Franklin and Marshall College Library

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Contact Information
E-mail: [mailto:ask.us@fandm.edu ask.us@fandm.edu]

Address:


 * Franklin and Marshall College Library
 * 450 College Ave
 * PO Box 3003
 * Lancaster, PA 17604

Telephone: 717-291-4223

Hours and holidays: Hours and holidays click the "Hours" tab.

Internet sites and databases:


 * Franklin and Marshall College Library Home Page
 * Online Catalog Select the "Books &amp; More" tab
 * Research Resources Library databases lists.

Collection Description
Special Collections has personal manuscripts of prominent local individuals; rare books, historic maps, prints, posters, photographs, newspapers; and the German-American Imprint Collection consisting of newspapers, books, almanacs, fraktur and broadsides printed in German in North America. The JSHA is an outstanding collection for "Hessian" soldiers from German principalities who served as part of the British army during the American Revolutionary War.

Note:  All church records and family histories were transferred to the Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society (ERHS) at the Lancaster Theological Seminary in 1967.

Tips
Visitors are welcome, but asked to use only guest computers.

Guides

 * Subject guides including religious studies, Africana, Americana, History, and Judaica
 * A to Z list of subscription databases
 * Visual Resources
 * Government Documents and Information

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