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Unknown except for the 1905 copy of the 1894 class letters which was a gift of Dr. R. G. McAllister, Jr.
Folder 1, class letters of 1886
contains two (2) 1887 printings and two (2) 1888 printings Folder 2, class letters of 1886
contains two (2) 1889 printings, one (1) 1890 printing, and one (1) 1891 printing Folder 3, class letters of 1891
contains first and second series, no print date on either Folder 4, class letters of 1894
contains 1896 and 1899 printing Folder 5, class letters of 1894
contains 1905 printing
[Identification of item], Class letters of Hampden-Sidney College, CA-000114, Hampden-Sydney College Archives and Special Collections, Hampden-Sydney, VA
Processed by Dawnelle Ion, March 2024.
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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