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Donald Poppe '59 Political Memorabilia Collection

 Collection
Identifier: PPC-2024-001

Dates

  • 1896 - 2024

Biographical / Historical

Don Poppe, Muhlenberg Class of 1959, picked up his first campaign buttons as a teenager and college student, beginning with those of Dwight Eisenhower. Through his adulthood, he began collecting in earnest, and that collection of over 1100 buttons and miscellaneous other memorabilia is now housed at Trexler Library. The button collection made available here spans from the campaign of William McKinley in 1896 through the Trump/Biden contest of 2020.

Extent

XXXX Linear Feet

Repository Details

Part of the Trexler Library Archival Collections Repository

Contact:
Trexler Library
Muhlenberg College
2400 Chew Street
Allentown PA 18104 United States