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SC. Special Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: SC
Hampden-Sydney College Special Collections contains rare books, manuscripts, papers, digital records, photographs, clothing, and ephemera.

Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:

Dr. Herbert J. Sipe, Jr. Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SC-000114
Scope and Contents The collection contains papers from Dr. Herb Sipe's office, transferred to Hampden-Sydney College Archives & Special Collections in the fall of 2022.
Dates: 1927/2019

Dr. John Peter Mettauer Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SC-000125
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents reflects historical typewritten inventory found with the papers. 1. Account Book, 1809/1811 2. Account Book, 1827/1828 3. Account book, 1845/1856 4. Index of patients names in account books 5. Account book used for settling the estate of Francis Joseph Mettauer, beginning 1812 6. Nine statements (bills) to patients, 1811/1853 7. Promissory Note, 1858/06/29 8. Three PIT requests, 1847 9. Receipt signed by Jane Thornton and J. P. Mettauer,...
Dates: 1809/1859

Elizabeth Carrington Eggleston Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-000128
Content Description Inventoried collection of correspondence, poems, essays, mementos, and personal effects of Elizabeth Carrington Eggleston, daughter of former Hampden-Sydney College President Joseph DuPuy Eggleston, including numerous "jotting books" or commonplace books that Eggleston kept throughout her life.
Dates: 1899/1994

Elizabeth Eggleston Papers

 Unprocessed
Identifier: ACC-1995.001-001

Emma Venable Scrapbook Collection

 Collection — Oversize box 1
Identifier: SC-000117
Content Description Six Scrapbooks containing material pertinent to the history of Hampden-Sydney College and various alumni.
Dates: Majority of material found within 1926/1949

Francis Watkins Account Book

 Item — Object 1
Identifier: SC-000115
Scope and Contents The account book, bound in leather, is approximately 372 pages of handwritten accounting between Francis Watkins and several associates in the environs of Prince Edward County, including Benjamin Haskins, Smith Blakey, Jacob Woodson, M. William Bibb, and Col. John Clarke.
Dates: Usage: 1783/1791

Gifts from Charles W. Merriam

 Unprocessed
Identifier: ACC-2022.018

Greek Grammar Outlines by David C. Wilson, Ph.D.

 Unprocessed — Object 1
Identifier: ACC-2022.015