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Hampden-Sydney College

Hampden-Sydney College Archives & Special Collections
Walter M. Bortz III Library
P.O. Box 7
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
Primary Collecting Areas:
US History
Description:
Hampden-Sydney College Archives & Special Collections contains a variety of primary source documents, photographs, blueprints, maps, rare books, and other one-of-a-kind materials reflective of the nearly 250 year history of the institution and its surroundings.
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Start Over Repository Hampden-Sydney College Date range 1892
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Paul L. Grier Vertical Files

12 Linear Feet 48 Digital Image Scans

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.

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Academic Year Drawer 1-4, Folder 70

1. (missing) Program for HSC Commencement, June 19-23, 1892. 2. Don P. Halsey's (HSC Class of 1892) address before the Virginia State Bar Association, July 30, 1907: "The Limits of Centralization." 3. Robert Randolph Jones' (HSC Class of 1892) three obituaries: one dated April 2, 1952, one from an El Paso newspaper, no source for the third. 4. Account of HSC Intermediated Celebration of February 20, 1892 from the Christian Observer. 5. James E. Cook's (HSC Class of 1892) letter to Mrs. Howard of the Ladies Benevolent Society.

Academic Year Drawer 1-4, Folder 71

1. Program for HSC Intermediate Celebration, February 22, 1893. 2. Joseph Stebbins', Jr. (HSC Class of 1893) photograph. 3. Dandridge Spotswood's (HSC Class of 1893) photograph. 4. Richard McIlwaine's (HSC President) letter to Mrs. C. R. James of the Ladies Benevolent Society concerning HSC scholarships. 5. Henry Wood McLaughlin (HSC Class of 1893); program for memorial service for McLaughlin (two copies) sent by J. Gray McAllister. 6. Richard McIlwaine's (HSC President) letter to solicit funds from HSC alumni, dated December 14, 1892. 7. John W. Basore's (HSC Class of 1893) reprint: "The Scenic Value of the Miniatures in the Manuscripts of Terence," Baltimore, 1902. 8. John W. Basore's (HSC Class of 1893) article: "The Scholia on Gesture in the Commentary of Donatus" from Proceedings of the American Philological Association, volume 24, 1903. 9. John W. Basore's (HSC Class of 1893) article: "Quintilian on the Status of the Later Comic Stage" from Proceedings of the American Philological Association, volume 40, 1910. 10. George William Peyton's (HSC Class of 1893) biographical entry from the American Peony Society Bulletin, June 1956, pages 8 - 10.

Paul L. Grier Vertical Files 12 Linear Feet 48 Digital Image Scans

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.

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Account Books

7 Boxes

The Account Books, SC-000200, contains 13 account books or ledgers written by various people. Some of the items track family accounts while others track business accounts. Not included in this collection are any daybooks or diaries pertaining to the daily lives of the individuals. Each account book spans a couple of years while some cover a larger amount of time but altogether, the account books were created in the 19th century.

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Account Books 7 Boxes

The Account Books, SC-000200, contains 13 account books or ledgers written by various people. Some of the items track family accounts while others track business accounts. Not included in this collection are any daybooks or diaries pertaining to the daily lives of the individuals. Each account book spans a couple of years while some cover a larger amount of time but altogether, the account books were created in the 19th century.

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A.J. Morrison Collection

0.5 Cubic Feet 1 Box

The collection contains an unfinished manuscript by A.J. Morrison about Prince Edward County, along with letters, newspaper clippings, and various documents about local history. Dates of materials range from 1754-1975.

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A.J. Morrison Collection 0.5 Cubic Feet 1 Box

The collection contains an unfinished manuscript by A.J. Morrison about Prince Edward County, along with letters, newspaper clippings, and various documents about local history. Dates of materials range from 1754-1975.

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Hampden-Sydney College Photograph Collection

23 Boxes

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.

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J. D. Eggleston Papers

2 Linear Feet 3 boxes; 1 bound typescript

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, addenda, and obituaries, including material related to fundraising for, design, and construction of the Watkins Bell Tower, named after Hampden-Sydney Professor Asa Dupuy Watkins and erected in 1934. The last series of this collection includes a bound typescript of historical and genealogical research written, conducted, and collected by Eggleston.

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Samuel Vaughan Wilson Papers

140 Linear Feet 270 boxes

This collection contains the entirety of General Samuel Vaughan Wilson's personal and professional papers, as donated to Hampden-Sydney College by his widow in 2019. Topics include the Vietnam and Second World Wars, the development of the United States of America's intelligence and counter-intelligence communities, military strategy, and Wilson's role as president of Hampden-Sydney College from 1992 until 2000.

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Hampden-Sydney Diploma Collection

2 Boxes Two large oversized flat boxes containing diplomas in tissue paper and poly L sleeves

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.

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Box 1 Shelf Above Grier Collection

Thomas S. Bocock
Robert B. Dobbins, framed (1799)
T. Oliver Towles
John Luster Brinkley (1959)
Ezekiel V. Adams (1858)
Clem. Carrington
Edward M. Henry
Robert Kincaid Brock, honorary doctorate (1938)
Thompson C. Maupin, framed (1842)
Jos. X. Morton, framed
Hillary H. Land
Henry Hannah McVey, Jr., framed (1912)
WIlliam J. Haskins
[G...?] G. McGruder
William C. Carrington
Jacob H. Cox, framed
Robert Kincaid Brock
James Joseph Harrell, Union Theological Seminary
Robert Goodloe Harper (1847)

Box 2 Shelf Above Grier Collection

John Davidson Ewing, framed (1809)
E. H. McDonald, BA
E. H. McDonald, BS
Meriweather Lewis
Hart Mazey Smith, honorary doctorate (1926)
William Henry Venable
Chapman H. Chilton, BA
Chapman H. Chilton, BS
John Edwards Bryan (1917)
G. L. Williams
Charles Gibbs Johnson (1926)
Francis Maury Allen
Robert Thurston Hubbard, BS (1897)
Robert Thurston Hubbard, BA
Julian Barksdale Jr., BS (1921)
Ernest Randolph Trice, BS (1943)
Henry Tucker Graham, BA (1886)
Henry Tucker Graham, honorary doctorate (1934)
Frederick Bruce Leys, BA (1943)
Henry Tucker Graham, Union Theological Seminary
Curtis Ashby Brown, BA (1924)
Richard Owen Snyder, BA (1974)
Richard McIlwaine, BA
Philip Hortenstine Ropp, BA (1930)

Hampden-Sydney Diploma Collection 2 Boxes Two large oversized flat boxes containing diplomas in tissue paper and poly L sleeves

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.

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Brock Family Certificate Collection

1 Boxes One legal sized flat box containing rolled diplomas of various sizes.

This artificial collection contains diplomas and certificates from members of the Brock family, including Henry Clay Brock, Robert Kincaid Brock, and Delia Brock.

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Brock Family Certificate Collection 1 Boxes One legal sized flat box containing rolled diplomas of various sizes.

This artificial collection contains diplomas and certificates from members of the Brock family, including Henry Clay Brock, Robert Kincaid Brock, and Delia Brock.

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Class Letters of Hampden-Sidney College

1 Boxes

The Class Letters of Hampden-Sidney College, CA-000114, is a collection of pamphlets containing letters from Hampden-Sydney alumni updating their former classmates about their lives in the years after they had left the College. Each folder in the collection relates to a different graduating class and all of the classes had several editions or printings of letters from various years. It is important to note that not every alumni wrote a letter.

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Class Letters of Hampden-Sidney College 1 Boxes

The Class Letters of Hampden-Sidney College, CA-000114, is a collection of pamphlets containing letters from Hampden-Sydney alumni updating their former classmates about their lives in the years after they had left the College. Each folder in the collection relates to a different graduating class and all of the classes had several editions or printings of letters from various years. It is important to note that not every alumni wrote a letter.

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Sessional Records of South-Central Virginia Churches

52 Volumes
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