Academic Year, 1922/1923

Containers:
Drawer 1-4, Folder 103
Scope and content:

1. Booklet about Hampden-Sidney College (primarily photographs, most are of campus buildings). 2. Invitation and program for Commencement week at Hampden-Sidney College, June 10 - 13, 1923 (includes blank envelope). 3. West Virginia History; A Quarterly Magazine, volume 10, number 1, October 1958, pages 24 - 25. "Gray Forces Defeated in Battle of Lewisburg" by J. W. Benjamin (HSC Class of 1923). 4. The Essex Institute Historical Collections, volume 88, July 1952, pages 271 - 276. "Early Massachusetts aid to 'Destitute' regions of Virginia" by W. Herman Bell (HSC Faculty (?)). 5. Program for the Annual Intermediate Celebration of the Literary Societies of Hampden-Sidney College, February 23. 6. Richmond Times-Dispatch, January 11, 1951. "State Scientists Oppose Big Community Shelters" (photograph on first page of articles has arrow drawn to Dr. Thomas E. Gilmer). 7. Ashe Presbyterian, March 1951, "Christian Amendment" by Rev. J. W. Luke (HSC Class of 1923). 8. Richmond Time-Dispatch, March 10, 1951; "Hampden-Sydney Physicist Forms Team for Detecting Radiation," physicist is Dr. Thomas E. Gilmer. 9. Program for the Working Clinical Conference held in Japan, September 15 - 27, 1952; includes an address "The Pathology of Leprosy" by Dr. Chapman H. Binford (HSC Class of 1923). 10. Rural Living, pages 14 – 15; "Elm Shade" article discusses one of the oldest family held farms in Virginia owned currently by Richard Page Morton (HSC Class of 1923). 11. Photocopy of an article in the Wall Street Journal, August 14, 1978: "Rolling Along; Short-Line Railroads are on profits track after years of neglect" by William Gilmer, Jr., grandson of Dr. T. E. Gilmer (HSC Class of 1923). 12. Envelope addressed to Lt. T. E. Gilmer (HSC Class of 1923) from Bremer Commercial Photographers: contains three photographs of military personnel, enlistment, and descriptive record Virginia Protective force for Thomas Edward Gilmer, Special Orders for changes in duties for T. E. Gilmer, and information about the appointment of T. E. Gilmer to 2nd Lieutenant, Company 74, Virginia State Guard).

Language:
English.

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
Parent 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.
Parent terms of access:

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