Silas Totten was a faculty member at William and Mary from 1849 until 1859, when he became the second president of the University of Iowa. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:
Acc. 1977.007 acquired 02/03/1977 from Anne Chapman; Acc. 1979.021 acquired 05/17/1991 from Sarah Totten Chapman. Acquisition information for material received after 7/13/2009 is available by consulting a Special Collections Research Center staff member.
Acc. 2012.371 and Acc. 2012.372 accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in December 2012.
1977.007, a framed portrait of Silas Totten was moved to the University Archives Artifact Collection.
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Silas Totten Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
University Archives Faculty-Alumni File Collection.
1977.007, a framed portrait of Silas Totten was moved to the University Archives Artifact Collection.
This collection contains letters, diaries, speeches, and other material written by Silas totten, a professor at the College of William and Mary. Included in the collection is a letter from Silas Totten to Ebenezer Faxon requesting him to come to the college and draw architectural plans for a new college building after the 1859 fire. Other letters in the collection were written by and to members of the Totten family. A certificate of Silas Totten's admission to the Holy Order of Priests and minutes from a meeting of students at the College of William and Mary are also included.
Scope and Contents This series consists of letters written by and to members of the Totten family; nine of Silas Totten's diaries; speeches and essays written by Silas Totten; a certificate of his admission to the Holy Order of Priests; memorial addresses; biographical sketches; news clippings.
Scope and Contents Manton, Eastburn, Boston, to Rev. and President Totten, Hartford, Connecticut. Re: Expression of sympathy for "the severe affliction you have been called to endure in the injury sustained by your dear and interesting daughter."
Scope and Contents Gordon W. Russell, Hartford, to Rev. Silas totten, D.D., at Hartford. Re: Testimony of respect and good wishes to Totten, retiring president of Trinity College.
Scope and Contents Benjamin S. Ewell, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., to Silas Totten, n.p. Re: Award of L.L.D.
Scope and Contents Mary [?] totten, n.p., to Monsieur or Madame Personne, n.p. Re: Describes when a mob on August 11, 1862, in Iowa came looking for Richard Totten for being a supposed seccessionist.
Scope and Contents Edgar F. Waterman, Treasurer of Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, to Anna Totten, Lexington, Kentucky. Re: Requesting Information necessary to compile a biography on her father, the Reverend Silas Totten, S.T.D., L.L.D.
Scope and Contents Edgar F. Waterman, Treasurer of Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, to Anna Totten, Lexington, Kentucky. Re: A paper on her father that Waterman is sending back to her.
Scope and Contents Anna Totten, n.p., to Mr. E[dgar] F. Waterman, Treasurer of Trinity College. Re: Requesting a copy of the paper she sent him concerning her father.
Scope and Contents Anna Totten, n.p., to Hon[orable] L[yon] T. Tyler, President of W[illiam] and Mary Coll[ege]. Re: Papers she is sending him on her father [Silas Totten].
Scope and Contents Sam[ue]l [?] Balson[?], Iowa City, to Miss [?] Totten, n.p. Re: Note accompanying return of Dr. [J.S.] Shipman's address.
Scope and Contents to "My dear children"
Scope and Contents To "My dear children"
Scope and Contents August 10, 1862 - September 24, 1865
Scope and Contents September 28, 1862 - September 21, 1863
Scope and Contents by the Reverend Silas Totten, D.D., L.L.D., Lexington, Kentucky
Scope and Contents by [Silas Totten]
Scope and Contents two poems written by [Silas Totten]
Scope and Contents a speech given by [Silas Totten]
Scope and Contents by [Silas Totten]
Scope and Contents by [Silas Totten]. Lecture one concerns astronomy; lecture two concerns longitude, latitude, and the motions of the earth.
Scope and Contents Lecture three by [Silas Totten]
Scope and Contents Certificate of Silas Totten's admission into the Holy Order of Priests in Trinity Church, Chatham, Connecticut.
Scope and Contents Certificate of Honorary Degree of L.L.D. conferred on Rev. Silas Totten, D.D., by the College of William and Mary on the fourth of July in the 167th year of the college. Signed by Benjamin S. Ewell.
Scope and Contents by Jacob S. Shipman, J.W. Veneable, Geo[rge] A. Wickes, Louis P. Tschiffely, Walter Tearne.
Scope and Contents Delivered in Christ Church, Lexington, Kentucky, Sunday Morning, October 12, 1873. By the Rector, the Reverend J.S. Shipman. Re: Rev. Silas Totten
Scope and Contents "An Address Delivered in Christ Church, Hartford, [Connecticut], Before the House of Convocation of the Rev. Abner Jackson, D.D., L.L.D., Late President, by the Rev. W[illia]m Payne, D.D., Rector of St. George's Church, Schenectady, [N.Y.], July 1, 1874."
Scope and Contents from University of Iowa Bulletin
Scope and Contents This series contains letters written by Silas Totten and meeting minutes of the students of the College of William and Mary concerning an editorial in the Richmond Examiner portaying a faculty member in a negative light.