Box Multi 08

Scope and Contents Note This collection includes fifteen woodblock prints by Henry Salloch. They were used as holiday cards by the couple and have handwritten notes on them. The scenes include Quaker Neck circa 1974; Touches, Burgundy (Saint Symphorien Church); San Gimignano, Tuscany (x2); Segovia, La Vara Cruz; Bleak Mesa, New Mexico; ...

Scope and Content Note This collection contains several essays written by students. Several were for an English II class, and one was for the April 1924 Collegian. Stories include “The Unsuccessful Form” by Annie Lillian Smith, class of 1925, “A Father’s Visit to His Son’s College” and “The Rival Sweetheart” by Charles Jarman, class of 1925, “The Girl and The Looking Glass” by Emerson Russell, class of 1925, “the lost necklace” by Luther Cooper, class of 1925, and a character sketch by Albert Soifer, class of...

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This collection contains an affidavit from Mary Melvin regarding a cutting her father, John Nowland, took of a fig tree from the grounds of Wakefield, George Washington’s birthplace, in the 1860s. No part of a fig tree is included.

Scope and Contents Note This collection contains excerpts from Ezra Stiles’ diaries. Ezra Stiles was a contemporary of William Smith and wrote in his diaries the creation of Washington College. They are only the entries related to the early history of Washington College. Frederica Albee Strong wrote these excerpts for a book the College was writing on its history. There is also correspondence from 1952, between Frederica and Daniel Gibson regarding the excerpts, thanking Frederica for them, the book project, and...

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This collection contains a letter from Theodore H. Knight to Mr. Weeks of Elkton, Maryland, regarding the availability of summer boarding in Port Deposit, Maryland.

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This collection contains a legal letter from John Lloyd and John McGrath of Philadelphia to Joseph Wickes, Esq., requesting assistance in collecting a small claim court debt against John William Lindsay of Centerville.