Collections : [Hampden-Sydney College]

1. Booklet about Hampden-Sidney College (primarily photographs, most are of campus buildings). 2. Invitation and program for Commencement week at Hampden-Sidney College, June 10 - 13, 1923 (includes blank envelope). 3. West Virginia History; A Quarterly Magazine, volume 10, number 1, October 1958, pages 24 - 25. "Gray Forces Defeated in Battle of Lewisburg" by J. W. Benjamin (HSC Class of 1923). 4. The Essex Institute Historical Collections, volume 88, July 1952, pages 271 - 276. "Early Massachusetts aid to 'Destitute' regions of Virginia" by W. Herman Bell (HSC Faculty (?)). 5. Program for the Annual Intermediate Celebration of the Literary Societies of Hampden-Sidney College, February 23. 6. Richmond Times-Dispatch, January 11, 1951. "State Scientists Oppose Big Community Shelters" (photograph on first page of articles has arrow drawn to Dr. Thomas E. Gilmer). 7. Ashe Presbyterian, March 1951, "Christian Amendment" by Rev. J. W. Luke (HSC Class of 1923). 8. Richmond Time-Dispatch, March 10, 1951; "Hampden-Sydney Physicist Forms Team for Detecting Radiation," physicist is Dr. Thomas E. Gilmer. 9. Program for the Working Clinical Conference held in Japan, September 15 - 27, 1952; includes an address "The Pathology of Leprosy" by Dr. Chapman H. Binford (HSC Class of 1923). 10. Rural Living, pages 14 – 15; "Elm Shade" article discusses one of the oldest family held farms in Virginia owned currently by Richard Page Morton (HSC Class of 1923). 11. Photocopy of an article in the Wall Street Journal, August 14, 1978: "Rolling Along; Short-Line Railroads are on profits track after years of neglect" by William Gilmer, Jr., grandson of Dr. T. E. Gilmer (HSC Class of 1923). 12. Envelope addressed to Lt. T. E. Gilmer (HSC Class of 1923) from Bremer Commercial Photographers: contains three photographs of military personnel, enlistment, and descriptive record Virginia Protective force for Thomas Edward Gilmer, Special Orders for changes in duties for T. E. Gilmer, and information about the appointment of T. E. Gilmer to 2nd Lieutenant, Company 74, Virginia State Guard).

1. Commencement week schedule and program for Hampden-Sidney College, 1924 (four copies). 2. Leather bound invitation and program for Commencement week at Hampden- Sidney College, June 8 - 11, 1924. 3. Program for Kappa Sigma Upsilon Chapter May Festival 1924, at Hampden- Sidney College. 4. Booklet for the opening dances at Hampden-Sidney College sponsored by the German Club, October 5 - 6, 1923 (booklet is blank and still has pencil attached with a cord). 5. Advertisement for the Hub's Bargain Basement Challenge Sale (advertisement came in a Hub envelope). 6. Mu Omega dance card (card is filled out and has a name written on the back, Billy Monome). 7. Tracks; Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, October, 1951, pages 26 - 29. "Home of the Fighting Cadets" written by J. W. Benjamin (HSC Class of 1924). 8. Issue of The Tiger's Claws, volume 2, number 1, June 1924. 9. Name card for "'Billy' Moncuve (?)" Has Greek letters printed at the top for Sigma Sigma Sigma. 10. Article from the Richmond Times-Dispatch, November 4, 1951; "'Parlor Magic' of Missionary Baffles Witch Doctors" written by J. W. Benjamin (HSC Class of 1924 (?)). 11. The Herald-Advertiser, April 6, 1952, pages 11 - 12. 12. The Farmville Herald, volume 34, July 11, 1924; contains several articles that mention Hampden-Sidney College: "A Community of Excellent School Facilities" (article also mentions T. J. McIlwaine), "Hampden- Sidney College has Long and Enviable Record of One Hundred and Forty- Eight Years Service."