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Pearce family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0042
Scope and Content Note

This collection contains an account book kept by the Pearce family. James A. Pearce, Sr.'s correspondence with other politicians regarding slavery in Maryland and the lead up to the Civil War. James A. Pearce, Jr.’s lecture notebooks while at Princeton University, correspondence, and a scrapbook he kept of the 1896 presidential election.

Dates: 1802-1913
Found in: Washington College Archives & Special Collections

Peregrine Wroth papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0072
Scope and Content Note This collection contains letter books, lectures, and essays kept by Peregrine Wroth. Many of the letter books have the name of his wife, Margaret Nicols, on the inside cover. There are several books of his lectures while teaching chemistry at Washington College as well as a scholarly publication of Wroth’s on Bilious Fever. After the death of his daughter Eugenia he created several biographies of her for various family members. He wrote numerous "Extracts from 'Recollections' of 'My Life'"...
Dates: 1823-1898
Found in: Washington College Archives & Special Collections

Philip J. Wingate, class of 1933, manuscript

 Collection — Box: Multi 05
Identifier: MS-0069
Scope and Contents Note

The manuscript, proposed title Reflections from a Board, is a collection of stories from Wingate's time on various boards of various colleges and universities including Washington College. He submitted the manuscript in the hopes that the Washington College Press might publish it and distribute some copies to the 1930s alumni.

Dates: 1996
Found in: Washington College Archives & Special Collections

Philomathean Literary Society minutes

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0096
Scope and Content Note

This collection contains the minutes of the Philomathean Literary Society. There are also drafts of the Society’s constitution.

Dates: 1895-1900
Found in: Washington College Archives & Special Collections

Pieria Literary Society records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0098
Scope and Content Note

This collection contains a constitution, invitation, and program from the Pieria Literary Society.

Dates: 1896-1908
Found in: Washington College Archives & Special Collections

President Mead inauguration scrapbook

 Collection — Container: Volume 01
Identifier: MS-0133
Scope and Contents Note

This collection contains a scrapbook of clippings regarding the inauguration of Gilbert W. Mead as President of Washington College on October 21, 1933. The inauguration was attended by Governor Ritchie and President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who received an honorary degree at the event.

Dates: 1933
Found in: Washington College Archives & Special Collections

Price R. Stradley papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0159
Scope and Contents Note

This collection contains Stradley’s military records, maps of areas in the Pacific theater, training manuals, and official Navy publications.

Dates: 1940-1945
Found in: Washington College Archives & Special Collections

Rembrandt Peale letter, forgery

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0116
Scope and Contents Note In 1944 the college acquired a painting purportedly by Rembrandt Peale, a letter by Peale also came with the painting. For decades it hung in the President’s Office. In 2001 Dr. Carol Eaton was asked to authenticate the painting and determined it to be a forgery. This collection contains a letter from Rembrandt Peale to Peter Roller, April 5, 1851, a forgery by Ferdinand Danton, Jr. There is also correspondence regarding the painting of George Washington in Masonic regalia also purportedly...
Dates: 1851; 1944
Found in: Washington College Archives & Special Collections

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
Found in: Washington College Archives & Special Collections

Richard T. Earle, Jr. essay

 Collection — Box: Multi 02
Identifier: MS-0017
Scope and Contents Note

This collection contains an essay entitled “Were England and France Justifiable in Declaring War Against Russia?” Earle’s essay says the war was justified citing Russia’s treatment of Turkey and its continuous expansion.

Dates: 1856
Found in: Washington College Archives & Special Collections

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