This general guide of library holdings will help you narrow your search. For further detail on files and holdings, check the detailed Index of the Library Vertical Files. For detail on the archival box holdings, check the Library Archival Box Index. For information on unit rosters, check the Index of Unit Rosters.

Vertical File Index
File Number, Contents and General Description

1. BATTLEFIELD FARM PROPERTIES: Historic farms and structures

2. HISTORIC PROPERTY STUDIES: Historic sites, farms, buildings.Field Defenses and Historic Fencing

3. CIVIL WAR: GENERAL INFORMATION: Gettysburg Related Source Materials, Map Information, Gettysburg Campaign Statistics

4. THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN: Skirmishes, Newspaper Accounts, July 1, 1863, July 2, 1863, July 3, 1863, Aftermath

5. PARTICIPANT ACCOUNTS: Personal Accounts, Biographical Information

6. REGIMENT FILES: Federal Units, Army of the Potomac

7. REGIMENT FILES: Confederate Units, Army of Northern Virginia

9. ADAMS COUNTY AND AREA: Gettysburg, Roads and Railroads, State and County History

10. THE SOLDIERS NATIONAL CEMETERY: Cemetery history & development, dedication ceremony, the Gettysburg Address, Memorial Day Ceremonies and Exercises

11. PARK HISTORY: History of Gettysburg National Military Park, Historian's Correspondence, Reunions and Anniversaries, Camp Colt, Camp Sharpe

12. NATURAL AND GENERAL INTEREST: Photographers, Ground Cover, Natural Resources, Geology

14. EQUIPMENT/ARTILLERY/COLLECTIONS: Field Artillery and exhibits, artillery correspondence, uniforms and equipments, Rosensteel Collection

14-CF. CIVILIAN CLAIMS FILES

16. CIVIL WAR PARKS AND PRESERVATION

17. MONUMENTS: Monuments and markers, state monuments, Pennsylvania monuments by regiment (PHMC)

18. GETTYSBURG NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS: Volumes 1 - 6

Library Archival Box Collection
Box Number, Contents and General Description

Box B-1: Maine State Archives

Box B-2: Bates Papers (Library of Congress), McFarland Papers and Rothermel Papers (Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission), Battery B, 1 PA AR (Library of Congress)

Box B-3: Library of Congress Papers, various.

Box B-4: Blood, Chamberlain, Gregg, Hotchkiss, Hunt Papers (Library of Congress)

Box B-5: Federal Land Claims

Box B-6: Douthat Papers, 11th VA IN (National Archives), Oates correspondence; Blanchard Memoirs (Erie County HS)

Box B-7: Gettysburg NMP Battlefield Board Papers (National Archives)

Box B-8: John Daniel Papers (University of Virginia)

Box B-9: Warren Papers (New York State Library), Roebling Papers (Rutgers U.); Oswego County Historical Society

Box B-10: Massachusetts Historical Society

Box B-11: Hunt Papers; Reed Papers (Library of Congress)

Box B-12: John B. Bachelder Papers (Silbey Collection), Burnham Surveys 1866, War Department Battlefield Commission, Position of Troops (Library of Congress), Jubal Early Papers

Box B-13: Various accounts and manuscripts- 3 PA CA, 69 PA IN, 11 MS IN, 29 MS IN, 2 US SS, Dana Papers (Wyoming Co. Historical Society), 104 NY IN, Haskell Papers (State Historical Society of Wisconsin)

Box B-14: Camp Letterman, Gregory A. Coco Collection, Box 1

Box B-15: 125th Anniversary Material

Box B-16: Various accounts, Gregory A. Coco Collection, Box 2

Box B-17: Various accounts, Gregory A. Coco Collection, Box 3

Box B-18: Various accounts, Gregory A. Coco Collection, Box 4

Box B-18a: Various US & CS Accounts, late war, Gregory A. Coco Collection, Box 5

Box B-19: 4 GA IN, 4 MA IN Accounts, Gregory A. Coco Collection, Box 6

Box B-20: Cyclorama Program; Gettysburg Booklet by Pfanz

Box B-21: NPS Battlefield Tape Tour

Box B-22: Gettysburg NMP Wayside Exhibits, Box 1

Box B-23: Gettysburg NMP Wayside Exhibits, Box 2

Box B-24: Memorial Day 1991

Box B-25: Monument Files: MI, MN, OH, MD.

Box B-26: "Gettysburg Address" Exhibit, Box 1

Box B-27: "Gettysburg Address" Exhibit, Box 2

Box B-28: Jacob Sheads Collection; Battlefield guides.

Box B-29: Military Manuals

Box B-30: "Ethnic Groups and The Civil War"

Box B-31: "War and Peace": Conference on Battlefield Preservation

Box B-32: Books and Booklets, Gettysburg Campaign related.

Box B-33: Magazines & Periodicals, 1870-1928

Box B-34: David S. Hartwig Collection

Box B-35: Indexes, National Archives and Records Administration, Duke University, Gilder-Lehman, & Massachusetts Historical Society

Box B-36: 1st MN Infantry- 28th VA Infantry Flag Controversy

Box B-37: Battlefield Booklets and Publications

Box B-38: NPS Visitor Center Daily Logs, 1959-1962

Box B-39: "Gettysburg: The Soldiers' Battle" (GNMP)

Box B-40: Manuscripts- MD Troops; 11th Massachusetts Infantry; misc.

Box B-41: Al Gambone Collection, Box 1

Box B-42: Al Gambone Collection, Box 2

Box B-43: Al Gambone Collection, Box 3

Box B-44: Al Gambone Collection, Box 4

Box B-45: Various Accounts, Gregory A. Coco Collection, Box 7

Box B-46: 15th, 19th and 20th Massachusetts Infantry & 42nd NY Infantry (Root & Stocker Contribution, Worchester Historical Museum Collection)

Box B-47: Gettysburg-Related Papers from Western Reserve Historical Society

Box B-48: Various Accounts, Gregory A. Coco Collection, Box 8

Box B-49: Miscellaneous Civil War tour booklets and publications, Gettysburg

Box B-50: Papers of Colonel Robert M. Powell, 5th TX IN, Gregory A. Coco Collection and Bob Reichardt Collection

Box B-51: "The Gettysburg Campaign Day by Day", Thomas D Warfield.

Box B-52: Various Papers, Gregory A. Coco Collection.

Boxes B-55 to B-64: Harry Phanz Research Collection

Box B-65: Gettysburg Cyclorama, Chris Geddes Collection

Box B-66: Rebecca Lyons Collection

Box B-67: NPS Studies, Gettysburg Subjects

Box B-68: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the US Papers: Gettysburg Subjects

Box FB-1: Newspapers

Box FB-2: Loose Volumes

Box FB-3: William Robbins Journal, 1894-1905

Box FB-4: Trial of the 72nd PA vs. Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association

Box FB-5: "Battle of Gettysburg" Cyclorama Exhibition (Chicago)

Microfilm Collection
Contents and General Description

The Star and Sentinel, Gettysburg, PA-

The Gettysburg Compiler, Gettysburg, PA-

The National Tribune,

Hospital Records-

Book and Manuscript Collection
Contents and General Description

The book collection includes contemporary and modern histories of the Battle of Gettysburg and campaign, biographies of officers, memoirs, regimental histories and accounts, and general Civil War history. Our collection also concentrates on Abraham Lincoln, sectionalism and causes of the conflict, slavery, natural and scientific history, parks and land preservation, periodicals, farms and farming methods of the 1800's, military biographies and science. An index to our book collection will be posted in the future.