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F&M Special Collections houses unique historical material. Digitized collections include items related to the Pennsylvania German community, such as the Pennsylvania German Fraktur Collection. Other online collections relate to local history, including the architecture of Lancaster buildings.

Other F&M Special Collections material available online:

• South Netherlands Book of Hours

Student research fairs at Franklin and Marshall College provide students with the opportunity to showcase and share their work with the F&M community and beyond. The College holds two annual fairs: the Autumn Research Fair and the Closer Look Research Fair in the spring. The fairs include both poster sessions and oral presentations. The Student Research Fairs Collection provides online access to posters and presentations from the fairs, beginning with the 2016 Autumn Research Fair. It also includes programs from the fairs.

Emerita Professor of Art Virginia Maksymowicz donated to Franklin & Marshall College her personal teaching collection of approximately 8,500 35-mm slides of contemporary art.  The work represented in Scholars Square includes site-specific sculpture, art in public spaces, and gallery installations.

Two dimensional visual scholarship produced by students and faculty at Franklin & Marshall College. Items in this collection are on public display on the main floor of Martin Library and include paintings, prints, drawings, and photographs.

To the extent possible, controlled vocabulary describing objects, methods, and materials uses the J. Paul Getty Trust’s Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT).

The Wohlsen Construction Archive Photograph Collection contains corporate and architectural photographs relating to the Wohlsen firm dating from 1890 to the 1980s. The collection consists primarily of architectural photographs taken from a two volume collection entitled Buildings Erected by Herman Wohlsen, circa 1890-1920. In addition, a number of later 20th century commercial buildings are also represented. (Please note, this collection uses the Getty Research Institute’s Vocabulary Program as its primary authority control.)

As a whole, the Wohlsen Archive represents a unique architectural timeline of the history of Lancaster county, and provides useful primary research material for students, faculty, and outside researchers. The Archive is housed in the Central Services building on the F&M campus.