The Sahli Family collection contains several different event programs at which Dr. John R. Sahli was a featured participant, such as the 1973 Indiana University of Pennsylvania summer commencement with Dr. Sahli serving as the Grand Marshall. Among other items are several school souvenir cards from Gordon Public School in Indiana County from 1909 through 1920, which were given by teachers to the students. There is an assortment of store brochures and advertisements from the early 20th century from companies located in Beaver Falls, Johnstown, Indiana, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Several of the businesses include: J.A. Gault Company, Pittsburgh Steel Company, Dehaven and Company, Hardware House of James McCullough Jr., W. and Walker Co., an illustrated catalog of burial caskets from the JNO Murphy Co., and several more. Among various political materials are a poster sized election bulletin listing the Republican candidates for Indiana County Pennsylvania in 1911, Republican committee brochures from 1964 and 1967, a blank Armstrong County primary election ballot dated 1898, and a Republican party specimen ballot for the U.S. general election in 1964. Other regional materials include programs, invitations, and advertisements focused on the McKeesport Centennial in 1894; several bankers and everyday almanacs, including three published by Pittsburgh publisher the Hostetter Company from 1881, 1894, and 1909; and an invitation to the Loyal War Governors Conference Semi centennial in Altoona Pennsylvania in 1912. There is also an embossed, leather bound dinner program for the Americus Republican Club 24th dinner in 1910 commemorating the birth of General Ulysses S. Grant. The dinner was held at the Hotel Schenley, with William Howard Taft as the featured speaker.
