and audio-visual materials relating to the theatrical, television, and film work of Tony Award winning playwright and director James Lapine, F&M class of 1971.  To learn more, please visit the collection finding aid MS 72 James Lapine Collection.

F&M Student Newspaper Collection Updated

Franklin and Marshall College has now digitized 116 years of its student newspapers. Click on the link to view College Days (1873-1879); F&M Weekly (1891-1915); Student Weekly (1915-1964); College Reporter (1964-2001).

F&M Student Newspaper Collection, 1873-2001