Scope and Contents The Hampden-Sydney Photograph Collection is an iterative, artificial collection featuring myriad photos of people, places, and things associated with the College, from its founding in 1775 until the present. Much of the collection is unprocessed, and most of the photos are unidentified.

Scope and Contents This artificial collection contains diplomas from former graduates of Hampden-Sydney College and the Union Theological Seminary that have been donated to the library over several years.

Scope and Contents The Hampden-Sydney Library Records include surveys, use statistics, policies, collection development strategies, long term planning, contracts, and government documents correspondence for both Eggleston and Bortz Libraries, and all construction files related to the building of Bortz Library.

Scope and Contents Note from sellerSeven quarter plate daguerreotypes were originally framed together with a hand-written calligraphic label inditifying the students, all members of either the Union or Philanthropic Literary Societies. Photo Credit to G. W. Minnis of Petersburgh, VA, dated June 12, 1851. The images and the label were originally found in an uncased pile of bare daguerreotype plates.One additional daguerreotype is also included with the collection, provenance...

Scope and Contents The Joseph D. Eggleston II Papers document Eggleston’s tenure as president of Hampden-Sydney College from 1919 to 1939, as well as his retirement, when he continued to conduct genealogical research pertaining to Prince Edward County, Virginia, and to live on the Hampen-Sydney College campus. Primarily dating from 1934 to 1951, the collection includes copies of public addresses and presentations, photos, correspondence, newspaper clippings, historical documents used in genealogical research,...

Content Description Pamphlet published by Hampden-Sydney College featuring two essays: "A Man of Action: Remembering John Hampden" and "A Man of Ideas: The Life and Principles of Algernon Sydney," both by alumnus Angus Kirk McClellan '05.