Manuscript Collections

Manuscript Collections

List of Inventories and Finding Aids

  • MS-001: Wilton C. Dinges Collection (H.L. Mencken Collection) [Authors and Literature]
  • MS-002: Franklin O. Loveland Papers [College Faculty]
  • MS-003: Amos E. Taylor Papers, Class of 1915 [College Alumni; World War I]
  • MS-004: Frank H. Kramer Papers, Class of 1914 [College Faculty; Asian Art]
  • MS-005: Charles H. Huber Papers, Class of 1892 [College Alumni]
  • MS-006: Philomathaean and Phrenakosmian Societies [College History]
  • MS-007: Jerry Spinelli Papers, Class of 1963 [College Alumni; Authors and Literature]
  • MS-008: William H. Young Papers [Civil War]
  • MS-009: Ambrose Henry Hayward Papers [Civil War]
  • MS-010: Linnaean Assocation Papers [College History]
  • MS-011: Lewis Tway Collection [Civil War]
  • MS-012: Robert Weidensall Papers, Class of 1860 [College Alumni; YMCA History]
  • MS-013: Karl Fredrich May Papers [Authors and Literature]
  • MS-014: Thomas Cheshire Papers [Civil War]
  • MS-015: Frederick H. Kronenberger Papers [Civil War]
  • MS-016: Edmund Burke Papers [British History]
  • MS-017: Melvin R. Hamsher Papers, Class of 1904 [College Alumni]
  • MS-018: Robert W. Koons Papers, Class of 1943 [College Alumni]
  • MS-019: Donald F. Lybarger Papers, Class of 1919 [College Alumni]
  • MS-020: John H.Warner Papers [Civil War]
  • MS-021: John C. Tidball Papers [Civil War]
  • MS-022: David McConaughy Papers [Civil War]
  • MS-023: Samuel S. Schmucker Papers [College History; Theology]
  • MS-024: Major General Charles A. Willoughby Papers, Class of 1914 [World War II; Korean War]
  • MS-025: J. G. Patterson Papers [Civil War]
  • MS-026: Diary: Aide de camp to General John E. Wool [Civil War]
  • MS-027: Michael Moyer Papers [Civil War]
  • MS-028: Lt. Daniel Chisolm Letters [Civil War]
  • MS-029: Letters to Biglerville Community [World War II]
  • MS-030: Richard Schade Letters [World War II]
  • MS-031: Chan F. Coulter Letters [World War II]
  • MS-032: The Toomey Family Papers [World War I]
  • MS-033: Ralph Burton Papers [American History]
  • MS-034: H.L. Baugher Family Papers [College History]
  • MS-035: John A. Himes, Class of 1870 [College Alumni; College Faculty]
  • MS-036: Radical Pamphlets, 1965 - 1975 [Civil Rights]
  • MS-037: Richard A. Arms Papers [College Faculty; Theatre Arts]
  • MS-038: Pen and Sword Society Papers [College History]
  • MS-040: Woman's General League of Gettysburg College Collection [College History]
  • MS-041: Thomas Meiser, Company F, 93rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers [Civil War]
  • MS-042: Lt. Sylvester Crossley, 118 Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers Company H (Corn Exchange) [Civil War]
  • MS-043: George Washington Beidelman Collection [Civil War]
  • MS-044: Stephen H. Warner Southeast Asia Photograph Collection [College Alumni; Vietnam War]
  • MS-048: World War I Service Questionnaires [World War I]
  • MS-049: The Papers of Jacob M. Yingling, Class of 1952 [College Alumni; American History]
  • MS-050: Robert B. Arms Collection [Civil War]
  • MS-051: The Letters of Richard A. Moore to his Wife During the Vietnam War [Vietnam War]
  • MS-052: The Papers of the Stephen H. Warner Committee [College History}
  • MS-053: Charles D. Ryan Collection [World War I]
  • MS-054: The Papers of David Hedrick on the Stephen H. Warner Exhibit [College History; Vietnam War]
  • MS-055: The Papers of the German Literary Society [College History]
  • MS-056: World War II German Prisoner of War Collection [World War II]
  • MS-057: The Papers of Donna O. Schaper, Class of 1969: The Gettysburg Years [College Alumni]
  • MS-058: Nancy Springer Papers, Class of 1970 [College Alumni; Authors and Literature]
  • MS-059: The Papers of Charles H. Glatfelter (Class of 1946) [College Alumni; College Faculty; College History]
  • MS-060: Henry N. Bemis Diaries
  • MS-061: Charles A. Rubright Collection [Civil War]
  • MS-062: George Hay Kain Papers (Class of 1897) [College Alumni]
  • MS-063: Melancthon E. Washburn [Civil War]
  • MS-064: Henry T. Bream Papers [College Alumni; College Faculty]
  • MS-065: Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania Collection [College History]
  • MS-066: Dissertation of George S. Warthen - "A Study of the Rolliad" [College Faculty; Authors and Literature]
  • MS-067: The Papers of Robert Bell Bradley [World War II
  • MS-068: Henry P. Clare Letters [Civil War]
  • MS-069: The Papers of John W. Vannorsdall [College Faculty; College History]
  • MS-070: The Papers of Philip M. Biklé and Family [College Alumni; College Faculty]
  • MS-071: Mamie Eisenhower Letters [American History]
  • MS-072: Adin B. Thayer, Co. B, 16th Maine Volunteer Infantry [Civil War]
  • MS-073: Alexander C. Barr, Battery F,3rd [Civil War]Independent PA Light Artillery
  • MS-074: Thomas B. McGaffick, Co. F, 101st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry [Civil War]
  • MS-075: Henry W. Siebert, Company E, 16th [Civil War] Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry
  • MS-076: George C. Wynkoop, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. of Pennsylvania [Civil War]
  • MS-077: Gladys Kennedy World War II Letters [World War II
  • MS-078: John B. Young, Company H, Pennsylvania 5th Artillery Regiment [Civil War]
  • MS-079: Captain Benjamin F. Lee Collection regarding 28th Pennsylvania Infantry and John W. Geary [Civil War]
  • MS-080: The Francis A. Shearer Collection [College Alumni]
  • MS-081: Leahy Family Correspondence; 1894-1901, Gibraltar
  • MS-082: Capt. Russell Miller and Claudia Lewis Miller Correspondence, 1916-1919
  • MS-084: The Letters of Gerald Koster, World War II [World War II]
  • MS-085: The Mary Dolheimer Collection of Women's Commission Papers (1985-2001) [College History]
  • MS-086: Kathrine Kressmann Taylor (Rood) Papers [College Faculty; Authors and Literature]
  • MS-087: Phi Sigma Kappa, Rho Deuteron Chapter [College History]
  • MS-088: Dillon Anderson Papers [American History]
  • MS-089: The Yarnell Collection [World War II]
  • MS-090: Interfraternity Council and Pan-Hellenic Council Records [College History]
  • MS-091: Women's Student Government Papers [College History]
  • MS-092: Phi Kappa Psi, Pennsylvania Epsilon Chapter [College History]
  • MS-093: John Henry Wilbrand Stuckenberg Papers [Civil War; Authors and Literature]
  • MS-094: The Letters of John Duttera, World War II [World War II]
  • MS-095: John Wright, World War I Letters [World War I]
  • MS-096: John W. Miner letters [Civil War]
  • MS-097: Papers of Dr. Robert Fortenbaugh '13 [College Alumni; College Faculty]
  • MS-098: Eisenhower letters to Col. and Mrs. Sam White [American History]
  • MS-099: Robert H. Fryling papers [College Alumni; College Faculty; College History]
  • MS-100: Reuel Williams Waters, 1st Battalion, Main Light Artillery [Civil War]
  • MS-101: Miscellaneous 18th and 19th Century British Letter Collection [British History]
  • MS-103: Jes Jerry Jessen World War I Letters [World War I]
  • MS-104: World War II Letters From Carl G. Ohmer and Richard E. Ohmer [World War II]
  • MS-105: John L. Barry Civil War Letters [Civil War]
  • MS-106: Morris, J.G. and Morris-Hay Family Diaries, 1827-1890 [College Faculty]
  • MS-107: Michael Jacobs Collection [College Faculty; Civil War; Authors and Literature]
  • MS-108: Louise Ramer, Class of 1929, Chi Omega Collection [College Alumni; College History]
  • MS-109: Dwight D. Eisenhower Appointment Books, 1961-1967 [American History]
  • MS-110: Fannie Hurst Newsletter Collection [Authors and Literature]
  • MS-111: Eisenhower Society Paper [American History; College History]
  • MS-112: Deborah H. Barnes Papers [College Faculty; College History]
  • MS-113: Thomas Yost Cooper Papers [Authors and Literature]
  • MS-114: Elizabeth Peeling Lyon Papers [College History]
  • MS-115: Notarangelo Collection of Louis A. Parsons Papers (1895-1926) [College Faculty; College History]
  • MS-116: Diary of Corporal Robert Ridge, 95th Illinois Volunteer Infantry [Civil War]
  • MS-117: Papers of George H. Sweet Jr., '42 [College Alumni; World War II]
  • MS-118: Letters Solicited by Jerold Wikoff for Gettysburg Alumni Magazine [College History]
  • MS-119: Glatfelter Collection of Pennsylvania Hall Research [College History]
  • MS-120: Naviglia-Woncheck World War II Letters [World War II]
  • MS-122: Civil War Institute [Civil War; College History]
  • MS-123: Robert D. Hanson papers [College Alumni; World War II]
  • MS-124: Samuel Simon Schmucker Bicentennial Celebration 1999 {college History]
  • MS-125: Samuel E. and Clara Turner papers, 1861-1865 [Civil War]
  • MS-126: Anita Faller Alford Collection [World War II]
  • MS-127: John B. Zinn papers [College Alumni; College Faculty; College History]
  • MS-128: Papers of William C. Darrah [College Faculty]
  • MS-129: Burlew Letters [Civil War]
  • MS-130: World War I Letters of Henry W. Straus [World War I]
  • MS-131: Bair-Kohler-Berger Family at 339 Carlisle Street Collection [College Alumni; World War I; World War II; College History]
  • MS-132: Norman O. Forness papers [College Faculty; College History]
  • MS-133: John F. Kent Collection, Co. D., NY First Cavalry Regiment [Civil War]
  • MS-134: William C. Wright Collection of the Eugene McCarthy 1968 Presidential Campaign [American History]
  • MS-135: George Currier's Notes on the Lectures Delivered at the Medical Department of Pennsylvania College at Philadelphia, 1849-1850 [College Faculty]
  • MS-136: Temma Berg Collection [College Faculty; American History]
  • MS-137: Medical Department of Pennsylvania College at Philadelphia Collection [College History]
  • MS-138: Emile O. Schmidt Collection [College Faculty; Theatre Arts]
  • MS-139: Jerome O. Hanson Collection [College Faculty; Theatre Arts]
  • MS-142: World War II Correspondence of Clarence and Helen Haldeman [World War II]
  • MS-143: Frederick Weiser papers, Class of 1957 [College Alumni; College History]
  • MS-146: Lillian Mae Pittenturf Hollebaugh Albums [American History]
  • MS-147: Lieutenant Andrew R. Kane Letters [World War I]
  • MS-148: Lieutenant John A. Kinnear Letters [World War I]
  • MS-150: Battle of Gettysburg 150th Commemoration Collection [Civil War]
  • MS-151: Dr. Edward F. Sipe '26 Papers [College Alumni; College History]
  • MS-152: Papers of Harold A. Dunkelberger [College Faculty; College History]
  • MS-153: The Fritz Draper Hurd '16 Papers [College Alumni; World War I]
  • MS-154: Papers of Eileen Spinelli [Authors and Literature]
  • MS-155: The Lt. Francis M. Tompkins WWI Scrapbooks [World War I]
  • MS-156: Integration Crisis in Little Rock, Arkansas [American History; Civil Rights]
  • MS-157: The Donald Brett Collection of Eisenhower Memorabilia [American History]
  • MS-158: Gary T. Hawbaker '66 Collection [College Alumni]
  • MS-159: Robert Pomponio '88 Theatre Arts Scrapbook [College Alumni; Theatre Arts]
  • MS-160: Anna E. Quinn Collection
  • MS-161: The Ellen Wild Letters [Civil War]
  • MS-162: Colonel William Brisbane Papers [Civil War]
  • MS-163: The Class of 1963 Collection [College Alumni; College History]
  • MS-164: Assorted Documents from the United Nations Relief & Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) [World History; World War II]
  • MS-165: Papers of Jen Bryant, Class of 1982 [College Alumni; Authors and Literature]
  • MS-166: Sargent Harvey Moore Papers
  • MS-167: Hiram Parker, Jr. Letters [Civil War]
  • MS-168: Lena and Robert Fortenbaugh '13 Papers [College Alumni; College Faculty]
  • MS-169: Albert Chance World War II Collection [World WarII]
  • MS-170: Jay P. Brown '51 Sheet Music Collection
  • MS-171: The Luther J. Thomas Papers [World War II]
  • MS-172: Papers of the Paxton Family [College Alumni; Travel]
  • MS-173: The Leo Jarboe Papers [World War II]
  • MS-174: The Science Center Collection [College History]
  • MS-175: The Kate Burr Whiting Travel Journal [Travel]
  • MS-176: Papers of Hoadley George Hosford, 44th New York [Civil War]
  • MS-177: Lillian Quinn Letters [World War II]
  • MS-178: Papers of David Woods '52 [College Alumni]
  • MS-181: Papers of Aaron Andrews (Andreas) 16th PA Cav., Co. E [Civil War]
  • MS-184: Henry Louis Baugher, Class of 1857, Travel Diary [College Alumni; Travel]
  • MS-185: Dance Cards of Ruth Sachs '26 [College Alumni; College History]
  • MS-186: Papers of the Christ Chapel Community Welfare Program [College History]
  • MS-187: Papers of Greg J. Landrey '77 [College Alumni; College History]
  • MS-188: Records of Beta Sigma Phi
  • MS-189: Claire Coci Organ Score Collection [Music]
  • MS-190: James Gelbert '65 Teddy Roosevelt Artifact Collection [American History]
  • MS-191: The Laubenheimer Collection [Travel]
  • MS-192: Ariel's Way - A Musical by Jim Henderson '71 [College Alumni; Theatre Arts]
  • MS-193: The Letters of William F. Dietz [Philippine-American War]
  • MS-194: Richard Hutch '67 Papers [College Alumni; American History; Civil Rights]
  • MS-195: Early American Document Collection [American History]
  • MS-196: Meine Fahrten 1925-1938 (My Trips) Scrapbook [Travel]
  • MS-197: Meine Militardienstzeit (My Military Service) Scrapbook [World War II]
  • MS-198: Leonard G. Roberts World War II Letters [World War II]
  • MS-199: Mary Metcalf Barrett Civil War Letters [Civil War]
  • MS-200: The Gettysburg Superstar Collection [Theatre Arts]
  • MS-201: Hauser Collection of Eisenhower Political Ephemera [American History]
  • MS-202: James W. Davis Letters [Military History]
  • MS-203: Professor Louis Parsons Papers [College Faculty]
  • MS-204: Elizabeth Covington Smith Dewing Papers [World War II; Korean War]
  • MS-205: Larry Recla Ground Zero Collection [American Histroy]
  • MS-206: Anti-Communist Publicity Materials [Cold War]
  • MS-207: Daniel Gilbert's Bookshelf [College Faculty]
  • MS-208: The Jim Henderson Papers, Class of 1971 [College Alumni; Theatre Arts]
  • MS-209: NoCasino Gettysburg Papers
  • MS-210: Joseph C. Audenried Manuscript
  • MS-211: Earman Family Letters from WWII [World War II]
  • MS-212: Emma West Durkee Papers [World War I]
  • MS-213: Sargent Edmund F. Churchill Letters [Civil War]
  • MS-214: McPherson Scrapbook, Death of Lincoln Newspapers [Civil War; American History]
  • MS-215: Eisenhower Memorabilia and Ephemera [American History]
  • MS-216: Fred Fielding 9-11 Commission Papers [American History]
  • MS-217: The Lois Davis Hely Papers, Class of 1972 [College Alumni]
  • MS-218: Edward (Ted) J. Baskerville Scholarly Papers [College Faculty]
  • MS-219: Michaela Pyle Mamie Eisenhower Collection [American History]
  • MS-220: Homer W. Schweppe Papers [World War II]
  • MS-221: Cpt. Robert L. Morris ’66 Papers [Miliary History]
  • MS-222: Lt. John M. Colestock ’65 Papers [College Alumni; Vietnam War]
  • MS-224: The Myers-Liebegott Papers [College Alumni; College History]
  • MS-225: Joshua Blake Civil War Naval Journal [Civil War]
  • MS-226: Nineteenth Century Pennsylvania Trade Cards [American History]
  • MS-227: Theodore Schlack '50 Civil War Artifact Collection [College Alumni; Civil War]
  • MS-228: The Veis Family Letters, 1937-1951 [World War II]
  • MS-229: President Gordon A. Haaland Personal Papers [College Faculty]
  • MS-230: Records of the YWCA of Pennsylvania College [College History]
  • MS-231: Frederick A. Muhlenberg Keller Papers [College Alumni]
  • MS-232: Edward A. Frederick Papers [World War I]
  • MS-233: Records of Theta Chi, Delta Omicron Chapter [College Alumni; College History]
  • MS-234: Richard Buchter '54 Papers [College Alumni; Vietnam War]
  • MS-235: LTC Richard F. Pendleton '63 Papers [College Alumni; Vietnam War]
  • MS-236: Bernard Peace WWI Photograph Album [World War I; Travel]
  • MS-237: Professor Mary Margaret Stewart Papers
  • MS-238: Prisoner of War Letters from World Wars I and II [World War I; World War II]
  • MS-239: The Ken Bruno Collection of Louis A. Parsons [College Faculty]
  • MS-240: Records of the Musselman Foundation [Local History]
  • MS-241: Major Harry Dravo Parkin WWI Memoir [World War I]
  • MS-242: Muriel Rice Collection of No Casino Gettysburg [Local History]
  • MS-243: Emma Guffy Miller Photo Albums [Travel]
  • MS-244: George S. Patton, Jr. Family Memoir and Letters [Ameican History]
  • MS-245: Edward E. Bradbury Civil War Naval Ledger [Civil War]
  • MS-246: Bond-Smith Family Papers [World War I; World War II]
  • MS-247: Sinclair-Donaldson Papers [World War II]
  • MS-250: The First World War Letters of H.J.C. Peirs [World War I]
  • MS-260: World War II Papers of Donald Gallion '48 [College Alumni; World War II]
  • MS-266: Michael Birkner '72 Political Memorabilia Collection [American History, Politics]
  • MS-267: Alpha Tau Omega (ΑΤΩ) Collection [College Alumni; College History]
  • MS-269: Roy and Ron Mathews WWII Letters [World War II]
  • MS-283: Master Sergeant Charles "Chuck" Voss WWII Papers [World War II]
  • MS-284: Thomas B. Blauvelt Family Correspondence
  • MS-285: Corporal Anthony John Kachmarsky WWII Collection [World War II]
  • MS-286: Elizabeth and Elmer McKee, Class of 1944 [College Alumni; World War II]
  • MS-287: Whitney Family Civil War Letters [Civil War]
  • MS-288: Creation and Preservation of Martin Puryear's Sentinel [College History]
  • MS-289: John D. Rentz Civil War Diary
  • MS-290: WWII Diary of Leslie Wright Jr., U.S. Signal Corps [World War II]
  • MS-291: Thomas P. Wolf Political Papers [American History]
  • MS-292: Peter Stitt Papers [College Faculty, Literature]
  • MS-293: Gillilan Family Letters [American History]
  • MS-294: The Sermons of Jeremiah Frazier [American History]
  • MS-295: College Choir 1967 World Tour [College History, World History]
  • MS-296Jack Wolfinger ’70 Student Papers, 1966-1970 [College History, American History]
  • MS-298College Choir 1963 European Tour [College History]
  • MS-299: The Lucy Woodford Wirsul Collection of Wright Family Papers
  • MS-300: Twiss WWI Diary [World War I] 
  • MS-301: WWII Associated Press Photo Collection [World War II, Photography]
  • MS-302: Benjamin Cooper Fairchild: Chaplain in Vietnam War [Vietnam War]
  • MS-303: The Roswell B. Perkins Papers [American History, Eisenhower]
  • MS-304: The Esther Lawrence Latham Diaries [American History, Civil War]
  • MS-305: Professor Temma Berg Papers [College History, Women's History, English Literature]
  • MS-314 Papers of Jeffrey Jones, Class of 1972 [College History]