Information about the Widener University 175th Anniversary Celebration in 1996. Includes resolution from the Pennsylvania Senate; calendar with photographs of both old and new scenes of campus; papers relating to 175th Anniversary Dinner Dance; time capsule announcement. List of items submitted by Wolfgram Memorial Library to the time capsule. Copy of Invitation.
Collection of photographs from 1903.
The album has been scanned and is in digital format and located in the Wolfgram Cloud under "1903 Photograph Album"
Collection of senior class portraits from 1930
These portraits have been scanned and are in digital format and located in the Wolfgram Cloud under "1930 Senior Class Portraits"
Pennsylvania Military College Advertisements: 1905-1914; 1897; one undated from Episcopal Church News; 1937-1938; 1920-1923; advertisement with photograph of Old Main from 1885 Century Magazine.
Article about carillon in Dome of Old Main placed there in honor of Alber Filoreto, Pennsylvania Military College graduate of class of 1963 who died in 1963 of aplastic anemia; personal belongings of "Albie" Filoreto; speech given at dedication of the carillon in 1964. Information from University Relations about the history of the carillon and Albie Filoreto.
Collection of photographs and information on Alumn Allen M Hiller. Photos also include unamed cadets, a photo of Frank Lybly, Gen. Logan and a photo of the band
Items were donated by Linda Moore from Hillsdale College.
These materials are located in the Wolfgram Cloud under "Hiller_Allan_M_1863_1864"
The History of the Aydelott Family in the United States (Note: also spelled Aydelotte by some family members), Zadoc Aydelotte (attended Delaware Military Academy); Albert Atterbury; Truxton Beale; Bill Burton; Robert Chinquina; St. George Henry Cooke, including a photograph of him in his PMC Uniform donated by Miriam Syler; Patricia Cooney; Henry C. Davis; John Geoghegan (Jack) - correspondence of his wife and daughter (Barbara Johns and Camille Anne Geoghegan) with Neil Koch on his legacy and Koch's work with orphanages; Robert W. Gunnell; Ted Locke; Frederick E. Powell; William L. Rice; Henry C. Robinett - "Battery" Robinett, pictures, clippings, memos (Note: although the family name Robinett is sometimes spelled Robinette, the spelling for Henry C. Robinett as found in the United States Army Official Records is without the final "e".); Emanuel Sacks; A. Carson Simpson; Clarence T. Starr; William E. Stubbs; Robert T. Tumbelston; Walter Washabaugh; Charles Webb; C. Edwin Webb; George Webb; Informational letter about 1920 Alumni Dinner; Photographs of Alumni Lunch, 1950 (approximately); Instructions for Broom Drill. Frederick Humphreys.
Allen, Samuel J.; Carter, R. Kelso (includes copy of his hymn "Standing on the Promises"); Irons, David, pentathlete; Johnson, Billy "White Shoes", includes photographs; Laufer, John; Orlowski, Leo; Riddle, Samuel; Stern, Bill; Taylor, H. Birchard; Thomason, Henry D.; Pappas, Harry P.; "The Taste of Ashes" - the autobiography of Bill Stern. alumnus, and also article about the TV show "This is Your Life" that featured Bill Stern; Johnson, Charles - "One Hundred and One Most Loved Hymns"; McHenry, E.H.; Sweney, John R. (sometimes spelled incorrected as John Sweeney or John Sweeny); Burke, George class of 1935; Obituary for Judge William J. Nelson, class of 1963.
Biography of John Sweney written by Evangelist Ken Lynch.
James Clarkson Gillmore (1869-1871)