Professor James R. Thornton Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney College Archives & Special Collections
Walter M. Bortz III Library
P.O. Box 7
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (434) 223-6302
Phone: (434) 223-7225
Restrictions:

Collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access will require additional advanced notice. Copies of digital files will be provided for use upon request.

Terms of access:

The nature of the Hampden-Sydney College Archives and Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. As a result, Hampden-Sydney College claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.

Summary

Extent:
0.5 Linear Feet
Language:
English .

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

Thornton was H-SC Class of 1871, Professor of Mathematics 1883-1911, College treasurer, and acting College president in 1904.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard