Erwin Runkle papers, 1855-1936.

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Erwin Runkle papers, 1855-1936.

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This collection consists primarily of original historical research materials: published and printed materials, correspondence, notes, and the drafts of Erwin Runkle's The Pennsylvania State College, 1853-1932: Interpretation and Record (1933).

4 cubic feet.

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Pennsylvania State College

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Runkle, Erwin W., 1869-1941

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Erwin W. Runkle was born in Lisbon, Iowa, in 1869. He graduated from Yale in 1893 with a doctorate in philosophy, and joined the Penn State faculty that year, serving part time as college librarian (1904-1924) and college historian (1926-1938). As the first University historian, Runkle organized a large collection of letters, reports, manuscripts and other information pertaining to the University in order to properly recognize its history for its 50th anniversary in 1905. As the recognized Fathe...