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Finding Aids

Marietta College Finding Aids
Index to local finding aids for Marietta College archives.

OhioLINK Finding Aid Repository
Descriptions of archival collections from contributing institutions in Ohio.
OhioLINK Finding Aid Repository allows researchers to search finding aids across institutions to locate archival materials and primary sources across the state. The EAD Finding Aid Creation Tool and OhioLINK Repository (EAD FACTORy) will help archivists ensure broad-based access to archival collections and local history collections by providing a solution for institutions wishing to create and deliver finding aids according to the Encoded Archival Description standard. Finding aids are descriptive tools that come in a variety of formats and levels of detail that describe the contents of archival or manuscript collections. EAD is an international standard for encoding archival finding aids, making them standardized in structure as well as more predictably searchable in collaborative electronic repository environments.

Contact Us

SpecColl@marietta.edu
740-376-4545

Linda Showalter: Special Collections Associate

Special Collections Hours

Special Collections regular hours are:

Monday:	9:00am–noon 1:00–5:00pm
Tuesday:	9:00am–noon 1:00–5:00pm
Wednesday:	9:00am–noon 1:00–5:00pm
Thursday:	9:00am–noon 1:00–5:00pm
Friday:	Closed
Saturday:	Closed
Sunday:	Closed

For specific days and holidays check the Library Calendar.

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Collections

Digital Collections

Connect to digital manuscript and photograph collections of the Marietta College Library including Marietta College Yearbooks.

Artifacts

Books: Books of historic significance including the Rodney M. Stimson Collection, rare books and materials in all formats with a connection to the city of Marietta, Washington County and the surrounding area.
Manuscripts: Listing of many of the manuscript collections at the Marietta College Library including the Manuscripts and Documents of the Ohio Company of Associates and the Rufus Putnam papers.
Photographs: Photographic collections documenting the history of the college and of Marietta and Washington County Ohio including Thomas Dwight Biscoe, Stephen Durward Hoag, Harry Philip Fischer and Frederick Way, Jr.
College Archives: This extensive collection contains the early administrative records, registrar's records, presidential correspondence, trustee minutes, faculty minutes, records of student activities, and institutional publications of Marietta College.
Artwork: Approximately 100 works of art, including oil paintings, watercolors, and prints, are included in the Marietta College Library Art Collection.; Artifacts important to the region including items from the Society of Inquiry.
Miscellaneous: A selection of historical records of the college and the city of Marietta.

Historical Databases

America: History and Life
Index and abstracts of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.
America: History and Life is the index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. With indexing for 1,700 journals from 1964 to present, this database is an important bibliographic reference tool for students and scholars of U.S. and Canadian history. The database also includes citations and links to book and media reviews. Strong English-language journal coverage is balanced by an international perspective on topics and events, including abstracts in English of articles published in more than 40 languages.
American Periodicals Series Online
Digitized images of the pages of over 1,100 historic American magazines, journals, and newspapers.
American Periodicals Series Online contains page images of more than 1,100 historic American magazines, journals, and newspapers. These resources illuminate the development of American culture, politics, and society across some 150 years. Articles can be searched by author, source, and words in the complete text. The collection is arranged in three series: 1741-1800, the period of transition from British colony to emerging nation; 1800-1850, pre-Civil War and the era of debate over slavery; and 1850-1900, Civil War and Reconstruction. Magazines of these periods cover the literature, science, religion, arts, and history of the time.
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)
DPLA is a free, national digital library that provides a single point of access to cultural heritage materials from more than 4,000 libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. Includes more than 37 million images, videos, texts, and sounds.
Chronicling America
Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.
HarpWeek
Page images and indexes to Harper's Weekly, covering the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
HarpWeek is the electronic version of Harper's Weekly from the Civil War and Reconstruction eras, 1857-1871. HarpWeek includes all the pages of Harper's Weekly as scanned images, together with a series of indexes. Harper's Weekly was a leading national weekly during the second half of the nineteenth-century, providing information and insights on political, military and social issues and events prior to and during the Civil War. HarpWeek includes news, editorials, stories, illustrations, book reviews, serialized novels, advertising and maps from the weekly. It also includes biographical information about period leaders.