Collections : [Randolph-Macon College]

Randolph-Macon College

McGraw-Page Library
Randolph Macon College
P.O. Box 5005
305 Henry Street
Ashland, VA 23005
Primary Collecting Areas:
History of Randolph-Macon College and Methodist educational institutions in Virginia; Methodism in Virginia and the South; Casanoviana; local and regional history
Description:
The Flavia Reed Owen Special Collections and Archives in the McGraw‐Page Library at Randolph‐Macon College houses significant historical and literary collections that include the history of the oldest chartered Methodist college as well as the history of the Methodist church in Virginia; one of the largest collections of Casanova in the world; the local newspaper photo archive and other local history materials; a collection of rare volumes pertaining to the Intellectual Life of the Colonial South; and World War I codebreaking and ciphering materials.
POC: Laurie Preston
Phone: (804) 752-4718
Phone: (804) 752-3203
Fax: (804) 752-7345
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Randolph-Macon College

The John Early Papers

The collection primarily contains information bearing on Randolph-Macon College and the Virginia Conference of the Methodist Church. Diaries cover 1807 to 1813. Correspondence beginning in 1800 includes family and other prominent Methodists (William McKendree and Leonidas Rosser). Methodist materials include General Conference information from 1830, 1836, 1840 and 1844, ordination certificates and sermon notes.

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A Guide to the Leroy S. Edwards Papers 1853-1899

The collection contains letters and other personal materials, primarily diaries. Diaries included in the collection were written by Leroy Edwards, his wife, and his son, Leroy Jr., and span 1853-1899. Some additional material onthe Edwards Family is available in the R-MC Alumni files.

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Clippings

  • Scrapes of Randolph-Macon College History; and Personals of old Students, Professors and Trustees: a series in the Richmond Christian Advocate 1878-79 (incomplete)
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  • Misc.
  • Local Governmanet - City Councilman representing Clay Ward 1878-1884 (?)
  • Family
  • Virginia Division of the Army of Northern Virginia - Confederate Veterans
  1. Newspaper Issues 1846-1880

Correspondence 1868-1880 Folder 1

Primarily dealing with reunion and other matters concerning the Virginia Division of the Army of Northern Virginia

  1. Letters 1854-1880
Randolph-Macon College

Athletics

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"All Sports" or "Multi Sport" refers to material covering or containing information about multiple sports or sporting teams, not coed sports or both the men's and women's teams of a sport

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A Collection of the Professional and Personal Papers of Paul Neff Garber: The Garber Collection 1899-1972

The Garber Papers include a plethora of materials ranging from Garber's birth to his death. These materials include personal items such as diaries and correspondences, professional items from his work as bishop in both Europe and the United States, lecture notes, research notes and typed scripts of sermons and lectures.

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The Austria Conference: includes correspondences with European officials, European churches, and colleagues. Along with the correspondences are essays written by Garber and others about Christianity's movements in Austria.

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The Belgium Conference: includes information on Belgium Methodism from Garber and others, correspondences concerning relief projects for Belgium, personal correspondence, and correspondence with European preachers.

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The Bulgaria Conference: Correspondences concerning the struggle of the Bulgarian Church, correspondences, and reports concerning the persecution of the Methodists in Bulgaria. The files document the arrests and trials of Protestant Ministers.

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