Subject Areas - Art: Sources in Special Collections

Books, pamphlets, and other published materials:
Check MUSCAT  for Special Collections' holdings. Our stacks are closed so you must make your requests at the reference desk in the Reading Room.  In most cases, our copies are rare and/or first edition, but there may be a second copy in the main stacks that can circulate.  We also keep a display of several artworks in our Reading Room, open for viewing during our normal business hours. Many works of past importance to Gettysburg College are hung around campus in different buildings and offices.

For non-published materials, including photographs, ephemera, and manuscripts, consult the archivists. Collections include anatomical drawings by Romeo Capozzi, former athletic trainer at Gettysburg College; the J.N. Choate Photo Collection, which features photographs from the Carlisle, Pennsylvania Indian School (circa 1890s); the working drawings (1995) of Ellen Elmes; the oil paintings of George L. Frankenstein, which feature scenes from the Gettysburg battlefield; as well as the Asian Art Collection.

Subject Vertical Files/College Archives:
A collection of miscellaneous files relating to significant players in the art world over the past few centuries. Under the Art catagory also falls famous artists, performance art and artists, visual arts, as well as drawings and paintings.

Researchers may want to investigate the subject files entitled "Art Department," "Mercury"-the actual publication runs from 1894 to the present and is in the ready reference section of Special Collections-"Music Department," "Films-American Film Festival/Foreign Film Series," "Owl and Nightingale Miscellaneous/Programs/Scripts," "Poetry-Gettysburg College," and "Sunderman, F. William-Chamber Music Concert Series" for sources related to Gettysburg College.

Selected Manuscript (MS) and Vertical File Manuscript (VFM) Collections, with call numbers and links to inventories where appropriate.

Arms, Richard A. Collection consists of plays dating to the 19th Century; playbills from Broadway shows, many of them from original productions; and promptbooks of shows produced in the 1970s by the Players Repertory Theatre of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. MS-037.

Arms, Richard A. Four manuscripts of original plays by Arms.  Two hardbound, handwritten, signed notebooks of I Want to Know and one typed copy belonging to Louise D. Bream.  Also includes manuscript ...And Stardust. 1920. 2 Ms, 1 AMsS. VFM-8

Cooper, Thomas Yost. See Cooper's scrapbooks, three of which contain trade cards ca. 1890s. Unprocessed collection.

Copybook. Bound notebook full of random pictures and facts. "Washington's Writings Volume XI" MS-11pp. VFM-35.

Crapster, Walter. Five two-sided parchments containing ink and color depictions of ten different Bible stories. MS-5pp. VFM-36.

Goethe. Program for the Goethe Centenary (Frankfurt, Germany 1932) and article clipped from book or magazine on Goethe (unknown source and date). 2 D. VFM-243. 

Goethe Album. Album with leather covers showing 2 scenes from the park in Weimar. A New Year gift to Caroline, Countess of Egloffstein, from Goethe. Album contains an inscription showing that he presented the gift 1 Jan 1828. Also includes two poems and a lock of Goethe's hair. MS-51pp. VFM-62.

Jefferson, Joseph. Letter to W.H. Daley describing the marriage of Joe and Blanche. 18 June 1891. ALS-1pp. VFM-80.

Kieran, John. Letter from Kieran of the NY Sun, to Mr. Cooper, regarding a previous inquiry by Cooper. 24 April 1944. TLS-1pp. VFM-84.

Kramer, Frank H., Class of 1914. Consult Series IV concerning Oriental Art. It contains materials that Kramer used in his courses: lesson plans, lecture notes, class rosters, appraisals/descriptions of the art, exhibit/auction catalogues, photographs and Japanese block prints, correspondence, and a copy of a textbook that Kramer wrote on Oriental Art. MS-004.

Lind, Jenny. Ticket and program from Mademoiselle Jenny Lind's first grand concert. 9 June 1851. D-2pp. VFM-94.

McKnight, Harvey. Note to student and lyrics from the Republican State Committee. ANS-2pp. VFM-190.

McPherson, Abigail. First page of "Floras Dictionary." MS-1pp. VFM-99.

Rollin, Kirby. Reproductions of cartoons from the New York World in early 1918. 10pgs. VFM-239

Schuman-Heink, Ernestine. Letter from Schuman to Mr. Cooper describing his love of music. 28 Nov. 1933. TLS-1pp. VFM-126.

Thomas, Lowell. Letter of gratitude to Mr. Cooper. 20 Nov. 1933. TLS-1pp. VFM-154.

Wyeth, Andrew N. Letter from Wyeth to Pres. Hanson declining an invitation to receive an honorary degree from Gettysburg College. 29 March 1970. ALS-2pp. VFM-167.

Zimmerman, Jeremiah. Artistic Papyrus from Syracuse, Sicily that he procured on his 28 month trip around the world. Illus. 1p. VFM-202.