Dance Marathon in the Pages of the Historical Digital Collegian Database
Alumni can relive history as they follow the Historical Digital Collegian online. Links trace the origination of the nation’s largest student run philanthropic effort—Penn State’s Dance Marathon.
From 1966 when the Interfraternity Council (IFC) was having trouble finding a fund raiser and a "dance marathon was considered "too immature."--IFC Has Trouble Getting Greek Week Performer
(p. 1). View issue.
To:
Dance Marathon has a long history of dancing for the kids—In 1973 they danced to support the Sheltered Workshop for Retarded Children in Butler, PA (p. 4). View issue.
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In 1977 they pick up the Four Diamonds Fund with 62 dancers (p. 3). View issue.
And:
The marathon raises $297,311 in 1987
(p. 1). View issue.
One hundred years of The Daily Collegian—1887 to 1987—are now accessible as a digital archive, following the completion of the latest segment of the digitization project. The Daily Collegian, which originally started as the Freelance in 1887 and changed names over time, has served as an important source for documenting student life. The Historical Digital Collegian provides access to all words, photographs and advertisements, and allows readers to browse the newspaper page by page, and search across issues and dates with ease. The Olive software used to create the database was recently upgraded, further improving the user interface.
The latest segment of the Historical Digital Collegian joins other digital newspapers at Penn State on the Olive platform:
The Behrend Beacon (Penn State Erie, The Behrend College student newspaper)
Hazleton Highacres (Penn State Hazleton student newspaper)
Pennsylvania Civil War Newspapers
Lancaster Farming
A full list of digital projects and related initiatives developed within the University Libraries can be found at http://apps.libraries.psu.edu/digital/index.cfm
For more information on the Historical Digital Collegian, please contact Debora Cheney, Larry and Ellen Foster Communications Librarian, and head of the News and Microforms Library, at 814-863 1345.