Gettysburg College is the oldest Lutheran affiliated college in the United States. At its founding in 1832--a time of social ferment and advancing democracy--college leaders emphasized a liberal arts mission. Pennsylvania College, as it was known until 1919, numbers among its graduates many clergy, lawyers, and physicians, as well as politicians, social gospel advocates, scientists, business executives, and university presidents. Although the college has grown considerably since World War II, its mission has remained consistent: devotion to the pursuit of truth and active citizenship. Through historic photographs, Gettysburg College documents significant themes in the college's history: an expanding campus, the emergence and influence of intercollegiate athletic teams and social fraternities, curricular change, and key national events that affected the college, none of the latter more important than the Battle of Gettysburg and two world wars. Always respected for its academic program, Gettysburg College has in the past generation diversified its faculty and student body, expanded its interdisciplinary programs, and gained in reputation as a leading national liberal arts college.
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Michael J. Birkner is a professor of history and Benjamin Franklin professor of liberal arts at Gettysburg College. David Crumplar, research associate for this project, is a member of the class of 2006 at Gettysburg College.
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Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania College, Pennsylvania Hall, Glatfelter Hall, Abraham Lincoln, Brua Chapel, Linnaean Hall, President Hanson, Samuel Simon Schmucker, Vietnam War, Dickinson College, President Granville, Recitation Hall, Nixon Field, Plank Gym, Stevens Hall, Thaddeus Stevens, Weidensall Hall, Eddie Plank, Lincoln Street, Musselman Stadium New!
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- Abraham Lincoln (The Ohio Experience) by Carole Marsh on page 9
- The Other America: Poverty in the United States by Michael Harrington on page 110
- Franklin & Marshall College (PA) (College History Series) by David Schuyler in Front Matter
- George Herbert (Twayne's English Authors Series) by Stanley Stewart on page 118
- The Battle of Gettysburg by Francis Marshall on page 51
- McCormick of Rutgers: Scholar, Teacher, Public Historian (Studies in Historiography) by Michael J. Birkner in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- My Brave Boys: To War with Colonel Cross and the Fighting Fifth by Mike Pride in Back Matter
- Free Hearts and Free Homes: Gender and American Antislavery Politics by Michael D. Pierson in Front Matter
- Uncommon Americans: The Lives and Legacies of Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover (Contributions in American History) by Timothy Walch in Back Matter
- Contested Terrain: Power, Politics, and Participation in Suburbia (Contributions in Political Science) by Mark L. Silver in Back Matter
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