Here's what you can see on display from the Hillsdale College Archives and Special Collections on campus as of January 15, 2025. Contact us with any questions: [email protected].
Heritage Room
The Library’s Heritage Room and main floor displays now include World War II memorabilia and artifacts in honor of the 80th anniversary of the end of the war in 1945. The displays include memorabilia from the private collection of Sir Martin Gilbert; letters by Winston Churchill from the recent gift of the Thomas T. Pope Collection of Historical Documents; posters from the Charles G. Schott Collection of Presidential Campaign Posters; FDR political campaign buttons, inaugural invitations, and other FDR and Churchill political memorabilia from the James E. Rogan Collection of Political Memorabilia; and Churchill memorabilia from the William C. Ives and Ronald I. Cohen Collections.
You will also see a small display of coins from the recently donated Mike Moore Coin Collection. This collection of coins is focused primarily on United States coins from early 19th century America. The present exhibit – Pennies From Heaven – focuses on pennies: one-cent pieces from 1846, 1857, 1863, and 1909, and a 1943 steel penny; two-cent piece from the 1860s; and three-cent pieces from 1852 (silver) and 1866 (nickel).
Elizabeth Hoynak Archive Center
Displays in the Elizabeth Hoynak Archives Center feature various items from the College’s history, including a 1916 Hillsdale baseball uniform, architectural renderings, fraternity pins, 1860s and 1870/80s photograph albums, an 1863 letter by former student Albert D. Thompson, five portraits by former student Tessa Higbie (1994), watercolor paintings of Slayton Arboretum by former student Ken Blizzard, and a journal from Daniel M. Graham, former president of Hillsdale College.