GettDigital Collections - GettDigital: Special Collections and College Archives Digital Collections

These collections gather together documents, manuscripts, photographs, music, films, and oral histories that document the history of Gettysburg College.

This collection includes publications of Gettysburg College students and employees.

Contains: A Salutary Influence: Gettysburg College (1832-1985), This Week at Gettysburg (TWAG), The Gettysburg College Alumni Magazine, The Alumni Record of Gettysburg College, 1832-1932

Contains: The Spectrum, The Mercury, The Blister, Cannon Bawl, The Pennsylvania College Monthly

These collections provide a multifaceted look at the Civil War’s enduring legacy. The Civil War Commemoration, Interpretation, and Battlefield Preservation collection highlights events marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg in July 2013, including oral history interviews about the Gettysburg Foundation, No Casino Gettysburg, and battlefield preservation efforts. The Civil War Era collection showcases an array of political cartoons, letters, photographs, maps, artifacts, and sheet music from 1830 to 1877. The New England Loyal Publication Society collection features pro-Union broadsides published by the society, which was founded in 1863 to influence public opinion through articles and literature. Civil War Reunions and Recollections (1878–1938) documents postwar gatherings in Gettysburg, offering insight into how veterans remembered and commemorated their shared experiences.

This collection explores the experience of war in the 20th century, including World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War, through correspondence, photographs, journals, and other primary source documents.

The map collection showcases maps and atlases from the 16th through the 20th century, offering a rich view of the world. Highlights include 17th-century atlases and early modern European maps acquired by John H.W. Stuckenberg in Germany; classical world maps first published in 1834; a 1924 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Gettysburg; selections from the extensive 17th- to 20th-century holdings donated by Library of Congress map specialist Patricia Molen van Ee; and late 19th- and early 20th-century folding maps donated by former U.S. Ambassador Lawrence P. Taylor. Together, these materials provide a panoramic view of historical cartography, reflecting diverse geographic regions, eras, and collecting interests.

This collection includes our extensive Asian art collection, selections from fine art, and 25 watercolor sketches by Leonard Baskin. The Art Collection is only viewable when connected to the Gettysburg College campus network.

This collection contains various examples of visual culture from the 19th and 20th centuries, including photographs, stereoview cards, and postcards.

These collections cover a wide range of American history, from colonial administrative documents to correspondence from Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower. The Early American Documents collection includes a scan of our 1776 German-language broadside of the Declaration of Independence.

What's so special about Special Collections? These collections showcase items used for class visits, as well as the bindings and unique features of our rare books collection.

Gettysburg College History

Gettysburg College Publications

American Civil War

20th Century Experiences of War

Maps

Art Collection

19th and 20th Century Visual Culture

Americana

Special Collections

A-Z Listing

A

Albert Chance Papers (WW2)

Art Collection

Asian Art

B

Beauty of the Book: Bindings from Special Collections

Burdette Marker 71st Infantry Division Photographs (WW2)

C

Civil War Commemoration, Interpretation, and Battlefield Preservation

Civil War Era (1830-1877)

Civil War Reunions and Recollections (1878-1938)

E

Early American Documents

Eisenhower Collection

F

First World War Letters of H.J.C. Peirs

G

Gettysburg College Artifacts and Memorabilia

Gettysburg College Dance Cards

Gettysburg College Films

Gettysburg College Music

Gettysburg College Named Spaces

Gettysburg College Oral Histories

Gettysburg College Photographs

Gettysburg College Publications

Gettysburg College Student Publications

Gettysburg College Theatre Arts

L

Lincoln Assassination Newspapers

M

Maps

N

Neil Beach Biology Slides

New England Publication Society Collection

Nineteenth Century Images of Greece and the Far East

Nineteenth Century Notables

P

Pamphlets

Postcards

R

Richard C. Ryder Stereographs

S

Scrapbooks and Photo Albums

Stephen H. Warner Collection

V

Virtual Reading Room

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World War I

World War II