Sesquicentennial Commencement scrapbook
Scope and Contents Note
This collection contains a scrapbook of clippings regarding Washington College’s 150th celebration. The event included parades, speeches, and reenactments of colonial events, including George Washington receiving an Honorary Degree from the College. Some of the events included people in blackface.
Dates
- Creation: 1932
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Publication rights
Copyright has not been assigned to Washington College. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Washington College as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Extent
.2 Cubic Feet (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Physical and technical access restrictions
None.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Sesquicentennial Commencement Scrapbook
- Author
- L. Sheldon
- Date
- 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Washington College Archives & Special Collections Repository
300 Washington Avenue
Chestertown MD 21620