Special Collections

Online Exhibits
Apollo 16

Twelve human beings have set foot on the surface of the moon. In 1972, Charles Duke became the tenth as a crewmember of Apollo 16.

sketch by Alfred R. Waud titled, 'Custer receiving the flag of Truce Appomatox -- 1865'
Appomattox

Robert Moorman Sims entered Confederate service with the Lancaster Greys in 1861. Four years later, he carried the Flag of Truce at Appomattox.

Battle of New Orleans by Jean Hyacinthe de Laclotte
Battle of New Orleans

In 1815, Andrew Jackson led a colorful, hodgepodge army against the most formidable military power in the world at the Battle of New Orleans.

Buford's Defeat, from Harpers Weekly, May 29, 1858
Buford's Defeat

Hearing of the fall of Charleston in 1780, a regiment of Virginians was retreating to American lines. They were overtaken by British commander Banastre Tarleton. The battle was known as Buford's Defeat.

group photo taken at the Haile Gold Mine ca 1903
Haile Gold Mine

From a gold nugget found in 1828, Haile Gold Mine became the largest producer of gold east of the Mississippi.

Sadie Pfeifer, 48 inches high
Lewis W. Hine Photographs

Lewis W. Hine was a photographer for the National Child Labor Committee. He visited the Lancaster Cotton Mill in 1908 and took several Photographs.

Franklin Academy [pbbh 57-570]
School Days

From the Waxhaw Academy to a branch of today's University of South Carolina, Lancaster's citizens have long had an interest in education and School Days.