Gettysburg National Military Park
General Management Plan 1999 History

MUSEUM COLLECTION PROFILE:
GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK

• Scope of Collection:

  The Rosensteel Collection (extensive collection of objects relating to the Battle of Gettysburg and the Civil War); historic furnishings and objects related to the Brien Farmhouse, Leister Farmhouse (General Meade's Headquarters), summer kitchen at Slyder Farm; collection of blacksmith tools and equipment; extensive archival and manuscript collections; field ordnance collection.

• Collection Size by Type:

  Some archival and manuscript materials listed in the "Scope of Collection" are counted under the discipline "History," rather than under "Total Archival Documents."

  Type	Item Count
  Archeology	66,288
  Ethnology	0
  History	470,664
  Biology	0
  Paleontology	0
  Geology	0
  Total Objects and Specimens:	536,952
  Total Archival Documents:	374,552
  	(or 234.1 lf*)

  *lf=linear feet. The National Park Service converts archival item count
  to linear feet using the formula 1,600 items = 1 linear foot.

• For Information on the Museum Collection Contact:

  Curator
  Gettysburg National Military Park
  97 Taneytown Road
  Gettysburg, PA 17325-1080

  (717) 334-1124 X441

1999 General Management Plan History

Park Planning

National Park Service
Gettysburg National Military Park
97 Taneytown Road
Gettysburg, PA 17325