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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:

Letters to William Overton Callis

 Collection — Frame 1 & 2
Identifier: SC-000147
Abstract These two letters were gifted to Hampden-Sydney College Archives and Special Collections as one accession. Due to that, they have been processed together as letters to William Overton Callis but the Archives and Special Collections would like to acknowledge that the recipient of the Patrick Henry letter, along with the written date of the letter, remain unconfirmed due a generous section missing.
Dates: 1789

Lewis Littlepage Holladay Letters

 Unprocessed
Identifier: ACC-2023.003
Dates: 1858/1891; Other: September 3, 1961

Map of Scotland, 1708

 Item — Location wall next to circulation desk, Frame: 1
Identifier: SC-000142
Content Description Framed, matted, partially hand-colored map of Scotland.

Novissima Regni Scotiae septentrionalis et meridionalis tabula : divisae in ducatus, comitat., vice-comitat., prov., praefecturas, dominia et insulas / autore Petro Schenk cum privil.

Translated from the map; "The latest map of the northern and southern kingdom of Scotland : divided into duchies, counties, vice-counties, provinces, governorships, dominions and islands / by the author Peter Schenk with priv."
Dates: 1708

Mary Prevo Papers

 Unprocessed — Carton 1
Identifier: ACC-2022.017

Photo album

 Item — Folder 2
Identifier: SC-000145
Content Description Red album with "photographs" written on cover, string binding, 50pp. Features photos of Hampen-Sydney College students as well as images of the campus and various travels to Washington, DC and Houston, TX.
Dates: 1936/1941

Plate Block Stamp Albums

 Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ACC-2022.012-001-012
Dates: 1847/1982; 2002-11-13

Practica Selecta: Journal of Rev. Samuel Davies Hoge D.D.

 Item — Folder 7
Identifier: SC-000144
Content Description Journal of Samuel Davies Hoge. Pamphlet with sewn binding, 40pp.
Dates: Usage: 1812-07-30/1817

Prince Edward County Integration Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-000106
Abstract The Prince Edward County Integration Collection documents the viewpoints and efforts of county residents regarding the attempted desegregation of Prince Edward County Public Schools. Largely comprised of items donated by the Reverend Richard J. Keever, the collection features contemporaneous newspaper clippings related to the Prince Edward County school closings, as well as the administrative papers of...
Dates: 1943/1975

Professor James R. Thornton Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SC-000124
Scope and Contents Business documents and correspondence of Professor James R. Thornton. There is also correspondence in this box to or from Prof. L.L. Holladay, President Richard McIlwaine, Col. J.P. Fitzgerald (Clerk of the Board of Trustees), and Mrs. R.L. (Lavinia) Dabney. There are copies of college insurance policies, college deposit slips and receipts, and personal correspondence of Prof. Thornton.
Dates: 1856/1904