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Box 01

 Container

Contains 25 Results:

Course schedules, 1913-1914; 1915-1916

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents Note From the Record Group: James W. Cain served as President of Washington College from 1903-1918, however, a fire destroyed William Smith Hall, where the library and records of the college were stored, and much of Cain’s early papers were lost. The bulk of the records in the collection are from after the fire and deal with its repercussions including rebuilding and fundraising. Other areas covered are athletics, hazing, a fire in the gym, other campus infrastructure issues, and World War I. There is also...
Dates: 1913-1914; 1915-1916

Education, 1916

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 22
Scope and content note

Materials from the Bureau of Education including correspondence regarding absences of college officers and the Colleges statistics, as well as two releases from the General Education Board.

Dates: 1916

Examination schedules, 1915-1916

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents Note From the Record Group: James W. Cain served as President of Washington College from 1903-1918, however, a fire destroyed William Smith Hall, where the library and records of the college were stored, and much of Cain’s early papers were lost. The bulk of the records in the collection are from after the fire and deal with its repercussions including rebuilding and fundraising. Other areas covered are athletics, hazing, a fire in the gym, other campus infrastructure issues, and World War I. There is also...
Dates: 1915-1916

Faculty correspondence and resolutions, 1916; undated

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 24
Scope and content note

Includes correspondence regarding new and potential professors, resolutions from student and faculty councils, and lists of planned science courses to meet entrance requirements for the Johns Hopkins medical department.

Dates: 1916; undated

Senator Garrett Foxwell's estate, 1914

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 25
Scope and content note

Correspondence regarding the dispute over Foxwell’s will and his bequest to Washington College. There are also clippings on Sen. Foxwell’s passing.

Dates: 1914