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SC. Special Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: SC
Hampden-Sydney College Special Collections contains rare books, manuscripts, papers, digital records, photographs, clothing, and ephemera.

Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:

Mary Prevo Papers

 Unprocessed — Carton 1
Identifier: ACC-2022.017

Photo album

 Item — Folder 6
Identifier: SC-000145
Content Description Red album with "photographs" written on cover, string binding, 50pp. Features photos of Hampen-Sydney College students as well as images of the campus and various travels to Washington, DC and Houston, TX.
Dates: 1936/1941

Plate Block Stamp Albums

 Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ACC-2022.012-001-012
Dates: 1847/1982; 2002-11-13

Practica Selecta: Journal of Rev. Samuel Davies Hoge D.D.

 Item — Folder 7
Identifier: SC-000144
Content Description Journal of Samuel Davies Hoge. Pamphlet with sewn binding, 40pp.
Dates: Usage: 1812-07-30/1817

Prince Edward County Integration Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-000106
Abstract The Prince Edward County Integration Collection documents the viewpoints and efforts of county residents regarding the attempted desegregation of Prince Edward County Public Schools. Largely comprised of items donated by the Reverend Richard J. Keever, the collection features contemporaneous newspaper clippings related to the Prince Edward County school closings, as well as the administrative papers of...
Dates: 1943/1975

Professor James R. Thornton Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: CA-000124
Scope and Contents Business documents and correspondence of Professor James R. Thornton. There is also correspondence in this box to or from Prof. L.L. Holladay, President Richard McIlwaine, Col. J.P. Fitzgerald (Clerk of the Board of Trustees), and Mrs. R.L. (Lavinia) Dabney. There are copies of college insurance policies, college deposit slips and receipts, and personal correspondence of Prof. Thornton.
Dates: 1856/1904

Records of Phi Beta Kappa

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SC-000130

Records of the Merrill's Marauders Proud Descendants Association

 Collection — Shelf 86-90
Identifier: SC-000110
Scope and Contents The collection contains approximately 15 linear feet of material related to the history of Merrill's Marauders as compiled by the Merrill's Marauders Proud Descendants Association, including General Orders (copies), Special Orders (copies), news articles and clippings (originals and copies), documents from the National Archives (copies), records of attendance at Association meetings, original photographs, oral histories on compact disc, various A/V items including movies and television...
Dates: 1944/2020

Records of the Philanthropic, Union, and Union-Philanthropic Literary Societies

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SC-000133
Scope and Contents This collection contains the original records, including minutes, constitution and bylaws, roll lists, accounts, and library records for Hampden-Sydney College's two literary debate societies, the Philanthropic Literary Society and the Union Literary Society, some of the nation's oldest. The two societies combined in 1929 to become the Union-Philanthropic Literary Society, which is still presently active on campus. Records from the new, combined society, including minutes, roll call, accounts,...
Dates: 1789/2007

Rev. S.M. Engle Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SC-000143
Content Description The S. M. Engle papers, SC-000143, contains the speeches given by Rev. S. M. Engle during his time at Hampden-Sydney College and after. The eight hand-written speeches or arguments address subjects such as Engle's inauguration to the Union Literary Society, religion, patriotism, utilitarianism, the position of the student in the nineteenth century, sensualistic philosophy, and the future of Roman Catholicism in the United States of America. Also included in the collection is correspondence...
Dates: 1865 - 1937