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Alan Eliason photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0150
Scope and Contents Note

This collection contains negatives and photographs taken by Alan at various Washington College events and in his capacity as a portrait photographer. The negatives are suffering from vinegar syndrome, a type of degradation common to the plastics used at that time. The negatives have been scanned and are available in digital format.

Dates: 1942-1957

Albury Hopkins Moore, class of 1930, negatives

 Collection — Box: Multi 05, Folder: 01
Identifier: MS-0119
Scope and Contents Note

This collection contains ninety-one negatives taken in 1926. A majority of the photographs are of Washington College including the campus, sporting events, fellow students, and events. There are also images of friends and family, a visit to the Ohio Canal National Historic Park, and some Chester River scenes.

Dates: 1926

Constance Stuart Larrabee collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0030
Scope and Content Note This collection contains photographs, negatives, correspondence, organizational records, clippings, and ephemera from Constance Stuart Larrabee. The photographs are primarily from her time on the Eastern Shore and with Washington College. There are also prints from her work during World War II and in South Africa. The organizational records relate to the Friends of the Arts and the Larrabee Arts Center at Washington College.This collection has been divided into seven series:...
Dates: 1950-2014

George W. Woodfield, class of 1929, Pegasus negatives

 Collection — Box: Multi 05, Folder: 01
Identifier: MS-0118
Scope and Contents Note

This collection contains fifty-one negatives taken by George W. Woodfield when he served as the photographic editor of the Pegasus during his senior year at Washington College. Many of the photographs are featured throughout the 1929 yearbook.

Dates: 1928-1929

Robert C. Thackery letter (transcript)

 Collection — Box: Multi 05
Identifier: MS-0143
Scope and Contents Note

This collection contains a transcript of a letter written by Robert C. Thackery to the editor of The Cecil Whig. It was published in the June 14, 1870 paper. The letter was written in Chestertown, while Thackery was a student at Washington College. In this letter, Thackery laments the fact that people on the Eastern Shore are not sending their children to Washington College, and implores them to do so.

Dates: 1870 June 14

Sketch of Washington College campus

 Collection — Box: Multi 03
Identifier: MS-0088
Scope and Content Note

This collection contains a hand-drawn sketch of the Washington College campus with some sites of proposed buildings. It was drawn on the back of stationary from the Voshell House, proprietor George E. Lambert, Chestertown, Maryland. It is undated and unsigned but based on the notation of Bunting Hall and William Smith Hall as future buildings puts it around 1903.

Dates: circa 1903

Washington College photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0061
Dates: circa 1880-2000s

Washington College Presidents' papers, Charles J. Merdinger papers

 Record Group
Identifier: WAC-003-009
Scope and Contents Note

Charles J. Merdinger served as President of Washington College from 1970-1973. His papers deal with campus unrest, a coffee house for students, the Truslow Boathouse, and the Middle States Review.

Dates: 1953-1973

Washington College Presidents' papers, Clarence P. Gould papers

 Record Group
Identifier: WAC-003-004
Scope and Contents Note

Charles Gould served as President of Washington College from 1919-1923. His papers deal with athletics, female students, planting trees on campus, and the creation of an endowment campaign with Col. Clarence M. Hodson.

Dates: 1919-1952

Washington College Presidents' papers, Daniel Z. Gibson papers

 Record Group
Identifier: WAC-003-008
Scope and Contents Note

This collection contains the papers of Washington College President Daniel Z. Gibson who served from 1950-1970. Papers include Administrative and faculty records, Middle States reports, and files dealing with Civil Rights and Anti-War issues.

Dates: 1924-1977