York College of Pennsylvania - Archives & Special Collections

York College of Pennsylvania - Archives & Special Collections We preserve & share YCP's history through yearbooks, newspapers, photographs, artifacts and much more. The room is open to the public.

York College's history--documents, photos, artifacts and more--are preserved in the Archives & Special Collections Room of Schmidt Library. Donations of college-related memorabilla are welcome. Please contact Karen Rice-Young '92, Archives & Special Collections Manager, [email protected], 717-815-1439, for more information.

Held over by popular demand! The exhibit in YCP's archives celebrating student life, with artifacts and stories spanning...
05/08/2024

Held over by popular demand! The exhibit in YCP's archives celebrating student life, with artifacts and stories spanning almost 200 years will be open to visitors until Friday May 23. Contact [email protected] for hours.

Don't wait for the movie!!!! Come in to YCP's archives to see a special exhibit of memorabilia of student life on campus...
04/13/2024

Don't wait for the movie!!!! Come in to YCP's archives to see a special exhibit of memorabilia of student life on campus from the 1800s to the early Spartan Days. April 13 through the 26th. Please call for hours: 717-815-1439.
UPDATE:
HELD OVER BY POPULAR DEMAND!!! The exhibit will be open until May17.

For Indigenous Peoples Day:Akih was the undergraduate literary publication of York Junior College. This issue from 1963 ...
10/09/2023

For Indigenous Peoples Day:

Akih was the undergraduate literary publication of York Junior College. This issue from 1963 contains poems, prose and short stories. We aren't certain why the booklet was named this-does anyone have a guess? There could be a very swell prize in it for you!

150 years ago today, the York Collegiate Institute opened. This rare photograph shows the original building. If you look...
09/15/2023

150 years ago today, the York Collegiate Institute opened. This rare photograph shows the original building. If you look closely, Rev. McDougal the first headmaster and why there is McDougal Lounge in today's Student Union, is standing at the entrance to the left of the gentleman in the stovepipe hat.

York Collegiate Institute became York Junior College in 1941.

Both of these mystery images beg the question, "Why was this photo taken?" Do you recognize any of the people? Do you kn...
07/19/2023

Both of these mystery images beg the question, "Why was this photo taken?"
Do you recognize any of the people? Do you know where on campus the photos were taken? Or when?
Educated guesses welcome-- a very cool prize is in it for the sleuth who can give us any leads.

If you know any of these folks or what they're doing, please stand up! Or raise your hand! Here are 2 more photos scanne...
06/28/2023

If you know any of these folks or what they're doing, please stand up! Or raise your hand! Here are 2 more photos scanned from the 1982 yearbook Horizon that were taken at the same event (see previous post). The first person to give us any details will win a VERY groovy prize courtesy of YCP Archives and Special Collections.

Who are these people?Photographs taken at the same event--looks like a debate, doesn't it? - appear in the 1982 yearbook...
06/26/2023

Who are these people?
Photographs taken at the same event--looks like a debate, doesn't it? - appear in the 1982 yearbook on pages 2 and 3. It's unfortunate that there are no captions in that year's Horizon, because your YCP Archives would like to identify the occasion and the folks in it for digitization. We all think that the individuals on the right are students and those on the left are visitors to the campus. Anyone out there who might have more of a clue than we do?

101-years ago today: Cubs and Cardinals trade outfielders between morning and afternoon games of doubleheader; Max Flack...
05/30/2023

101-years ago today: Cubs and Cardinals trade outfielders between morning and afternoon games of doubleheader; Max Flack goes to St. Louis, Cliff Heathcote, an alumnus of York Collegiate Institute (the second school in YCP's lineage) and native of Glen Rock, Pa., heads to Chicago; both get hits for new clubs in the nightcap.

Did you know that Country Club Manor dorms were originally apartments for York residents? York College purchased them i...
04/03/2023

Did you know that Country Club Manor dorms were originally apartments for York residents? York College purchased them in 1976 for $905,000 Check out this architectural drawing for the original complex courtesy of the York County History Center.

Check this out! Just added to the archives: The first issue of The Spartan which is dated March 20, 1972. Thanks to Jeff...
02/09/2023

Check this out! Just added to the archives: The first issue of The Spartan which is dated March 20, 1972. Thanks to Jeff Remaly '74 for keeping this and 16 other early issues of the student newspaper. Donations like Jeff's help to enrich our collection.

From our archives: Check out this vintage 'tweet' from nearly 70 years ago! It's a telegram to Dr. Robert Dawes, second ...
01/19/2023

From our archives:
Check out this vintage 'tweet' from nearly 70 years ago! It's a telegram to Dr. Robert Dawes, second president of York Junior College.

(And just for fun, here's the song Western Union from 1967, by the FIve Americans, a one-hit-wonder band.) https://www.google.com/search?q=western+union+five+american&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS1032US1032&oq=western+&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i57j46i131i199i433i465i512j46i131i433i512j46i131i199i433i465i512j46i131i433i512j0i131i433j46i131i199i433i465i512j46i131i433j0i271.4521j1j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 =ive&vld=cid:1f02be25,vid:Pd_9tC-jbsU

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