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Box Multi 03

 Container

Contains 27 Results:

Chestertown High School class of 1915 photograph

 Collection — Box: Multi 03
Identifier: MS-0090
Scope and Content Note

This collection contains a group photograph for Chestertown High School class of 1915.

Dates: 1915

Chestertown Female Seminary advertisement

 Collection — Box: Multi 03
Identifier: MS-0091
Scope and Content Note

This collection contains an advertisement for the Chestertown Female Seminary run by Mrs. P. Trible. The ad includes the courses for instruction and the rates for the term. There are notes on the reverse and updates to the rates by Col. Joseph Wickes and his wife who most likely attended the open house in January 1858.

Dates: 1857

William R. Howell booklet

 Collection — Box: Multi 03
Identifier: MS-0092
Scope and Content Note This collection contains a booklet produced by the department of Economics and Sociology to honor William R. Howell. The booklet contains photographs taken during the fall convocation, September 21, 1950 at which Prof. Howell received an honorary degree in Law. The photographs include Professor Howell and his wife, President Gibson, and others. There is also a program for the event and autographs from colleagues including President and Helen Gibson, Prof. William S. and Charlotte M. Krisher,...
Dates: 1950 October 20

Washington College Art Club bank book

 Collection — Box: Multi 03, Folder: 01
Identifier: MS-0108
Scope and Contents Note

This collection contains a bank book with Peoples Bank of Chestertown for the Washington College Art Club dated December 1947 and the sum of twenty-two dollars. There is no information in the book except for the names Magaret Martin, Peggy Butler, and Paty Trees.

Dates: 1947

George R. Cather scholarship letter

 Collection — Box: Multi 03
Identifier: MS-0076
Scope and Content Note

This collection contains a letter to the Orphans Court of Cecil County, Maryland recommending George R. Cather for placement as a student to Washington College. The letter is signed by seven individuals including Robert Cather. George R. appears in the 1854-1855 catalog’s list of students at Washington College. Due to two fires at the College his exact graduation date is unknown, but presumably 1858.

Dates: 1855

Rev. Franklin Knight Honorary Degree letter

 Collection — Box: Multi 03
Identifier: MS-0079
Scope and Contents Note This collection contains a letter from Peregrine Wroth to Franklin L. Knight announcing that the Board of Visitors & Governors of Washington College has unanimously conferred an honorary Doctor of Divinity on Knight. The letter also mentions that the college does not give many honorary degrees, and this should speak highly to Franklin Knight’s accomplishments. The Honorary Degree was awarded at the August commencement in 1857. Peregrine Wroth was a professor of chemistry and served as...
Dates: 1857 August 6

Nellie Saunders letter

 Collection — Box: Multi 03
Identifier: MS-0080
Scope and Content Note

This collection contains a letter home written on the playbill for the Washington College Dramatic Club’s production of “A Full House” where Nellie played the role of Susie. The letter talks about the production and the dramatic club as well as other news.

Dates: 1929

James Touchstone scholarship letter

 Collection — Box: Multi 03
Identifier: MS-0082
Scope and Contents Note

This collection contains to a letter of recommendation to the Orphans Court of Cecil County for admittance of James M. Touchstone as a student to Washington College from James McCauley, esq., Principal of Port Deposit Academy. There is no record of James attending Washington College.

Dates: 1861 November 12

W. J. Stenger, Sr., class of 1923, photographs

 Collection — Box: Multi 03
Identifier: MS-0083
Scope and Content Note

This collection contains photographs taken by or belonging to Wilbur Jackson Stenger, Sr. while he was a student at Washington College. Seven images are of at least two different biplanes on campus and three are aerial photographs of Washington College most likely taken from one of the planes.

Dates: circa 1923

Unidentified loose scrapbook photographs

 Collection — Box: Multi 03
Identifier: MS-0084
Scope and Content Note This collection contains loose photographs that had once been part of scrapbooks. Several of the images seem to be from one album, they include a group photograph of the Washington College football team circa 1920 and several of players in uniform. There are also photographs of three students, one wearing a varsity sweater, on the steps and on the roof of William Smith Hall, and some photos most likely taken on the roof. There are also other scrapbook photographs including two women on the...
Dates: circa 1920-1960s