Collections : [Hampden-Sydney College]

1. Henry Clay Dickinson's (HSC Class of 1851) photostat of handwritten will, Dickinson's diary, which was evidently sent to Paul Grier, but no trace of the diary exists 7/1/1994.

1. Andrew Reid Venable's (HSC Class of 1852) letter to his wife, dated June 8, 1852. 2. Joseph McMurran's (HSC Class of 1852) 8" x 10" photograph (2 copies). 3. Catalogue of 1851 - 52 session, HSC Medical Department, Richmond. 4. Announcement of the 1851 - 1852 session of the medical department, Randolph-Macon College, established by the Mettauers. 5. T. V. Moore (Rev.) address; "The Reformation: The Source of American Liberty," delivered June 9, 1852, before the Union Society.

1. Lewis Littlepage Holladay's (HSC Class of 1853) correspondence (five letters signed by HSC President Lewis W. Green). Letters from Holladay to his wife, various dates: 1855, 1858, and 1862. 2. Lewis Littlepage Holladay's (HSC Class of 1853) farewell speech to HSC, June 4, 1853. 3. William Henry Harrison's letter thanking Philanthropic Society for "the honor conferred upon me," dated April 14, 1852 (was this W. H. Harrison HSC Class of 1864(?)). 4. Address; "To the Public in Regard to the Affairs of the Medical Department of Hampden-Sydney College," by several physicians from the city of Richmond. 5. Receipt for payment for music instruction at Seminary conducted by R. G. Branch for Lucy, daughter of Mr. Rowland Anderson (entries dated 1852, 1854, 1855). 6. Richard McIlwaine's (HSC Class of 1853 and President) photograph. 7. Richard McIlwaine's (HSC Class of 1853 and President) speech; "Hampden-Sydney College, its relation and services to the Presbyterian Church," dated February 5, 1888. 8. Richard McIlwaine's (HSC Class of 1853 and President) speech; "Suffrage and Address before the Conference of the democratic members of the Constitutional Convention of Virginia," dated January 6, 1902. 9. Richard McIlwaine's (HSC Class of 1853 and President). Speech: "Some Essentials in the Improvement of our Public Schools;" Date: Sept. 16, 1902. 10. Richard McIlwaine's (HSC Class of 1853 and President). Speech: "Hampden-Sidney College as an Educational Force from the War of the Revolution to the War between the States;" Date: Apr. 20. 1903. 11. Richard McIlwaine's (HSC Class of 1853 and President). "The position of Hampden-Sidney College in Education." Listing 67 HSC alumni who became educators. Date: Jan. 1, 1904. 12. Richard McIlwaine's (HSC Class of 1853 and President). Three receipts signed by McIlwaine when he was with the Office of Foreign Missions, Baltimore. 13. Samuel Carter Smith (HSC Class of 1853). Descriptions of one letter by Smith of other letters to Smith. Note: Letters owned by Mrs. (J. J.) Camilla (Webb) Davis, Stovall, NC.

1. Julia Tinsley's invitation to Annual HSC Commencement party, 1854.

1. Walter Blair's (HSC Class of 1855 and faculty) letter to his sister, dated June 28, 1863 (original and typewritten copy). 2. Walter Blair's (HSC Class of 1855 and faculty) letter to (?), dated July 7, 1863, in envelope mailed from Staunton, VA, July 21, 1863 (original and typewritten copy). 3. Charles H. Robertson; HSC Certificate of Scholarship sold to Mr. Robertson of Charlotte County.

1. James Morton Wharey (HSC Class of 1857); HSC Commencement program for 1857 sent in by Mrs. William H. Jetton (granddaughter). 2. (missing) James Morton Wharey's (HSC Class of 1857) biographical sketch. 3. HSC Catalogue, January 1, 1776 to June 11, 1857, includes annual catalogue for 1857. 4. Richard Morton Venable's (HSC Class of 1857) photograph. 5. Richard Morton Venable's (HSC Class of 1857) paper presented before the American Bar Association, Saratoga Springs, NY, August 19, 1885. 6. Richard Morton Venable (HSC Class of 1857); remembrance of Venable by his grandniece, Mrs. W. Emmett Kyle, dated April 6, 1985. 7. Charles Edie (HSC student murdered in 1857); negative photostats of two pages from a sketchbook of Lewis Miller, cousin of Charles Edie, and J. D Eggleston's Collection of Articles on the murder (?) donated by Historical Society of York County, PA. 8. Abram B. Venable's (HSC Class of 1857) reminiscence/account of "A Confederate Marriage" and "The Groom a Prisoner" with accompanying correspondence, dated October 20, 1881. 9. Abram B. Venable's (Abraham, HSC Class of 1857) obituary including biographical sketch. 10. William Maxwell (HSC President 1838 - 1844); editorial on Maxwell with excerpts from his funeral "Obsequies" reprinted from the Central Presbyterian, January 31, 1857. 11. Halbert Green Hill's (HSC Class of 1857) letter from (?) (original and typewritten copy). 12. Thomas Ward White (HSC Class of 1857); letter to White from W. Gilmore Simms, dated April 28, 1834.

1. HSC Commencement party invitation for June 10, 1858, donated by Larry B. Truitt, Bridgeville, DE (includes his letter and Taylor Reveley's response). 2. Program of the 69th Anniversary of the HSC Union Society, dated June 8, 1858 (photocopy). 3. Chapman Hunter Chilton's (HSC Class of 1858) biographical sketch from the Virginia Journal of Education, November 1963, pages 14 - 15. 4. Chapman Hunter Chilton's (HSC Class of 1858) biographical sketch (typed) includes names of Chilton descendants who have attended HSC. 5. Chapman Hunter Chilton's (HSC Class of 1858) speech: "The Code of Honor," dated June 10, 1858, anti-dueling argument. 6. Chapman Hunter Chilton's (HSC Class of 1858) original class notes. 7. (missing) photograph of Chapman Hunter Chilton

1. Invitation to annual HSC Commencement party for the graduating class of 1859 donated by Dr. J. A. Christian, Charles City, VA. 2. Invitation to annual HSC Commencement party for the graduating class of 1859 which includes "Admission ticket" and envelope addressed to Mr. Louis D. Jones & Lady, New Store, Buckingham, VA. 3. Edwin Gilliam Booth (HSC Class of 1859); typed copy of classmates' messages to Booth. 4. Robert Thruston Hubard's (HSC Class of 1859) geometry book (class notes). 5. Robert Thruston Hubard (HSC Class of 1859); assorted envelopes and postcards addressed to Hubard.

1. William H. Holman (HSC Class of 1860); correspondence referring to two "items" belonging to Holman. No identification of said items; as of 7/1/94, no items found. 2. William Curtis Wallace (HSC Class of 1860); small snapshot of Wallace (he was killed in the battle of Petersburg, 1865).

1. Shelton Chieves's (HSC Student in 1861) obituary and biography. Accompanying note states that J. D. Eggleston had a daguerreotype of him, but none is found, 6/30/94. 2. (missing) Notice to "Mr. Rose, Union Theological Seminary" that he had been elected a member of the HSC Union Society (date unclear: 1851 or 1861(?)). 3. New York World (January 17, 1861) article; "Clergy's 'Southern Appeal"' signed by three HSC alumni: J. M. P. Atkinson, B. M. Smith, R. L. Dabney (accompanying note signed by J. D. Eggleston). 4. Edmund W. Hubard (HSC Class of 1861); article from Farmville Mercury (October 17, 1877), political defense of Hubard (fragile original and typed copy).