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Hampden-Sydney College

Hampden-Sydney College Archives & Special Collections
Walter M. Bortz III Library
P.O. Box 7
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
Primary Collecting Areas:
US History
Description:
Hampden-Sydney College Archives & Special Collections contains a variety of primary source documents, photographs, blueprints, maps, rare books, and other one-of-a-kind materials reflective of the nearly 250 year history of the institution and its surroundings.
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Start Over Repository Hampden-Sydney College Date range 1899
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Paul L. Grier Vertical Files, 1775/1988

12 Linear Feet 48 Digital Image Scans

This collection contains miscellaneous correspondence, documents, publications, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Hampden-Sydney College from 1776 through 1988, organized into folders by year. This primary source material was collected and originally organized by Paul L. Grier.

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Academic Year, 1898/1899 Drawer 1-4, Folder 77

1. Harry Rutherford Houston (HSC Class of 1899); Christmas card, 1946, references to HSC. 2. William Walton Bondurant's (HSC Class of 1899) handwritten request to HSC Faculty to take a late exam. 3. William Walton Bondurant's (HSC Class of 1899) obituary from San Antonio Express and News, February 14, 1959. 4. Frank Ernest Iron's (HSC Class of 1899) biographical material from History of Winter Haven, Florida. 5. Tome Peete Cross' (HSC Class of 1899) assorted writings. 6. HSC Student petition (ca. 1899) to the Faculty requesting the institution of basketball at HSC. 7. HSC student petition (April 22, 1899) protesting a "shameful act of Rowdyism;" see material on Thomas B. Blake, HSC Class of 1901.

Academic Year, 1899/1900 Drawer 1-4, Folder 78

1. John Wilson Somerville (HSC Class of 1900); letters to and from Atwell Somerville concerning John Somerville's suspension from HSC. 2. Lavillon Dupuy Cole's (HSC Class of 1900) letter to his father, H. W. Cole, concerning Lavillon Dupuy Cole's two week suspension from HSC. 3. Philip Eugene Hubard's (HSC Class of 1900) monthly grade sheet, dated December 1896. 4. John Hunter Grey's (HSC Class of 1900) address; "Sketch of Montgomery Presbytery," presented at its Centennial meeting, September 21, 1943. 5. Henry Percival Bridges' (HSC Class of 1900) assorted correspondence. 6. HSC student resolution (ca. 1900) on behalf of Alfred Shorter Caldwell (HSC Class of 1900). 7. HSC Student Petition (ca. 1900) signed by six students (the executive commission of the YMCA) asking that the "Missionary Library" books be transferred from the College Library to the YMCA Reading Room. 8. HSC Student petition (ca. 1900) protesting the Faculty's suspension of "Mr. Somerville."

Paul L. Grier Vertical Files, 1775/1988 12 Linear Feet 48 Digital Image Scans

This collection contains miscellaneous correspondence, documents, publications, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Hampden-Sydney College from 1776 through 1988, organized into folders by year. This primary source material was collected and originally organized by Paul L. Grier.

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A.J. Morrison Collection, 1754/1975

0.5 Cubic Feet 1 Box

The collection contains an unfinished manuscript by A.J. Morrison about Prince Edward County, along with letters, newspaper clippings, and various documents about local history. Dates of materials range from 1754-1975.

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A.J. Morrison Collection, 1754/1975 0.5 Cubic Feet 1 Box

The collection contains an unfinished manuscript by A.J. Morrison about Prince Edward County, along with letters, newspaper clippings, and various documents about local history. Dates of materials range from 1754-1975.

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Hampden-Sydney College Photograph Collection, 1775

23 Boxes

The Hampden-Sydney Photograph Collection is an iterative, artificial collection featuring myriad photos of people, places, and things associated with the College, from its founding in 1775 until the present. Much of the collection is unprocessed, and most of the photos are unidentified.

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J. D. Eggleston Papers, 1750/1952

2 Linear Feet 3 boxes; 1 bound typescript

The Joseph D. Eggleston II Papers document Eggleston's tenure as president of Hampden-Sydney College from 1919 to 1939, as well as his retirement, when he continued to conduct genealogical research pertaining to Prince Edward County, Virginia, and to live on the Hampen-Sydney College campus. Primarily dating from 1934 to 1951, the collection includes copies of public addresses and presentations, photos, correspondence, newspaper clippings, historical documents used in genealogical research, addenda, and obituaries, including material related to fundraising for, design, and construction of the Watkins Bell Tower, named after Hampden-Sydney Professor Asa Dupuy Watkins and erected in 1934. The last series of this collection includes a bound typescript of historical and genealogical research written, conducted, and collected by Eggleston.

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Samuel Vaughan Wilson Papers, 1945/2017

140 Linear Feet 270 boxes

This collection contains the entirety of General Samuel Vaughan Wilson's personal and professional papers, as donated to Hampden-Sydney College by his widow in 2019. Topics include the Vietnam and Second World Wars, the development of the United States of America's intelligence and counter-intelligence communities, military strategy, and Wilson's role as president of Hampden-Sydney College from 1992 until 2000.

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Elizabeth Carrington Eggleston Papers, 1899/1994

8.5 Linear Feet 7 Hollinger Boxes; 149 Volumes Jotting Books; 1 Binder

Inventoried collection of correspondence, poems, essays, mementos, and personal effects of Elizabeth Carrington Eggleston, daughter of former Hampden-Sydney College President Joseph DuPuy Eggleston, including numerous "jotting books" or commonplace books that Eggleston kept throughout her life.

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Elizabeth Carrington Eggleston Papers, 1899/1994 8.5 Linear Feet 7 Hollinger Boxes; 149 Volumes Jotting Books; 1 Binder

Inventoried collection of correspondence, poems, essays, mementos, and personal effects of Elizabeth Carrington Eggleston, daughter of former Hampden-Sydney College President Joseph DuPuy Eggleston, including numerous "jotting books" or commonplace books that Eggleston kept throughout her life.

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Hampden-Sydney Diploma Collection, 1775/1974

2 Boxes Two large oversized flat boxes containing diplomas in tissue paper and poly L sleeves

This artificial collection contains diplomas from former graduates of Hampden-Sydney College and the Union Theological Seminary that have been donated to the library over several years.

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Box 1, 1775/1959 Shelf Above Grier Collection

Thomas S. Bocock

Box 2, 1809/1974 Shelf Above Grier Collection

John Davidson Ewing, framed (1809)

Hampden-Sydney Diploma Collection, 1775/1974 2 Boxes Two large oversized flat boxes containing diplomas in tissue paper and poly L sleeves

This artificial collection contains diplomas from former graduates of Hampden-Sydney College and the Union Theological Seminary that have been donated to the library over several years.

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Brock Family Certificate Collection, 1870/1954

1 Boxes One legal sized flat box containing rolled diplomas of various sizes.

This artificial collection contains diplomas and certificates from members of the Brock family, including Henry Clay Brock, Robert Kincaid Brock, and Delia Brock.

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Brock Family Certificate Collection, 1870/1954 1 Boxes One legal sized flat box containing rolled diplomas of various sizes.

This artificial collection contains diplomas and certificates from members of the Brock family, including Henry Clay Brock, Robert Kincaid Brock, and Delia Brock.

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Class Letters of Hampden-Sidney College, 1886/1905

1 Boxes

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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Class Letters of Hampden-Sidney College, 1886/1905 1 Boxes

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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Sessional Records of South-Central Virginia Churches, 1760/1992

52 Volumes
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