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Skip Section Navigation Library Home Research Aids Find Information Services Collections About the Library Hours Burke Library Media Library Music Library Contact Information Hamilton College Library 198 College Hill Road Clinton, NY 13323 (315) 859-4479 (315) 859-4578 (fax)	Hamilton College Archives Accessions List Hamilton College Archives Accessions List Updated: 2008-01-22 Clarence Burton Day Papers, 1901-1911 (0000.1) Biographical Information Missionary to China Professor in China and U.S. H.C. Class of 1911 Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 volume Description personal correspondence: "The Day Brothers" letters from Hamilton to family in Californiaday See also 0000.182.11 for more personal papers, including a letter from Clarence B. Day to Professor Russell Blackwood, dated June 15, 1962 (donated by R. Blackwood 9/7/04) Restrictions None Theodore W. Dwight Papers (0000.10) Biographical Information Law Professor at Hamilton College and Columbia University H.C. Class of 1840 Theodore Dwight was born in Catskill, NY, on 18 July, 1822, and died in Clinton, NY, on 29 June, 1892. After graduating as a member of the Hamilton College class of 1840, Dwight entered Yale Law School in 1841. Although he did not finish his course of study, he was admitted to the New York bar in 1845. In 1846, Dwight was appointed to the Maynard Professorship of law, history, civil polity, and political economy at Hamilton. During the twelve years he held this position he systemized and extended the course and study of law, and oversaw the incorporation of Hamilton Law School in 1855. In 1858, Dwight accepted an appointment from the newly established Columbia Law School to serve as professor of municipal law. Dwight eventually became Dean of Columbia Law School and was active in the teaching of law until his retirement in 1891. Though he rarely acted as counsel, Dwight was involved in many aspects of the law. Along with lecturing in Constitutional Law at Cornell University (1869-1871) and Amherst College (1870-1872), Dwight was also appointed to a committee which examined the New York prison system, served as the President of the New York State Prison Association, and worked as the associate editor of the American Law Register. Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 Box Description legal papers and lecture notes Restrictions None 19th Century Class Alumni Biographical Material Files (0000.100) Biographical Information N/A Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 Filing cabinet drawer Description biographical material of H.C. alumni graduated in the 19th Century; compiled by Joseph D. Ibbotson Restrictions None Audio and Visual Recordings Collection (0000.101) Biographical Information N/A Contents Film, Video Sound Recordings Extent 3 Filing cabinet drawers Description assorted audio and visual recordings produced by H.C. including the Winter Carnival, Bobby Peru, athletic events (1960s), fundraising videos (Life in a Small College), microfilm 0000.101.1 Audio A Concert by the Hamilton College Choir-3 copies Songs of Hamilton-2 copies Voices of Hamilton's Past-2 copies Hamilton College Choir Christmas Greetings-3 copies Little Dorrit Microfilms-4 boxes Master Return Records Hamilton 371.2 Ham cop. 2 Means, Craig Mengel '75-film about religion on campus Hamilton College fund raiser Hamilton College, A Very Special Place F3-2 copies A Very Specal Place F3-Prof. Master Orientation Keynote Speaker-Carol Belliny-Sharp 7 Sept '76 [+ 2 CDs made 9/05] Tutorials 1976 Hamilton-Isn't That Special Hamilton College "We Know Them As People" 0000.101.2 Film and Audio Recordings Residence Hall Fire Safety Hamilton College 371.2 Ham Copy 2 Photographic negatives-Miss Emily F. Paine Public Relations Press Clippings-Alumni Records 1916-1909 Public Relations Press Clippings-years 1947-1948 Public Relations Clippings file-years 1940-1944 Public Relations Clippings file-years 1939-1943 Public Relations Clippings file-includes clippings of 1940-1947 Public Relations Clippings file-includes clippings of 1949-1952 Public Relations Clippings file-years 1948-1950 Public Relations Clippings file-years 1951-1953 Public Relations Clippings file-years 1952-1953 Public Relations Press Clippings-years 1939-1941, 1943-1946 Public Relations Material-years 1940-1943 Various Films 1956-1959 (Football, hockey, etc)-6 rolls Alumni Press Clippings-Class of 1911?, 1912-1920, 1921 (partial) Alumni Press Clippings-Class of 1921 (continued), 1922-1928, 1929 (partial) Alumni Press Clippings-Class of 1929 (continued), 1930-1949, 1950 (partial) Alumni Press Clippings-Class of 1950 (Continued), 1951, 1952 Hamilton College Alumni Cards data A-V Hamilton College Alumni Cards data A-V Hamilton College Alumni Cards data W-Z Unidentified, unlabled cassette tape Scraps of paper including catalog info and part of the Western Farmers' Almanac for 1940 Sesquincentenial invitation engraving plate List of Films Hamilton-Wesleyan 1902 #1, #2 Hamilton-Wesleyan 1968 #1, #2 Hamilton-Rochester 1963 #1, #2 Hamilton-Rochester 1968 #1, #2 Hamilton-St. Lawrence 1968 #1, #2 Hamilton-Union 1962 #1, #2 Hamilton-RPI 1960 #1, #2 Hamilton-RPI 1968 #1, #2, #3 Splices O.K. R 5-6-7-8 Restrictions None Life in a Small College film and DVDs (0000.101.3) Biographical Information N/A Contents Film, Video Sound Recordings Extent box Description visual recordings produced by H.C. including the Winter Carnival, fundraising or viewbook videos (Life in a Small College). Slight variants of Life in a Small College include A (circa 9 minutes), B (10 min.), C (10.5 min.), D (12.5 min. [raw footage for A & B]), E (12 min.), and the version cataloged as Ham Coll HE L43 DVD (17 min.), which includes footage of President McEwen; Disk H, Carnival 1942 [footage for Life in a Small College]; Disk I (labeled Winter Carnival and excerpts) [Raw footage for Disk E/ B of Life in a Small College]; Disk J (labeled Campus Scenes) [raw footage for Life in a Small College] Restrictions None Hamilton Life, 1940-1942 (0000.102) Biographical Information Hamilton College student newspaper Contents Books, Publications Extent 1 Filing cabinet drawer Description Hamilton Life, 1940-1942 Restrictions None The Hamilton Campus, 1866-1869 (0000.103) Biographical Information Hamilton College student newspaper Contents Books, Publications Extent 1 Filing cabinet drawer Description The Hamilton Campus, 1866-1869 Restrictions None Hamilton News, 1942, 1943, 1945 (0000.104) Biographical Information student news magazine; product of the merger of Hamilton Life and Continental Magazine Contents Books, Publications Extent 1 Filing cabinet drawer Description Hamilton News, 1942, 1943, 1945 Restrictions None The Hamilton College Spectator, 1948, 1961 -- Present (0000.105) Biographical Information Hamilton College student newspaper Contents Books, Publications Extent 6 Filing cabinet drawers Description The Hamilton College Spectator, 1948, 1961 -- Present Restrictions None H.C. Faculty and Staff Biographical Material Files (0000.106) Biographical Information N/A Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 4 Filing Cabinet Drawers Description biographical material of H.C. faculty and staff (mostly 20th century) Restrictions None Dean of the Faculty Records: Faculty Files (0000.107) Biographical Information N/A Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 16 Boxes Description Files on appointments and other information regarding faculty, 1960s - 90s Restrictions may include restricted personnel information Monday Club Records (0000.108) Biographical Information women's club, established at H.C. in the 1890s Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Photographs Extent 2 Boxes Description records of the Monday Club, 1897-Present (primarily until 1983); includes photographs of Monday Club members in 1898, early 20th century, 1942, 1992. Added 3/24/05: Monday Club materials from Rare Book Room, including bound volumes of club calendars or programs: 1904-1916; 1916-1932; 1932-1951; 1953-1957; 1957-61; 1961-69; 1968-70; 1970-76; and 1976-81, plus unbound programs from 1981 to 1997; also an undated copy of the Monday Club constitution. Restrictions None Warren E. Wright Public Speaking Papers (0000.109) Biographical Information Upson Professor of Rhetoric and Communication at H.C. Warren Earl Wright was born on 2 June, 1929 in Springfield, MA, and died on 5 February, 1998, in Utica, NY. Wright graduated from Emerson College in 1951 with a Bachelor's degree in Speech and earned an M.A. in Speech from Emerson in 1952. While an undergraduate, Wright served in the United States Naval Reserve and was assigned to the U.S.S. Argonaut, a submarine. After earning his M.A., Wright was drafted into the United States Army to serve during the Korean War. He served as an operations sergeant in an infantry battalion for two years and was released from duty in 1954. After working for four years as an Instructor of Speech for Purdue University, Wright entered the doctoral program at the University of Illinois and earned his Ph.D. in 1960. Wright joined the Hamilton College faculty in 1960 as an Instructor of Speech, becoming the first member of the Speech Department with a Ph.D. He was subsequently promoted to Assistant Professor (1963), Associate Professor (1966), Professor (1975), and held the Upson Professorship Emeritus of Rhetoric and Oratory from 1977 until his retirement from teaching in 1992. Wright also served as department chair from 1972-1982. After the speech requirement was eliminated from the Hamilton College curriculum in 1969, Wright was influential in helping the Speech Department transition into the Department of Rhetoric and Communication. In addition to the contribution of many scholarly articles, Wright dedicated fourteen years to helping with the Higher Education Opportunities Program (HEOP). Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 5 Boxes Description critiques and transcripts of speeches given by Prof. Wright's students, 1980s and 90s Restrictions FERPA Architectural Drawings Collection (0000.11) Biographical Information N/A Contents Photographs Prints, Paintings, Drawings Maps, Plans Extent 5 Flat Boxes; 3 Folios; 1 Shelf; 2 Framed Items;28 3'' Tubes and 1 6" Tube Description Architectural drawings, photographs, etchings, watercolors of various buildings on the Hamilton College campus and surrounding area; in map cabinet: 0000.11.8.1 & 2 Chapel Drawings, Squire's House, Brandt-Gryphon House, Science Building Floor Plans and Elevations, Drawings of Benedict, Rummel print. Colored print of chapel by Vanalstyne added to NES-38 (from unsorted boxes) on 10/20/04. Restrictions none Edward W. Root Art Plates and Nature Slides (0000.110) Biographical Information E.W. Root (1884-1956) H.C. Class of 1905; A.M., 1908; L.H.D., 1952; Harvard Law (1907-8) Lecturer in Art (H.C.), 1920-40 Consultant in Art (Munson-Williams-Proctor Inst.) 1949-56 Edward Wales Root was born on 23 July, 1884, in Southampton, NJ, and died in New York City, NY, on 5 December, 1956. The son of Elihu Root '64, Edward Root graduated from Hamilton College in 1905. After one year of study at Harvard Law School, Root returned to Hamilton to earn an M.A. in 1908. He then began work as an editorial writer for the New York Evening Sun and Harpers Weekly, but left his position to serve with the Red Cross in connection with military relief and personnel during World War I. Root returned to Hamilton in 1920 to become a lecturer in art, a position he held until his retirement in 1940. A prolific collector of paintings and art objects, he served as a trustee of the American Federation of Arts from 1941-1943 and became a member of the Addison Art Committee in 1945. In 1949, Root was appointed consultant of art by the Munson-Williams-Proctor Art Institute in Utica and was eventually named honorary consultant for life by the institution's board of trustees. Hamilton College awarded Root an honorary L.H.D. in 1952. Contents Photographs Extent 4 Boxes Description Plates depicting works of art; Nature slides Restrictions None AAFTTC Pre-Meteorology Program Academic Records, 1943-44 (0000.111) Biographical Information Military training program for young men at H.C. during World War II Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 4 Boxes Description Academic records of students in the training program Restrictions FERPA U.S. Joint Publications Research Service: Publications on Communist China (0000.112) Biographical Information N/A Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 Box Description assorted publications regarding communist China in the 1960s Restrictions None Justus B. Doolittle Collection (0000.113) Biographical Information J.B. Doolittle (1824-1880) H.C. Class of 1846 Missionary to China: 1849-1864 Justus B. Doolittle was born on 23 June, 1824 in Rutland, NY, and died on 15 June, 1880 in Clinton, NY. After graduating from Hamilton College with the class of 1846, Doolittle attended the Auburn Theological Seminary. He applied to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions for missionary work and was assigned to the Foochow and Tientsen regions of China, a position he held for thirteen years. After returning to the United States due to poor health, Doolittle wrote several books about his observations of Chinese culture. Contents money, paper tablets, small spinning pagodas? Extent 2 Boxes, 1 Flat item Description assorted Chinese cultural items Restrictions None Chinese Flag (0000.114) Biographical Information Teh-Yao Wu (Hon. 1966) Contents Flag Extent 1 Flat item Description Flag with Chinese characters on it Restrictions None Miscellaneous Printing Plates and other objects (0000.115) Biographical Information N/A Contents Printing plates Extent 1 Box Description Printing Plates and other objects: Bundle: Straw things; Box: Class plates, names of courses; Royal Gaboon Christmas Issue printing plate; Tube intended for use in holding microfiche of the contents of the cornerstone for the Burke Library-never used; Printing Plate-appears Greek; Roman Mirror of Bronze, description printed on envelope addressed to Dr. N. Emerson Paine; Small package labeled "Book Plate", David Worcester; Class of 1913, Lincoln Park Chapter plate with engraving of Abraham Lincoln; American flag (?); Small package labeled Worcester Plate; Engraving plate; Hamilton College Junior plate; Plate of the Chapel; Photogravure Plate of the Clinton Scollard Book Plate; Hamilton College engraving; Engraving plate; Plate: Eugenie Dumaux Rogers Memorial Room; Plate: invitation to the nuptials (?) of Dr. Peter; Fraternity engraving plate; Plate: Two pages from the Journal of Samuel Kirkland, 1792-1793 (Frontispiece in Documentary history of Hamilton College HE-D65); Engraving: Latin; Engraving: Samuel Kirkland (?) Restrictions None Fourteenth Century England Research Index Cards Collection (0000.116) Biographical Information N/A Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 Box Description Fourteenth Century England Research Index Cards, possibly belonged to W.E. Lunt Restrictions None Scientists Index Cards Collection (0000.117) Biographical Information N/A Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1/2 Box Description Research on scientists written on index cards Restrictions None Palestine Collection: Index Cards to Collection (0000.118) Biographical Information N/A Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1/2 Box Description Index to the Palastine Collection Restrictions None Dean of the Faculty Records: 1940s and 50s (Winton Tolles) (0000.119) Biographical Information Winton Tolles (1906-80) H.C. Class of 1928 H.C. Dean of the Faculty: 1947-72 Winton Tolles was born in Bridgeport, CT on 12 December, 1906, and died in Utica, NY, on 18 November, 1980. After graduating from Hamilton College with the class of 1928, Tolles taught at Brewster High School for one year and returned to Hamilton to earn his M.A. in 1931. After completing two years of doctoral work at Columbia University (he would complete his Ph.D. in 1940), Tolles briefly taught at Bound Brook High School in NJ (1933), and then became Professor of English at Washington College in Chestertown, MD, a position he held for eight years. Tolles left Washington College to accept a commission as a lieutenant in the United States navy Reserve in 1942. He was discharged in 1945 and, after teaching briefly at New York University and Hamilton College, took a position as the first Dean and Chief Executive of Utica College at Syracuse University during its charter year, 1946-1947. Tolles was appointed Dean of Hamilton College in September, 1947 and continued in that position until his retirement in 1972. He subsequently served as the assistant to the president of Delaware Valley College in PA, and was named president of the college in 1974, but only held the position for one year. A devoted member of the Hamilton College community, Tolles was the first winner of the Hamilton College Alumni Council Bell-Ringer Award in 1970 for his service and dedication to the college. Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 2 Boxes Description Official records of the Office of the Dean of the Faculty, 1940s and 50s Restrictions FERPA Map Collection (0000.12) Biographical Information N/A Contents Maps, Plans Extent 2 Folios; 5 3'' tubes and 6 6" tubes; 1 Framed Item Description contains maps of Hamilton College and surrounding area, New York State, United States: Campus - General, c.1995, c. 1941, c.1950 - 1960, c.1950, Deeds, plotting of, 1959, Campus - Water Lines, Hydrants, Valves and Connections, 1930, College & surrounding area, 1962 [scanned], Deeds, plotting of - College lands & adjoining property 18th Century-1921, Trees Growing on campus, 1949, Trail map of Kirkland Glen, 2002, Arboretum tour with maps [c.2004], Campus, c. 1875, 1868, 1853, c. 1880, Kirkland College, Bristol Road - Hawthorn Farm, 1943, College Hill Road - South, 1956, North College Street, 1861, Griffin Road - South, 1928, Kirkland, Topographical, Clinton, 19th Century, Utica-1832, Arkansas, Rio Del Norte, Rio Gila; Rummel print Restrictions Most maps in tubes are restricted, permission of archivist required Burke Library Records -- Invoices---Deaccessioned (0000.120) Biographical Information H.C. Library Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 4 Boxes Description Burke Library Invoices from the last five years Restrictions None Amendments to the H.C. Charter (0000.121) Biographical Information N/A Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 3 Amendments in 1 Flat File Description Amendments from the years: 1904, 1940, and 1946 Restrictions None H.C. Alumni Genealogical Information Collection (0000.122) Biographical Information N/A Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 Shelf (including: 1 ms., 8 framed family trees, 1 item); 1 long flat shelf Description Genealogical information of families related to H.C. Restrictions None Christian H.F. Peters Papers (C.H.F. Peters Papers) (0000.123) Biographical Information Litchfield Professor of Astronomy at H.C.: 1858-90 Christian Henry Frederick Peters was born in ColdenbÃ¼ttel, Schleswig, Germany on 19 September, 1813, and died on 19 July, 1890, in Clinton, NY. Peters earned his Ph.D. from the University of Berlin in 1936. After working with Baron von Walterhausen on a geodetic survey of Mount Etna from 1838 until 1843, Peters fought as an artillery officer under Garibaldi in the revolt against the King of Naples. After the failure of the revolt, Peters fled to Malta. He returned to Sicily the following year, but the fall of Palermo caused him to travel to France, then Constantinople. Peters immigrated to the United States in 1852 and began working for the Dudley Observatory in Albany, NY, a position he held until 1858. In 1858, the Hamilton College Board of Trustees offered Peters the directorship of the Litchfield Observatory. With the support of Edwin C. Litchfield '32, Peters became the first member of the Hamilton College faculty with a Ph.D., was named the Litchfield Professor of Astronomy in 1867, and continued to serve the school until his death. During Peters' time at Hamilton, he discovered 47 asteroids from the Litchfield Observatory and, with help from the University of the State of New York, determined the longitude of the western boundary of New York State, as well as the longitude for several cities, including Buffalo, Syracuse, and Elmira. With Peters' death, the Litchfield Observatory fell into disrepair. Although it was mentioned in college catalogues until 1917, it was never effectively manned and was torn down in 1918. Contents plates of astronomical data Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 3 Shelves Description Correspondence and mss, astronomical research notes and plates 0000.123.4 (or 123.2.3): correspondence, Computations relative to Io, 4 packets of personal correspondence Restrictions None Poster Collection (0000.124) Biographical Information N/A Contents Posters Extent 18 posters Description assorted theater, music, lecture posters 0000.124.1 Emerson Gallery - Hamilton Collects: Photographs and Drawings from the Permanent Collection 3/4/98 - 4/8/98; 0000.124.2 Emerson Gallery - Proper, Improper, and Heroic: women in Nineteenth Century Japanese Art 10/3/97 - 12/16/97; 0000.124.3 Faculty Dance Concert October 31 and November 1 [Flamingoes Wearing Shoes]; 0000.124.4 Charlatans - Zen Heaven and Free All Political Prisoners by Harry Kondoleon Oct. 10-12; 0000.124.5 Ruth Draper's Cast of Characters as Performed by Patrizia Norcia Oct. 8; 0000.124.6 Sophocles' Women of Trachis trans. by Ezra Pound 4/19 - 4/21; 0000.124.7 From Backus Forward; 0000.124.8 Hamilton College Junior Year in France; 0000.124.9 William Wycheryl's The Country Wife, dramatic readings presented by Hamilton and Kirkland faculty; 0000.124.10 Ezra Pound Centennial Conference: Politics, Economics, and Literature 20 21 April 1985; 0000.124.11 Mario Davidovsky Concert; 0000.124.12 Martha Stuart Lecture: Welfare Mothers, Women in Management, Men Who Work with Women in Management; 0000.124.13 Pare Lorentz, A Festival of Documentary Films; 0000.124.14 Bernanrd V. Bothmer - New Discoveries in Ancient Egypt; 0000.124.15 Carl F. Buechner - Reading; 0000.124.16 King Richard III; 0000.124.17 The Marriage of Figaro; 0000.124.18 Elizabeth Olds - Exhibition of Paintings and Pastels at the Root Studio (hand-painted sign, pastel on cardboard); 124.19 (added 6/05) Reunions 2005 Schedule, Alumni Colleges; Nature of the "Reveries," XIVth Biennial Colloquium of the Rousseau Association Restrictions None H.C. Charter (copy) (0000.125) Biographical Information copy of 1812 charter Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 item Description H.C. Charter Restrictions None Hamilton Pennant (0000.126) Biographical Information N/A Contents pennant Extent 1 item Description pennant with "Hamilton" written on it Restrictions None Chandler, John W. Inauguration Proclamations (0000.127) Biographical Information 15 President of H.C. (1968-1973) Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 7 items Description Proclamations from seven universities conglatulating Chandler on his inauguration, in cases Restrictions None Hamilton-Oneida Academy Charter (copy) (0000.128) Biographical Information N/A Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 2 items Description copy of Hamilton-Oneida Academy charter and Hamilton College charter Restrictions None Newspapers I, Miscellaneous (0000.129) Biographical Information N/A Contents Books, Publications Extent 4 items Description newspapers with articles on: H.C. Semi-Centennial of 1870; dedication of Root and Benedict Halls; Pres. McKinley's assassination; added 8/07: The Albany Journal, 9/14/1832, donation to Hamilton Restrictions None Brownell Family Papers (0000.13) Biographical Information John J. Henry Dwight Brownell, Hamilton College class of 1843, was born c. 1821 and died in Sauquoit, NY on 21 March 1892. Albert E. Brownell, 1839 - 1886, was involved with the Costa Rican Rail Road industry and was a Consular Agent in the same nation. Minor C. Keith, capitalist, RRs and Bananas, Costa Rica Minor Cooper Keith was born in Brooklyn, NY on 19 January 1848 and died 14 June 1929. He was in the lumber business until 1870, the cattle business for 2 years, then the railroad industry in Costa Rica in 1872. In 1899 Keith organized the United Fruit Company. Keith was involved with the following firms in the course of life: Premier Gold Mining Company (Vice President); St. Andrews Bay Lumber Company; Guatemala Central Railroad Co.; International Railway of Central America; Empire Trust Co. (Director); Royal Geographic Society (Fellow); Museum of American Indian (Trustee); Heye Foundation. Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Photographs Ephemera Extent 1/2 Box Description personal and business correspondences regarding business in Costa Rica Restrictions None Danielson, Maxwell L., Capt., Award Presented to (0000.130) Biographical Information N/A Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 framed item Description Award presented to Capt. Danielson by the 3219th SOSU-ASTP at H.C. Restrictions None Phi Beta Kappa, Epsilon of New York Charter (0000.131) Biographical Information academic honor society, charter granted to H.C. chapter 5/24/1870 Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 framed item Description chapter charter Restrictions None Newspapers II, Miscellaneous (0000.132) Biographical Information N/A Contents Books, Publications Extent 1 Folio Description Aurora, Philadelphia 6/10/1812 The Fulton Republic, 7/21/64 Harper's Weekly, 1870s Restrictions None Buffers: Caricatures by James Penney (0000.133) Biographical Information Buffers: a cappella group at H.C. Penney: professor of art, H.C. Contents Prints, Paintings, Drawings Extent 1 folio Description set of caricatures of buffers Restrictions None Charter, Kirkland College, photostat copy (0000.134) Biographical Information charter from 1965 Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 folder Description charter Restrictions None Legislation, Proposed Cycle of (0000.135) Biographical Information N/A Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 item Description diagram indicating how student government should interact with the administration Restrictions None Classical Sculpture, framed photograph (0000.136) Biographical Information N/A Contents Photographs Extent 1 framed item Description framed photograph of a classical sculpture Restrictions None Ferro-vitreous Skyscrapper, framed photograph (0000.137) Biographical Information N/A Contents Photographs Extent 1 framed item Description framed photograph of a ferro-vitreous skyscrapper Restrictions None Hudson & Berkshire RR Co. Bond from New York State, 1848 (0000.138) Biographical Information N/A Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 framed item Description framed bond from NY State 9/12/1848 Restrictions None Engs, Samuel Franklin, Testimonial Presented to (0000.139) Biographical Information Engs: H.C. of 1883 Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 framed item Description Testimonial presented to Samuel Franklin Engs on 6/2/1937 the golden anniversary of his wedding by the Class of 1883 Restrictions None Elihu Root Papers (0000.14) Biographical Information H.C. Class of 1864 U.S. Sec of War U.S. Sec of State U.S. Senator from NY Lawyer Elihu Root was born in Clinton, NY on 15 February 1845 and died in New York, NY on 6 February 1937. He attended Hamilton College (A.B., 1864, A.M. in course, 1867) and University Law School of New York. He served in the following positions: Member Alaskan Boundary Tribunal; United States District Attorney, Southern New York, 1883 - 85; Secretary of War, 1899 - 1904; Secretary of State, 1905 - 09; U.S. Senator from New York, 1909 - 15; Senior Counsel for the U.S., North Atlantic Fisheries Arbitration, The Hague, 1910; Ambassador at Head of Special Diplomatic Mission to Russia, 1917. Root was awarded the following: Nobel Peace Prize, 1912; Roosevelt Memorial Medal for Administration of Public Office, 1924; Woodrow Wilson Foundation Medal and Prize for Services to Peace, 1926. He was a member of the following organizations: British Academy; Istitut de droit International; American Academy of Arts and Letters; Commission of International Justice appointed by Council of League of Nations to prepare plans for a permanent Court of International Justice; Commissioner Plenipotentiary for the U.S. in International Conference on the Limitation of Armaments; Committee of Experts convened at Geneva 1929 to revise Statute of Permanent Court. Contents Maps, Plans, photographs, papers Extent 30 Boxes; 1 Folio; 1 3" 3' and 1 6" 3' Tube; 2.7 cubic ft box; 7 Cataloged Photograph Albums (2 cubic feet); one wooden box; 12 photograph albums; two folios; 2 unframed photographs; 1 diploma tube; 3 scrapbooks; 10 framed photographs; 2 rolled items; 1 additional items Description maps, architectural drawings, photographs, and personal papers of Elihu Root, 1904 -- 1930 Contains the unofficial correspondence of Elihu Root (Family and Official Papers are held in the Library of Congress). Extensive collection of personal correspondence and correspondence related to his office-holding and various public appointments and activities, these include: Chair of the New York State Constitutional Convention; 1917 Mission to Russia; Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Metropolitan Museum of Art; New York Public Library; legal cases in which he served as counsel. Collection also includes a substantial number of photographs, and a folder of approximately 40 letters from Theodore Roosevelt, plus about 6 letters from Root to Theodore Roosevelt (0000.14.37). Restrictions None Levitt, Arthur, Featured in a Political Cartoon by Pierott (0000.140) Biographical Information Levitt: H.C. Hon. 1979 NYS Comptroller Arthur Levitt was born 28 June, 1900, in Brooklyn, NY, and died in 1980. Levitt enlisted as a private in World War I prior to attending Columbia College, from which he graduated in 1921. After graduating from Columbia University Law School in 1924, Levitt became active in civic and charitable affairs in Brooklyn. He served in the United States Army again in World War II as a captain in the JAG Corps, and then continued his career as public servant when he served as on the New York State Board of Education from 1952-54. Levitt was elected to his first of six terms as New York State Comptroller in 1954, a position he held for 24 years. Hamilton College conferred an honorary degree on Levitt in 1979 and, after his death in 1980, the Levitt family donated funds to establish the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center at Hamilton College. Contents Prints, Paintings, Drawings Extent 1 framed item Description political cartoon Restrictions None Untitled Print by S. Hollyer (0000.141) Biographical Information N/A Contents Prints, Paintings, Drawings Extent 1 framed item Description Print featuring buildings, one with sign: "Martling" Restrictions None Flag Flown Over US Capitol, Certificate (0000.142) Biographical Information N/A Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 framed item Description Certificate of flag flow over US Capitol for Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher of Port Jervis, NY on 9/12/78 Restrictions None Sesquicentennial Stationary Logo Design, H.C. (0000.143) Biographical Information Prof. of Rhetoric and Communication at H.C. Contents Prints, Paintings, Drawings Extent 1 framed item Description original design of the Sesquicentennial Stationary Logo by Bob Colby Restrictions None Psi Upsilon Initiation Supper Announcement, June 11 1858 (0000.144) Biographical Information Psi Upsilon: fraternity at H.C. Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 framed item Description announcement of Psi Upsilon Initiation Supper, June 11, 1858 Restrictions None Meyers, Frederick, Liquor License, March 5, 1790 (0000.145) Biographical Information N/A Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 framed item Description framed liquor license dated March 5, 1790 Restrictions None Rare Book Room Doors at the Library of Congress, Photograph of the, with V. Valta Parma nameplate (0000.146) Biographical Information N/A Contents Photographs Extent 1 framed item Description photograph of Rare Book Room Doors at the Library of Congress with V. Valta Parma nameplate Restrictions None Kirkland, Samuel, Document of 8/15/1794 (0000.147) Biographical Information founder of Hamilton-Oneida Academy Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 framed letter Description document by S. Kirkland regarding H-O Academy loans Restrictions None Seal of H.C. Plaque (0000.148) Biographical Information N/A Contents plaque Extent 1 item Description metal seal of H.C. on wooden plaque Restrictions None Bell Ringer Award Recipient Plaque, 1970-7 (0000.149) Biographical Information N/A Contents plaque Extent 1 item Description Bell Ringer Award Recipient Plaque, 1970-7 Restrictions None William Sloane Papers (0000.15) Biographical Information Professor of English, Dickinson College H.C. Class of 1932 William Sloane, Jr. was born on 13 March 1910 in Glasgow, Scotland and died on 3 November 1977. He attended Hamilton College (A.B., 1932) and Columbia University (A.M. and Ph.D.) Sloane was a member of the faculties of Hamilton College, St. Francis College, Russell Sage College, and for 30 years, Professor of English at Dickinson College. At Dickinson he held the Martha P. Sellers Chair in English and served as the department chair from 1954 - 6. In 1958 he was a Folger Shakespeare Library Fellow. Dr. Sloane is the author of Children's Books in England and America in the 17th Century Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Books, Publications Extent 1 Box Description letters, 1934 -- 40 freshmen year journals Contains correspondences and other memorabilia of William Sloane, Jr. The majority of the professional correspondences concern Sloane's post-baccalaureate experience in obtaining a teaching position c. 1934, following the completion of his Master's degree. Also included are personal and professional correspondences with Hamilton College faculty, administrators, and alumni, 1934 - 40, and his freshman year journals. Restrictions Not to be open until the year 2000, opened 23 May 2001 Hamilton Needs: Fundraising Posters, 1950s (0000.150) Biographical Information N/A Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 6 items (posters) Description College fundraising posters from the 1950s Restrictions None Laws of Hamilton College, Extract from the laws of (copies) (0000.151) Biographical Information N/A Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 item Description Extract from the laws of Laws of Hamilton College (copies) Restrictions None Minutes of the Meetings of theTrustees of H.C.: 1812-1912 (copies) (0000.152) Biographical Information N/A Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 Large Box Description Minutes of the meetings of the Trustees of H.C. Restrictions None Kent Collection (0000.153) Biographical Information Henry W. Kent (1866-1948) A.M. (Hon.), H.C. (1920) Secretary, Metropolitan Museum of Art (1913-40) Henry W. Kent was born in Boston, MA, on 28 September, 1866, and died on 29 August, 1948, in New York City. Kent was educated at the Boston Latin School and the Norwich Academy. He was awarded an honorary M.A. by Hamilton College in 1920 and an honorary Doctor of Arts by Brown University in 1932. In 1905, Kent became the assistant secretary of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts in New York City. He was promoted to secretary in 1913, a position he held until his retirement in 1940. Along with his contribution of many articles on biographical, topographical, and museum subjects, Kent served as president of both the American Institute of Graphic Arts and the Grolier Club, and was vice-president of both the American Association of Museums and the American Association for Adult Education. In 1934, he was awarded the Michael Friedsam medal for having "contributed most to the development of art in industry." Contents book plates Extent 1 Box, 1 Flat Box, 3 framed items Description Book plates Restrictions None Diploma Tubes (0000.154) Biographical Information N/A Contents diploma tubes Extent 12 items (tubes) Description diploma tubes Restrictions None Bronze Relief Portrait, Unidentified Subject (0000.155) Biographical Information N/A Contents 3D visual Extent 1 framed item Description framed bronze relief sculptural portrait Restrictions None Photograph Portrait, Unidentified Subject (0000.156) Biographical Information N/A Contents Photographs Extent 1 framed item Description framed photograph portrait of male subject Restrictions None McKee, Frank Papers (0000.157) Biographical Information Hamilton College Class of 1936 Fred Wray McKee was born 18 February, 1915 in Beaver, PA, and died 25 April, 2002 in Bryn Mawr, PA. McKee graduated from Hamilton College with the class of 1936. After earning his M.D. from the University of Rochester's School of Medicine in 1943, he earned a fellowship in pathology at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY. McKee left his fellowship to join the United States Navy in December, 1943. He was assigned to casualty service on an LST (Landing Ship Tank) in conjunction with the D-Day landings in Normandy and later served in the Pacific Theater in Guam. McKee was discharged as a lieutenant and completed his medical training at the University of Rochester. In 1951, he was appointed chief pathologist by Genesee Hospital in Rochester. He was later appointed professor of pathology and director of clinical laboratories for the medical school at UCLA (1954), served as professor and associate dean of the medical school at University of Rochester (1962), and was appointed as the director of the Division of Physician Manpower in the Bureau of Health Manpower, a division of the National Institutes of Health (1967). In 1970, McKee returned to teaching as a professor of pathology and dean of West Virginia University's School of Medicine, and was then appointed associate director of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (1974) until his retirement in 1980. During his career he contributed prolifically to the medical field, submitting more than 30 articles for publication in professional journals. A dedicated Hamilton Alumnus, McKee delivered the Half-Century Annalist's letter for the 50th reunion of his class in 1986. Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 Box Description correspondence reagrding H.C. fundraising, late 1970s, early 1980s Restrictions None Alexander Woollcott Papers (0000.158) Biographical Information (1887-1943); H.C. Class of 1909, L.H.D. (Hon.) 1924; writer; H.C. Trustee, 1935-42. Alexander Humphreys Woollcott was born on 19 January, 1887, in Phalanx, NJ, and died on 23 January, 1943, in New York City, NY. After graduating from Hamilton College in 1909, Woollcott worked briefly as a bank clerk for the Chemical National Bank in New York City. He joined the reportorial staff of the New York Times as a dramatic critic in 1914. He held that position until 1922, with the exception of two years when he served as an enlisted man in the United States Army. He was a sergeant in the American Expeditionary Forces, working mostly in the editorial room of The Stars and Stripes, AEF's weekly newspaper. After leaving the New York Times, he joined the staff of the New York Herald (1922-1925) and the New York World (1925-1928). He subsequently became a free lance writer, contributing regularly to the New Yorker and, from 1929 until 1942, appeared on CBS radio as "The Town Crier." In addition to his role of critic, Woollcott helped form the Round Table group at the Hotel Algonquin, a group which included Irving Berlin, Dorothy Parker, and Harpo Marx. He authored many articles, books, and plays, including While Rome Burns (1934), The Woollcott Reader (1935), and Long Long Ago (1943). A co-founder of the Hamilton College Charlatans, Woollcott worked occasionally as an actor, having his first professional stage debut in Brief Moment in 1931 at the Belasco Theater in New York. He also served as the model for Sheridan Whiteside, the central character in The Man Who Came to Dinner, and portrayed Whiteside in a road company production of the play. Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Film, Video Ephemera Extent 3 Boxes, 1 folio Description personal correspondence, biographical material, scripts of radio broadcasts, movie reels, cap and hood, political cartoon hand-drawn and signed by artist: H.M. Talburt Restrictions None North, Simeon: Bible (0000.159) Biographical Information President of H.C. Contents Books, Publications Extent 1 Box Description Bible presented to President North by the Class of 1849 Restrictions None Horace H. Bogue Clothing Collection (0000.16) Biographical Information H.C. Class of 1897 distributor of farm machinery owned chain of stores in Nebraska Horace H. Bogue was born 20 October ,1874, in Avon, NY, and died 16 March, 1966, in Seattle, WA. He attended Hamilton College (A.B., 1897 and A.M. in course, 1900). Until 1918 he was with a deprtment Store in Alliance, NE; from 1918 until the Depression he was in the hardware business in Seattle. During the Depression Bogue owned and operated a ranch in eastern Washington. He returned to Seattle and operated a dairy equipment business until his retirement in 1949. After his retirement he traveled extensively in Europe, Asia, South America, Australia, and New Zealand. Contents Clothing Extent 0.875 cubic feet Description graduation gown and gym suit -- Hamilton College memorabilia from 1897: Graduation gown (Black cotton, made by Cotrell and Leonard, Albany, NY); Mortarboard; Stole; tie, or cape piece (part of graduation ensemble); Gym suit with white trim; Man's gray flannel gym suit (white cotton ribbon trim, half sleeves, button down front with some of buttons missing, short cord at waist, to about knees) worn at Hamilton College by Horace H. Bogue. Restrictions None Miller, Luther: Account Book, 1796 (0000.160) Biographical Information Luther Miller was of father Anson S. Miller, Class of 1835 Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 folder Description account book of Luther Miller: 1796 Restrictions None Class Photograph Album Collection (0000.161) Biographical Information N/A Contents Photographs Extent 1 Box Description 3 class photograph albums (1865, 1873, 1878) Restrictions None Class Scrapbook Collection (0000.162) Biographical Information N/A Contents Photographs Books, Publications Extent 1 Shelf Description 12 Class Scrapbooks: 1903 (2 vols.), 1914-17, 20-21, 23-5, 27, 44 Claude H. Thompson, 1920, DKE member Restrictions None Class Scrapbook Collection: Scrapbooks or albums of Paul T. Harper, 1903 (0000.162.1) Biographical Information Paul T. Harper was born in late 1881 in Schenevus, NY, and died in Philadelphia on July 11, 1931, of acute pneumonia. Dr. Harper graduated from Hamilton College in 1903 and received his degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University in 1907. In 1909 Dr. Harper moved from New York City, his home since his graduation, to Albany, and in 1910, married Susan Ann Davis. From 1912 to his death, he served as obstetrician at Albany Hospital, and for sixteen years was Clinical Professor of Obstetrics at Albany Medical College. Dr. Harper was also instrumental in the organization of the Brady Maternity Home. In 1928, he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Science from Hamilton College. Dr, Harper is also the author of "Clinical Obstetrics" (1929) and various scientific articles, and belonged to such organizations as the American College of Surgeons and the American Association of Obstetricians, Gynecologists and Abdominal Surgeons. Besides his professional interests, Dr. Harper was a proud member of the Theta Delta Chi Fraternity and an ardent fisher. Contents Photographs Books, Publications Extent 2 volumes Description Scrapbooks or albums: Two volumes of photographs, signatures, tickets, programs, dance cards, invitations, Commencement material, notices, notes, menus, newspaper clippings, and assorted other memorabilia, from Paul T. Harper's years at Hamilton, 1899-1903. finding aid in Description folder Restrictions None Class Scrapbook Collection: Scrapbook or album of Robert H. Chastney '23 (0000.162.10) Biographical Information Robert Hamilton Chastney graduated from Hamilton College in 1923. At Hamilton, he was a member of the Chi Psi fraternity. He received an M.A. from Columbia in 1926, a Ph.D. from New York University in 1933 and an honorary Doctor of Literature degree from Norwich University in 1958. From 1923 to 1942 he worked at the Townsend High School in New York City, rising to the position of director. Mr. Chastney then spent half a year at Hunter College before becoming principal at Montpelier High School. He retired in 1967. During his life, Mr. Chastney was president of the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the Vermont Mental Health Association, and the New York Classical Club. He was also the coordinator of Vermont Secondary Schools and a trustee of Bethany Congregational Church. Mr. Chastney died on October 21, 1977, at the age of 77. He was survived by his wife, Mary. Contents Photographs, textual records, publications, ephemerae Extent 1 album Description Scrapbook or album: One volume containing photographs, signatures, programs, letters, academic records, schedules, newspaper clippings, dance cards, menus and other memorabilia, from Robert H. Chastney's years at Hamilton, 1919-1923. finding aid in Description folder Restrictions None Class Scrapbook Collection: Scrapbooks or albums of Leon H. Lyons '27 (0000.162.11) Biographical Information Leon H. Lyons was born April 21, 1904, in Huntington, IN, and grew up in Binghamton, NY. At Hamilton College, he was a member of Lambda Xi Sigma, the assistant chapel organist, played cornet in band, managed the College's Symphony Orchestra his senior year, and received the Darling Prize in American History. He graduated from Hamilton in 1927, having majored in history and music. After receiving an M.A. in history from the University of Pennsylvania in 1929, Mr. Lyons taught history and music in public schools and taught organ and piano privately for 35 years. After his retirement from Binghamton's East Junior High School in 1968, he continued to teach privately as the operator of the Lyons Music Studio. During his life, Mr. Lyons worked as a piano technician on weekends and vacations, servicing many pianos in America and Western Europe. This increased an already impressive collection of famous people's signatures. He was also an organist for local churches, the Elks Lodge and the Masonic Temple. As well as being an active Mason, Mr. Lyons was also an honorary commander of Malta Commadery Knights Templar, and composed more than one hundred pieces for piano and organ. Mr. Lyons died on March 7, 1992, in Binghamton, NY, at the age of 87. He was survived by his daughter and two grandchildren, but predeceased by his wife. Contents Photographs, textual records, publications, ephemerae Extent 2 albums Description Scrapbooks or albums: Two volumes containing photographs, including some of his dorm room; signatures, programs; letters; newspaper clippings; postcards; tickets and other memorabilia, from Leon H. Lyons' years at Hamilton, 1923-1927. finding aid in Description folder Restrictions None Class Scrapbook Collection: album of William T. Smyth '44, Gerald F. Dale '43 (0000.162.12) Biographical Information William T. Smyth was born on January 23, 1922 in Pottsville, PA. He came to Hamilton College in 1940 with the intention to practice medicine, and in 1943, because of wartime exigencies, he went to the University of Pennsylvania Medical School under the Navy V-12 program. He was belatedly granted a Hamilton diploma in 1946, the same year he received his M.D. degree. For the next three years he served in the Navy, and was released in 1949 a lieutenant (j.g.). The same year, he married Virginia E. Wigginton in Athens, GA, and pursued a four-year residency in pathology at the University of Iowa. He was then employed as a pathologist at the Veterans Administration hospitals in Iowa City and Albany, NY. In 1959, Dr. Smyth was named assistant director of the Cayuga County Laboratory in Auburn NY, and was a five-year member of the Port Bryon Central School District. In 1968, he was appointed as the pathologist at Saint Vincent Health Center in Erie, PA, a job he kept until a heart attack forced him to retired in 1985. During his life, Dr. Smyth was a woodworker, a member of Erie Symphonic Singers, a deacon of the First Presbyterian Church of the Covenant in Erie and did a great deal of volunteer and mission work. Dr. Smyth died on August 24, 1997, in Erie of lung cancer. He was survived by his wife, his three daughters, his son, his five grandchildren and one of his brothers. Contents Photographs Extent 1 album Description Scrapbook or album: One volume of photographs, and other memorabilia, from William T. Smyth's years at Hamilton, 1940-1943; many of the photos are annotated. Note: Most of the pictures were taken by Gerry Dale. He died in a plane crash in Egypt as a US Air Force pilot--about three months after his marriage and getting his wings-1943 (?). finding aid in Description folder Restrictions None Class Scrapbook Collection: scrapbook or album of Frederic P. Lee 1915 (0000.162.2) Biographical Information Fredric P. Lee was born in Lincoln Neb. on January 6, 1893. He received his Ph. B. from Hamilton College in 1915, his master's degree from Columbia University in 1916 and his law degree from Columbia Law School in 1918. From 1919 to 1923, Mr. Lee served as assistant legislative draftsman of the House, an appointment he received from the 1919 Speaker of the House Champ Clark. In 1923, Mr. Lee was named legislative counsel of the Senate, a post he held until 1930, when he became a member of the private law firm MacCracken & Lee. From 1931 to 1933, Mr. Lee was president of the Montgomery County (Md.) Civic Federation. In 1933, he served as special counsel to the Secretary of Agriculture, and, until 1935, as board member and general counsel of the Federal Alcohol Control Administration. From 1929 to 1935 Mr. Lee was a professor of law at Georgetown University, and in 1935 joined the law firm Alvard and Alvard. In 1949, Mr. Lee was the president of the County Council after being chairman of the charter board for the formation of the local government. In 1950, he joined the law firm Lee, Toomey & Kent, which whom he stayed until his retirement in 1961. From 1946 to his death, he also served as chairman of the advisory council of the National Arboretum and, for part of that time, as director and officer of the American Horticultural Society. During his life, Mr. Lee authored various articles for horticulture magazines and law journals as well as one book, The Azalea Book. Mr. Lee was a member of the bar of New York, the District of Columbia, Maryland, and the United States Supreme Court. He was also a member of the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission and a trustee of Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies and of Hamilton College. Mr. Lee died in the fall of 1968 at the age of 75 of a heart attack. Contents Photographs Books, Publications Extent 1 album Description Scrapbook or album: One volume containing photographs, including some of the faculty at the time with E. Root and E. North; athletic records and programs, delta upsilon memorabilia, newspaper clippings, signatures, and other memorabilia, from Frederic P. Lee's time at Hamilton, 1911-1915. finding aid in Description folder Restrictions None Class Scrapbook Collection: Scrapbook or album of E.D. McLean, 1914 (0000.162.3) Biographical Information Elinas Delavan McLean was born on April 22, 1892, in Binghamton, NY. He graduated from Hamilton College in 1914 with a B. S. While at Hamilton he was a member of the Chi Psi Fraternity. After his graduation, Mr. McLean taught at the Syrian Protestant College in Beirut, Syria, for a year. When he returned to the USA, he worked for the New York Telephone Company until he joined the army. McLean was part of the Signal Battalion during World War I, and traveled to France in 1918. In December of that year, he was injured so severely in a automobile accident that he never could walk unaided again. When he returned to the USA, he was hospitalized, and underwent several major operations. Although his legs remained paralyzed, Mr. McLean excelled at archery and taught it at Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla., for several years. In 1923 he married Anne Huhuy. On October 11, 1937, Mr. McLean died as a direct result of the injuries he sustained during the War. Contents Photographs, textual records, publications, ephemera Extent 1 album Description Scrapbook or album: One volume containing photographs, drawings, signatures, posters, programs, dance cards, athletic event notices, menus and other memorabilia from E.D. McLean's years at Hamilton, 1910-1914. finding aid in Description folder Restrictions None Class Scrapbook Collection: Scrapbook or album of Leon Arthur Davis, 1916 (0000.162.4) Biographical Information Leon Arthur Davis was born on May 25, 1892, in West Winfield, NY. He graduated from Hamilton in 1916 with a B.S. He studied at Cornell University and Syracuse University for postgraduate work. From 1916 to 1918, Mr. Davis taught science in Johnson City. In 1918 he became principle of the Mexico Academy in Mexico, NY, a post he held until 1920, when he became the elementary principal in Little Falls, NY. In the fall of 1921, Mr. Davis became Supervising and District Principal for the Lowville schools, a position that he kept until his retirement on the first of January, 1959. Mr. Davis married Katherine Wheelock in 1917, and they had four children, George R., Katherine, Mary C., and Jane E., who died in January, 1960. He was a member of the Emerson Literary Society at Hamilton, former president of the New York State Teachers Association, former president and charter member of the Kiwanis Club of Lowville, and a member of the Masonic Fraternity. Mr. Davis died on August 29, 1960, in Lowville due to a heart attack. Contents Photographs, textual records, publications, ephemerae Extent 1 album Description Scrapbook or album: One volume containing photographs, including eight pages of Hamilton buildings; signatures; newspaper articles; Emerson Literary Society information; train schedules; academic records, programs and other memorabilia from Leon A. Davis's years at Hamilton, 1912-1916. finding aid in Description folder Restrictions None Class Scrapbook Collection: Scrapbook or album of George E. Norton, 1917 (0000.162.5) Biographical Information George E. Norton was born in 1895, and graduated from Hamilton College in 1917. In 1926, he received his master's degree form Columbia University. During his life, Mr. Norton taught high school, was principal of old Sauquoit Union Free School, and, after helping form the Sauquoit Valley Central School District, was, for 14 years, supervising principal and clerk of the Board of Education. He was also sub-chairman of the Oneida County Heart Fund, a member of the Union Presbyterian Church, and in the State Department of Audit and Control. He died December 5, 1975, in Faxton Hospital, Utica. Contents Photographs, textual records, publications, ephemerae Extent 1 album Description Scrapbook or album: One volume containing photographs; newspaper articles; Hamilton mailings and posters, including a trustee resolution; programs; various religious organization pamphlets and other memorabilia from George E. Norton's years at Hamilton, 1913-1917. finding aid in Description folder Restrictions None Class Scrapbook Collection: Scrapbook or album of Claude H. Thompson '20 (0000.162.6) Biographical Information Claude Henry Thompson was born on March 2, 1898, in Binghamton, NY. He attended Hamilton College from 1916 to 1918, when he transferred to Columbia, from which he received an A.B. in 1920. Until 1924, when Mr. Thompson associated himself with his family business, he worked as a cost accountant and salesman. When Mr. Thompson first began to work in his family business, it was an automobile repair shop. During World War II and later, the Korean War, Mr. Thompson diversified production, and the business sold grommets. During peacetime, C.H. Thompson Co. Inc. made assorted other products. Mr. Thompson stayed with this business until his retirement. Outside of business, Mr. Thompson and his wife (Grace A. Lord, married in 1922, predeceased her husband) were founding members of St. Paul's Episcopal Mission in San Miguelde Allendre, Mexico, where they spent part of each year. Mr. Thompson died on December 13, 1991, at the age of 93. Contents Photographs, textual records, publications, ephemerae Extent 1 album Description Scrapbook or album: One volume containing photographs, some of which are labeled; signatures; newspaper clippings; negatives and other memorabilia from Claude Henry Thompson's years at Hamilton, 1916-1918. Thompson was a member of DKE. finding aid in Description folder Restrictions None Class Scrapbook Collection: Scrapbook or album of Elliot R. Fisk '21 (0000.162.7) Biographical Information Elliot Randall Fisk graduated from Hamilton College in 1921. During his time at Hamilton, he was a member of Psi Upsilon, the Hamiltonian, the Choir, and the Glee Club. After Hamilton, Mr. Fisk became an attorney. He was a fisherman and a hunter, and interested in organic gardening and collecting antiques. Mr. Fisk died on November 6, 1975, at the age of 75. He was survived by his wife Monica and his son John. Contents Photographs, textual records, publications, ephemerae Extent 1 album Description Scrapbook or album: One volume containing photographs, signatures, newspaper clippings, tickets, programs, and other memorabilia from Elliot Randall Fisk's years at Hamilton, 1917-1921. finding aid in Description folder Restrictions None Class Scrapbook Collection: Scrapbook or album of Francis M. Durkee '24 (0000.162.8) Biographical Information Francis Munger Durkee graduated from Hamilton College with B.S. in 1924. He died in Washington, DC in 1954. Contents Photographs, textual records, publications, ephemerae Extent 1 album Description Scrapbook or album: One volume containing photographs, signatures, programs, letters, newspaper clippings, dance cards, menus, tickets and other memorabilia, from Francis M. Durkee's years at Hamilton, 1920-1924. finding aid in Description folder Restrictions None Class Scrapbook Collection: Scrapbook or album of Harry D. Yates '25 (0000.162.9) Biographical Information Harry D. Yates was born on July 21, 1903, in Buffalo, NY. At Hamilton, he was president of his class and of his house. He received a B.S. from Hamilton College in 1925, after which he moved to Buffalo and worked for Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. In 1932 he moved to Albany to become state comptroller, a post he held until he was drafted as a private in World War II in 1942. A year later, he was commissioned as an officer in the Adjutant General's Corps. In 1944, while he was on leave from his post in Washington, DC, Mr. Yates married Anita Pohndorff. When he was released from active duty in 1945, Mr. Yates took up residence in and served as president, treasurer, and general secretary for Dutch Village, a garden apartment complex in Menands that he had helped create while he was deputy state comptroller. In 1951, he became a trustee for Home Savings Bank, and a decade later its president, an office he held until 1968 when he became the chairman of the board. Also in the late 50s, Mr. Yates helped Grace Root set up the Edward W. Root Art Center in honor of her husband, and during his time as alumni trustee for Hamilton College (1965-1971), Mr. Yates helped her organize the foundation to care for Root Glen. During his life, he was a trustee of Albany Institute of History and Art and of Siena College and of Hamilton College. He received such awards as the membership into the Knights of Malta (1972), the Distinguished Service Award from the Episcopal Bishop of Albany (1973) and an honorary L.H.D. from Siena College (1972). Mr. Yates died on October 9, 1996, in his home in Menands at the age of 93. Contents Textual records (letters, mss.), publications, ephemerae Extent 1 album Description Scrapbook or album: One volume containing newspaper clippings, schoolwork, programs, notes, letters, menus, schedules, tickets and other memorabilia, from Harry D. Yates's years at Hamilton, 1921-1925. finding aid in Description folder Restrictions None Root, Edward W.: Philip Hooker Book Research Material Collection (0000.163) Biographical Information E.W. Root (1884-1956) H.C. Class of 1905; A.M., 1908; L.H.D., 1952; Harvard Law (1907-8) Lecturer in Art (H.C.), 1920-40 Consultant in Art (Munson-Williams-Proctor Inst.) 1949-56 Contents Photographs Extent 1 Folio Description Research material related to book on Philip Hooker's architecture photographs and photostatic copies of Hooker architecture Restrictions None North, Edward, Papers (0000.164) Biographical Information Professor of Classics at H.C. Edward North was born in Berlin, CT, on 9 March, 1820, and died in Clinton, NY, on 13 September, 1903. North, nephew of college president Simeon North, graduated from Hamilton College as valedictorian of the class of 1841. After serving as principal of Clinton Grammar School, he became professor of ancient languages at Hamilton College in December, 1843. He was appointed Robinson Professor of Greek in 1863, a position he held until he resigned in 1901. North received the degree of A.M. from Brown University in 1844, an L.H.D. from the regents of the State of New York in 1869, and an LL.D. from the trustees of Colgate University in 1887. A dedicated educator, North served as president of the New York State Teachers' Association in 1865 and as a trustee of Clinton Grammar School from 1852 until his death. Known as "Old Greek," North was a devoted teacher a member of the Hamilton College community. In addition to his brief service as acting president of Hamilton College (1891-1892), North was a trustee from 1881 until his death in 1903. He also corresponded frequently with his former students, prepared the annual college catalogue, and was the first to prepare accurate obituary records for Hamilton College alumni. Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Photographs Extent 2 Boxes; 1 drawer Description mss. of articles and books; scrapbooks; photographs Restrictions None Bookplate Drawings (H.C. Seal), H.C. Library (0000.165) Biographical Information N/A Contents Prints, Paintings, Drawings Extent 1 Folio Description drawings for H.C. Library bookplates (college seal) Restrictions None Grand Gift Concert by Junior Class (19th Century) Poster (0000.166) Biographical Information N/A Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 Item Description Poster of Grand Gift Concert by the Junior Class Restrictions None program for 1812 and All That! (0000.166) Biographical Information Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 sheet Description 1 legal-sized program for "A Cultural-Traditional-Pastoral Light Opera in Two Acts: 1812 and All That! (Utilizing the actual texts of the original Charter and By-laws of Hamilton College--plus other documents related to its founding." People said to be involved in production: William Wyler, Grace Metalious, Jack Kerouac '51, Silliman, Jacques Letzelter, Jon Mattingly, Jalon Rudd, Harry Kessler, Dr. Evans, Casey Stengel '22. Act 1: H-O Acad., 1794; Act 2: Alpha Swigma Phi, 1961 Restrictions Morris, Hobart L., Papers (0000.167) Biographical Information (1899-1967); H.C. Class of 1922; Oneida Co., surrogate judge Hobart L. Morris was born in Utica NY on 2 July, 1899 and died in Utica NY on 27 July, 1967. After graduating from Hamilton College with the class of 1922, Morris graduated from Columbia Law School in 1928. A noted Utica attorney, he became a surrogate judge for Oneida County in 1937. Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Books, Publications Photographs Extent 1 Box Description law lecture notes; yearbooks (1920, 1923); photographs Restrictions None Publications, Kirkland College (0000.168) Biographical Information N/A Contents Photographs Extent 4 Flat boxes; 6 Folios Description mechanical layouts, art and proofs for K.C. publications Restrictions None Krensky, Diane, Drawings (0000.169) Biographical Information H.C. Class of 1981 Contents Prints, Paintings, Drawings Extent 1 Folio Description drawings made by Diane Krensky for art class at H.C. Restrictions None Henry T. Maijgren Papers (0000.17) Biographical Information Pres. Electro-Surgical Instruments Co. of Rochester H.C. VP Investments H.C.Trustee H.C. Class of 1932 Henry T. Maijgren was born in Rochester, NY in 1909 and died in Clinton, NY on 4 December 1971. He attended Hamilton College (A.B., 1932) and University of Pennsylvania (M.B.A., 1934). Maijgren was on the investment staff of the University of Rochester until 1957, rising to Assistant Treasurer. He then joined Franklin Cole & Co. and later Vice President of the Bank of New York. In 1966 he assumed the presidency of Electro-Surgical Instrument Co. A year before his death he became the Vice President for Investments at Hamilton College. Maijgren was also a trustee of Hamilton College, 1963 - 65 and 1969 - 71. Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Books, Publications Extent 1 Box Description trustee and VP material on Investments, and other college documents: Contains Board of Trustees material (investment, endowment, The Kirkland Fund, meeting minutes, Minor Fund) of the periods he served as a trustee and Vice President; assorted papers regarding Bank of New York; information on the H.C. Survey on Admissions (1939), Curriculum (1940), Student Personnel Administration (1944). Restrictions None Gill, Thomas, Drawings (0000.170) Biographical Information H.C. Class of 1979 D.V.M., Cornell U. Contents Prints, Paintings, Drawings Extent 1 Folio Description drawings made by Thomas Gill for art class at H.C. Restrictions None Paine, John A., Papers (0000.171) Biographical Information H.C. Class of 1859 Archaeologist, Palestine Exploration Society Curator, Dept. of Casts, Metropolitan Museum of Art John Alsop Paine was born in Newark, NJ, on 14 January, 1840 and died 24 July, 1912. Paine earned his bachelor's degree from Hamilton College in 1859 and was subsequently awarded an A.M. in 1862 and an honorary Ph.D. in 1874. After graduating from Hamilton with the class of 1859, Paine graduated from the Andover Theological Seminary in 1862 and was later ordained as a Congregationalist minister in 1867. From 1862 to 1867, Paine was employed by the Regents of the University of the State of New York to enlarge a previously published volume on the botany of Central New York. In 1867, he was appointed chair of Natural Science at Robert College in Constantinople. He returned to the United States in 1870 to serve as professor of Natural History and the German Language at Lake Forest University in Illinois. In 1872, Paine was appointed archaeologist to the first expedition sent by the Palestine Exploration Society to survey the area east of the River Jordan and the Dead Sea, an expedition which lasted two years. Paine later worked as the editor and publisher of the Journal of Christian Philosophy (1882), and became curator for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1889. He held that position until his retirement in 1906, but was subsequently elected as an honorary fellow of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 Box Description mss. of Biblical and Classical books and articles Restrictions None Couper, Edgar W., Papers (0000.172) Biographical Information (1899-1988) H.C. Class of 1920 Trustee (H.C.) Chancellor, University of the State of New York Edgar Williams Couper was born in Boonville, NY, on 14 February, 1899, and died in Binghamton, NY, on 17 January, 1988. After graduating from Hamilton College as the salutatorian of the class of 1920, Couper joined the insurance firm Nelson, Wadsworth, and Alexander. He eventually became president of the company, which had been re-named Couper-Ackerman-Sampson. After leaving the insurance business in 1954, he became the President of the First-City National Bank of Binghamton, eventually becoming Chairman in 1970. Couper was also devoted to education. He was elected to the New York State Board of Regents in 1951, serving as vice-chancellor from 1957-1961 and chancellor from 1961 until his retirement in 1968. During his time as chancellor, he was instrumental in the establishment of Harpur College, which would later serve as the nucleus of the State University of New York at Binghamton. A fifth-generation Hamiltonian, Couper received an honorary LL.D. from Hamilton in 1953. He served Hamilton College as a charter trustee from 1937-1951 and from 1968-1969. Couper was appointed trustee emeritus in 1969, a position he held until his death in 1988. Contents citations; medals; scrapbook Extent 1 Box; 1 item Description Honorary degree citations; medallions; scrapbook. See also class file (0000.182.13), which also includes a memoir by Esther Couper (Mrs. Edgar W. Couper) containing genealogical information and reminiscences of growing up in Clinton in the early 20th century. Restrictions None Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von, Print (copy) (0000.173) Biographical Information (1759-1805) German playwright Contents Prints, Paintings, Drawings Extent 1 framed item Description framed copy of print of Schiller Restrictions None Campus Map, 1960 (Printer's Block) (0000.174) Biographical Information N/A Contents printer's block Extent 1 item Description printer's block of 1960 campus map Restrictions None Class of 1866 in 1869 (framed photographs) (0000.175) Biographical Information N/A Contents Photographs Extent 1 framed item Description framed photographs of members of the H.C. Class of 1866 in 1869 Restrictions None Clinton, NY (framed copy of lithograph) (0000.176) Biographical Information N/A Contents Prints, Paintings, Drawings Extent 1 framed item Description framed copy of lithograph of aerial view of Clinton, NY Restrictions None Financial Records, H.C.: 1850-1973 (0000.177) Biographical Information N/A Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 5 Shelves Description vouchers, budget records, ledgers, treasurer's reports, statements: 1850-1973 Restrictions None Time Capsule Collection; boxes from 1865, 1871, 1873, 1877-79, 1884-87 (0000.178) Biographical Information N/A Contents Books, Publications Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Ephemera Extent 3 Boxes Description 19th century time capsules: 178.1: partially opened box from 1877 (contains papers); partially opened box from 1885, opened completely by Frank Sciacca's sophomore seminar on 2/9/06: contains Mumm champagne bottle, 2 Utica newspapers, 4 Hamilton College publications (see list in Descriptions). 178.2: folders containing contents from 1865 (publications, ephemera) and 1884 (singed Algebra and coffin handles rescued from class of 1885's "Burning of the Algebra"); unopened boxes from 1886 and 1878. 178.3: unopened boxes from 1871, 1873, 1879, and 1887. Restrictions None Dale, T. Nelson, Papers: 1890-1916 (0000.179) Biographical Information Professor of Geology, Williams College US Geological Survey, Dept. of Interior Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 Box Description correspondence regarding geology samples and surveys to U.S.G.S., universitites, and research institutions Restrictions None William Washington Farwell Papers (0000.18) Biographical Information H.C. Class of 1837 Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois Professorof Equity Jurisprudence and Practice, Union College of Law (later Northwestern Univ.), Chicago William Washington Farwell was born in Morrisville, NY, on 5 January, 1817, and died on 3 April, 1894 in Chicago, IL. After graduating with the Hamilton College class of 1837, Farwell studied law under O.P. Granger of Morrisville and with Polter and Spaulding of Buffalo, NY. He was admitted to the New York State bar in 1841 and, after practicing law in Morrisville from 1850-1854, Granger moved his practice to Chicago. He was appointed judge for the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, in June 1870, a position he held for nine years. From 1880 until his death in 1894, Granger served as professor of equity, jurisprudence, and practice in the Chicago Union College of Law, which would later become Northwestern University. Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Photographs Extent 11 letters, 1 photograph Description personal letters 1848 -- 1862 (bulk 1848 -- 50) describes trip to California photograph of W.W. Farwell This collection contains correspondences primarily from W.W. Farewell to his father, brother, and a friend during the 1840s and 50s, including W.W. Farewell's journey to California during the Gold Rush. Also included is a photograph of W.W. Farwell and a map of the route he took to California. Restrictions None Jervis, Jane, Papers: Divestment Movement at Hamilton College: 1986-1987 (0000.180) Biographical Information Dean of Students at H.C. Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Books, Publications Extent 1 Box Description Divestment protests at H.C. by students; suspension of protesters; lawsuit against President J. Martin Carovano and Dean Jane Jervis; 1986-1987 Restrictions None Applications for Admission: 1950s, 60s, 70s, 1982-85 (0000.181) Biographical Information N/A Contents microfilm Extent 1 Large Box Description Applications for admission to H.C., 1950s, 60s, 70s (incomplete), 82-85 (complete) on microfilm Restrictions FERPA Alumni Biographical Material Files Collection (0000.182) Biographical Information N/A Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Books, Publications Ephemera Photographs Extent 32 drawers Description Biographical Material of H.C. graduates 1814 -- Present : including Gerrit Smith 1818, A.D. Gridley 1839 (letters re. S.Kirkland's cottage and portrait), George Hastings 1826 (letter re. congressional politics), members of Root family, etc. Restrictions FERPA Johnson, Alexander Bryan, Papers: 1815 - 1875 (0000.183) Biographical Information (1786 -1867) Banker, economist, semanticist, and philosopher, of Utica, NY H.C. Class of 1832 Alexander Bryan Johnson was born on 29 May, 1786 in Gosport, England and died in Utica, NY on 9 September, 1867. Johnson came to Utica from England with only a grammar school education in 1801 to join his father's trading business. After establishing a glass factory in Geneva, NY in 1810, Johnson used the capital he had earned to move to New York City to invest in bank stocks and study banking methods. When the fighting of the War of 1812 threatened New York City, Johnson returned to Utica where he married Abigail Louisa Adams, granddaughter of former United States President John Adams in 1814. He served as the manager of the Utica Insurance Company (1815-1819) and was appointed president of the Ontario Bank Branch (1819) before being named director of the Bank of Utica. Johnson took an interest in law and was admitted to the bar in 1833, though he never actively practiced. He was also involved in politics, serving as a delegate to the Baltimore Convention in 1835, the result of which was the re-nomination of Martin Van Buren for president. He was awarded an honorary degree by Hamilton College in 1832. Along with his talent for banking and law, Johnson was a noted philosopher and semanticist. Though his theories were mostly ignored during his lifetime, his work evidences his anticipation of the concerns of modern linguistic philosophy and logical positivism. A prolific writer on all matters that interested him, Johnson published several treatises during his life, including, "The Nature of Value, Capital, etc." (1818); "The Philosophy of Human Knowledge" (1828); "Treatise on Language" (1836); "Religion in Relation to the Present Life" (1840); "The Meaning of Words Analyzed" (1854);" Physiology of the Senses" (1856); "An Encyclopedia of Instruction" (1857); and a "Guide to Right Understanding of our American Union" (1857). Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 2 file cabinet drawers Description Correspondence relating to banking and business history of NY and to Johnson's scholarly activities; correspondence and other papers of the Johnson and Adams families, including letters of John Quincy Adams; and Johnson's unpublished autobiography Restrictions None Davis, Henry, Correspondence: 1817 - 1833 (also Treadwell and Maltbie) (0000.184) Biographical Information (1771 - 1852) Clergy and President of Middlebury and Hamilton (1817 - 1833) Colleges Henry Davis was born in East Hampton, NY, on 15 September, 1771 and died in Clinton, NY, on 8 March, 1852. A classical scholar and preacher, Davis graduated from Yale College in 1796. After working as a tutor for Williams College and Yale College, Davis was appointed professor of classics at Union College. In 1806 he became the second president of Middlebury College, a position he held until he agreed to become the second president of Hamilton College in 1816. Davis was an unpopular president. His time at Hamilton College was characterized by continuous struggles between himself and the Board of Trustees that lasted more than ten years and nearly resulted in the collapse of Hamilton. In addition to fulfilling his duties as president of Hamilton, Davis was instrumental in the establishment of the Auburn Theological Seminary in 1818. After Davis resigned his presidency in 1832, he wrote a book on Hamilton's turmoil, "A Narrative of the Embarrassments and Decline of Hamilton College," published in 1833. Davis continued to attempt to impose his ideas on college policies by attending meetings of the Board of Trustees until his death in 1852. Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 drawer Description Correspondence relating to H.C. affairs; related collection in same drawer includes Thomas Treadwell papers, Maltbie family papers, and an original "Constitution of the State of New York" April 22, 1777 Restrictions None Civil War Letters Collection: William H. Walling (0000.185.1) Biographical Information William H. Walling (grandfather of William H. Walling, class of 1917) b. Sept. 3, 1830, Hartford, NY; d. June 16, 1912, buried in Potsdam, NY. Had a grade school education. Entered U.S. Army from Folly Island, SC. Captain, Company C, 142nd NY Infantry. Awarded Medal of Honor for his actions at Fort Fisher, NC, on Dec. 25, 1864 (medal issued March 28, 1892). "During the bombardment of the fort by the fleet, captured and brought the flag of the fort, the flagstaff having been shot down." He apparently went across enemy lines, climbed a parapet, took the Confederate garrison flag and brought it back to the Union side--U.S. still lost the battle. see www.usa-patriotism.com/tribute/moh/cw_wy.htm Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 3 binders Description correspondence and journals of Civil War Soldiers: William H. Walling Restrictions None Civil War Letters Collection: Rush P. Cady (0000.185.2) Biographical Information Cady, Rush P. (H.C. Class of 1862) Rush Palmer Cady was born in Clocksville, NY, on 1 December, 1841 and died 24 July, 1863, in Gettysburg, PA. Cady came to Hamilton College as a sophomore in 1859, joining the class of 1862. When the Civil War began, he made several attempts to join the Union Army, finally succeeding in late 1861. In February, 1862, Cady was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in the 97th New York Volunteers, and was promoted to 1st lieutenant after his regiment fought in the Battle of Fredericksburg in September, 1862. The 97th infantry played an important role in the first day of fighting in the Battle of Gettysburg (1 July, 1863). Due to the deaths of his senior officers, Cady became the officer in command of his regiment during the battle until he was wounded and had to be removed from the battlefield. Cady succumbed to his injury three weeks later. Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 drawer Description correspondence of Civil War soldier Rush P. Cady; dates: 1/3/1863, 1/11/63, 1/19/63, 1/24/63, 1/29/63, 2/6/63, 2/12/63, 2/20/63, 3/3/63, 3/11/63, 3/22/63, 3/27/63, 4/4/63, 4/10/63, 4/8/63, 4/14/63, 4/20/63, 4/25/63, 4/26/63, 5/1/63, 5/1/63 (Part II) , 5/9/63, 5/16/63, 5/23/63, 5/24/63, 6/2/63, 6/8/63, 7/10/63, 7/ /63-Confederate prisoner of war parole, 7/20/63-telegram, 7/23/63, 9/28/63 (from a friend) , undated poem written by Nettie Arnold after Cady's death (7/24/63) Restrictions None Civil War Letters Collection: Diary of Dr. Charles S. Hoyt (0000.185.3) Biographical Information Hoyt, Charles S. (father of Charles S. Hoyt of the H.C. Class of 1877) Charles Sumner Hoyt, Jr., was born in Meridian, NY, on 30 May, 1856 and died in Oak Park, IL, on 28 January, 1903. Hoyt graduated from Hamilton College as a member of the class of 1877. After teaching Latin at Princeton Preparatory School in 1878, Hoyt entered Auburn Theological Seminary. After two years, he accepted a tutorship at Robert College in Constantinople, but returned to graduate from the seminary in 1884. Hoyt served in the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Chicago, before becoming pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Oak Park in 1888. In addition to his duties as pastor, Hoyt served as superintendent of schools for Oak Park. After being awarded a D.D. by Hamilton College in 1900, Hoyt, a prolific poet and writer, published "The Octave of Life" in 1902. Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 folder Description photocopy of journal of Civil War surgeon of the 126th NY volunteers, Charles S. Hoyt, transcribed by Jean Hoyt Smith, his daughter, of Bristol Road, Clinton. Original is part of the Hoyt Family Papers at Cornell University: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMM01812.html Restrictions None (requests for permissions must be sent to Cornell U.) Hamilton College Correspondence: 1809-1874 (0000.186) Biographical Information N/A Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 4 drawers Description Official correspondence and records of Hamilton College by the Trustees and Officers: 1809 -- 1874 Restrictions None Letters and Memorabilia; Miscellaneous Correspondence and Material (0000.187) Biographical Information N/A Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Ephemera Books, Publications Extent 5 drawers Description Miscellaneous correspondence and material; includes Samuel Hopkins Adams, George H. Brinkerhoff, Alexander C. Soper, Von Steuben Added 7/9/02: signature of John Adams; letter from a 19th century Alexander Hamilton; Metamorphosis, a late 18th or early 19th century hand-drawn manuscript of a harlequinade; Phi Beta Kappa keys; Portuguese document signed by Armando de la Palma y Parduzco (see Letters and Memorabilia in G:\Holdings\Archive Listing\Indices of Misc. Collections) Restrictions None Root Family Papers (0000.188) Biographical Information Edward W. Root H.C. '1905 (1884-1956) Elihu Root H.C. '1864 Oren Root, Sr. (Class of 1833), Prof. of Mathematics, Astronomy, and Mineralogy at H.C. (1834 -- 1837; 1849 -- 1881) Oren Root, Jr. (Class of 1856), Prof. of Mathematic at H.C. (1880 -- 1907) Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1drawer Description includes folders of Edward W. Root memorabilia; information on the Homestead, the Root or Grant house, and the Elihu Root Jr. house; Elihu Root; family correspondence; added 7/06: 2 books belonging to Oren Root (class of 1833)--Treatise on the Construction, Properties, and Analogies of the Three Conic Sections, by the Rev. B. Bridge; and a bound collection of catalogues and other college publications, mostly from Hamilton College. Restrictions None Judson -- Dean Family Papers: 1794 -- 1932 (0000.189) Biographical Information James Dean was born in Groton, CT, in August, 1748, and died 10 September, 1823, in Westmoreland, NY. Adopted by the Oneida Indian tribe at age 12, he became fluent in the tribe's language. Dean graduated from Dartmouth in 1773 and worked as an interpreter for the Boston Board. After serving as an Indian Agent for the Continental Congress, Dean became involved with the establishment of the Hamilton-Oneida Academy and acted as a negotiator with the local Indian tribes. Dean was appointed as a trustee and, along with Samuel Kirkland and Ebenezer Caulkins, selected the first 6-8 Indian boys who would become pupils at the Hamilton-Oneida Academy. Dean later served as Treasurer of Hamilton College. Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Maps, Plans Extent 1 Drawer Description correspondence, ms. material, deeds, programs, journals, clippings, genealogies of Joslyn, Dean, Hills, and Cole, map of the farm of James Dean, 1819. Journals by S. Sheldon Judson, 1873-1907; Helen Dean Judson, 1874-1883. Correspondents include Lucinda Dean, her daughters Mary Dean Ryan, Louise, Ellen Dean Graham, & Susan Wells, David Wells, Lucinda's niece Annette Robbins, Lucinda's sisters H. Griffin & Betsy Morrison Williams, Samuel Sheldon Norton, Sr., Ard Judson, Daniel Judson, Edward Gladstone, William Dean, James Dean, C.S. Judson, her daughter Hattie, A.C. Schraam, S.S. Judson, E. Frost, Talmon Frost, Cornelia E. Frost, G. Mills Restrictions None Darling -- Ibbotson Papers (0000.19) Biographical Information A.F. Darling and Henry Darling are the grandparents of Joseph Darling Ibbotson, Professor of English and Hebrew, Librarian of the College. A.F. Darling Ibbotson and Henry Ibbotson are the parents of Joseph Darling Ibbotson, Sr., who married Mary Dunscomb; their son Joseph Darling Ibbotson, Jr., was Class of 1890 at Hamilton College, and later Professor of English and Hebrew and Librarian at the College. Joseph Darling Ibbotson, Jr.'s necrology is published in the Alumni Review: vol. XVII July 1952 No. 5 p. 228. Additional information and correspondence by Professor Ibbotson are located in the Class of 1890 file (Hamilton College Archives). Included in this file is a Journal Entry by Henry Ibbotson of his travels from New York City to Buffalo. Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1/2 Box Description personal correspondences, 1822 -- 1851: Contains correspondence primarily among A.F. Darling Ibbotson, Thomas Darling, Sr. (father of A.F. Darling Ibbotson), and Henry Ibbotson (husband of A.F. Darling Ibbotson). Additional senders and receivers include: A.F. Darling Ibbotson's brothers, Thomas, Jr., and Joseph F.; A.F. Darling Ibbotson's sisters, Clara, Susan, and Henrietta; and A.F. Darling Ibbotson's mother, Frances. Restrictions None Kirkland, Samuel, Papers: 1763 -- 1807 (0000.190) Biographical Information (1741 -- 1808) Missionary to Oneida Indians and founder of the Hamilton-Oneida Academy and Hamilton College Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 2 drawers Description Correspondence, diaries, fragment of an autobiography (1764-65), and census of Six Nations (1789). Some of the letters are in the Oneida and Mohawk languages. Correspondents include James Bowdoin, Joseph Brant, Israel Chapin, Henry Knox, Andrew Oliver, Timothy Pickering, Philip Schuyler, ... Peter Thatcher, the Rev. Stephen West, Eleazer Wheelock, Edward Wigglesworth, and Joseph Willard. Also S. Kirkland Correspondence: Miscellaneous, Fragmentary, and Undated; Lothrop-Pickering Papers (Papers of S. Kirkland deposited in the Library by Thornton K. Lothrop); Sermons and other documents; Letters in the Iroquois language (dated and undated) Restrictions None Hamilton, Alexander, Collection (0000.191) Biographical Information Secretary of the Treasury 1755-1804 Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 drawer Description signatures, correspondence, assorted material. Letters to L'Hommedieu (mentions Burr), Updike, Ludlum[?]. Notes. Provisional list of officers (0000.191.2: list recommended by Alexander Hamilton, asked for by John Adams when he thought he would need to reconstitute continental army to go to war against France; between 1797 and 1801). Original manuscript of Hamilton's "Brief on the Trespass Act" (Rutgers vs. Waddington), also negatives, photostat. Plea to NY Mayors Court. 2 framed signatures (1 on a Treasury Dept. receipt). 1854 New York Observer. 3 copies of Alexander Hamilton Biography Calendar for 1939. Restrictions None Hamilton, Alexander, Stamps Bearing the Portrait of (0000.192) Biographical Information Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury Contents Stamps Extent 1 Item (Binder) Description Stamps bearing the portrait of Alexander Hamilton Restrictions None Paine, John A., Collection of Ancient Greek and Roman Coins (0000.193) Biographical Information H.C. Class of 1859 Archaeologist, Palestine Exploration Society Curator, Dept. of Casts, Metropolitan Museum of Art Contents Coins Extent 1 Small Box Description 32 coins; Ancient Greece: 500 B.C.E. -- 204 B.C.E. Roman: 300 B.C.E. -- 337 C.E. Restrictions Authorization by Archivist required Medallion Collection (0000.194) Biographical Information N/A Contents Medallions Extent 1 Sm Box Description 32 coins many appear to have belonged to Elihu Root Restrictions Authorization by Archivist required Vignaud, Henry, Papers (0000.195) Biographical Information Secretary, Embassy of the U.S., Paris Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 7 Boxes Description Proessional Correspondence Restrictions None Palmer, William C., Papers (0000.196) Biographical Information Artist-in-Residence, H.C. D.F.A. (Hon.), H.C., 1975 School of Art, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Director Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.); Books, Publications; Drawings Extent 14 Boxes; 1 Folio Description lecture notes, correspondence, roll book, exhibition catalogs, sketchbooks, slides, art publications, income tax information Also materials in alumni biographical files (1975), including videotape (VHS). Restrictions 1 item is restricted under FERPA (roll book in 0000.196.1) Penney, James, Papers (0000.197) Biographical Information 1910-1982 B.F.A., University of Kansas, 1931 Professor of Art at H.C.: 1956-1976 Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.); publications; printing plate Extent 1 Box Description personal correspondence, exhibition catalogs, clippings, printing plate, newspaper articles Restrictions None Patterson, Robert L., Papers (0000.198) Biographical Information Contents Books, Publications; some correspondence Extent 2 Boxes Description Philosophy and Religious Studies professional journals and texts; History of Washington County, Pennsylvania; some correspondence Restrictions None Banner, Hamilton College (1922) (0000.199) Biographical Information N/A Contents Banner Extent 1 Item Description Hamilton College Banner from 1922, felt Restrictions None Wallace B. Johnson Papers, 1899-1965 (0000.2) Biographical Information H.C. Administrator H.C. Class of 1915 Wallace Bradley Johnson was born in Utica, NY on 13 September 1892 and died in Clinton, NY on 29 August 1967, a Hamilton College graduate of the class of 1915 (Ph.B.). He was also graduated from Utica Free Academy and received an honorary L.H.D. from Hamilton in 1962. He attended Harvard Business School for a year before serving as an ambulance driver for the French Army and from 1918-20 an ensign in the U.S. Navy (Intelligence), then a reporter for the Utica Daily Press. He returned to Hamilton in 1922 where he served as Field Secretary for the Admissions Office, Director of Admissions, Registrar, and Secretary of the College. Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 Box Description personal and professional correspondence Restrictions None Philip Rogers Papers (0000.20) Biographical Information Hamilton College class of 1930 (AB and MA), Hamilton College faculty 1937-1967, chairman of Biology Dept., professor emeritus Contents Books, Publications Extent 1 Box Description thesis, dissertation, and articles by Rogers; other publications Restrictions None Freshman Beanie: 1929-1930 (0000.200) Biographical Information N/A Contents Beanie Extent 1 Item Description Freshman Beanie: 1929-30 Restrictions None Pennant, Hamilton College (0000.201) Biographical Information N/A Contents Pennant Extent 1 Item Description Hamilton College Pennant Restrictions None Delta Sigma Rho -- Tau Kappa Alpha at H.C., Decree Establishing Society (0000.202) Biographical Information fraternity at Hamilton College Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 Item Description Restrictions None Chi Psi Seal Plaques (0000.203) Biographical Information fraternity Contents Plaque Extent 2 Items Description Wooden Plaque of Chi Psi seal Restrictions None Hamilton College Seal Plaques, other memorabilia from R.H. Chastney '23 (0000.204) Biographical Information N/A Contents Plaque Extent 5 Items Description 2 Hamilton College Seal Plaques, metal on wood; one HAMILTON sticker, one Hamilton paper banner with seal; one "Beat Union" pin Restrictions None Armbands with Letter "H" (0000.205) Biographical Information N/A Contents Armbands Extent 2 Items Description Armabnds with the letter "H" Restrictions None Root, Edward W., Academic Hood (0000.206) Biographical Information E.W. Root (1884-1956) H.C. Class of 1905; A.M., 1908; L.H.D., 1952; Harvard Law (1907-8) Lecturer in Art (H.C.), 1920-40 Consultant in Art (Munson-Williams-Proctor Inst.) 1949-56 Contents Academic Hood Extent 1 Item Description Academic Hood, belonged to Edward W. Root Restrictions None George Watson's College Plaque (0000.207) Biographical Information Contents Plaque Extent 1 Item Description George Watson's College Plaque Restrictions None Ambulance Used in World War II, Plaque from the (0000.208) Biographical Information N/A Contents Ephemera Extent 1 item Description Ambulance Used in World War II, Plaque from the Restrictions None Scroll with Greek Writing (modern) (0000.209) Biographical Information N/A Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 item Description scroll with greek writing Restrictions None Rogers Estate Papers (0000.21) Biographical Information Hamilton College class of 1930 (AB and MA), Hamilton College faculty 1937-1967, chairman of Biology Dept., professor emeritus; sold house and gave land to college in 1994 (Rogers Estate, formerly Hawthorn Farm); father Charles B. Rogers, class of 1887, was an educator in Clinton Contents Books, Publications Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Photographs Prints, Paintings, Drawings Maps, Plans Ephemera Sound Recordings Extent 4 boxes Description Box 1: WW I and II newspaper clippings Box 2: scrapbook, receipts, art prints, magazines--'20s & '30s, 1879 sermon Box 3: photographs, correspondence, schoolwork of A. Fitzpatrick & P. Rogers Box 4: 2 records, correspondence, articles, photographs, travel guides Restrictions None Hamilton-Oneida Academy Building, Artifacts from (0000.210) Biographical Information built 1794, razed 1830 Contents Ephemera Extent 1 item Description Artifacts from the Hamilton-Oneida Academy Building (from excavations at the stone memorial of Academy building, summer, 1993): pieces of clay pipe, blue glazed pottery, square nails. Restrictions Authorization by Archivist required Tesoro de la Lengua Castellana O Espanola (0000.211) Biographical Information N/A Contents Books, Publications Extent 1 Volume Description Book Restrictions None Johnson, Wallace B: locked book belonged to (0000.212) Biographical Information H.C. Administrator H.C. Class of 1915 Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 Volume Description Johnson, Wallace B: locked book belonged to Restrictions None Holy Bible, published 1826 (0000.213) Biographical Information N/A Contents Books, Publications Extent 1 Volume Description Holy Bible, published 1826 Restrictions Authorization by Archivist required Greek-English Lexicon (0000.214) Biographical Information N/A Contents Books, Publications Extent 2 Volumes Description Greek-English Lexicon Restrictions None Alaska Boundary Tribunal: Protocols, Oral Arguments, Award of the Tribunal and Opinions of its Members (0000.215) Biographical Information N/A Contents Books, Publications Extent 1 Volume Description Alaska Boundary Tribunal: Protocols, Oral Arguments, Award of the Tribunal and Opinions of its Members Restrictions None AEO Lightbulb Sent to Samuel H. Adams (0000.216) Biographical Information N/A Contents Lightbulb Extent 1 Item Description Lightbulb--AEO: Theodore W. Case sent this lightbulb made 5/29/1929 to S.H. Adams on 6/11/1931 Restrictions None Compact, Silver, with H.C. Seal (0000.217) Biographical Information N/A Contents Compact Extent 1 item Description Restrictions Authorization by Archivist required Pentagon Pin of Alexander Thompson (0000.218) Biographical Information H.C. Class of 1906 Pentagon is the Senior Class Society at H.C. Contents Pin Extent 1 item Description Restrictions None Horace Villa, Unknown Object labeled (0000.219) Biographical Information N/A Contents Object Extent 1 item Description Restrictions None Hamilton College Concert Programs -- Choral: 1950s and 1960s (0000.22) Biographical Information N/A Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 Box Description Bulletins of Choral Concerts under the direction of Prof. Baldwin, 1950s and 1960s Restrictions None Noyes, Josiah, Engraving Printing Block with image of (0000.220) Biographical Information Prof. at H.C.: 1812-30 Contents Engraving Printing Block Extent 1 item Description Restrictions None Metal Strip with Decorative Design (0000.221) Biographical Information N/A Contents Object Extent 1 item Description Restrictions None Homestead, Square Nails from Renovation of the, 1986 (0000.222) Biographical Information The Anderson-Connell Alumni Center, b.1802 - President's mansion, 1813-1866 - renovated in 1986 Contents Objects Extent 1 item Description Restrictions None Clark Prize Exhibition, Engraving Printing Plate (0000.223) Biographical Information Public Speaking Prize Contents Object Extent 1 item Description Restrictions None 1912 Centennial, Cigar from (to be opened 2012) (0000.224) Biographical Information N/A Contents Object Extent 1 item Description Cigar from 1912 Centennial (to be opened 2012) Restrictions None Paine, Howard S., Collection of Chips of Stone (0000.225) Biographical Information H.C. Class of 1878 Contents Objects Extent 1 item Description Restrictions None Seals, Cuts of (engraving blocks: Seal and Campus Views) (0000.226) Biographical Information N/A Contents Objects Extent 1 item Description Restrictions None Kirner, Stephen: Navy Medals and Insigne (0000.227) Biographical Information 1931-1958 H.C. Class of 1952 Ph.D., Cornell University, 1956 Navy Parasitologist died in car accident, Haulien, Formosa (Taiwan) Contents Objects Extent 1 Item Description Navy medals and insigne (Lt. j.g.) Restrictions None Cutter, Palmer, Collection of Hamilton Memorabilia (0000.228) Biographical Information 1907-2000 H.C. Class of 1929 Owner, Palmer Fuel Co., Utica, NY Contents Ephemera Extent 1 item Description buttons, tickets, poker chips Restrictions None Leather Box (0000.229) Biographical Information N/A Contents Object Extent 1 item Description Restrictions None Arts at Hamilton: 1970s (0000.23) Biographical Information N/A Contents Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Extent 1 Box Description 4 volumes of newspaper clippings of various articles about art and music at Hamilton College Restrictions None Levitt, Arthur: Clock (0000.230) Biographical Information H.C. Honorary degree 1979 NYS Comptroller Arthur Levitt was born 28 June, 1900, in Brooklyn, NY, and died in 1980. Levitt enlisted as a private in World War I prior to attending Columbia College, from which he graduated in 1921. After graduating from Columbia University Law School in 1924, Levitt became active in civic and charitable affairs in Brooklyn. He served in the United States Army again in World War II as a captain in the JAG Corps, and then continued his career as public servant when he served as on the New York State Board of Education from 1952-54. Levitt was elected to his first of six terms as New York State Comptroller in 1954, a position he held for 24 years. Hamilton College conferred an honorary degree on Levitt in 1979 and, after his death in 1980, the Levitt family donated funds to establish the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center at Hamilton College. Contents Object Extent 1 item Description Clock with inscription "Lecturer -- 1967: Employee Benefits Conference; Trusts and Estates -- Pension and Welfare News" Restrictions None Pitcher, unglazed clay with red decorative dots (0000.231) Biographical Information N/A Contents Object Extent 1 item Description Restrictions None Scollard, Clinton: Commemorative Golf Ball (0000.232) Biographical Information author; lived 1860-1932; H.C. Class of 1881 Professor of Rhetoric, Elocution, English Literature, Librarian: 1886-96, 1911-12 Contents Object Extent 1 item Description "Hole-in-One Club" Winter Park Golf Club, January 12, 1928 Restrictions None Kirkland College: Seal Embosser (0000.233) Biographical Information N/A Contents Object Extent 2 items Description Restrictions None Litchfield Observatory: Seal Embosser (0000.234) Biographical Information N/A Contents Object Extent 1 item Description Restrictions None Matchbooks, Hamilton College (0000.235) Biographical Information N/A Contents Objects Extent 1 item Description Restrictions None President's House: Printing Plate (0000.236) Biographical Information N/A Contents Object Extent 1 item Description Restrictions None Chapel Organ: Organist Nameplates (0000.237) Biographical Information N/A Contents Objects Extent 1 item Description Steinhilper, W.J.; Shute, B.R.; Gouge, G.F. -- nameplates Restrictions None Hamilton, Alexander, China Plate with Initials "R.R." (0000.238) Biographical Information Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury Contents Object Extent 1 item Description Restrictions

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