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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."
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
Margaret Venable (nee Dickinson) letters
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SC-000138
Scope and Contents
The Margaret Venable (nee Dickinson) letters contains correspondence relating to familial matters and social information from 1833-1918. Some of the topics discussed include schooling at Hampden-Sydney College, the Civil War, courtships, weddings, new children, and deaths. Not included in the collection are specific details about the Civil War or specifics about classes Hampden-Sydney College.
Dates:
1833 - 1918
Paul L. Grier Vertical Files
Collection — Collection: Grier
Identifier: CA-000101
Scope/contents:
This collection contains miscellaneous correspondence, documents, publications, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Hampden-Sydney College from 1776 through 1988, organized into folders by year. This primary source material was collected and originally organized by Paul L. Grier.
Dates:
1775/1988
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
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
Records of the Merrill's Marauders Proud Descendants Association
Collection — Shelf: 13-24
Identifier: SC-000110
Scope and Contents
The collection contains approximately 15 linear feet of material related to the history of Merrill's Marauders as compiled by the Merrill's Marauders Proud Descendants Association, including General Orders (copies), Special Orders (copies), news articles and clippings (originals and copies), documents from the National Archives (copies), records of attendance at Association meetings, original photographs, oral histories on compact disc, various A/V items including movies and television...
Dates:
1944/2020
Records of the Philanthropic, Union, and Union-Philanthropic Literary Societies
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SC-000133
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the original records, including minutes, constitution and bylaws, roll lists, accounts, and library records for Hampden-Sydney College's two literary debate societies, the Philanthropic Literary Society and the Union Literary Society, some of the nation's oldest. The two societies combined in 1929 to become the Union-Philanthropic Literary Society, which is still presently active on campus. Records from the new, combined society, including minutes, roll call, accounts,...
Dates:
1789/2007
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