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Reminiscing.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

George W. Powell notebook and reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0044
Scope and Content Note

This collection contains George W. Powell’s junior surveying class notebook taught by Professor J. S. William Jones. As well as correspondence with Dean of Men, Charles B. Clark regarding his time at Washington College and a reminiscence of faculty, the campus, and classes.

Dates: 1902; 1952-1954

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

Vaughan Rue Truitt, class of 1907, reminiscences

 Collection — Box Multi 06, Folder: 01
Identifier: MS-0166
Scope and Contents Note

This collection contains Vaughan Rue Truitt’s recollection of his freshman year at Washington College, 1903, written fifty years later. He talks about his arrival, the campus, and the secret postal system set up among the students, he describes the dorm rooms and uses many colloquialisms and nicknames for places.

Dates: 1903; 1957