Musselman Library Exhibits

Exhibit at Musselman Library

Lower Level

Join the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center and Musselman Library during National LGBTQ+ History Month! Out on Campus is a traveling history exhibit, brought to us by the LGBT Center of Central PA and the PA LGBT History Network, which tells the stories of the formation of some of the earliest LGBTQ+ student organizations at colleges and universities in Pennsylvania, as well as more recent history, and experiences and personal stories of being openly LGBTQ+ on campus. The exhibit chronicles stories of LGBTQ+ history at eleven of Pennsylvania’s colleges and universities, representing a wide spectrum including historically Black universities, historically single-gender colleges, state universities, private universities, historically religious-based colleges and community colleges.

Exhibit at Musselman Library

Main Level Display Cases adjacent to Browsing Room

This exhibit features images that Charles “Jim” Lott captured of everyday rural life in Adams County, PA.

Lott's photos have a timeless quality seen in the best documentaries of his era.

Family and friends, labor and leisure—these are the subjects that Jim continuously explored with his camera lens.

Exhibit at Musselman Library

Main Level Apse

Adams County, Pennsylvania farmer Charles “Jim” Lott photographed the agricultural landscape in the 1930s and 40s, highlighting the hard-working people who worked the land.  Originally displayed by Americas' Arts Gallery in Gettysburg, the 15 black and white photos in this exhibit are just a sampling of the enormous collection created by Jim Lott and recently donated to Musselman Library by the Lott family.

The above photo image by Lott is titled, "Clothesline."

Exhibit at Musselman Library

Stair Tower Gallery

The art in the Stair Tower Gallery is from the Mary Margaret Stewart collection at Gettysburg College.  These are smaller works by regional artists and pieces Stewart collected during her travels.

A beloved member of the Gettysburg College English faculty from 1959-1996, Mary Margaret Stewart passed away in 2021, leaving her extensive art collection to the College.

The exhibit features delicate etchings such as this "Road Through the Fields" by Anne H. Finucane from 2010: 

The artwork exhibited showcases different mediums used by artists, such as this woven silk piece called "Wren" from J. & J. Cash Ltd.:

Note the detailed calligraphy in this 2003 color print by Sheila Waters titled "Love & Peace":

The Small Works collection will be up from May 2023 to June 2024 in the Musselman Library Stair Tower gallery.

Visit the Majestic Theater Gallery in Gettysburg, June-August 2023, to see larger works from Stewart’s collection.

Lower Level Printing Station

The posters in this series focus on parts of the Gettysburg College story that have been minimized or neglected altogether in previous histories – particularly with respect to underrepresented groups, issues, and activisms. Based on sometimes incomplete sources, they represent imperfect knowledge and are not comprehensive. They are a beginning, not an ending.

For that reason, we invite your feedback – corrections, additional information, people and events not pictured. We also invite contributions of relevant documents, photos, etc. to the College Archives, or via our digital repository, “What We Did Here: Activism at Gettysburg College.”

The story of change at Gettysburg is being written every day. You can help write it!

Additional resources:

• Gettysburg College: A Diversity Story: library-supported student project on the diversification of Gettysburg College
• This is Why We Fight: Student Activism at Gettysburg College: library-supported student project on student activism at Gettysburg College
• College and Community in Adams County: examines the evolution of service partnerships between Gettysburg College and the local community