ARCHIVES
University Archives is located on the Third Floor, to the left as you leave the elevator. The Archives includes four rectangular stained glass windows made by the George W. Spence Company of Boston in 1918 and 1919.The University Archives will be periodically creating online or 'virtual' exhibits to highlight the Archives' collections and the history of Bloomsburg University.
Exhibit One - Bloomsburg State Teachers College in 1959. This is a pictorial look at the campus of 40 years ago, complete with historical and current information on all campus areas that existed at that time.
The University Archives serves as the depository for all records of historical value relating to the history of Bloomsburg University. Material in the Archives consists of non-current university records, regardless of medium, generated by university officials, faculty, staff, and students in conducting the business of the institution. This material includes office files, minutes, photographs, films, correspondence, artifacts and memorabilia, publications, scrapbooks, blueprints, oral history tapes, and manuscript collections.Exhibit Two - A Gallery of Presidents and History of Bloomsburg University. The exhibit provides biographical information on all of the individuals who have headed what is now Bloomsburg University since 1866. It also presents in-depth historical information on the growth the school has experienced since that time in terms of the number of students, programs, courses, and the physical size of the campus, all showing the remarkable progress from our days as a normal school to a teachers college and finally a full university.
The following records, publications, and minutes held by the Archives are some of the major sources of information on the history of the University:
- Trustees' Minutes, 1866-1985
- Course Catalogs, 1867-
- Alumni Magazine, 1894-1920, 1926-
- Student Handbooks, 1900-03, 1905-06, 1928-
- Scrapbooks, 1910-19, 1924-87
- Yearbooks, 1915-
- Student Newspaper, 1924-
- Class Schedules, 1964-
- Faculty Handbooks, 1970-72, 1975-80, 1984-
- Faculty/Staff Telephone Directories, 1971-
- Faculty/Staff Newsletter, 1973-
- Student Telephone Directories, 1985-
Due to the uniqueness and fragility of the materials, they must be used only in the University Archives Reading Room during scheduled hours. The University Archives is located on the Third Floor of the library. Scheduled hours for the fall and spring semester hours are Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Tuesdays 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., and by appointment during the summer (hours can vary, so appointments are strongly encouraged). The University Archivist is Robert Dunkelberger, and he can be reached by phone at (570) 389-4210, by mail at the Harvey A. Andruss Library, Bloomsburg University, 400 E. Second Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815, or by e-mail at rdunkelb@bloomu.edu.
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Special Collections consists of materials (primarily books) that are set aside for special treatment for one or more of the following reasons:In addition there are several collections centered around a particular theme:
- Early imprint date
- Aesthetic importance
- Uniqueness or scarcity
- Inscription by author
- Local value or interest
- Relationship to existing collections
- Susceptibility to loss and/or damage
Special Collections materials are retrieved on a demand basis through the University Archives/Special Collections area whenever it is open, and the material must be used in the Reading Room.
- Radical Labor Publications containing over 1000 pamphlets, booklets. brochures, and newsletters by members of communist, socialist, and labor organizations dating from the 1920s to the 1960s. A listing by author and title has been provided for over 860 of these works.
- Art catalog collection of approximately 8,500 items
- Elinor Keefer Collection of all Caldecott and Newbery award winners
- Covered Bridge Collection of books and ephemera about covered bridges
- Automobile Collection consisting primarily of runs of various periodicals and several books
Updated 6/7/05