Manuscripts, Art, & Artifacts

1924 Olympic certificate of gold medal winner, J. Alfred LeConey '23
Christy Illustration, 1896
Page from the California Whaling Log, 1858-1860
Cup-Campaigner, December, 1909 (featuring skull as drinking cup)
William E. Simon on the cover of Nation's Business, February 1975
Lemon Merangue Pie by Helen Frank
Selection from the Japanese Postcard Album, 1920-1950
Miss America statuette by Howard Chandler Christy, bronze, 1925

Special Collections & College Archives houses over 200 manuscript, art, and artifact collections of national scope. Holdings relate to the Marquis de Lafayette; Lafayette College faculty and alumni; and American artists, politicians, and businesses of note.

Asian Collections

Now open to researchers

Compiled over decades and more recently augmented by the generous donations the Gerald & Rella Warner family, Dallas Finn, Richard J. Mammana, Janice Matsumura, and Suzy Cincone, these collections are now fully processed and feature a wide array of pictorial works. Postcards, photograph albums, slides, negatives, stereograph cards, manuscripts, currency and stamps, patriotic poetry, and card games document Asian history and culture ca. 1894-1952. Focus areas include the Russo-Japanese War (1894-95), Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), Dutch East Indies, Manchuria, and Taiwan.

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HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY, PAPERS, 1873-2001

The papers document Christy's career as a book and magazine illustrator, portraitist, poster and program artist, and painter of large-scale historic murals. Christy is best known as the creator of the "Christy Girl" in American illustration, a WWI and II poster artist, and a portrait painter of the American elite.

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HUGH MOORE DIXIE CUP COMPANY COLLECTION , 1905-2008

Documents the corporate history of the Dixie Cup Company and the role of its president, Hugh Moore (1887-1972), a pioneer in the paper cup and vending industry. Contains scrapbooks and other material about the paper cup business, including records created by Moore's Individual Drinking Cup Company in New York City.

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HELEN FRANK MASTER PRINT COLLECTION, 1949-2014

Helen Frank's master print collection represents seven decades of work and contains her earliest lithographs created at the Tyler School of Fine Arts as well as hundreds of etchings and monotypes produced in her home studio in Springfield, New Jersey.

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MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE COLLECTIONS, 1777-

The Marquis de Lafayette Collections at Lafayette College contain a wide range of materials pertaining to the life of Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834). Lafayette, a prominent participant in both the American and French Revolutions, was a symbol of liberty to many during and long after his lifetime.

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ROBERT B. AND HELEN STEVENSON MEYNER PAPERS, 1910-1998

Robert Baumle Meyner, Lafayette Class of 1930, was governor of New Jersey from 1954 to 1962. Helen Stevenson Meyner served two terms in Congress (1975-1979) representing New Jersey's 13th District. The papers document the private and political lives of the Meyners and include Helen Meyner’s congressional papers, her Red Cross letters from Japan and Korea during the Korean War (1950-52), and campaign materials from her congressional and Robert Meyner’s gubernatorial races.

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WILLIAM E. SIMON PAPERS, 1972-1977

William E. Simon, Lafayette Class of 1952, was the 63rd Secretary of the United States Treasury from 1974 to 1977. The papers document Simon’s public service as Secretary of the Treasury, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Administrator of the Federal Energy Office, and Chair of the Oil Policy Committee and the President’s Economic Policy Board and contain information about the development and pursuit of national economic and energy policies during the period.

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