Academic Year, 1940/1941

Containers:
Drawer 1-4, Folder 122
Language:
English.
Scope and content:

1. Envelope addressed to Paul L. Grier containing re-election brochures and information for Senator William B. Spong, Jr. (HSC Class of 1941). 2. Letter from William B. Spong, Jr. (HSC Class of 1941) to Mrs. Paul L. Grier. 3. Hampden-Sydney Directory 1940 - 1941 (two copies). 4 Hampden-Sydney College Handbook of Intramural Sports, 1940 - 1941 (two copies). 5. "Ruminations of Reason and Law: A Spong Song" written by John P. Frank about Senator William B. Spong, Jr. (HSC Class of 1941). 6. "Hampden-Sydney's Great Loss" brochure to HSC alumni discussing the building of a new library after the May 9, 1941 fire that destroyed the library and requesting donations. 7. The Spong Report, numbers 16 - 19, 21, 23, 1971 and 1972. Reports to Virginia from Senator William B. Spong, Jr. (HSC Class of 1941). 8. Alumni Day program, May 31, 1941. 9. "Symposium: Organizing the Government to conduct Foreign Policy: The Constitutional Questions." Introduction by "William B. Spong, Jr. (HSC Class of 1941). 10. Library Journal, volume 70, number 2, January 15, 1945. Article "New Buildings and Equipment" page 80. Article about new library being built at Hampden-Sydney College after old library destroyed in a fire. 11. Paper "Southern Sentiment of 1860" written by Ned Crawley (HSC Class of 1941). 12. "Weed Look at H-SC Athletics, Then and Now" The Tiger, October 16, 1970. Article about Sydney Robert Weed, 1916 - 1971 (HSC Class of 1941), also has separated obituary. 13. Announcement of the appointment of P. T. Atkinson, Jr. as a representative of the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company in an envelope addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Grier (HSC Librarian).

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Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney College Archives & Special Collections
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