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Biographies (literary works)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Marion deKalb Smith, Jr. report card and biography

 Collection — Box Multi 03
Identifier: MS-0050
Scope and Content Note

This collection contains an 1898 report card for Marion deKalb Smith, Jr. while at Washington College. There are also two copies of Smith’s biography published through the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Dates: 1898; 1944

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

The Echo

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0077
Scope and Contents Note This collection contains two editions of The Echo, a student-created publication, dated about 1887 and February 28, 1902. Some editors of The Echo were: Clara Usilton; Palmer Carroll; Effie Crouch; J. Wilbur Hirons; William Wheatly; Charles Wheatly; and Walter Lusby Nicholson. There is also mention of Wheatly’s sister Josephine also contributing to the publication. The first part is a biography of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the second contains copies of various news items from the time....
Dates: 1887; 1902 February 28