History Collection Finding Aids
Our History Collection is a group of materials having a common source or a collection of materials formed around the history and culture of Wilson College. A collection may consist of a single item, a folder, a box, or many boxes of records. There are numerous historical collections held in the Hankey Center, some fully processed, some not. All history collections are listed here, those that are fully processed have a finding aid available.Collection list:
HC-01 Wilson College History
- HC-01.01 The Founding of Wilson College
- HC-01.02 College Deeds
- HC-01.03 Chambersburg Area History
- HC-01.04 Sarah Wilson Collection
- HC-01.05 Sister city program with Gotemba, Japan
- HC-01.06 Women's Suffrage
HC-02 Alexander K. McClure Collection
HC-03 Buildings and Grounds
- HC-03.01 Photographs and Postcards
- HC-03.02 Blueprints and Architectural Drawings
HC-04 Traditions
HC-05 Memorabilia Collection
HC-06 Wilson Historic Films Collection
HC-07 Penn Hall Collection
HC-08 Save Wilson Collection
HC-09 Shaping the Future of Wilson College Collection
HC-10 Alumnae/i Papers Collection
- HC-10.01 Alumnae/i Papers
- HC-10.02 West Family Papers
- HC-10.03 Van Lear Family Papers
- HC-10.04 Mary Belle McElwain (1895) Papers
- HC-10.05 Mary Eva Amberson Papers
- HC-10.06 Marie Trout Parks Papers
- HC-10.07 Kate Hillis Boyd (1905) Papers
- HC-10.08 Marie Lincoln (1907) Papers
- HC-10.09 Marjorie Boher Hosfeld (1910) Papers
- HC-10.10 Clara Greer (1910) Papers
- HC-10.11 Margaret Disert (1920) Papers
- HC-10.12 B. Gwendolyn Honeywell Walley (1923) Papers
- HC-10.13 Cornelia Snitcher Craig (1926) Papers
- HC-10.14 Margaret Gayley Palmer (1927) Papers
- HC-10.15 Agnes Bane (1929) Correspondence
- HC-10.16 Helen Carnell Eden (1929) Papers
- HC-10.17 Jane Davison Fisher (1929) Papers
- HC-10.18 Jean McSparran Estep (1929) Papers
- HC-10.19 Jean May Zenn (1929) Papers
- HC-10.20 Babette Coleman (1930) Papers
- HC-10.21 Elizabeth Savage (1934) Papers
- HC-10.22 Elizabeth McGeorge Sullivan (1938) Papers
- HC-10.23 Helen Stark Tomkins (1938) Papers
- HC-10.24 Emily Horner (1939) Papers
- HC-10.25 Sarah Foresman Hoyt Spofford (1935) Papers
- HC-10.26 Margaret Jenkel White (1940) Papers
- HC-10.27 Eunice Carpen Johnston (1942) Correspondence
- HC-10.28 Beatrice Fenner Blackadar (1942) Papers
- HC-10.29 Eleanor Martin Allen (1949) Papers
- HC-10.30 Phyllis Gansz-Greene (1950) Papers
- HC-10.31 Carolyn Trembley Shaffer (1950) Papers
- HC-10.32 Jane Ensminger (1952) Papers
- HC-10.33 Joan Thuebel (1962) Correspondence
- HC-10.34 Ellen Van Looy Reed (1953) Papers
- HC-10.35 Patricia Smedick Schaphorst (1953) Papers
- HC-10.36 Jane Morrow (1954) Papers
- HC-10.37 Joan Edwards (1958) Papers
- HC-10.38 Jane Taylor Fox (1959) Papers
- HC-10.39 Virginia Leopold (1963) Papers
- HC-10.40 Kathleen Shannon (1971) Papers
- HC-10.41 Jenni Rodda (1978) Papers
- HC-10.42 Pat Vail (1963) Papers
- HC-10.43 Harriet Bassler-Argentiere (1971) Papers
- HC-10.44 Mary Holcombe Papers
- HC-10.45 Elizabeth Jones Savage (1934) Papers
- HC-10.46 Ann Matthews Wilkinson (1962) Papers
- HC-10.47 Barbara Warner (1964) Papers
- HC-10.48 Joan Hankey (1959) Collection
- HC-10.49 Martha Jenks (1935) Papers
- HC-10.50 Barbara Tenney (1967) Papers
- HC-10.51 Louise Corso (1973) Papers
- HC-10.52 Rosemary Bowler (1951) Papers
- HC-10.53 Elizabeth Clarkson (1947) Papers
- HC-10.54 Susan Cribbs (1969) Memorabilia
- HC-10.55 Ester Spahr (1936) Papers
- HC-10.56 Helen Vreeland (1939) Papers
- HC-10.57 Gwendolyn Walley Haines (1948) Collection
- HC-10.58 Margaret Caldwell Fahrney (1948) Collection
- HC-10.59 Margaret Steele Glover (1933) Papers
- HC-10.60 Susan Gunn Bromley (1974) Collection
- HC-10.61 Nancy Adams Besch (1948) Papers
- HC-10.62 Georgina Royer Bruce (1951) Papers
- HC-10.63 Carol Tschop (1972) Papers
- HC-10.64 Gladys Conner Vail (1937) Papers
- HC-10.65 Scott Stam Family Papers
- HC-10.66 Barbara Hoffman Reich (1952) Papers
- HC-10.67 Anne Pearce Lehman (1949) Papers
- HC-10.68 Theodosia Hackett Hoffman (1931) Papers
- HC-10.69 Lynn Negus (1961) Papers
HC-11 Alumnae/i Publications Collection
HC-12 Alumnae/i Scrapbook Collection
HC-13 Alumnae/i Class Reunions Collection