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Archives and Special Collections

The library houses the Ursinusiana collection — the College Archives — as well as a number of unique Special Collections that encompass such diverse topics as Pennsylvania German Folklife, apartheid in South Africa, and John Updike’s mother.

  Photo of a collection of older Ursinus College photos, merch, and prints.
Ursinusiana Collection

Photograph of an acrylic, confetti, glass on glass panel, called Big Bang, created by Sarah Marchione.

Student Art Collection

  Photo taken of the Penn Folklife Display
Pennsylvania Folklife Society Collection

  Student sitting looking at a paper in the Berman student exhibit.
The Grundy Collection: South African History

 

Old portrait photograph of Linda Grace Hoyer, a student from the class of 1923.   

Linda Grace Hoyer Papers