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Scope and Contents 1. Joseph Rennie’s (HSC Class of 1885 & Trustee) letters dated: 1881(5); 1882(3); 1884(5); 1887(1); 1889(1); all sent to Mrs. Jane (Mrs. B.S.) Howard, rep. of the Ladies Benevolent Society (letters donated by Nat Horwitz). 2. Program for HSC Commencement, June 11, 1885. 3. Henry Read McIlwaine’s (HSC Class of 1885) photograph, Scholar, HSC Faculty, State Library of Virginia, 1907-1934. 4. Henry Read McIlwaine (HSC Class of 1885, faculty); photograph of unveiling of plaque honoring...

Scope and Contents 1. Joseph Dupuy Eggleston’s (HSC Class of 1886) sources of historical data on Hampden-Sydney College and Southern Virginia. 2. Joseph Dupuy Eggleston (HSC Class of 1886); “How Hampden- Sydney College Came into Being” (three copies). 3. Joseph Dupuy Eggleston’s (HSC Class of 1886) letter to William P. Jacobs, President, Presbyterian College, Clinton, S.C., explaining virtues of HSC. 4. Joseph Dupuy Eggleston (HSC Class of 1886); “Great Scientists Who Were Christians.” 5. Joseph Dupuy...

Scope and Contents 1. (missing) Program for HSC Intermediate Celebration, February 22, 1887. 2. (missing) Program for HSC Concert, 1887. 3. (missing) Program for Final Celebration, HSC Philanthropic Literary Society, June 15, 1887. 4. (missing) Program for Anniversary Celebration; HSC Union Literary Society, June 14, 1887. 5. (missing) Program for HSC Commencement, June 12 - 16, 1887. 6. Theodore J. Wool’s (HSC Class of 1887) address delivered before the HSC Student Body at the Opening Exercises of the...

Scope and Contents 1. Samuel Percy Hawes’ (HSC Class of 1888) letter to Graves Thompson regarding Hawes. 2. Newspaper article regarding proposed endowment of HSC professorship in honor of Moses Hoge (has handwritten date of 1888).

Scope and Contents 1. Program for HSC Commencement, June 9 - 13, 1889, accompanied by end-of session “List of Distinctions.” 2. Richmond Dispatch account of HSC Commencement, June 13, 1889. 3. Richmond Dispatch account of the HSC Day of Prayer, missionary addresses, January 23, 1889. 4. Peyton H. Hoge’s, D. D. historical address delivered before the Centennial Meeting of the HSC Union Literary Society, June 12, 1889. 5. Rev. Thomas W. Hooper’s, D.D; “Unconscious Influence” address delivered before the HSC...

Scope and Contents 1. (missing) Charles William Sommerville’s (HSC Class of 1890) photograph. 2. (missing) Frank Ernest Robbins’ (HSC Class of 1890) photograph. 3. HSC Graduating Class of 1890’s collective photograph. 4. William M. Thornton’s (HSC Class of 1868) address before the HSC Alumni Society, June 11, 1890: “The Demands of Modern Life Upon the School.” 5. Richmond Dispatch accounts of HSC Commencement Exercises, June 11 and 12, 1890. 6. Class letters of the class of 1890. 7. Charles William...

Scope and Contents 1. (missing) Program for HSC Intermediate Celebration, February 20, 1891. 2. Program for HSC Commencement, 1891. 3. (missing) Program for HSC Union Literary Society Annual Celebration, June 16, 1891. 4. (missing) Program for HSC Philanthropic Literary Society Annual Celebration, June 17, 1891. 5. (missing) Program for Senior Class Celebration, 1891. 6. Edward Brown Campbell (HSC Class of 1891); photograph signed “Ned Campbell,” dated November 1, 1890. 7. Richard McIlwaine’s (HSC...

Scope and Contents 1. (missing) Program for HSC Commencement, June 19-23, 1892. 2. Don P. Halsey’s (HSC Class of 1892) address before the Virginia State Bar Association, July 30, 1907: “The Limits of Centralization.” 3. Robert Randolph Jones’ (HSC Class of 1892) three obituaries: one dated April 2, 1952, one from an El Paso newspaper, no source for the third. 4. Account of HSC Intermediated Celebration of February 20, 1892 from the Christian Observer. 5. James E. Cook’s (HSC Class of 1892) letter to Mrs....

Scope and Contents 1. Program for HSC Intermediate Celebration, February 22, 1893. 2. Joseph Stebbins’, Jr. (HSC Class of 1893) photograph. 3. Dandridge Spotswood’s (HSC Class of 1893) photograph. 4. Richard McIlwaine’s (HSC President) letter to Mrs. C. R. James of the Ladies Benevolent Society concerning HSC scholarships. 5. Henry Wood McLaughlin (HSC Class of 1893); program for memorial service for McLaughlin (two copies) sent by J. Gray McAllister. 6. Richard McIlwaine’s (HSC President) letter to solicit...

Scope and Contents 1. Program for celebration of the HSC Class of 1894, June 14, 1894 (two copies.) 2. Invitation and menu for banquet of HSC Class of 1894. 3. Class Letters, HSC Class of 1894: two editions; February 1896, May 1899 (duplicate copies). 4. Photographs, HSC Class of 1894: John I. Armstrong, Henry C. Brock, William E. Finley, Henry T. Holladay, Carlton H. Licklider, Newton A. Parker, Emmet R. Price, Hilary G. Richardson, Edwin W. Simpson, William H. Surbaugh, James L. Sydenstricker, Asa D....