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Academic Year, 1849-1850
File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents
1. Richardson’s Virginia and North Carolina Almanac for 1850 containing ads for HSC’s medical department. 2. Ticket of admission (Number 28) to lectures on surgery and surgical anatomy, HSC medical department, Richmond for the 1849 - 1850 session.
Dates:
Existence: 1849-1850
Academic Year, 1850-1851
File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 34
Scope and Contents
1. Henry Clay Dickinson’s (HSC Class of 1851) photostat of handwritten will, Dickinson’s diary, which was evidently sent to Paul Grier, but no trace of the diary exists 7/1/1994.
Dates:
Existence: 1850-1851
Academic Year, 1851-1852
File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 35
Scope and Contents
1. Andrew Reid Venable’s (HSC Class of 1852) letter to his wife, dated June 8, 1852. 2. Joseph McMurran’s (HSC Class of 1852) 8” x 10” photograph (2 copies). 3. Catalogue of 1851 - 52 session, HSC Medical Department, Richmond. 4. Announcement of the 1851 - 1852 session of the medical department, Randolph-Macon College, established by the Mettauers. 5. T. V. Moore (Rev.) address; “The Reformation: The Source of American Liberty,” delivered June 9, 1852, before the Union Society.
Dates:
Existence: 1851-1852
Academic Year, 1852-1853
File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 36
Scope and Contents
1. Lewis Littlepage Holladay’s (HSC Class of 1853) correspondence (five letters signed by HSC President Lewis W. Green). Letters from Holladay to his wife, various dates: 1855, 1858, and 1862. 2. Lewis Littlepage Holladay’s (HSC Class of 1853) farewell speech to HSC, June 4, 1853. 3. William Henry Harrison’s letter thanking Philanthropic Society for “the honor conferred upon me,” dated April 14, 1852 (was this W. H. Harrison HSC Class of 1864(?)). 4. Address; “To the Public in Regard to...
Dates:
Existence: 1852-1853
Academic Year, 1853-1854
File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 37
Scope and Contents
1. Julia Tinsley’s invitation to Annual HSC Commencement party, 1854.
Dates:
Existence: 1853-1854
Academic Year, 1854-1855
File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 38
Scope and Contents
1. Walter Blair’s (HSC Class of 1855 and faculty) letter to his sister, dated June 28, 1863 (original and typewritten copy). 2. Walter Blair’s (HSC Class of 1855 and faculty) letter to (?), dated July 7, 1863, in envelope mailed from Staunton, VA, July 21, 1863 (original and typewritten copy). 3. Charles H. Robertson; HSC Certificate of Scholarship sold to Mr. Robertson of Charlotte County.
Dates:
Existence: 1854-1855
Academic Year, 1856-1857
File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 39
Scope and Contents
1. James Morton Wharey (HSC Class of 1857); HSC Commencement program for 1857 sent in by Mrs. William H. Jetton (granddaughter). 2. (missing) James Morton Wharey’s (HSC Class of 1857) biographical sketch. 3. HSC Catalogue, January 1, 1776 to June 11, 1857, includes annual catalogue for 1857. 4. Richard Morton Venable’s (HSC Class of 1857) photograph. 5. Richard Morton Venable’s (HSC Class of 1857) paper presented before the American Bar Association, Saratoga Springs, NY, August 19, 1885....
Dates:
Existence: 1856-1857
Academic Year, 1857-1858
File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 40
Scope and Contents
1. HSC Commencement party invitation for June 10, 1858, donated by Larry B. Truitt, Bridgeville, DE (includes his letter and Taylor Reveley’s response). 2. Program of the 69th Anniversary of the HSC Union Society, dated June 8, 1858 (photocopy). 3. Chapman Hunter Chilton’s (HSC Class of 1858) biographical sketch from the Virginia Journal of Education, November 1963, pages 14 - 15. 4. Chapman Hunter Chilton’s (HSC Class of 1858) biographical sketch (typed) includes names of Chilton...
Dates:
Existence: 1857-1858
Academic Year, 1858-1859
File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 41
Scope and Contents
1. Invitation to annual HSC Commencement party for the graduating class of 1859 donated by Dr. J. A. Christian, Charles City, VA. 2. Invitation to annual HSC Commencement party for the graduating class of 1859 which includes “Admission ticket” and envelope addressed to Mr. Louis D. Jones & Lady, New Store, Buckingham, VA. 3. Edwin Gilliam Booth (HSC Class of 1859); typed copy of classmates’ messages to Booth. 4. Robert Thruston Hubard’s (HSC Class of 1859) geometry book (class...
Dates:
Existence: 1858-1859
Academic Year, 1859-1860
File — Drawer: 1-4, Folder: 42
Scope and Contents
1. William H. Holman (HSC Class of 1860); correspondence referring to two “items” belonging to Holman. No identification of said items; as of 7/1/94, no items found. 2. William Curtis Wallace (HSC Class of 1860); small snapshot of Wallace (he was killed in the battle of Petersburg, 1865).
Dates:
Existence: 1859-1860