Hamilton College Archives Accessions List
Updated: 2009-10-12
Clarence Burton Day Papers, 1901-1911 (0000.001)
Biographical Information
Missionary to China Professor in China and U.S. H.C. Class of
1911
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 volume
Description
personal correspondence: "The Day Brothers" letters from
Hamilton to family in Californiaday See also 0000.182.11 for more personal papers,
including a letter from Clarence B. Day to Professor Russell Blackwood, dated June 15,
1962 (donated by R. Blackwood 9/7/04)
Restrictions
None
Wallace B. Johnson Papers, 1899-1965 (0000.002)
Biographical Information
H.C. Administrator H.C. Class of 1915 Wallace Bradley Johnson was
born in Utica, NY on 13 September 1892 and died in Clinton, NY on 29 August 1967, a
Hamilton College graduate of the class of 1915 (Ph.B.). He was also graduated from Utica
Free Academy and received an honorary L.H.D. from Hamilton in 1962. He attended Harvard
Business School for a year before serving as an ambulance driver for the French Army and
from 1918-20 an ensign in the U.S. Navy (Intelligence), then a reporter for the Utica
Daily Press. He returned to Hamilton in 1922 where he served as Field Secretary for the
Admissions Office, Director of Admissions, Registrar, and Secretary of the
College.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
personal and professional correspondence
Restrictions
None
Publius Virgilius Rogers Papers (0000.003)
Biographical Information
Class of 1846 Pres. First Bank of Utica Treasurer, H.C. Trustee,
H.C. Publius V. Rogers was born in Antwerp, NY on 30 December 1824 and died 2 July 1895,
a Hamilton College graduate of the class of 1846. He served in the following positions:
President of the First National Bank of Utica (1876-1895); Trustee of Hamilton College
(1868-1895); Treasurer of Hamilton College (1880-1887); among other corporate
administrative positions.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
Contains personal correspondences with friends, family (Butler and Murray
families), and many Hamilton College alumni and employees, business correspondences with
Trustees of Hamilton College. Also included are business correspondences and shareholder
information for firms in which P.V. Rogers was involved (Eureka Mower Co., Utica Mohawk
RR Co., Rome and Utica Plank Road Co., Central Iowa Railway Co., Utica Steam Cotton
Mills). Journals and account books are also included. Organized into six series: (1)
Elizabeth Butler Rogers (Wife) Correspondences; (2) P.V. Rogers Correspondences, with
three subseries: Personal #1; Personal #2; Business; (3) P.V. Rogers Correspondences
with Hamilton College Alumni and Trustees #1; (4) P.V. Rogers Correspondences with
Hamilton College Alumni and Trustees #2; (5) P.V. Rogers Personal and Business
Correspondences; (6) Journals and Account Books.
Restrictions
None
Alexander Shaler Papers, 1898-1908 (0000.004)
Biographical Information
Civil War Officer Army General Received Congressional Medal of
Honor Pres of NRA Alexander Shaler, born 19 March 1827 in Haddam, CT and died 28
December 1911 in New York, NY, was a Civil War Union Colonel, later raised in rank to
Brigadier General, and decorated with the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service
at the battle of Chancellorsville; post-war he served as a fire commissioner, Major
General in the N.Y. National Guard, and President of the NRA
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
11 items
Description
personal correspondence Letters from Alexander Shaler to J.J. Tompkins
regarding recollections of events immediately following the attack on Ft. Sumpter while
they were in New York, NY and later a meeting in Washington, DC, to be included in
Alexander Shaler's entry in Brevet Major-General St. Clair A.
Mulholland's The History of the Military Order of the Congress Medal of Honor
Legion. Also included is a circular intended to publicize the book.
Restrictions
None
B.F. Skinner Collection (0000.005)
Biographical Information
Skinner, B. (Burrhus) F. (Frederic), 1904 - 1990 Behavioral
Psychologist Harvard Professor H.C. Class of 1926 Honorary Doctor of Science, 1951 B.F.
Skinner was born in Susquehanna, PA on 20 March 1904 and died in Cambridge, MA, on 18
August 1990. A Hamilton College graduate of the class of 1926 (in addition to an
honorary Sc.D.), he attended Harvard University (Master's, 1930 and Ph.D.,
1931), and then began a teaching career at the University of Minnesota, then Indiana
University and finally Harvard University. Skinner became a noted behavioral
psychologist.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Ephemera Books, Publications
Extent
1 Box
Description
Letter from Robert Frost received from B.F. Skinner; letters to A.P. Saunders
from A.P. Saunders Papers; memorabilia collected by college Organized into three series:
(1A-E) Memorabilia, Articles About, and Publications of B.F. Skinner; (2) Letter to B.F.
Skinner from Robert Frost; (3) Letters to B.F. Skinner from A.P. Saunders, 1926 - 1936.
Contains assorted memorabilia and other material related to B.F. Skinner. Also included
are Personal Letters from Robert Frost and to Arthur Percy Saunders while a graduate
student at Harvard and afterwards.
Restrictions
None
Sidney Wertimer, Jr. Papers (0000.006)
Biographical Information
Professor and Administrator at H.C. Sidney Wertimer was born in
Buffalo, NY on 28 October 1920 and today lives in Clinton, NY [died 2/1/05]. He attended
Nichols High School in Buffalo, University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1942), University of
Buffalo (M.A., 1949), and the London School of Economics (Ph.D., 1952). From 1942 - 1946
he was an officer in the U.S. Navy. He was an instructor at Buffalo (1947-50) and joined
the Hamilton College faculty in 1952. He served as Associate Dean of the College (1957 -
65), Chair of the Economics Department (1967 - 75), and Provost from 1975 - 1980. Since
his retirement from full-time teaching at the college in 1991 he has continued to teach
an accounting course once a year and is active in alumni reunion activities. William
Alexander Jamison was born in Pittsburgh, PA on 24 April 1927 and died on 21 March 1995
in Pittsfield, MA. He attended the University of Pittsburgh (A.B., 1943), and Princeton
University (A.M., 1945 and Ph.D., 1952). He taught English at the University of
Rochester for 17 years before joining the Houghton Mifflin Publishing Company in 1963.
He joined the Kirkland College faculty in 1970 and was the Acting Chair of the
Humanities Division, wrote the self-study of Kirkland for MSA accreditation, Director of
Institutional Affairs, and at Hamilton, Director of Personnel and Director Special
Programs. Jamison retired in 1983.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Maps, Plans
Extent
1 Box
Description
Contains professional correspondence of Sidney Wertimer and William A. Jamison
with various college offices and administrators while they were Hamilton College Provost
and Kirkland College Director of Institutional Affairs, respectively. Correspondence and
files provide an excellent description of the operation (Administrative as well as
Academic Affairs) of both colleges during the period 1972 - 1980, including the
dissoloution of Kirkland College and its merger with Hamilton College.
Restrictions
None
Gilbert Reid Papers (0000.007)
Biographical Information
Missionary to China Rev. Gilbert Reid was born in Laurel, NY in
1857 and died in Shanghai, China on 30 September 1927. He attended Whitestown Seminary
(1875 graduate), then Hamilton College (A.B., 1879, A.M., 1888, and D.D., 1899), and
Union Theological Seminary (1882 graduate). His missionary work in China began in 1882
and he established the International Institute of China (I.I.C.) located in Shanghai in
1894. The institute served as a meeting place for Chinese and foreigners and a
educational facility for christian missions. Reid was also the editor of the Peking
Post. During the war he was deported to Manila at the request of the Chinese government
on the accusation of being a pro-German propagandist and sympathizer, returning to
Shanghai in 1921.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Books, Publications Ephemera
Extent
8 Boxes; 1 Small Box
Description
Professional correspondence of the International Institute of China and other
material related to that institution and to Gilbert Reid, its director; newspaper
clippings and journals. Contains professional correspondences of the I.I.C. to
philanthropists (e.g. Carnegie and Rockefeller) and missionary organizations in the U.S.
as well as other nations regarding support of the Institute; the journals, publications,
manuscripts, sermons and addresses of Reid; newspaper clippings regarding Reid and life
in China; volumes II through XVI of The International Journal of the I.I.C.; minutes of
the meeting of the trustees of the I.I.C.; the visitor's book of the I.I.C.;
legal documents regarding Reid's sedition trial. The letters of John G. Reid
are also included in this collection.
Restrictions
None
John K. Hutchens Collection (0000.008)
Biographical Information
lived 1905-1995 Writer NY Times Book Review NY HeraldTribune HC
Class of 1926 Litt.D. 1951 John Kennedy Hutchens was born in Chicago, IL on 9 August
1905 and died in New York, NY on 22 July 1995. He graduated from Hamilton College in
1926 and began a literary career immediately afterwards in Montana. After working there
for year he ventured to New York City to work for the Evening Post, then to Theater Arts
Monthly, and later The New York Times; this was followed by a brief period at the Boston
Evening Transcript, and a return to the Times as Radio Editor and then New York Times
Book Review, which he was the editor of (1946 - 1948) before his 15 year stint at The
New York Herald. He is the author of One Man's Montana (1964) and edited three
anthologies, American Twenties: A Literary Panorama (1954), The Best of the World
(1973), and The Gambler's Bedside Book (1977).
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Books, Publications
Extent
4 Boxes; 2 volumes
Description
Personal Correspondences, newspaper clippings of articles written by and about
Hutchens, also a volume containing clippings about Martin Hutchens (John's
father)
Restrictions
None
V. Valta Parma Collection of Personal Papers and Thomas Lake Harris
Materials (0000.009)
Biographical Information
Parma: Curator of Rare Books, Library of Congress, Hamilton
College Class of 1901, attended 2 years, A.B. Cornell University, 1901, A.M. Hamilton
College, 1914. V. Valta Parma, born Albert Houghton Pratt, was born in Brooklyn, NY on
31 March 1878 and died in Washington, DC on 31 October 1941. He attended prepatory
school at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and Hamilton College (2 years, and honorary
A.M., 1941) and Cornell University (A.B., 1901). From 1901 to 1915 he was a member of
the publishing firm of Houghton-Mifflin Co.; from 1915 to 1927 he did editorial work on
children's literature; from 1927 to 1940 he was Curator of Rare Books at the
Library of Congress. Thomas Lake Harris a Christian mystic and poet, was born in Ferry
Stratford, England on 15 May 1823 and died in New York, NY on 23 March 1906. At the age
of five his family emigrated to American and settled in Utica, NY. Although raised in a
strict Calvinist family he was converted to Universalism in 1843, whereupon he entered
the ministry and was pastor of the Fourth Universalist Society in New York City. In New
York Harris became acquainted with Andrew Jackson Davis who introduced him to mysticism.
He wrote numerous articles on the topic and founded a monthly journal, The Herald of
Light (1857 - 1861). After travels and lectures in England he returned with Lady
Oliphant to upstate New York and founded a spiritual community called "The
Use". "The Use" went west to Santa Rosa, CA in 1875 and
founded a vineyard, "Fountain Grove". In 1891, after the death of his
second wife, he married his secretary and moved to New York City where he spent the
remainder of his life.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Photographs Books, Publications
Ephemera
Extent
3 Boxes; 60 Books
Description
correspondences, poems, manuscripts, publications, photographs, ephemera:
Contains personal and professional letters to Parma; scrapbooks of articles on Parma and
his exhibitions at the Library of Congress. The majority of the collection consists of:
Thomas Lake Harris' personal letters from his family; professional letters and
documents regarding the Fountain Grove vineyards; photographs of Harris; publications
and manuscripts of Harris' sermons, expository and creative
writing.
Restrictions
None, Rare Book Room books may have restrictions, consult
librarian
Theodore W. Dwight Papers (0000.010)
Biographical Information
Law Professor at Hamilton College and Columbia University H.C.
Class of 1840 Theodore Dwight was born in Catskill, NY, on 18 July, 1822, and died in
Clinton, NY, on 29 June, 1892. After graduating as a member of the Hamilton College
class of 1840, Dwight entered Yale Law School in 1841. Although he did not finish his
course of study, he was admitted to the New York bar in 1845. In 1846, Dwight was
appointed to the Maynard Professorship of law, history, civil polity, and political
economy at Hamilton. During the twelve years he held this position he systemized and
extended the course and study of law, and oversaw the incorporation of Hamilton Law
School in 1855. In 1858, Dwight accepted an appointment from the newly established
Columbia Law School to serve as professor of municipal law. Dwight eventually became
Dean of Columbia Law School and was active in the teaching of law until his retirement
in 1891. Though he rarely acted as counsel, Dwight was involved in many aspects of the
law. Along with lecturing in Constitutional Law at Cornell University (1869-1871) and
Amherst College (1870-1872), Dwight was also appointed to a committee which examined the
New York prison system, served as the President of the New York State Prison
Association, and worked as the associate editor of the American Law
Register.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
legal papers and lecture notes
Restrictions
None
Architectural Drawings Collection (0000.011)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Photographs Prints, Paintings, Drawings Maps, Plans
Extent
5 Flat Boxes; 3 Folios; 1 Shelf; 2 Framed Items;28 3'' Tubes and 1
6" Tube
Description
Architectural drawings, photographs, etchings, watercolors of various buildings
on the Hamilton College campus and surrounding area; in map cabinet: 0000.11.8.1
& 2 Chapel Drawings, Squire's House, Brandt-Gryphon House, Science
Building Floor Plans and Elevations, Drawings of Benedict, Rummel print. Colored print
of chapel by Vanalstyne added to NES-38 (from unsorted boxes) on 10/20/04.
Restrictions
none
Map Collection (0000.012)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Maps, Plans
Extent
2 Folios; 5 3'' tubes and 6 6" tubes; 1 Framed
Item
Description
contains maps of Hamilton College and surrounding area, New York State, United
States: Campus - General, c.1995, c. 1941, c.1950 - 1960, c.1950, Deeds, plotting of,
1959, Campus - Water Lines, Hydrants, Valves and Connections, 1930, College &
surrounding area, 1962 [scanned], Deeds, plotting of - College lands & adjoining
property 18th Century-1921, Trees Growing on campus, 1949, Trail map of Kirkland Glen,
2002, Arboretum tour with maps [c.2004], Campus, c. 1875, 1868, 1853, c. 1880, Kirkland
College, Bristol Road - Hawthorn Farm, 1943, College Hill Road - South, 1956, North
College Street, 1861, Griffin Road - South, 1928, Kirkland, Topographical, Clinton, 19th
Century, Utica-1832, Arkansas, Rio Del Norte, Rio Gila; Rummel print
Restrictions
Most maps in tubes are restricted, permission of archivist
required
Brownell Family Papers (0000.013)
Biographical Information
John J. Henry Dwight Brownell, Hamilton College class of 1843, was
born c. 1821 and died in Sauquoit, NY on 21 March 1892. Albert E. Brownell, 1839 - 1886,
was involved with the Costa Rican Rail Road industry and was a Consular Agent in the
same nation. Minor C. Keith, capitalist, RRs and Bananas, Costa Rica Minor Cooper Keith
was born in Brooklyn, NY on 19 January 1848 and died 14 June 1929. He was in the lumber
business until 1870, the cattle business for 2 years, then the railroad industry in
Costa Rica in 1872. In 1899 Keith organized the United Fruit Company. Keith was involved
with the following firms in the course of life: Premier Gold Mining Company (Vice
President); St. Andrews Bay Lumber Company; Guatemala Central Railroad Co.;
International Railway of Central America; Empire Trust Co. (Director); Royal Geographic
Society (Fellow); Museum of American Indian (Trustee); Heye
Foundation.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Photographs Ephemera
Extent
1/2 Box
Description
personal and business correspondences regarding business in Costa
Rica
Restrictions
None
Elihu Root Papers (0000.014)
Biographical Information
H.C. Class of 1864 U.S. Sec of War U.S. Sec of State U.S. Senator
from NY Lawyer Elihu Root was born in Clinton, NY on 15 February 1845 and died in New
York, NY on 6 February 1937. He attended Hamilton College (A.B., 1864, A.M. in course,
1867) and University Law School of New York. He served in the following positions:
Member Alaskan Boundary Tribunal; United States District Attorney, Southern New York,
1883 - 85; Secretary of War, 1899 - 1904; Secretary of State, 1905 - 09; U.S. Senator
from New York, 1909 - 15; Senior Counsel for the U.S., North Atlantic Fisheries
Arbitration, The Hague, 1910; Ambassador at Head of Special Diplomatic Mission to
Russia, 1917. Root was awarded the following: Nobel Peace Prize, 1912; Roosevelt
Memorial Medal for Administration of Public Office, 1924; Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Medal and Prize for Services to Peace, 1926. He was a member of the following
organizations: British Academy; Istitut de droit International; American Academy of Arts
and Letters; Commission of International Justice appointed by Council of League of
Nations to prepare plans for a permanent Court of International Justice; Commissioner
Plenipotentiary for the U.S. in International Conference on the Limitation of Armaments;
Committee of Experts convened at Geneva 1929 to revise Statute of Permanent
Court.
Contents
Maps, Plans, photographs, papers
Extent
30 Boxes; 1 Folio; 1 3" 3' and 1 6" 3' Tube; 2.7
cubic ft box; 7 Cataloged Photograph Albums (2 cubic feet); one wooden box; 12
photograph albums; two folios; 2 unframed photographs; 1 diploma tube; 3 scrapbooks; 10
framed photographs; 2 rolled items; 1 additional items
Description
maps, architectural drawings, photographs, and personal papers of Elihu Root,
1904 -- 1930 Contains the unofficial correspondence of Elihu Root (Family and Official
Papers are held in the Library of Congress). Extensive collection of personal
correspondence and correspondence related to his office-holding and various public
appointments and activities, these include: Chair of the New York State Constitutional
Convention; 1917 Mission to Russia; Carnegie Endowment for International Peace;
Metropolitan Museum of Art; New York Public Library; legal cases in which he served as
counsel. Collection also includes a substantial number of photographs, and a folder of
approximately 40 letters from Theodore Roosevelt, plus about 6 letters from Root to
Theodore Roosevelt (0000.14.37).
Restrictions
None
William Sloane Papers (0000.015)
Biographical Information
Professor of English, Dickinson College H.C. Class of 1932 William
Sloane, Jr. was born on 13 March 1910 in Glasgow, Scotland and died on 3 November 1977.
He attended Hamilton College (A.B., 1932) and Columbia University (A.M. and Ph.D.)
Sloane was a member of the faculties of Hamilton College, St. Francis College, Russell
Sage College, and for 30 years, Professor of English at Dickinson College. At Dickinson
he held the Martha P. Sellers Chair in English and served as the department chair from
1954 - 6. In 1958 he was a Folger Shakespeare Library Fellow. Dr. Sloane is the author
of Children's Books in England and America in the 17th
Century
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Books, Publications
Extent
1 Box
Description
letters, 1934 -- 40 freshmen year journals Contains correspondences and other
memorabilia of William Sloane, Jr. The majority of the professional correspondences
concern Sloane's post-baccalaureate experience in obtaining a teaching position
c. 1934, following the completion of his Master's degree. Also included are
personal and professional correspondences with Hamilton College faculty, administrators,
and alumni, 1934 - 40, and his freshman year journals.
Restrictions
Not to be open until the year 2000, opened 23 May 2001
Horace H. Bogue Clothing Collection (0000.016)
Biographical Information
H.C. Class of 1897 distributor of farm machinery owned chain of
stores in Nebraska Horace H. Bogue was born 20 October ,1874, in Avon, NY, and died 16
March, 1966, in Seattle, WA. He attended Hamilton College (A.B., 1897 and A.M. in
course, 1900). Until 1918 he was with a deprtment Store in Alliance, NE; from 1918 until
the Depression he was in the hardware business in Seattle. During the Depression Bogue
owned and operated a ranch in eastern Washington. He returned to Seattle and operated a
dairy equipment business until his retirement in 1949. After his retirement he traveled
extensively in Europe, Asia, South America, Australia, and New
Zealand.
Contents
Clothing
Extent
0.875 cubic feet
Description
graduation gown and gym suit -- Hamilton College memorabilia from 1897:
Graduation gown (Black cotton, made by Cotrell and Leonard, Albany, NY); Mortarboard;
Stole; tie, or cape piece (part of graduation ensemble); Gym suit with white trim;
Man's gray flannel gym suit (white cotton ribbon trim, half sleeves, button
down front with some of buttons missing, short cord at waist, to about knees) worn at
Hamilton College by Horace H. Bogue.
Restrictions
None
Henry T. Maijgren Papers (0000.017)
Biographical Information
Pres. Electro-Surgical Instruments Co. of Rochester H.C. VP
Investments H.C.Trustee H.C. Class of 1932 Henry T. Maijgren was born in Rochester, NY
in 1909 and died in Clinton, NY on 4 December 1971. He attended Hamilton College (A.B.,
1932) and University of Pennsylvania (M.B.A., 1934). Maijgren was on the investment
staff of the University of Rochester until 1957, rising to Assistant Treasurer. He then
joined Franklin Cole & Co. and later Vice President of the Bank of New York. In
1966 he assumed the presidency of Electro-Surgical Instrument Co. A year before his
death he became the Vice President for Investments at Hamilton College. Maijgren was
also a trustee of Hamilton College, 1963 - 65 and 1969 - 71.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Books, Publications
Extent
1 Box
Description
trustee and VP material on Investments, and other college documents: Contains
Board of Trustees material (investment, endowment, The Kirkland Fund, meeting minutes,
Minor Fund) of the periods he served as a trustee and Vice President; assorted papers
regarding Bank of New York; information on the H.C. Survey on Admissions (1939),
Curriculum (1940), Student Personnel Administration (1944).
Restrictions
None
William Washington Farwell Papers (0000.018)
Biographical Information
H.C. Class of 1837 Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Cook
County, Illinois Professorof Equity Jurisprudence and Practice, Union College of Law
(later Northwestern Univ.), Chicago William Washington Farwell was born in Morrisville,
NY, on 5 January, 1817, and died on 3 April, 1894 in Chicago, IL. After graduating with
the Hamilton College class of 1837, Farwell studied law under O.P. Granger of
Morrisville and with Polter and Spaulding of Buffalo, NY. He was admitted to the New
York State bar in 1841 and, after practicing law in Morrisville from 1850-1854, Granger
moved his practice to Chicago. He was appointed judge for the Circuit Court of Cook
County, Illinois, in June 1870, a position he held for nine years. From 1880 until his
death in 1894, Granger served as professor of equity, jurisprudence, and practice in the
Chicago Union College of Law, which would later become Northwestern University.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Photographs
Extent
11 letters, 1 photograph
Description
personal letters 1848 -- 1862 (bulk 1848 -- 50) describes trip to California
photograph of W.W. Farwell This collection contains correspondences primarily from W.W.
Farewell to his father, brother, and a friend during the 1840s and 50s, including W.W.
Farewell's journey to California during the Gold Rush. Also included is a
photograph of W.W. Farwell and a map of the route he took to California.
Restrictions
None
Darling -- Ibbotson Papers (0000.019)
Biographical Information
A.F. Darling and Henry Darling are the grandparents of Joseph
Darling Ibbotson, Professor of English and Hebrew, Librarian of the College. A.F.
Darling Ibbotson and Henry Ibbotson are the parents of Joseph Darling Ibbotson, Sr., who
married Mary Dunscomb; their son Joseph Darling Ibbotson, Jr., was Class of 1890 at
Hamilton College, and later Professor of English and Hebrew and Librarian at the
College. Joseph Darling Ibbotson, Jr.'s necrology is published in the Alumni
Review: vol. XVII July 1952 No. 5 p. 228. Additional information and correspondence by
Professor Ibbotson are located in the Class of 1890 file (Hamilton College Archives).
Included in this file is a Journal Entry by Henry Ibbotson of his travels from New York
City to Buffalo.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1/2 Box
Description
personal correspondences, 1822 -- 1851: Contains correspondence primarily among
A.F. Darling Ibbotson, Thomas Darling, Sr. (father of A.F. Darling Ibbotson), and Henry
Ibbotson (husband of A.F. Darling Ibbotson). Additional senders and receivers include:
A.F. Darling Ibbotson's brothers, Thomas, Jr., and Joseph F.; A.F. Darling
Ibbotson's sisters, Clara, Susan, and Henrietta; and A.F. Darling
Ibbotson's mother, Frances.
Restrictions
None
Philip Rogers Papers (0000.020)
Biographical Information
Hamilton College class of 1930 (AB and MA), Hamilton College
faculty 1937-1967, chairman of Biology Dept., professor
emeritus
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
1 Box
Description
thesis, dissertation, and articles by Rogers; other publications
Restrictions
None
Rogers Estate Papers (0000.021)
Biographical Information
Hamilton College class of 1930 (AB and MA), Hamilton College
faculty 1937-1967, chairman of Biology Dept., professor emeritus; sold house and gave
land to college in 1994 (Rogers Estate, formerly Hawthorn Farm); father Charles B.
Rogers, class of 1887, was an educator in Clinton
Contents
Books, Publications Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Photographs Prints,
Paintings, Drawings Maps, Plans Ephemera Sound Recordings
Extent
4 boxes
Description
Box 1: WW I and II newspaper clippings Box 2: scrapbook, receipts, art prints,
magazines--'20s & '30s, 1879 sermon Box 3: photographs,
correspondence, schoolwork of A. Fitzpatrick & P. Rogers Box 4: 2 records,
correspondence, articles, photographs, travel guides
Restrictions
None
Hamilton College Concert Programs -- Choral: 1950s and
1960s (0000.022)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
Bulletins of Choral Concerts under the direction of Prof. Baldwin, 1950s and
1960s
Restrictions
None
Arts at Hamilton: 1970s (0000.023)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
4 volumes of newspaper clippings of various articles about art and music at
Hamilton College
Restrictions
None
Plaques of European Fascists (0000.024)
Biographical Information
Trustee
Contents
Plaques
Extent
1 Box
Description
15 plaques of European fascists
Restrictions
None
Memoranda to Hamilton Faculty: 1969-75 (0000.025)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
Various memoranda to Hamilton College faculty: 1969-75.
Restrictions
None
Hamilton College Concert Programs: 1984-88 (0000.026)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
Various music concert programs at Hamilton College: 1984-88
Restrictions
None
Charlatans and H.C. Theater Collection (0000.027)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
Programs from theater productions including those by the Charlatans. most
programs date to the early 1900s; some date to the mid-1800s. Also materials through
1979, a history of the Charlatans, and cast photos.
Restrictions
None
Sidney B. Bennett, Civil Pilot Training Program
Correspondence (0000.028)
Biographical Information
Sidney B. Bennett was an administrator at Hamilton College
(mid-20th century); he also administered the CAA War Training Program at
Hamilton
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
Correspondence sent by Sidney B. Bennett regarding the Civil Pilot Training
Program, 1941-3
Restrictions
None
Hamilton Life: 1902-6, 11-14, 24-33, 33-36 (0000.029)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
2 Boxes
Description
Hamilton Life,a weekly publication of Hamilton College issues from 1902,
1903-6, 1911-14, 1924-33, 1936-39
Restrictions
None
Root Art Center: Scrapbooks (0000.030)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Photographs
Extent
1 Box
Description
4 volumes of scrapbooks (newspaper clippings and photographs)
Restrictions
None
Root Art Center: Records (0000.031)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
4 Boxes
Description
the records of the Root Art Center: 1959-72
Restrictions
None
Tau Kappa Epsilon Collection (0000.032)
Biographical Information
fraternity at Hamilton College
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Books, Publications
Extent
1 Box
Description
LXS constitution, 1930 petition to charter, 1956 guide, history, 1949 minutes,
issue of the national magazine of the society. Added 10/10/2002: 5 copies of The Teke
Guide, 1995; 3 copies of The Teke Guide, 1999; 9 copies of The Pathway to Apollo, 1996;
The Teke (newsletter), spring 2002, winter 2002, 2003; 1 gold membership badge; 1 pledge
pin; 3 membership certificates; 1 covenant; 1 copy of fall, 2002, chapter newsletter
(Alpha Iota chapter), 1997 colony charter, brochures, letters, book; 4 buttons,
matchbook
Restrictions
restricted to Tau Kappa Epsilon members
Phi Beta Kappa Collection (0000.033)
Biographical Information
academic honor society
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
2 Boxes
Description
membership listings, correspondence from Frank Lorenz, GPAs of candidates for
membership, financial records, delegates manuals See also box of Phi Beta Kappa keys in
Letters and Memorabilia, 0000.187.3. Folder added 6/13/06: Epsilon of N.Y. Constitution
and By Laws. 3 folders added 9/12/06 from Steve Orvis (president).
Restrictions
0000.33.1 FERPA
Theta Delta Chi Collection (0000.034)
Biographical Information
Theta Delta Chi is a fraternity at Hamilton
College
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Books, Publications
Extent
1 Box
Description
guest book and membership book of Theta Delta Chi also included are
miscellaneous books and publications unrelated to the society, including The History of
Oneida County
Restrictions
None
Friends of Root Glen Records (0000.035)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
membership, botanical information, correspondences, all from the 1960s;
including maps of the plantings in the Root Glen (folder #4); Story of the Root Glen
(folder #6)
Restrictions
None
Root Glen Collection (0000.036)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Photographs
Extent
2 Boxes
Description
Botanical information, records of the Root Glen Advisory Committee,
correspondences, Journals (1905-1933, 1939-1953), miscellaneous material [added 1/05:
article on Root Glen from August 28, 1966, Utica Observer-Dispatch, donated by Richard
Williams]. Includes journal with photographs used for display in Grant
Garden.
Restrictions
None
Hamilton College Alumni Association Collection (0000.037)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
correspondence and papers from the 1930s and early 1940s
Restrictions
None
Alexander Bryan Johnson Collection (0000.038)
Biographical Information
(1786-1867) American philosopher and semanticist; born in England
of Dutch-Jewish ancestry; immigrated in 1801; settled in Utica; achieved wealth and
prominence as a banker; published works on politics, economics, banking, moralistic
tales for the young, philosophy [adapted from Rynin, see below]; Hon. degree
1832
Contents
Ephemera Books, Publications
Extent
3 Boxes
Description
letters, family records and history, personal items, publications added 8/23/02
(withdrawn from Alumni Collection): Review of A Treatise on Language, by Lancelot Law
Whyte Article On A.B. Johnson, by David Rynin A Treatise on Language, by A.B. Johnson
Added 9/29/09 to 0000.038.3: 6 more bound reviews or letters about A.B. Johnson’s
Treatise on Language, by the Times Literary Supplement, I.A. Richards, H.R. Walpole,
Irving J. Lee, and Stillman Drake.
Restrictions
None
James T. Dunn and J.C. Valentine Collection (0000.039)
Biographical Information
J.T. Dunn, Class of 1936 J.C. Valentine, Class of
1925
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
lecture notes from Hamilton classes lecture material of Prof. John Blyth
translation of The Memoirs of Huda Shacrawi by Prof. Margot Badran
Restrictions
None
N.J. Gerold Collection (0000.040)
Biographical Information
N.J. Gerold (1919 - 1986) Ph.D., Cornell University Stone
Professor of Biology at Hamilton College (1951-79)
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
2 Boxes
Description
class notes and grade books
Restrictions
FERPA
A.S.T.P. Personnel Forms (0000.041)
Biographical Information
military training program at Hamilton College during World War
II
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
personnel forms and language examinations 1941-3
Restrictions
FERPA
John R. Mattingly Papers (0000.042)
Biographical Information
John R. Mattingly (1902 - 94) Ph.D., Yale University Professor of
Latin at Hamilton College, 1931 - 72
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
lecture notes, typescripts of academic papers professional and personal
correspondences student exams and papers
Restrictions
FERPA
Walter Pilkington Collection (0000.043)
Biographical Information
Librarian at Hamilton College
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Film, Video
Extent
4 Boxes, 1 folio; 2 drawers
Description
typed manuscripts: The Book of the Presidents Presidents' and
Daughters are Seldom Careerists correspondence index cards research notes on Hamilton
College: A Histrory; Journals of Samuel Kirkland Added to 0000.43.1: donation by Dorothy
Pilkington --10 copies of her late husband's keepsake booklets on college
buildings and a copy of a 1995 Clinton Historical Society newsletter detailing the
history of the bell given by Hamilton College to Clinton Grammar School, according to
Walter Pilkington's keepsake The Chapel [10/20/04]
Restrictions
None
John S. Gambs Papers (0000.044)
Biographical Information
John S. Gambs (1899-1986) Ph.D., Columbia University Professor at
Hamilton (1954-67)
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Books, Publications
Extent
1 Box
Description
material related to Association for Evolutionary Economics (AFEE) (formerly
called Wardman Group): reports, history, minutes of meetings, pamphlets, correspondence
from the 1960s and 70s; academic papers
Restrictions
None
Library Collection (0000.045)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Maps, Plans
Extent
1 Box
Description
Library correspondence: 1950s-90s; additional items from the early 1800s;
material from the Faculty Committee on the Library; history of the library
Restrictions
None
Frederick W. Putnam Papers, Putnam Collection of Misc.
Mss. (0000.046)
Biographical Information
H.C. Honorary degree 1908 Frederick Wallace Putnam was born in
Truxton, New York, on 12 October, 1856. He graduated from the University Medical College
in New York City in 1880 and moved to Binghamton, New York, to practice medicine. Putnam
served as president of the Broome County Medical Society in 1886 and co-founded and
became vice president of the New York State Medical Association in 1894. Putnam devoted
much of his life to compiling a history of Broome County and also collected documents
and memorabilia from Hamilton College. Hamilton College conferred an honorary degree of
Master of Arts on Putnam in 1908 and Putnam later established the Putnam Prize in
American History, which is given annually to a Hamilton College senior. Obituary in 1940
Alumni Review.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
personal correspondence (mostly to universities, libraries, historical
societies, and other institutions): 1890s-1910s; some personal letters from the 1860s;
assorted pamphlets. Added 1/29/2008: The Putnam Collection of Miscellaneous Manuscripts
(0000.46.2), including an assortment of letters, legal documents, and engravings dated
between 1760 and 1913. Highlights include an indenture document from 1838, Colby College
newspaper clippings and correspondence, and a letter marked "private"
from Jackson to Martin Van Buren.
Restrictions
None
Arthur Levitt Collection (0000.047)
Biographical Information
H.C. Honorary degree 1979 NYS Comptroller Arthur Levitt was born
28 June, 1900, in Brooklyn, NY, and died in 1980. Levitt enlisted as a private in World
War I prior to attending Columbia College, from which he graduated in 1921. After
graduating from Columbia University Law School in 1924, Levitt became active in civic
and charitable affairs in Brooklyn. He served in the United States Army again in World
War II as a captain in the JAG Corps, and then continued his career as public servant
when he served as on the New York State Board of Education from 1952-54. Levitt was
elected to his first of six terms as New York State Comptroller in 1954, a position he
held for 24 years. Hamilton College conferred an honorary degree on Levitt in 1979 and,
after his death in 1980, the Levitt family donated funds to establish the Arthur Levitt
Public Affairs Center at Hamilton College.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Sound Recordings Books, Publications Ephemera
Photographs
Extent
3 Boxes
Description
Collection of material related to Arthur Levitt including transcripts and audio
tapes of speeches, newspaper clippings, photographs, an oral history project interview
of Levitt, NYS budget reports, Levitt's book: Watchdog for the People: A
History of the Comptrollership of New York State; various awards. Added 11/30/06:
0000.47.4, framed portrait (pen and ink?; undated but reproduced in materials from
1989), formerly hanging on the wall of the Levitt Center (replaced by sign which
incorporates portrait)--added to North Wall oversized location with box of other items
(currently on NES-4)
Restrictions
None
Walter Beinecke, Jr. Collection (0000.048)
Biographical Information
H.C. Honorary degree 1966 H.C. Life Trustee Walter Beinecke, Jr.,
was born 20 February, 1918, in Manhattan, NY, and died 23 May, 2004, in Nantucket, MA.
Beinecke enlisted in the merchant marines at age 15 and, though he never attended
college, eventually served as an executive for S&H Green Stamp Company. He was
elected to the Hamilton College Board of Trustees in 1960, a position he held until his
death, and was awarded an honorary degree from Hamilton in 1966. While serving as the
Chairman of the Hamilton Trustee Committee on Planning, he was instrumental in the
planning and building of Kirkland College, where he was appointed as a trustee in 1968.
During his life, Beinecke made substantial donations to the Rare Book Collections of
Hamilton College and Yale University. A shrewd businessman, Beinecke was also
instrumental in the revitalization and restoration of the island of Nantucket,
eventually being awarded the National Historic Preservation Award by President Reagan in
1989.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
Correspondence and other material from the 1960s to the 1990s related to the
Beinecke West Indies Collection at H.C., Trustees and Trustee committees, gifts to the
college, H.C. Library, and an oral history project interview of Beinecke
Restrictions
None
Samuel Hopkins Adams Collection (0000.049)
Biographical Information
S.H. Adams, 1871-1958; H.C. Class of 1891; created the Average
Jones stories, which Howard Haycraft pronounced, "well above the level of their
era, both in conception and style." (Haycraft 1968, p. 100.) Adams was an
important member of the staffs of McClure's and Collier's magazines
during the muckraking days and was active in exposing medical frauds and instrumental in
bringing about the Pure Food and Drug Act (1906). Adams used fictional settings in a
long series of books dealing with the American background and such issues as dishonest
journalism (The Clarion, 1914) and the Harding administration scandals (Revelry, 1926).
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Photographs Books, Publications
Extent
3 Boxes; 1 drawer
Description
collection of materials related to S.H. Adams and his family including Myron
Adams, Samuel Hopkins, Samuel Miles Hopkins; correspondence, books,
photographs
Restrictions
None
Clinton, NY, Weather Data Collection (0000.050)
Biographical Information
H.C. Class of 1933
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box; 2 Posterboard charts
Description
2 binders containing weather data of Clinton, NY (1971-91) compiled by Leroy
Crane
Restrictions
None
W. Lawrence Gulick Papers regarding merger of Hamilton and Kirkland
Colleges (0000.051)
Biographical Information
H.C. Class of 1952 Ph.D., Princeton University 1975-79 Dean, H.C.
1979-81 Professor, H.C. President, St. Lawrence University Scholar-in-Residence,
University of Delaware
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
Correspondence regarding the merger of Hamilton and Kirkland
Colleges
Restrictions
Restricted for 25 years; restriction now lifted. E-mail from W. Lawrence
Gulick, 2/24/2005, confirms lifting of restriction: The materials which I delivered to
Ralph Stenstrom (the Librarian) and Frank Lorenz (then Archivist) in 1989 consist of
documents and correspondence relevant to the merger of Kirkland and Hamilton. I judged
it best if the materials remained private until a twenty-five year period had elapsed,
beginning with the formal merger in 1979. Accordingly, the restriction may now be
lifted, a date I made plain in my transmittal letter to Mr. Stenstrom. Four years ago
Mr. Lorenz and I agreed that it would be useful for me to make an effort to organize the
materials, and so I spent three days on the Hill, adding dated explanatory notes when it
seemed useful so to do. You should know that some former Kirkland faculty who continue
to serve Hamilton are quite likely to be disturbed by some of the contents. Indeed, the
restriction was intended to make minimum the bitterness that accompanied the merger. Use
judgment. Best wishes, W. Lawrence Gulick
John T. Bissell Collection (0000.052)
Biographical Information
John T. Bissell, H.C. Class of 1915 John TerBush Bissell was born
in Pittsburgh, PA, on 18 November, 1893, and died in Carmel, CA, on 14 July, 1976. After
graduating from Hamilton College with the class of 1915, Bissell attended the United
States Military Academy at West Point. He graduated in 1917 and was commissioned as a
second lieutenant. Until the conclusion of World War I, Bissell served with distinction
in France, earning the Croix de Guerre from the French government for his service in the
Battle of Aisne. After graduating from l'Ecole d'Artillerie in
Fountainbleau, France, Bissell returned to West Point to teach French in 1924. He
attended the Command and General Staff School and Army War College and later served as a
Professor of Military Science and Tactics at Princeton University. During World War II,
Bissell served as commander of the 112th Armored Field Artillery Group and earned the
Legion of Merit and the Bronze Star for his service in the Battle of the Bulge. Bissell
was eventually promoted to Brigadier General in December, 1944, and retired from service
in 1946.
Contents
medals
Extent
1 Box
Description
awards and medal from World War II military service
Restrictions
None
J. Martin Carovano Papers (0000.053)
Biographical Information
J.M. Carovano, President of H.C., 1974-88 Coleman Burke, Chairman,
Board of Trustees of H.C. John Martin Carovano was born in Tacoma, WA, on 9 May, 1935.
After graduating from Pomona College in 1957, Carovano attended University of California
at Berkeley (Master's in Economics, 1961, Ph.D. in Economics, 1965). Carovano
came to Hamilton College in 1963 as an Instructor, and later Associate Professor of
Economics. He received an honorary LL.D from Hamilton in 1974. After serving as Provost
from 1971-1974, and Acting President from 1973-1974, he became President of Hamilton
College in 1974, a position he held until stepping down in 1988. In addition to his
years of service at Hamilton, Carovano served in the United States Army on active duty
or active reserve from 1957-1961. He also worked for the United States Treasury as a
financial economist (1968-1969), and served as the Director of Hayes National Bank
(1976-1980).
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Film, Video
Extent
1 Box
Description
Correspondence to J.M. Carovano and Coleman Burke regarding the merger of
Hamilton and Kirkland Colleges, also includes newspaper clippings, and videotapes.
Videotapes of student protests (11/86) copied to DVD in April, 2005. Videotapes and DVDs
retained.
Restrictions
None
Frederick Carlos Ferry Papers (0000.054)
Biographical Information
F.C. Ferry (1868-1956) Ph.D., Clark University, 1898 L.L.D.,
Hamilton College, 1917 Professor of Mathematics and Dean of the College, Williams
College President of H.C., 1917-38
Contents
Degree
Extent
1 Box
Description
Baccalaureate Sermons and other addresses; papers on the educational goals of
the college; honorary degree from H.C.; letters from Norway (1898-9); letters to Wallace
B. Johnson (1930s); correspondence from 1917
Restrictions
None
Edward Fitch Papers (0000.055)
Biographical Information
E. Fitch (1864-1946) A.B. (1886), A.M. (1889), L.H.D. (1934), H.C.
Dr.Phil. (1896), University of Goettingen Professor of Greek, H.C., 1889-34 (Edward
North Professor, 1904-34) Dean of the College, H.C., 1922-32 first editor of the
Hamilton Alumni Review
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
letters from the 1920s
Restrictions
None
Ezra Pound Collection (0000.056)
Biographical Information
H.C. Class of 1905 Writer, Poet
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Books, Publications
Extent
5 Boxes; 2 Drawers
Description
Obituaries of E. Pound; personal correspondence from Saunders Collection;
publications; miscellaneous material related to E. Pound
Restrictions
None
Melanchton Woolsey Stryker Papers (0000.057)
Biographical Information
President of H.C., 1892-17 died 1929, aged
78
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.); Books, Publications
Extent
2 Boxes; 2 Drawers
Description
box 1:scrapbooks (2); retirement tributes; Rome Free Academy Yearbook
(dedicated to Stryker) box 2: mss. of sermons and lectures, church publications; Corbula
ms; The Song of Miriam ms 1 & 2 of 240 copies; The Great Dirge of Thomas de
Celano 4 copies; H.C. Chapel Hymnal and Scripture Readings, 1892 box 3 (was drawer 1):
Pastor's Register: sermons delivered, baptisms, marriages, funerals, etc --
1873-1924; lecture notes from the Auburn Theological Seminary; mss. of sermons, outlines
of sermons; English Flag box 4,A&B (was drawer 2): sermons; essays;
correspondence; diplomas, buff and blue pennant Added 6/2/05, to 0000.57.2, from Molly
Root house: Bible inscribed by Stryker, with notes on some of the blank pages (every
other page is blank)
Restrictions
None
Charles Lafayette Todd Papers (0000.058)
Biographical Information
H.C., Class of 1933 Upson Professor of Rhetoric, H.C.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Books, Publications
Extent
1 Box
Description
publications (includes local history articles, clippings, poems); biographical
materials; personal correspondence
Restrictions
None
Andrew C. White Papers (0000.059)
Biographical Information
H.C. Class of 1881
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Photographs
Extent
1 Box
Description
Class of 1881 reports and history; autograph book; diaries (1882, 1883);
photograph album; personal correspondence
Restrictions
None
David Worcester Collection (0000.060)
Biographical Information
U.S. Navy Officer President of H.C.,
1945-7
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
speeches (typescript); mss; personal and official correspondence; navy records;
material related to the David Worcester Memorial Fund
Restrictions
None
Saunders Family Papers (0000.061)
Biographical Information
Arthur Percy Saunders (1869-1953), dean of H.C., chemist and
horticulturalist Louise Brownell Saunders (1870-1961), educator Silvia Saunders
(1901-1994), daughter of A.P. Saunders, commercial artist,
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Maps, Plans Books, Publications Photographs
Sound Recordings
Extent
40 Boxes; 1 Small Box
Description
personal and professional correspondence particularly in conjunction with the
Saunders' horticultural business; diaries; and research notes on peony
hybridization. Includes ms. poetry of James Agee and Richard Eberhart. Correspondents
include J. Agee, R. Eberhart, Ezra Pound, Elihu Root and family, B.F. Skinner, and
Alexander Woollcott. Also includes letters from Susy Clemens to Louise Brownell. Family
members represented include A.P. Saunders, L.B. Saunders, and Silvia Saunders. Some
family photos in AP Saunders notebooks 108 and 114 in box 0000.61.16.
Restrictions
None
Alpha Delta Phi Archives (0000.062)
Biographical Information
fraternity founded at Hamilton College in 1832 by Samuel
Eells
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Books, Publications pins
Extent
11 Boxes; 2 File cabinets (8 drawers); 1 Small Box
Description
Correspondence of the fraternity, convention minutes, traveling
secretaries' reports, publications, literary prize mss., and other national
records; together with records (chiefly 1800s) of chapters at City College of NY,
Hobart, Western Reserve, and Yale Universities. For more Alpha Delta Phi information,
see alumni file on Samuel Eells, class of 1832. Added 7/06: New Testament (with notes in
Romans) belonging to Francis Bagley, 1870, and Charles Eells, 1874, both members of
Alpha Delta Phi.
Restrictions
Restricted. Contact http://hamilton.alphadeltaphi.org for
permission.
Hamilton College Diploma Collection (0000.063)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Diploma
Extent
3 Boxes; 8 Flat Items; 6 Items
Description
Diplomas granted by H.C., 1815-1912 Honorary Degree Diplomas assorted
citations, college and non-college
Restrictions
None
Burke Library Architecture Collection (0000.064)
Biographical Information
Burke is the main library of H.C., completed in
1972
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Maps, Plans
Extent
2 Boxes, 1 flat item
Description
records on the planning and construction of the library, college committees and
correspondence with the architect
Restrictions
None
Applications for Admission, Classes of 1907-1944 (0000.065)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
9 Boxes
Description
Applications for admission to H.C., 1907-44; arranged by class year and
alphabetical
Restrictions
FERPA
Student Academic Records, Classes of 1944-53 (0000.066)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
4 Boxes
Description
Student academic records, Classes of 1944-53. Also, in safe: Student Academic
Records: 1950s, 60, 70s; Kirkland College Student Records
Restrictions
FERPA
Charles B. Rogers Papers (0000.067)
Biographical Information
C.B. Rogers (1865-1937), son of Publius Virgilius Rogers ‘46 H.C.
Class of 1887 (3 years, then transferred to Harvard A.B. '88); A.M. (1894,
H.C.) L.L.D. (1928, H.C.); Elected: Trustee, 1899; Treasurer, 1904; Chairman of the
Board: First Bank and Trust Company, and later, First Citizens Bank and Trust Company,
Utica, NY; 1892, Lecturer, Finance at H.C. Charles Butler Rogers was born in Utica, NY,
on 23 January, 1865, and died on 22 December, 1937, in Clinton, NY. Rogers attended
Hamilton College from 1883-1886, when he transferred to Harvard University. After
graduating in 1888, he attended the University of Berlin from 1888-1889, then began work
as a clerk with the First National Bank of Utica. He was named assistant cashier in
1893, was promoted to vice-president of the bank in 1894, and succeeded his father,
Publius Virgilius Rogers '46, as president in 1895. Rogers held that position
until 1927 when he became chairman of the board of the First Bank and Trust Company,
into which the First National Bank had merged. After another merger, Rogers finally
became chairman of the board of the First Citizens Bank and Trust Company, a position he
held until his death. In 1892, Rogers became a member of the faculty at Hamilton College
as a lecturer on finance. He was awarded an M.A. by the institution in 1894 and an LL.D.
in 1928. A loyal member of the Hamilton community, Rogers was elected to the Board of
Trustees and the Executive Committee in 1899 and became its treasurer in 1904. For his
devotion and generosity, he was named a trustee for life.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
2 Boxes
Description
Personal and professional correspondence from 1910s and 1920s
Restrictions
None
Playbills Collection (0000.068)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
playbills of productions from various theaters
Restrictions
None
Class Histories Collection (0000.069)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Books, Publications
Extent
5 Boxes
Description
Class histories, 1841-1924
Restrictions
None
Investment Reviews (0000.070)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
Investment reviews, 1968-76 for H.C.
Restrictions
None
Hamilton College Fundraising Collection (0000.071)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
collection of articles (mostly from Alumni Review) about Hamilton College
fundraising , 1941-87
Restrictions
None
Hamilton College Alumni Council / Alumni Affairs Records (0000.072)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
2 Boxes
Description
various correspondence and records of the Alumni Affairs and Alumni Council,
1940s-60s
Restrictions
None
Alumni Fund Donation Cards (0000.073)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
Alumni fund donation cards, 1977-78
Restrictions
None
Alumni Fund Acknowledgement Forms (0000.074)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
Alumni Fund Acknowledgement Forms, 1975-76
Restrictions
None
Alumni Fund Correspondence (0000.075)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
Correspondence regarding the Alumni Fund, 1936-8
Restrictions
None
Committee on Academic Policy Records, 1967-1982 (0000.076)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
2 Boxes
Description
minutes and other records of the H.C. Committee on Academic Policy,
1967-82
Restrictions
None
Report of the Dean of the College, 1963-1967 (0000.077)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
Report of the Dean of the College, H.C., 1963-7; includes records on athletics,
attrition, comprehensive examinations, course schedules
Restrictions
None
Dean of the College Records, 1963-65, 1975-79 (0000.078)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
various documents including faculty minutes, Board of Review, academic
calendar, announcements, correspondence
Restrictions
None
Institutional Research Records, 1952 (0000.079)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
study of H.C. statistics, and proposals for change to create optimum
conditions; including: class and student body size, curriculum, faculty and teaching,
enrollement trends and admissions quality
Restrictions
None
AC, CAS Records, Admin. Staff Meeting Minutes, Faculty Meeting
Minutes (0000.080)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
5 Boxes
Description
Academic Council Records: 1942-56, 64-68, 74-86 Committee on Academic Standing
Records: 1975-80 Aministrative Staff Meeting Minutes: 1943-56 Faculty Meeting Minutes:
1858-75
Restrictions
None
Long Range Planning Committee Records, 1961-1962 (0000.081)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
Committee minutes, proposals, reports, memoranda, 1961-2
Restrictions
None
Commencement and Baccalaureate Programs, 1826-Present (0000.082)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
3 Boxes
Description
H.C. Commencement and Baccalaureate programs, 1826-Present
Restrictions
None
1995 Residential Life Report Papers (0000.083)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
correspondence between alumni, Eugene M. Tobin, President of the College
(H.C.), and Kevin Kennedy, Chairman, Board of Trustees (H.C.) regarding the 1995
Residential Life Report and decision to require all students to live in college
housing
Restrictions
None
Catherine Frazer Papers (0000.084)
Biographical Information
Dean of Academic Affairs, Kirkland College Catherine S. Frazer was
born on 22 April, 1925, in Lincoln, NE. After graduating from Wellesley College with a
degree in Philosophy in 1946, she earned an M.A. (1948) and a Ph.D. (1951) from Yale
University. From 1948 until 1959, Frazer served Wellesley College as an Instructor of
Philosophy and a Lecturer in Humanities. She became an Assistant Professor of Philosophy
at the University of Denver in 1965, eventually being named Department Chairman
(1970-1974) and full Professor (1971-1974). In 1974, Frazer joined the faculty of
Kirkland College as the Dean of Academic Affairs, a position she held until Kirkland
College merged with Hamilton College in 1978.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
9 folders
Description
correspondence regarding the Education Studies program at Kirkland College,
1970s
Restrictions
None
Samuel F. Babbitt Correspondence with Students Papers,
1971-1974 (0000.085)
Biographical Information
President of Kirkland College Samuel Fisher Babbitt was born in
New Haven, CT, on 22 February, 1929. After earning a silver star for his service as a
Master Sergeant during the Korean War, Babbitt graduated from Yale College in 1953. He
later earned his Master's degree in general studies (1957) and his Ph.D. in
American Studies (1965) from Yale Graduate School. He later received an honorary degree
from Hamilton College in 1969. Babbitt came to Kirkland College after serving as
lecturer in English and Dean of Men at Vanderbilt University from 1957-1962, and
Assistant Dean of Yale Graduate School (1962-1966). Babbitt was appointed President of
the newly incorporated Kirkland College in 1966, and was officially inaugurated in April
of 1969. He held that position until Kirkland College merged with Hamilton College in
1978. After completing his service as President of Kirkland, Babbitt was appointed vice
president of Program Planning and Resources at the Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer
Center of New York in 1980 and in 1983 became the vice president for development at
Brown University, a position he held until his retirement in
1993.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Folder
Description
S.F. Babbitt's correspondence with Kirkland College students,
1971-4
Restrictions
None
Robert H. Henover Papers (0000.086)
Biographical Information
Director of Public Relations (H.C.)
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Books, Publications
Extent
13 folders
Description
professional correspondence, 1950s and 60s; H.C. Sesquicentennial Celebration
Committee
Restrictions
None
Financial Records: Receipts, 1812-1860 (0000.087)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
Receipts from various transactions: 1812-60
Restrictions
None
Library -- 19th Century Catalog (0000.088)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
Catalog of books owned by the Hamilton College library in the mid-19th
century
Restrictions
None
Alumni (Deceased) Donation Files: Until Class of 1924 (0000.089)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
10 Boxes; 1 folder
Description
records of donations to H.C. on behalf of the alumni through 1924; some
biographical information
Restrictions
None
Kirkland College Archives (0000.090)
Biographical Information
Kirkland College, 1965 -- 1978
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Ephemera Books, Publications
Extent
88 Boxes; 2 Flat Boxes; 54 File Cabinet Drawers
Description
The official archives of Kirkland College; see K.C. Archives Reference for box
and drawer index for listing of items; includes (in 0000.90.148 (NES 6)) two sets of
robes, one bright green, one multicolored (made for President Babbitt by Gail Bransford
Phelps K '72), stole in the form of a snake dangling an apple from its mouth,
and necklace/medal, made by Peter Ostuni, Kirkland faculty. A) Senior Projects; Student
life; B) Alumnae; C) Administration; D) History (including oral history transcripts); E)
Finances; F) Development; G) Faculty; H) Kirkland College Miscellanea; I) Photo/Video;
J) Kirkland College Assembly; K) Reports/Surveys/Questionnaires; L) Public
Relations/Publications; M) Board of Trustees; Associates; N) Kirkland College
Individuals
Restrictions
None
Kirkland College materials previously unprocessed (0000.090.159)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 box
Description
Folder: Misc. Kirkland Material from Walter Beinecke, Jr. (1975, 1976); Folder:
Critical Languages Review, Spring 1976 (Kirkland College); Folder: Jewish Studies
Program (Kirkland College; Dean Frazer correspondence); Binder: Profile of Hamilton
College 1952-1972; Small Box: Executive Committee Minutes (Kirkland College Board of
Trustees); Large Box: Minutes of The Board of Trustees (Kirkland College).
Restrictions
Kirkland College Press Releases, 1968-1975 (0000.091)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
K.C. press releases, 1968-75
Restrictions
None
Photograph Collection (0000.092)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Photographs
Extent
15 filing cabinet drawers; 7 small filing cabinet drawers; 10 boxes; 8 flat drawers;
5 shelves; 1 long flat area (currently standing in box)
Description
photographs, slides, and negatives of Hamilton and Kirkland College Students,
Faculty, Campuses, Buildings, Activities, Athletics, Alumni, 19th century to the
present. Includes photographs and negatives by Richard Carver Wood.
Restrictions
None
Hamilton College Miscellaneous Files (0000.093)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Photographs Prints, Paintings, Drawings Maps,
Plans
Extent
12 filing cabinet drawers
Description
assorted material related to H.C., all years
Restrictions
None
H.C. Library Records (0000.094)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
14 boxes
Description
Records, 1908-94, including correspondence, budget, and other materials; files
on library exhibits in 0000.94.13
Restrictions
None
President of Hamilton College Biographical Material
Collection (0000.095)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Books, Publications
Extent
2 filing cabinet drawers
Description
biographical material, personal papers, mss, of the presidents of Hamilton
College, 1812 -- Present. Includes 1815 letter from Azel Backus to his son at
Yale.
Restrictions
None
Non-Hamilton College Miscellaneous Files (0000.096)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Photographs Maps, Plans
Extent
2 Filing cabinet drawers
Description
assorted material not directly related to Hamilton College, all
years
Restrictions
None
H.C. Press Releases and Clippings (0000.097)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
9 Filing cabinet drawers
Description
News releases: 1939-48, 1959-82 Sports releases: 1959-82 Clippings:
1961-72
Restrictions
None
William D. Love's Research Notes for Hamilton College and Her
Family Lines (0000.098)
Biographical Information
H.C. Class of 1909 William DeLoss Love was born on 20 July, 1888,
in Putnam, CT, and died on 25 July, 1975, in Berkeley, CA. After graduating from
Hamilton College with the class of 1909, Love served in the United States Army as a 2nd
lieutenant in the 77th Field Artillery regiment in World War I. Following his service,
he joined the publishing house Houghton Mifflin Company. In 1922, Love began work as an
executive with the National Nut Company, eventually becoming president, and, in 1946,
becoming a general partner with the company. Love was a loyal and active alumnus of
Hamilton College. In addition to becoming the first president of the Northern California
Alumni Association, he served as a Hamilton College trustee from 1947-1950, established
the William DeLoss Love Scholarship Fund, and authored Hamilton College and Her Family
Lines. For his outstanding service to the Hamilton community, the Hamilton College
Alumni Council awarded Love the Bell Ringer Award in 1971.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Filing cabinet drawer
Description
research notes (1950s and 60s) for Hamilton College and Her Family Lines,
published 1963
Restrictions
None
Clinton Scollard Papers (0000.099)
Biographical Information
author; lived 1860-1932; H.C. Class of 1881 Professor of Rhetoric,
Elocution, English Literature, Librarian: 1886-96, 1911-12 Clinton Scollard was born on
18 September, 1860, in Clinton, NY, and died on 22 November, 1932, in Kent, CT. After
graduating from Hamilton College in 1881, Scollard continued his post-graduate work at
Harvard University and in Cambridge, England. Hamilton College also awarded him a
Master's degree (1884) and an L.H.D. (1905). After teaching at the Brooklyn
Polytechnic Institute from 1881-1883, Scollard returned to Hamilton as Chair of English
Literature, a position he held from 1889-1897, and again from 1911-1912. During this
time, he also served as President of the Rome & Clinton Railroad Company. When
not teaching, Scollard devoted himself to literary work, publishing many works of poetry
during his life, including three volumes of which he is the sole
author.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.), diploma, receipts purse
Extent
3 Filing cabinet drawers
Description
personal papers of Clinton Scollard, diploma in tube, leather receipts
purse
Restrictions
None
19th Century Class Alumni Biographical Material Files (0000.100)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Filing cabinet drawer
Description
biographical material of H.C. alumni graduated in the 19th Century; compiled by
Joseph D. Ibbotson
Restrictions
None
Audio and Visual Recordings Collection (0000.101)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Film, Video Sound Recordings
Extent
3 Filing cabinet drawers
Description
assorted audio and visual recordings produced by H.C. including the Winter
Carnival, Bobby Peru, athletic events (1960s), fundraising videos (Life in a Small
College), microfilm 0000.101.1 Audio A Concert by the Hamilton College Choir-3 copies
Songs of Hamilton-2 copies Voices of Hamilton's Past-2 copies Hamilton College
Choir Christmas Greetings-3 copies Little Dorrit Microfilms-4 boxes Master Return
Records Hamilton 371.2 Ham cop. 2 Means, Craig Mengel '75-film about religion
on campus Hamilton College fund raiser Hamilton College, A Very Special Place F3-2
copies A Very Specal Place F3-Prof. Master Orientation Keynote Speaker-Carol
Belliny-Sharp 7 Sept '76 [+ 2 CDs made 9/05] Tutorials 1976
Hamilton-Isn't That Special Hamilton College "We Know Them As
People" 0000.101.2 Film and Audio Recordings Residence Hall Fire Safety
Hamilton College 371.2 Ham Copy 2 Photographic negatives-Miss Emily F. Paine Public
Relations Press Clippings-Alumni Records 1916-1909 Public Relations Press
Clippings-years 1947-1948 Public Relations Clippings file-years 1940-1944 Public
Relations Clippings file-years 1939-1943 Public Relations Clippings file-includes
clippings of 1940-1947 Public Relations Clippings file-includes clippings of 1949-1952
Public Relations Clippings file-years 1948-1950 Public Relations Clippings file-years
1951-1953 Public Relations Clippings file-years 1952-1953 Public Relations Press
Clippings-years 1939-1941, 1943-1946 Public Relations Material-years 1940-1943 Various
Films 1956-1959 (Football, hockey, etc)-6 rolls Alumni Press Clippings-Class of 1911?,
1912-1920, 1921 (partial) Alumni Press Clippings-Class of 1921 (continued), 1922-1928,
1929 (partial) Alumni Press Clippings-Class of 1929 (continued), 1930-1949, 1950
(partial) Alumni Press Clippings-Class of 1950 (Continued), 1951, 1952 Hamilton College
Alumni Cards data A-V Hamilton College Alumni Cards data A-V Hamilton College Alumni
Cards data W-Z Unidentified, unlabled cassette tape Scraps of paper including catalog
info and part of the Western Farmers' Almanac for 1940 Sesquincentenial
invitation engraving plate List of Films Hamilton-Wesleyan 1902 #1, #2 Hamilton-Wesleyan
1968 #1, #2 Hamilton-Rochester 1963 #1, #2 Hamilton-Rochester 1968 #1, #2 Hamilton-St.
Lawrence 1968 #1, #2 Hamilton-Union 1962 #1, #2 Hamilton-RPI 1960 #1, #2 Hamilton-RPI
1968 #1, #2, #3 Splices O.K. R 5-6-7-8
Restrictions
None
Life in a Small College film and DVDs (0000.101.3)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Film, Video Sound Recordings
Extent
box
Description
visual recordings produced by H.C. including the Winter Carnival, fundraising
or viewbook videos (Life in a Small College). Slight variants of Life in a Small College
include A (circa 9 minutes), B (10 min.), C (10.5 min.), D (12.5 min. [raw footage for A
& B]), E (12 min.), and the version cataloged as Ham Coll HE L43 DVD (17 min.),
which includes footage of President McEwen; Disk H, Carnival 1942 [footage for Life in a
Small College]; Disk I (labeled Winter Carnival and excerpts) [Raw footage for Disk E/ B
of Life in a Small College]; Disk J (labeled Campus Scenes) [raw footage for Life in a
Small College]
Restrictions
None
Hamilton Life, 1940-1942 (0000.102)
Biographical Information
Hamilton College student newspaper
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
1 Filing cabinet drawer
Description
Hamilton Life, 1940-1942
Restrictions
None
The Hamilton Campus, 1866-1869 (0000.103)
Biographical Information
Hamilton College student newspaper
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
1 Filing cabinet drawer
Description
The Hamilton Campus, 1866-1869
Restrictions
None
Hamilton News, 1942, 1943, 1945 (0000.104)
Biographical Information
student news magazine; product of the merger of Hamilton Life and
Continental Magazine
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
1 Filing cabinet drawer
Description
Hamilton News, 1942, 1943, 1945
Restrictions
None
The Hamilton College Spectator, 1948, 1961 -- Present (0000.105)
Biographical Information
Hamilton College student newspaper
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
6 Filing cabinet drawers
Description
The Hamilton College Spectator, 1948, 1961 -- Present
Restrictions
None
H.C. Faculty and Staff Biographical Material Files (0000.106)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
4 Filing Cabinet Drawers
Description
biographical material of H.C. faculty and staff (mostly 20th
century)
Restrictions
None
Dean of the Faculty Records: Faculty Files (0000.107)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
16 Boxes
Description
Files on appointments and other information regarding faculty, 1960s -
90s
Restrictions
may include restricted personnel information
Monday Club Records (0000.108)
Biographical Information
women's club, established at H.C. in the
1890s
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Photographs
Extent
2 Boxes
Description
records of the Monday Club, 1897-Present (primarily until 1983); includes
photographs of Monday Club members in 1898, early 20th century, 1942, 1992. Added
3/24/05: Monday Club materials from Rare Book Room, including bound volumes of club
calendars or programs: 1904-1916; 1916-1932; 1932-1951; 1953-1957; 1957-61; 1961-69;
1968-70; 1970-76; and 1976-81, plus unbound programs from 1981 to 1997; also an undated
copy of the Monday Club constitution.
Restrictions
None
Warren E. Wright Public Speaking Papers (0000.109)
Biographical Information
Upson Professor of Rhetoric and Communication at H.C. Warren Earl
Wright was born on 2 June, 1929 in Springfield, MA, and died on 5 February, 1998, in
Utica, NY. Wright graduated from Emerson College in 1951 with a Bachelor's
degree in Speech and earned an M.A. in Speech from Emerson in 1952. While an
undergraduate, Wright served in the United States Naval Reserve and was assigned to the
U.S.S. Argonaut, a submarine. After earning his M.A., Wright was drafted into the United
States Army to serve during the Korean War. He served as an operations sergeant in an
infantry battalion for two years and was released from duty in 1954. After working for
four years as an Instructor of Speech for Purdue University, Wright entered the doctoral
program at the University of Illinois and earned his Ph.D. in 1960. Wright joined the
Hamilton College faculty in 1960 as an Instructor of Speech, becoming the first member
of the Speech Department with a Ph.D. He was subsequently promoted to Assistant
Professor (1963), Associate Professor (1966), Professor (1975), and held the Upson
Professorship Emeritus of Rhetoric and Oratory from 1977 until his retirement from
teaching in 1992. Wright also served as department chair from 1972-1982. After the
speech requirement was eliminated from the Hamilton College curriculum in 1969, Wright
was influential in helping the Speech Department transition into the Department of
Rhetoric and Communication. In addition to the contribution of many scholarly articles,
Wright dedicated fourteen years to helping with the Higher Education Opportunities
Program (HEOP).
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
5 Boxes
Description
critiques and transcripts of speeches given by Prof. Wright's
students, 1980s and 90s
Restrictions
FERPA
Edward W. Root Art Plates and Nature Slides (0000.110)
Biographical Information
E.W. Root (1884-1956) H.C. Class of 1905; A.M., 1908; L.H.D.,
1952; Harvard Law (1907-8) Lecturer in Art (H.C.), 1920-40 Consultant in Art
(Munson-Williams-Proctor Inst.) 1949-56 Edward Wales Root was born on 23 July, 1884, in
Southampton, NJ, and died in New York City, NY, on 5 December, 1956. The son of Elihu
Root '64, Edward Root graduated from Hamilton College in 1905. After one year
of study at Harvard Law School, Root returned to Hamilton to earn an M.A. in 1908. He
then began work as an editorial writer for the New York Evening Sun and Harpers Weekly,
but left his position to serve with the Red Cross in connection with military relief and
personnel during World War I. Root returned to Hamilton in 1920 to become a lecturer in
art, a position he held until his retirement in 1940. A prolific collector of paintings
and art objects, he served as a trustee of the American Federation of Arts from
1941-1943 and became a member of the Addison Art Committee in 1945. In 1949, Root was
appointed consultant of art by the Munson-Williams-Proctor Art Institute in Utica and
was eventually named honorary consultant for life by the institution's board of
trustees. Hamilton College awarded Root an honorary L.H.D. in
1952.
Contents
Photographs
Extent
4 Boxes
Description
Plates depicting works of art; Nature slides
Restrictions
None
AAFTTC Pre-Meteorology Program Academic Records, 1943-44 (0000.111)
Biographical Information
Military training program for young men at H.C. during World War
II
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
4 Boxes
Description
Academic records of students in the training program
Restrictions
FERPA
U.S. Joint Publications Research Service: Publications on Communist
China (0000.112)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
assorted publications regarding communist China in the 1960s
Restrictions
None
Justus B. Doolittle Collection (0000.113)
Biographical Information
J.B. Doolittle (1824-1880) H.C. Class of 1846 Missionary to China:
1849-1864 Justus B. Doolittle was born on 23 June, 1824 in Rutland, NY, and died on 15
June, 1880 in Clinton, NY. After graduating from Hamilton College with the class of
1846, Doolittle attended the Auburn Theological Seminary. He applied to the American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions for missionary work and was assigned to the
Foochow and Tientsen regions of China, a position he held for thirteen years. After
returning to the United States due to poor health, Doolittle wrote several books about
his observations of Chinese culture.
Contents
money, paper tablets, small spinning pagodas?
Extent
2 Boxes, 1 Flat item
Description
assorted Chinese cultural items
Restrictions
None
Chinese Flag (0000.114)
Biographical Information
Teh-Yao Wu (Hon. 1966)
Contents
Flag
Extent
1 Flat item
Description
Flag with Chinese characters on it
Restrictions
None
Miscellaneous Printing Plates and other objects (0000.115)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Printing plates
Extent
1 Box
Description
Printing Plates and other objects: Bundle: Straw things; Box: Class plates,
names of courses; Royal Gaboon Christmas Issue printing plate; Tube intended for use in
holding microfiche of the contents of the cornerstone for the Burke Library-never used;
Printing Plate-appears Greek; Roman Mirror of Bronze, description printed on envelope
addressed to Dr. N. Emerson Paine; Small package labeled "Book Plate",
David Worcester; Class of 1913, Lincoln Park Chapter plate with engraving of Abraham
Lincoln; American flag (?); Small package labeled Worcester Plate; Engraving plate;
Hamilton College Junior plate; Plate of the Chapel; Photogravure Plate of the Clinton
Scollard Book Plate; Hamilton College engraving; Engraving plate; Plate: Eugenie Dumaux
Rogers Memorial Room; Plate: invitation to the nuptials (?) of Dr. Peter; Fraternity
engraving plate; Plate: Two pages from the Journal of Samuel Kirkland, 1792-1793
(Frontispiece in Documentary history of Hamilton College HE-D65); Engraving: Latin;
Engraving: Samuel Kirkland (?)
Restrictions
None
Fourteenth Century England Research Index Cards
Collection (0000.116)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
Fourteenth Century England Research Index Cards, possibly belonged to W.E.
Lunt
Restrictions
None
Scientists Index Cards Collection (0000.117)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1/2 Box
Description
Research on scientists written on index cards
Restrictions
None
Palestine Collection: Index Cards to Collection (0000.118)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1/2 Box
Description
Index to the Palastine Collection
Restrictions
None
Dean of the Faculty Records: 1940s and 50s (Winton
Tolles) (0000.119)
Biographical Information
Winton Tolles (1906-80) H.C. Class of 1928 H.C. Dean of the
Faculty: 1947-72 Winton Tolles was born in Bridgeport, CT on 12 December, 1906, and died
in Utica, NY, on 18 November, 1980. After graduating from Hamilton College with the
class of 1928, Tolles taught at Brewster High School for one year and returned to
Hamilton to earn his M.A. in 1931. After completing two years of doctoral work at
Columbia University (he would complete his Ph.D. in 1940), Tolles briefly taught at
Bound Brook High School in NJ (1933), and then became Professor of English at Washington
College in Chestertown, MD, a position he held for eight years. Tolles left Washington
College to accept a commission as a lieutenant in the United States navy Reserve in
1942. He was discharged in 1945 and, after teaching briefly at New York University and
Hamilton College, took a position as the first Dean and Chief Executive of Utica College
at Syracuse University during its charter year, 1946-1947. Tolles was appointed Dean of
Hamilton College in September, 1947 and continued in that position until his retirement
in 1972. He subsequently served as the assistant to the president of Delaware Valley
College in PA, and was named president of the college in 1974, but only held the
position for one year. A devoted member of the Hamilton College community, Tolles was
the first winner of the Hamilton College Alumni Council Bell-Ringer Award in 1970 for
his service and dedication to the college.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
2 Boxes
Description
Official records of the Office of the Dean of the Faculty, 1940s and
50s
Restrictions
FERPA
Burke Library Records -- Invoices---Deaccessioned (0000.120)
Biographical Information
H.C. Library
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
4 Boxes
Description
Burke Library Invoices from the last five years
Restrictions
None
Amendments to the H.C. Charter (0000.121)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
3 Amendments in 1 Flat File
Description
Amendments from the years: 1904, 1940, and 1946
Restrictions
None
H.C. Alumni Genealogical Information Collection (0000.122)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Shelf (including: 1 ms., 8 framed family trees, 1 item); 1 long flat
shelf
Description
Genealogical information of families related to H.C.
Restrictions
None
Christian H.F. Peters Papers (C.H.F. Peters Papers) (0000.123)
Biographical Information
Litchfield Professor of Astronomy at H.C.: 1858-90 Christian Henry
Frederick Peters was born in Coldenbüttel, Schleswig, Germany on 19 September, 1813, and
died on 19 July, 1890, in Clinton, NY. Peters earned his Ph.D. from the University of
Berlin in 1936. After working with Baron von Walterhausen on a geodetic survey of Mount
Etna from 1838 until 1843, Peters fought as an artillery officer under Garibaldi in the
revolt against the King of Naples. After the failure of the revolt, Peters fled to
Malta. He returned to Sicily the following year, but the fall of Palermo caused him to
travel to France, then Constantinople. Peters immigrated to the United States in 1852
and began working for the Dudley Observatory in Albany, NY, a position he held until
1858. In 1858, the Hamilton College Board of Trustees offered Peters the directorship of
the Litchfield Observatory. With the support of Edwin C. Litchfield '32, Peters
became the first member of the Hamilton College faculty with a Ph.D., was named the
Litchfield Professor of Astronomy in 1867, and continued to serve the school until his
death. During Peters' time at Hamilton, he discovered 47 asteroids from the
Litchfield Observatory and, with help from the University of the State of New York,
determined the longitude of the western boundary of New York State, as well as the
longitude for several cities, including Buffalo, Syracuse, and Elmira. With
Peters' death, the Litchfield Observatory fell into disrepair. Although it was
mentioned in college catalogues until 1917, it was never effectively manned and was torn
down in 1918.
Contents
plates of astronomical data Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
3 Shelves
Description
Correspondence and mss, astronomical research notes and plates 0000.123.4 (or
123.2.3): correspondence, Computations relative to Io, 4 packets of personal
correspondence Summary: notes, printed journals, charts, diagrams, photographs and
letters pertaining to CHF Peters' astronomy research at Litchfield Observatory.
The collection also includes several personal items, such as letters to and from friends
and family in several languages (German, Latin, Italian and French languages appear
regularly in the collection). Highlights include a thorough study of solar protuberances
during the solar eclipse of August 1869 which includes drafts and final color prints of
a series of 8 diagram plates; a set of 69 large star-charts from Paris in the late
1800s; correspondence between Peters and various international astronomy experts;
Peters' collection of large photographs of other observatories.
Restrictions
None
Poster Collection (0000.124)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Posters
Extent
18 posters
Description
assorted theater, music, lecture posters 0000.124.1 Emerson Gallery - Hamilton
Collects: Photographs and Drawings from the Permanent Collection 3/4/98 - 4/8/98;
0000.124.2 Emerson Gallery - Proper, Improper, and Heroic: women in Nineteenth Century
Japanese Art 10/3/97 - 12/16/97; 0000.124.3 Faculty Dance Concert October 31 and
November 1 [Flamingoes Wearing Shoes]; 0000.124.4 Charlatans - Zen Heaven and Free All
Political Prisoners by Harry Kondoleon Oct. 10-12; 0000.124.5 Ruth Draper's
Cast of Characters as Performed by Patrizia Norcia Oct. 8; 0000.124.6
Sophocles' Women of Trachis trans. by Ezra Pound 4/19 - 4/21; 0000.124.7 From
Backus Forward; 0000.124.8 Hamilton College Junior Year in France; 0000.124.9 William
Wycheryl's The Country Wife, dramatic readings presented by Hamilton and
Kirkland faculty; 0000.124.10 Ezra Pound Centennial Conference: Politics, Economics, and
Literature 20 21 April 1985; 0000.124.11 Mario Davidovsky Concert; 0000.124.12 Martha
Stuart Lecture: Welfare Mothers, Women in Management, Men Who Work with Women in
Management; 0000.124.13 Pare Lorentz, A Festival of Documentary Films; 0000.124.14
Bernanrd V. Bothmer - New Discoveries in Ancient Egypt; 0000.124.15 Carl F. Buechner -
Reading; 0000.124.16 King Richard III; 0000.124.17 The Marriage of Figaro; 0000.124.18
Elizabeth Olds - Exhibition of Paintings and Pastels at the Root Studio (hand-painted
sign, pastel on cardboard); 124.19 (added 6/05) Reunions 2005 Schedule, Alumni Colleges;
Nature of the “Reveries,†XIVth Biennial Colloquium of the Rousseau Association
Restrictions
None
H.C. Charter (copy) (0000.125)
Biographical Information
copy of 1812 charter
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 item
Description
H.C. Charter
Restrictions
None
Hamilton Pennant (0000.126)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
pennant
Extent
1 item
Description
pennant with "Hamilton" written on it
Restrictions
None
Chandler, John W. Inauguration Proclamations (0000.127)
Biographical Information
15 President of H.C. (1968-1973)
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
7 items
Description
Proclamations from seven universities conglatulating Chandler on his
inauguration, in cases
Restrictions
None
Hamilton-Oneida Academy Charter (copy) (0000.128)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
2 items
Description
copy of Hamilton-Oneida Academy charter and Hamilton College
charter
Restrictions
None
Newspapers I, Miscellaneous (0000.129)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
4 items
Description
newspapers with articles on: H.C. Semi-Centennial of 1870; dedication of Root
and Benedict Halls; Pres. McKinley's assassination; added 8/07: The Albany
Journal, 9/14/1832, donation to Hamilton
Restrictions
None
Danielson, Maxwell L., Capt., Award Presented to (0000.130)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 framed item
Description
Award presented to Capt. Danielson by the 3219th SOSU-ASTP at
H.C.
Restrictions
None
Phi Beta Kappa, Epsilon of New York Charter (0000.131)
Biographical Information
academic honor society, charter granted to H.C. chapter
5/24/1870
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 framed item
Description
chapter charter
Restrictions
None
Newspapers II, Miscellaneous (0000.132)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
1 Folio
Description
Aurora, Philadelphia 6/10/1812 The Fulton Republic, 7/21/64 Harper's
Weekly, 1870s
Restrictions
None
Buffers: Caricatures by James Penney (0000.133)
Biographical Information
Buffers: a cappella group at H.C. Penney: professor of art,
H.C.
Contents
Prints, Paintings, Drawings
Extent
1 folio
Description
set of caricatures of buffers
Restrictions
None
Charter, Kirkland College, photostat copy (0000.134)
Biographical Information
charter from 1965
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 folder
Description
charter
Restrictions
None
Legislation, Proposed Cycle of (0000.135)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 item
Description
diagram indicating how student government should interact with the
administration
Restrictions
None
Classical Sculpture, framed photograph (0000.136)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 framed item
Description
framed photograph of a classical sculpture
Restrictions
None
Ferro-vitreous Skyscrapper, framed photograph (0000.137)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 framed item
Description
framed photograph of a ferro-vitreous skyscrapper
Restrictions
None
Hudson & Berkshire RR Co. Bond from New York State,
1848 (0000.138)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 framed item
Description
framed bond from NY State 9/12/1848
Restrictions
None
Engs, Samuel Franklin, Testimonial Presented to (0000.139)
Biographical Information
Engs: H.C. of 1883
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 framed item
Description
Testimonial presented to Samuel Franklin Engs on 6/2/1937 the golden
anniversary of his wedding by the Class of 1883
Restrictions
None
Levitt, Arthur, Featured in a Political Cartoon by
Pierott (0000.140)
Biographical Information
Levitt: H.C. Hon. 1979 NYS Comptroller Arthur Levitt was born 28
June, 1900, in Brooklyn, NY, and died in 1980. Levitt enlisted as a private in World War
I prior to attending Columbia College, from which he graduated in 1921. After graduating
from Columbia University Law School in 1924, Levitt became active in civic and
charitable affairs in Brooklyn. He served in the United States Army again in World War
II as a captain in the JAG Corps, and then continued his career as public servant when
he served as on the New York State Board of Education from 1952-54. Levitt was elected
to his first of six terms as New York State Comptroller in 1954, a position he held for
24 years. Hamilton College conferred an honorary degree on Levitt in 1979 and, after his
death in 1980, the Levitt family donated funds to establish the Arthur Levitt Public
Affairs Center at Hamilton College.
Contents
Prints, Paintings, Drawings
Extent
1 framed item
Description
political cartoon
Restrictions
None
Untitled Print by S. Hollyer (0000.141)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Prints, Paintings, Drawings
Extent
1 framed item
Description
Print featuring buildings, one with sign:
"Martling"
Restrictions
None
Flag Flown Over US Capitol, Certificate (0000.142)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 framed item
Description
Certificate of flag flow over US Capitol for Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher of Port
Jervis, NY on 9/12/78
Restrictions
None
Sesquicentennial Stationary Logo Design, H.C. (0000.143)
Biographical Information
Prof. of Rhetoric and Communication at
H.C.
Contents
Prints, Paintings, Drawings
Extent
1 framed item
Description
original design of the Sesquicentennial Stationary Logo by Bob
Colby
Restrictions
None
Psi Upsilon Initiation Supper Announcement, June 11 1858 (0000.144)
Biographical Information
Psi Upsilon: fraternity at H.C.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 framed item
Description
announcement of Psi Upsilon Initiation Supper, June 11, 1858
Restrictions
None
Meyers, Frederick, Liquor License, March 5, 1790 (0000.145)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 framed item
Description
framed liquor license dated March 5, 1790
Restrictions
None
Rare Book Room Doors at the Library of Congress, Photograph of the, with V.
Valta Parma nameplate (0000.146)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 framed item
Description
photograph of Rare Book Room Doors at the Library of Congress with V. Valta
Parma nameplate
Restrictions
None
Kirkland, Samuel, Document of 8/15/1794 (0000.147)
Biographical Information
founder of Hamilton-Oneida Academy
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 framed letter
Description
document by S. Kirkland regarding H-O Academy loans
Restrictions
None
Seal of H.C. Plaque (0000.148)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
plaque
Extent
1 item
Description
metal seal of H.C. on wooden plaque
Restrictions
None
Bell Ringer Award Recipient Plaque, 1970-7 (0000.149)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
plaque
Extent
1 item
Description
Bell Ringer Award Recipient Plaque, 1970-7
Restrictions
None
Hamilton Needs: Fundraising Posters, 1950s (0000.150)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
6 items (posters)
Description
College fundraising posters from the 1950s
Restrictions
None
Laws of Hamilton College, Extract from the laws of
(copies) (0000.151)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 item
Description
Extract from the laws of Laws of Hamilton College (copies)
Restrictions
None
Minutes of the Meetings of theTrustees of H.C.: 1812-1912
(copies) (0000.152)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Large Box
Description
Minutes of the meetings of the Trustees of H.C.
Restrictions
None
Kent Collection (0000.153)
Biographical Information
Henry W. Kent (1866-1948) A.M. (Hon.), H.C. (1920) Secretary,
Metropolitan Museum of Art (1913-40) Henry W. Kent was born in Boston, MA, on 28
September, 1866, and died on 29 August, 1948, in New York City. Kent was educated at the
Boston Latin School and the Norwich Academy. He was awarded an honorary M.A. by Hamilton
College in 1920 and an honorary Doctor of Arts by Brown University in 1932. In 1905,
Kent became the assistant secretary of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts in New York City.
He was promoted to secretary in 1913, a position he held until his retirement in 1940.
Along with his contribution of many articles on biographical, topographical, and museum
subjects, Kent served as president of both the American Institute of Graphic Arts and
the Grolier Club, and was vice-president of both the American Association of Museums and
the American Association for Adult Education. In 1934, he was awarded the Michael
Friedsam medal for having "contributed most to the development of art in
industry."
Contents
book plates
Extent
1 Box, 1 Flat Box, 3 framed items
Description
Book plates
Restrictions
None
Diploma Tubes (0000.154)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
diploma tubes
Extent
12 items (tubes)
Description
diploma tubes
Restrictions
None
Bronze Relief Portrait, Albert Barnes, 1820 (0000.155)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
3D visual
Extent
1 framed item
Description
framed bronze relief sculptural portrait; identified (1/21/09) as Albert
Barnes, class of 1820.
Restrictions
None
Photograph Portrait, Unidentified Subject (0000.156)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 framed item
Description
framed photograph portrait of male subject
Restrictions
None
McKee, Frank Papers (0000.157)
Biographical Information
Hamilton College Class of 1936 Fred Wray McKee was born 18
February, 1915 in Beaver, PA, and died 25 April, 2002 in Bryn Mawr, PA. McKee graduated
from Hamilton College with the class of 1936. After earning his M.D. from the University
of Rochester's School of Medicine in 1943, he earned a fellowship in pathology
at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY. McKee left his fellowship to join the
United States Navy in December, 1943. He was assigned to casualty service on an LST
(Landing Ship Tank) in conjunction with the D-Day landings in Normandy and later served
in the Pacific Theater in Guam. McKee was discharged as a lieutenant and completed his
medical training at the University of Rochester. In 1951, he was appointed chief
pathologist by Genesee Hospital in Rochester. He was later appointed professor of
pathology and director of clinical laboratories for the medical school at UCLA (1954),
served as professor and associate dean of the medical school at University of Rochester
(1962), and was appointed as the director of the Division of Physician Manpower in the
Bureau of Health Manpower, a division of the National Institutes of Health (1967). In
1970, McKee returned to teaching as a professor of pathology and dean of West Virginia
University's School of Medicine, and was then appointed associate director of
the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (1974) until his retirement in
1980. During his career he contributed prolifically to the medical field, submitting
more than 30 articles for publication in professional journals. A dedicated Hamilton
Alumnus, McKee delivered the Half-Century Annalist's letter for the 50th
reunion of his class in 1986.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
correspondence reagrding H.C. fundraising, late 1970s, early
1980s
Restrictions
None
Alexander Woollcott Papers (0000.158)
Biographical Information
(1887-1943); H.C. Class of 1909, L.H.D. (Hon.) 1924; writer; H.C.
Trustee, 1935-42. Alexander Humphreys Woollcott was born on 19 January, 1887, in
Phalanx, NJ, and died on 23 January, 1943, in New York City, NY. After graduating from
Hamilton College in 1909, Woollcott worked briefly as a bank clerk for the Chemical
National Bank in New York City. He joined the reportorial staff of the New York Times as
a dramatic critic in 1914. He held that position until 1922, with the exception of two
years when he served as an enlisted man in the United States Army. He was a sergeant in
the American Expeditionary Forces, working mostly in the editorial room of The Stars and
Stripes, AEF's weekly newspaper. After leaving the New York Times, he joined
the staff of the New York Herald (1922-1925) and the New York World (1925-1928). He
subsequently became a free lance writer, contributing regularly to the New Yorker and,
from 1929 until 1942, appeared on CBS radio as "The Town Crier." In
addition to his role of critic, Woollcott helped form the Round Table group at the Hotel
Algonquin, a group which included Irving Berlin, Dorothy Parker, and Harpo Marx. He
authored many articles, books, and plays, including While Rome Burns (1934), The
Woollcott Reader (1935), and Long Long Ago (1943). A co-founder of the Hamilton College
Charlatans, Woollcott worked occasionally as an actor, having his first professional
stage debut in Brief Moment in 1931 at the Belasco Theater in New York. He also served
as the model for Sheridan Whiteside, the central character in The Man Who Came to
Dinner, and portrayed Whiteside in a road company production of the
play.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Film, Video Ephemera
Extent
3 Boxes, 1 folio
Description
personal correspondence, biographical material, scripts of radio broadcasts,
movie reels, cap and hood, political cartoon hand-drawn and signed by artist: H.M.
Talburt; added 7-6-09, copy of Dickens Encyclopaedia given and inscribed to Alexander
Woollcott by Jerome Kern, 1924
Restrictions
None
North, Simeon: Bible (0000.159)
Biographical Information
President of H.C.
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
1 Box
Description
Bible presented to President North by the Class of 1849
Restrictions
None
Miller, Luther: Account Book, 1796 (0000.160)
Biographical Information
Luther Miller was of father Anson S. Miller, Class of
1835
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 folder
Description
account book of Luther Miller: 1796
Restrictions
None
Class Photograph Album Collection (0000.161)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 Box
Description
3 class photograph albums (1865, 1873, 1878)
Restrictions
None
Class Scrapbook Collection (0000.162)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Photographs Books, Publications
Extent
1 Shelf
Description
12 Class Scrapbooks: 1903 (2 vols.), 1914-17, 20-21, 23-5, 27, 44 Claude H.
Thompson, 1920, DKE member
Restrictions
None
Class Scrapbook Collection: Scrapbooks or albums of Paul T. Harper,
1903 (0000.162.1)
Biographical Information
Paul T. Harper was born in late 1881 in Schenevus, NY, and died in
Philadelphia on July 11, 1931, of acute pneumonia. Dr. Harper graduated from Hamilton
College in 1903 and received his degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of
Columbia University in 1907. In 1909 Dr. Harper moved from New York City, his home since
his graduation, to Albany, and in 1910, married Susan Ann Davis. From 1912 to his death,
he served as obstetrician at Albany Hospital, and for sixteen years was Clinical
Professor of Obstetrics at Albany Medical College. Dr. Harper was also instrumental in
the organization of the Brady Maternity Home. In 1928, he received the honorary degree
of Doctor of Science from Hamilton College. Dr, Harper is also the author of
"Clinical Obstetrics" (1929) and various scientific articles, and
belonged to such organizations as the American College of Surgeons and the American
Association of Obstetricians, Gynecologists and Abdominal Surgeons. Besides his
professional interests, Dr. Harper was a proud member of the Theta Delta Chi Fraternity
and an ardent fisher.
Contents
Photographs Books, Publications
Extent
2 volumes
Description
Scrapbooks or albums: Two volumes of photographs, signatures, tickets,
programs, dance cards, invitations, Commencement material, notices, notes, menus,
newspaper clippings, and assorted other memorabilia, from Paul T. Harper’s years at
Hamilton, 1899-1903. finding aid in Description folder
Restrictions
None
Class Scrapbook Collection: Scrapbook or album of Robert H. Chastney
‘23 (0000.162.10)
Biographical Information
Robert Hamilton Chastney graduated from Hamilton College in 1923.
At Hamilton, he was a member of the Chi Psi fraternity. He received an M.A. from
Columbia in 1926, a Ph.D. from New York University in 1933 and an honorary Doctor of
Literature degree from Norwich University in 1958. From 1923 to 1942 he worked at the
Townsend High School in New York City, rising to the position of director. Mr. Chastney
then spent half a year at Hunter College before becoming principal at Montpelier High
School. He retired in 1967. During his life, Mr. Chastney was president of the New
England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the Vermont Mental Health
Association, and the New York Classical Club. He was also the coordinator of Vermont
Secondary Schools and a trustee of Bethany Congregational Church. Mr. Chastney died on
October 21, 1977, at the age of 77. He was survived by his wife,
Mary.
Contents
Photographs, textual records, publications, ephemerae
Extent
1 album
Description
Scrapbook or album: One volume containing photographs, signatures, programs,
letters, academic records, schedules, newspaper clippings, dance cards, menus and other
memorabilia, from Robert H. Chastney‘s years at Hamilton, 1919-1923. Cataloged as HAM
COLL HU 923c finding aid in Description folder
Restrictions
None
Class Scrapbook Collection: Scrapbooks or albums of Leon H. Lyons
‘27 (0000.162.11)
Biographical Information
Leon H. Lyons was born April 21, 1904, in Huntington, IN, and grew
up in Binghamton, NY. At Hamilton College, he was a member of Lambda Xi Sigma, the
assistant chapel organist, played cornet in band, managed the College's
Symphony Orchestra his senior year, and received the Darling Prize in American History.
He graduated from Hamilton in 1927, having majored in history and music. After receiving
an M.A. in history from the University of Pennsylvania in 1929, Mr. Lyons taught history
and music in public schools and taught organ and piano privately for 35 years. After his
retirement from Binghamton's East Junior High School in 1968, he continued to
teach privately as the operator of the Lyons Music Studio. During his life, Mr. Lyons
worked as a piano technician on weekends and vacations, servicing many pianos in America
and Western Europe. This increased an already impressive collection of famous
people's signatures. He was also an organist for local churches, the Elks Lodge
and the Masonic Temple. As well as being an active Mason, Mr. Lyons was also an honorary
commander of Malta Commadery Knights Templar, and composed more than one hundred pieces
for piano and organ. Mr. Lyons died on March 7, 1992, in Binghamton, NY, at the age of
87. He was survived by his daughter and two grandchildren, but predeceased by his
wife.
Contents
Photographs, textual records, publications, ephemerae
Extent
2 albums
Description
Scrapbooks or albums: Two volumes containing photographs, including some of his
dorm room; signatures, programs; letters; newspaper clippings; postcards; tickets and
other memorabilia, from Leon H. Lyons‘ years at Hamilton, 1923-1927. finding aid in
Description folder
Restrictions
None
Class Scrapbook Collection: album of William T. Smyth ‘44, Gerald F. Dale
‘43 (0000.162.12)
Biographical Information
William T. Smyth was born on January 23, 1922 in Pottsville, PA.
He came to Hamilton College in 1940 with the intention to practice medicine, and in
1943, because of wartime exigencies, he went to the University of Pennsylvania Medical
School under the Navy V-12 program. He was belatedly granted a Hamilton diploma in 1946,
the same year he received his M.D. degree. For the next three years he served in the
Navy, and was released in 1949 a lieutenant (j.g.). The same year, he married Virginia
E. Wigginton in Athens, GA, and pursued a four-year residency in pathology at the
University of Iowa. He was then employed as a pathologist at the Veterans Administration
hospitals in Iowa City and Albany, NY. In 1959, Dr. Smyth was named assistant director
of the Cayuga County Laboratory in Auburn NY, and was a five-year member of the Port
Bryon Central School District. In 1968, he was appointed as the pathologist at Saint
Vincent Health Center in Erie, PA, a job he kept until a heart attack forced him to
retired in 1985. During his life, Dr. Smyth was a woodworker, a member of Erie Symphonic
Singers, a deacon of the First Presbyterian Church of the Covenant in Erie and did a
great deal of volunteer and mission work. Dr. Smyth died on August 24, 1997, in Erie of
lung cancer. He was survived by his wife, his three daughters, his son, his five
grandchildren and one of his brothers.
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 album
Description
Scrapbook or album: One volume of photographs, and other memorabilia, from
William T. Smyth‘s years at Hamilton, 1940-1943; many of the photos are annotated. Note:
Most of the pictures were taken by Gerry Dale. He died in a plane crash in Egypt as a US
Air Force pilot--about three months after his marriage and getting his wings-1943 (?).
finding aid in Description folder
Restrictions
None
Class Scrapbook Collection: scrapbook or album of Frederic P. Lee
1915 (0000.162.2)
Biographical Information
Fredric P. Lee was born in Lincoln Neb. on January 6, 1893. He
received his Ph. B. from Hamilton College in 1915, his master's degree from
Columbia University in 1916 and his law degree from Columbia Law School in 1918. From
1919 to 1923, Mr. Lee served as assistant legislative draftsman of the House, an
appointment he received from the 1919 Speaker of the House Champ Clark. In 1923, Mr. Lee
was named legislative counsel of the Senate, a post he held until 1930, when he became a
member of the private law firm MacCracken & Lee. From 1931 to 1933, Mr. Lee was
president of the Montgomery County (Md.) Civic Federation. In 1933, he served as special
counsel to the Secretary of Agriculture, and, until 1935, as board member and general
counsel of the Federal Alcohol Control Administration. From 1929 to 1935 Mr. Lee was a
professor of law at Georgetown University, and in 1935 joined the law firm Alvard and
Alvard. In 1949, Mr. Lee was the president of the County Council after being chairman of
the charter board for the formation of the local government. In 1950, he joined the law
firm Lee, Toomey & Kent, which whom he stayed until his retirement in 1961. From
1946 to his death, he also served as chairman of the advisory council of the National
Arboretum and, for part of that time, as director and officer of the American
Horticultural Society. During his life, Mr. Lee authored various articles for
horticulture magazines and law journals as well as one book, The Azalea Book. Mr. Lee
was a member of the bar of New York, the District of Columbia, Maryland, and the United
States Supreme Court. He was also a member of the Maryland National Capital Park and
Planning Commission and a trustee of Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies and of
Hamilton College. Mr. Lee died in the fall of 1968 at the age of 75 of a heart
attack.
Contents
Photographs Books, Publications
Extent
1 album
Description
Scrapbook or album: One volume containing photographs, including some of the
faculty at the time with E. Root and E. North; athletic records and programs, delta
upsilon memorabilia, newspaper clippings, signatures, and other memorabilia, from
Frederic P. Lee’s time at Hamilton, 1911-1915. finding aid in Description
folder
Restrictions
None
Class Scrapbook Collection: Scrapbook or album of E.D. McLean,
1914 (0000.162.3)
Biographical Information
Elinas Delavan McLean was born on April 22, 1892, in Binghamton,
NY. He graduated from Hamilton College in 1914 with a B. S. While at Hamilton he was a
member of the Chi Psi Fraternity. After his graduation, Mr. McLean taught at the Syrian
Protestant College in Beirut, Syria, for a year. When he returned to the USA, he worked
for the New York Telephone Company until he joined the army. McLean was part of the
Signal Battalion during World War I, and traveled to France in 1918. In December of that
year, he was injured so severely in a automobile accident that he never could walk
unaided again. When he returned to the USA, he was hospitalized, and underwent several
major operations. Although his legs remained paralyzed, Mr. McLean excelled at archery
and taught it at Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla., for several years. In 1923 he
married Anne Huhuy. On October 11, 1937, Mr. McLean died as a direct result of the
injuries he sustained during the War.
Contents
Photographs, textual records, publications, ephemera
Extent
1 album
Description
Scrapbook or album: One volume containing photographs, drawings, signatures,
posters, programs, dance cards, athletic event notices, menus and other memorabilia from
E.D. McLean’s years at Hamilton, 1910-1914. finding aid in Description
folder
Restrictions
None
Class Scrapbook Collection: Scrapbook or album of Leon Arthur Davis,
1916 (0000.162.4)
Biographical Information
Leon Arthur Davis was born on May 25, 1892, in West Winfield, NY.
He graduated from Hamilton in 1916 with a B.S. He studied at Cornell University and
Syracuse University for postgraduate work. From 1916 to 1918, Mr. Davis taught science
in Johnson City. In 1918 he became principle of the Mexico Academy in Mexico, NY, a post
he held until 1920, when he became the elementary principal in Little Falls, NY. In the
fall of 1921, Mr. Davis became Supervising and District Principal for the Lowville
schools, a position that he kept until his retirement on the first of January, 1959. Mr.
Davis married Katherine Wheelock in 1917, and they had four children, George R.,
Katherine, Mary C., and Jane E., who died in January, 1960. He was a member of the
Emerson Literary Society at Hamilton, former president of the New York State Teachers
Association, former president and charter member of the Kiwanis Club of Lowville, and a
member of the Masonic Fraternity. Mr. Davis died on August 29, 1960, in Lowville due to
a heart attack.
Contents
Photographs, textual records, publications, ephemerae
Extent
1 album
Description
Scrapbook or album: One volume containing photographs, including eight pages of
Hamilton buildings; signatures; newspaper articles; Emerson Literary Society
information; train schedules; academic records, programs and other memorabilia from Leon
A. Davis’s years at Hamilton, 1912-1916. finding aid in Description folder
Restrictions
None
Class Scrapbook Collection: Scrapbook or album of George E. Norton,
1917 (0000.162.5)
Biographical Information
George E. Norton was born in 1895, and graduated from Hamilton
College in 1917. In 1926, he received his master’s degree form Columbia University.
During his life, Mr. Norton taught high school, was principal of old Sauquoit Union Free
School, and, after helping form the Sauquoit Valley Central School District, was, for 14
years, supervising principal and clerk of the Board of Education. He was also
sub-chairman of the Oneida County Heart Fund, a member of the Union Presbyterian Church,
and in the State Department of Audit and Control. He died December 5, 1975, in Faxton
Hospital, Utica.
Contents
Photographs, textual records, publications, ephemerae
Extent
1 album
Description
Scrapbook or album: One volume containing photographs; newspaper articles;
Hamilton mailings and posters, including a trustee resolution; programs; various
religious organization pamphlets and other memorabilia from George E. Norton’s years at
Hamilton, 1913-1917. finding aid in Description folder
Restrictions
None
Class Scrapbook Collection: Scrapbook or album of Claude H. Thompson
‘20 (0000.162.6)
Biographical Information
Claude Henry Thompson was born on March 2, 1898, in Binghamton,
NY. He attended Hamilton College from 1916 to 1918, when he transferred to Columbia,
from which he received an A.B. in 1920. Until 1924, when Mr. Thompson associated himself
with his family business, he worked as a cost accountant and salesman. When Mr. Thompson
first began to work in his family business, it was an automobile repair shop. During
World War II and later, the Korean War, Mr. Thompson diversified production, and the
business sold grommets. During peacetime, C.H. Thompson Co. Inc. made assorted other
products. Mr. Thompson stayed with this business until his retirement. Outside of
business, Mr. Thompson and his wife (Grace A. Lord, married in 1922, predeceased her
husband) were founding members of St. Paul's Episcopal Mission in San Miguelde
Allendre, Mexico, where they spent part of each year. Mr. Thompson died on December 13,
1991, at the age of 93.
Contents
Photographs, textual records, publications, ephemerae
Extent
1 album
Description
Scrapbook or album: One volume containing photographs, some of which are
labeled; signatures; newspaper clippings; negatives and other memorabilia from Claude
Henry Thompson’s years at Hamilton, 1916-1918. Thompson was a member of DKE. finding aid
in Description folder
Restrictions
None
Class Scrapbook Collection: Scrapbook or album of Elliot R. Fisk
‘21 (0000.162.7)
Biographical Information
Elliot Randall Fisk graduated from Hamilton College in 1921.
During his time at Hamilton, he was a member of Psi Upsilon, the Hamiltonian, the Choir,
and the Glee Club. After Hamilton, Mr. Fisk became an attorney. He was a fisherman and a
hunter, and interested in organic gardening and collecting antiques. Mr. Fisk died on
November 6, 1975, at the age of 75. He was survived by his wife Monica and his son
John.
Contents
Photographs, textual records, publications, ephemerae
Extent
1 album
Description
Scrapbook or album: One volume containing photographs, signatures, newspaper
clippings, tickets, programs, and other memorabilia from Elliot Randall Fisk’s years at
Hamilton, 1917-1921. finding aid in Description folder
Restrictions
None
Class Scrapbook Collection: Scrapbook or album of Francis M. Durkee
‘24 (0000.162.8)
Biographical Information
Francis Munger Durkee graduated from Hamilton College with B.S. in
1924. He died in Washington, DC in 1954.
Contents
Photographs, textual records, publications, ephemerae
Extent
1 album
Description
Scrapbook or album: One volume containing photographs, signatures, programs,
letters, newspaper clippings, dance cards, menus, tickets and other memorabilia, from
Francis M. Durkee’s years at Hamilton, 1920-1924. finding aid in Description
folder
Restrictions
None
Class Scrapbook Collection: Scrapbook or album of Harry D. Yates
‘25 (0000.162.9)
Biographical Information
Harry D. Yates was born on July 21, 1903, in Buffalo, NY. At
Hamilton, he was president of his class and of his house. He received a B.S. from
Hamilton College in 1925, after which he moved to Buffalo and worked for Manufacturers
& Traders Trust Co. In 1932 he moved to Albany to become state comptroller, a
post he held until he was drafted as a private in World War II in 1942. A year later, he
was commissioned as an officer in the Adjutant General's Corps. In 1944, while
he was on leave from his post in Washington, DC, Mr. Yates married Anita Pohndorff. When
he was released from active duty in 1945, Mr. Yates took up residence in and served as
president, treasurer, and general secretary for Dutch Village, a garden apartment
complex in Menands that he had helped create while he was deputy state comptroller. In
1951, he became a trustee for Home Savings Bank, and a decade later its president, an
office he held until 1968 when he became the chairman of the board. Also in the late
50s, Mr. Yates helped Grace Root set up the Edward W. Root Art Center in honor of her
husband, and during his time as alumni trustee for Hamilton College (1965-1971), Mr.
Yates helped her organize the foundation to care for Root Glen. During his life, he was
a trustee of Albany Institute of History and Art and of Siena College and of Hamilton
College. He received such awards as the membership into the Knights of Malta (1972), the
Distinguished Service Award from the Episcopal Bishop of Albany (1973) and an honorary
L.H.D. from Siena College (1972). Mr. Yates died on October 9, 1996, in his home in
Menands at the age of 93.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss.), publications, ephemerae
Extent
1 album
Description
Scrapbook or album: One volume containing newspaper clippings, schoolwork,
programs, notes, letters, menus, schedules, tickets and other memorabilia, from Harry D.
Yates’s years at Hamilton, 1921-1925. finding aid in Description folder
Restrictions
None
Root, Edward W.: Philip Hooker Book Research Material
Collection (0000.163)
Biographical Information
E.W. Root (1884-1956) H.C. Class of 1905; A.M., 1908; L.H.D.,
1952; Harvard Law (1907-8) Lecturer in Art (H.C.), 1920-40 Consultant in Art
(Munson-Williams-Proctor Inst.) 1949-56
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 Folio
Description
Research material related to book on Philip Hooker's architecture
photographs and photostatic copies of Hooker architecture
Restrictions
None
North, Edward, Papers (0000.164)
Biographical Information
Professor of Classics at H.C. Edward North was born in Berlin, CT,
on 9 March, 1820, and died in Clinton, NY, on 13 September, 1903. North, nephew of
college president Simeon North, graduated from Hamilton College as valedictorian of the
class of 1841. After serving as principal of Clinton Grammar School, he became professor
of ancient languages at Hamilton College in December, 1843. He was appointed Robinson
Professor of Greek in 1863, a position he held until he resigned in 1901. North received
the degree of A.M. from Brown University in 1844, an L.H.D. from the regents of the
State of New York in 1869, and an LL.D. from the trustees of Colgate University in 1887.
A dedicated educator, North served as president of the New York State Teachers'
Association in 1865 and as a trustee of Clinton Grammar School from 1852 until his
death. Known as "Old Greek," North was a devoted teacher a member of
the Hamilton College community. In addition to his brief service as acting president of
Hamilton College (1891-1892), North was a trustee from 1881 until his death in 1903. He
also corresponded frequently with his former students, prepared the annual college
catalogue, and was the first to prepare accurate obituary records for Hamilton College
alumni.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Photographs
Extent
was 2 Boxes & 1 drawer; now 5 boxes
Description
mss. of articles and books; scrapbooks; photographs
Restrictions
None
Bookplate Drawings (H.C. Seal), H.C. Library (0000.165)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Prints, Paintings, Drawings
Extent
1 Folio
Description
drawings for H.C. Library bookplates (college seal)
Restrictions
None
Grand Gift Concert by Junior Class (19th Century) Poster (0000.166)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Item
Description
Poster of Grand Gift Concert by the Junior Class
Restrictions
None
program for 1812 and All That! (0000.166)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 sheet
Description
1 legal-sized program for "A Cultural-Traditional-Pastoral Light Opera
in Two Acts: 1812 and All That! (Utilizing the actual texts of the original Charter and
By-laws of Hamilton College--plus other documents related to its founding."
People said to be involved in production: William Wyler, Grace Metalious, Jack Kerouac
'51, Silliman, Jacques Letzelter, Jon Mattingly, Jalon Rudd, Harry Kessler, Dr.
Evans, Casey Stengel '22. Act 1: H-O Acad., 1794; Act 2: Alpha Swigma Phi,
1961
Restrictions
Morris, Hobart L., Papers (0000.167)
Biographical Information
(1899-1967); H.C. Class of 1922; Oneida Co., surrogate judge
Hobart L. Morris was born in Utica NY on 2 July, 1899 and died in Utica NY on 27 July,
1967. After graduating from Hamilton College with the class of 1922, Morris graduated
from Columbia Law School in 1928. A noted Utica attorney, he became a surrogate judge
for Oneida County in 1937.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Books, Publications Photographs
Extent
1 Box
Description
law lecture notes; yearbooks (1920, 1923); photographs
Restrictions
None
Publications, Kirkland College (0000.168)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Photographs
Extent
4 Flat boxes; 6 Folios
Description
mechanical layouts, art and proofs for K.C. publications
Restrictions
None
Krensky, Diane, Drawings (0000.169)
Biographical Information
H.C. Class of 1981
Contents
Prints, Paintings, Drawings
Extent
1 Folio
Description
drawings made by Diane Krensky for art class at H.C.
Restrictions
None
Gill, Thomas, Drawings (0000.170)
Biographical Information
H.C. Class of 1979 D.V.M., Cornell U.
Contents
Prints, Paintings, Drawings
Extent
1 Folio
Description
drawings made by Thomas Gill for art class at H.C.
Restrictions
None
Paine, John A., Papers (0000.171)
Biographical Information
H.C. Class of 1859 Archaeologist, Palestine Exploration Society
Curator, Dept. of Casts, Metropolitan Museum of Art John Alsop Paine was born in Newark,
NJ, on 14 January, 1840 and died 24 July, 1912. Paine earned his bachelor's
degree from Hamilton College in 1859 and was subsequently awarded an A.M. in 1862 and an
honorary Ph.D. in 1874. After graduating from Hamilton with the class of 1859, Paine
graduated from the Andover Theological Seminary in 1862 and was later ordained as a
Congregationalist minister in 1867. From 1862 to 1867, Paine was employed by the Regents
of the University of the State of New York to enlarge a previously published volume on
the botany of Central New York. In 1867, he was appointed chair of Natural Science at
Robert College in Constantinople. He returned to the United States in 1870 to serve as
professor of Natural History and the German Language at Lake Forest University in
Illinois. In 1872, Paine was appointed archaeologist to the first expedition sent by the
Palestine Exploration Society to survey the area east of the River Jordan and the Dead
Sea, an expedition which lasted two years. Paine later worked as the editor and
publisher of the Journal of Christian Philosophy (1882), and became curator for the
Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1889. He held that position until his retirement in 1906,
but was subsequently elected as an honorary fellow of the Metropolitan Museum of
Art.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
mss. of Biblical and Classical books and articles
Restrictions
None
Couper, Edgar W., Papers (0000.172)
Biographical Information
(1899-1988) H.C. Class of 1920 Trustee (H.C.) Chancellor,
University of the State of New York Edgar Williams Couper was born in Boonville, NY, on
14 February, 1899, and died in Binghamton, NY, on 17 January, 1988. After graduating
from Hamilton College as the salutatorian of the class of 1920, Couper joined the
insurance firm Nelson, Wadsworth, and Alexander. He eventually became president of the
company, which had been re-named Couper-Ackerman-Sampson. After leaving the insurance
business in 1954, he became the President of the First-City National Bank of Binghamton,
eventually becoming Chairman in 1970. Couper was also devoted to education. He was
elected to the New York State Board of Regents in 1951, serving as vice-chancellor from
1957-1961 and chancellor from 1961 until his retirement in 1968. During his time as
chancellor, he was instrumental in the establishment of Harpur College, which would
later serve as the nucleus of the State University of New York at Binghamton. A
fifth-generation Hamiltonian, Couper received an honorary LL.D. from Hamilton in 1953.
He served Hamilton College as a charter trustee from 1937-1951 and from 1968-1969.
Couper was appointed trustee emeritus in 1969, a position he held until his death in
1988.
Contents
citations; medals; scrapbook
Extent
1 Box; 1 item
Description
Honorary degree citations; medallions; scrapbook. See also class file
(0000.182.13), which also includes a memoir by Esther Couper (Mrs. Edgar W. Couper)
containing genealogical information and reminiscences of growing up in Clinton in the
early 20th century.
Restrictions
None
Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von, Print (copy) (0000.173)
Biographical Information
(1759-1805) German playwright
Contents
Prints, Paintings, Drawings
Extent
1 framed item
Description
framed copy of print of Schiller
Restrictions
None
Campus Map, 1960 (Printer's Block) (0000.174)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
printer's block
Extent
1 item
Description
printer's block of 1960 campus map
Restrictions
None
Class of 1866 in 1869 (framed photographs) (0000.175)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 framed item
Description
framed photographs of members of the H.C. Class of 1866 in 1869
Restrictions
None
Clinton, NY (framed copy of lithograph) (0000.176)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Prints, Paintings, Drawings
Extent
1 framed item
Description
framed copy of lithograph of aerial view of Clinton, NY
Restrictions
None
Financial Records, H.C.: 1850-1973 (0000.177)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
5 Shelves
Description
vouchers, budget records, ledgers, treasurer's reports, statements:
1850-1973 also Kirkland College National Defense Student Loan Fund booklet in 177.6;
possibly other scholarship materials
Restrictions
None
Time Capsule Collection; boxes from 1865, 1871, 1873, 1877-79,
1884-87 (0000.178)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Books, Publications Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Ephemera
Extent
3 Boxes
Description
19th century time capsules: 178.1: partially opened box from 1877 (contains
papers); partially opened box from 1885, opened completely by Frank Sciacca’s sophomore
seminar on 2/9/06: contains Mumm champagne bottle, 2 Utica newspapers, 4 Hamilton
College publications (see list in Descriptions). 178.2: folders containing contents from
1865 (publications, ephemera) and 1884 (singed Algebra and coffin handles rescued from
class of 1885’s “Burning of the Algebraâ€); unopened boxes from 1886 and 1878. 178.3:
unopened boxes from 1871, 1873, 1879, and 1887.
Restrictions
None
Dale, T. Nelson, Papers: 1890-1916 (0000.179)
Biographical Information
Professor of Geology, Williams College US Geological Survey, Dept.
of Interior
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
correspondence regarding geology samples and surveys to U.S.G.S.,
universitites, and research institutions
Restrictions
None
Jervis, Jane, Papers: Divestment Movement at Hamilton College:
1986-1987 (0000.180)
Biographical Information
Dean of Students at H.C.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Books, Publications
Extent
1 Box
Description
Divestment protests at H.C. by students; suspension of protesters; lawsuit
against President J. Martin Carovano and Dean Jane Jervis; 1986-1987
Restrictions
None
Applications for Admission: 1950s, 60s, 70s, 1982-85 (0000.181)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
microfilm
Extent
1 Large Box
Description
Applications for admission to H.C., 1950s, 60s, 70s (incomplete), 82-85
(complete) on microfilm
Restrictions
FERPA
Alumni Biographical Material Files Collection (0000.182)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Books, Publications Ephemera
Photographs
Extent
32 drawers
Description
Biographical Material of H.C. graduates 1814 -- Present : including Gerrit
Smith 1818, A.D. Gridley 1839 (letters re. S.Kirkland's cottage and portrait),
George Hastings 1826 (letter re. congressional politics), members of Root family, etc.;
1842 letter from Sheldon Dibble, class of 1827, to Marcus Catlin 1827, sent from Hawaii
by ship, letter paper includes engraving of Lahainaluna
Restrictions
FERPA
Johnson, Alexander Bryan, Papers: 1815 - 1875 (0000.183)
Biographical Information
(1786 -1867) Banker, economist, semanticist, and philosopher, of
Utica, NY H.C. Class of 1832 Alexander Bryan Johnson was born on 29 May, 1786 in
Gosport, England and died in Utica, NY on 9 September, 1867. Johnson came to Utica from
England with only a grammar school education in 1801 to join his father's
trading business. After establishing a glass factory in Geneva, NY in 1810, Johnson used
the capital he had earned to move to New York City to invest in bank stocks and study
banking methods. When the fighting of the War of 1812 threatened New York City, Johnson
returned to Utica where he married Abigail Louisa Adams, granddaughter of former United
States President John Adams in 1814. He served as the manager of the Utica Insurance
Company (1815-1819) and was appointed president of the Ontario Bank Branch (1819) before
being named director of the Bank of Utica. Johnson took an interest in law and was
admitted to the bar in 1833, though he never actively practiced. He was also involved in
politics, serving as a delegate to the Baltimore Convention in 1835, the result of which
was the re-nomination of Martin Van Buren for president. He was awarded an honorary
degree by Hamilton College in 1832. Along with his talent for banking and law, Johnson
was a noted philosopher and semanticist. Though his theories were mostly ignored during
his lifetime, his work evidences his anticipation of the concerns of modern linguistic
philosophy and logical positivism. A prolific writer on all matters that interested him,
Johnson published several treatises during his life, including, "The Nature of
Value, Capital, etc." (1818); "The Philosophy of Human
Knowledge" (1828); "Treatise on Language" (1836);
"Religion in Relation to the Present Life" (1840); "The
Meaning of Words Analyzed" (1854);" Physiology of the Senses"
(1856); "An Encyclopedia of Instruction" (1857); and a "Guide
to Right Understanding of our American Union" (1857).
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
2 file cabinet drawers
Description
Correspondence relating to banking and business history of NY and to
Johnson's scholarly activities; correspondence and other papers of the Johnson
and Adams families, including letters of John Quincy Adams; and Johnson's
unpublished autobiography
Restrictions
None
Davis, Henry, Correspondence: 1817 - 1833 (also Treadwell and
Maltbie) (0000.184)
Biographical Information
(1771 - 1852) Clergy and President of Middlebury and Hamilton
(1817 - 1833) Colleges Henry Davis was born in East Hampton, NY, on 15 September, 1771
and died in Clinton, NY, on 8 March, 1852. A classical scholar and preacher, Davis
graduated from Yale College in 1796. After working as a tutor for Williams College and
Yale College, Davis was appointed professor of classics at Union College. In 1806 he
became the second president of Middlebury College, a position he held until he agreed to
become the second president of Hamilton College in 1816. Davis was an unpopular
president. His time at Hamilton College was characterized by continuous struggles
between himself and the Board of Trustees that lasted more than ten years and nearly
resulted in the collapse of Hamilton. In addition to fulfilling his duties as president
of Hamilton, Davis was instrumental in the establishment of the Auburn Theological
Seminary in 1818. After Davis resigned his presidency in 1832, he wrote a book on
Hamilton's turmoil, "A Narrative of the Embarrassments and Decline of
Hamilton College," published in 1833. Davis continued to attempt to impose his
ideas on college policies by attending meetings of the Board of Trustees until his death
in 1852.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 drawer
Description
Correspondence relating to H.C. affairs; related collection in same drawer
includes Thomas Treadwell papers, Maltbie family papers, and an original
"Constitution of the State of New York" April 22, 1777
Restrictions
None
Civil War Letters Collection: William H. Walling (0000.185.1)
Biographical Information
William H. Walling (grandfather of William H. Walling, class of
1917) b. Sept. 3, 1830, Hartford, NY; d. June 16, 1912, buried in Potsdam, NY. Had a
grade school education. Entered U.S. Army from Folly Island, SC. Captain, Company C,
142nd NY Infantry. Awarded Medal of Honor for his actions at Fort Fisher, NC, on Dec.
25, 1864 (medal issued March 28, 1892). “During the bombardment of the fort by the
fleet, captured and brought the flag of the fort, the flagstaff having been shot down.â€
He apparently went across enemy lines, climbed a parapet, took the Confederate garrison
flag and brought it back to the Union side--U.S. still lost the battle. see
www.usa-patriotism.com/tribute/moh/cw_wy.htm
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
3 binders
Description
correspondence and journals of Civil War Soldiers: William H.
Walling
Restrictions
None
Civil War Letters Collection: Rush P. Cady (0000.185.2)
Biographical Information
Cady, Rush P. (H.C. Class of 1862) Rush Palmer Cady was born in
Clocksville, NY, on 1 December, 1841 and died 24 July, 1863, in Gettysburg, PA. Cady
came to Hamilton College as a sophomore in 1859, joining the class of 1862. When the
Civil War began, he made several attempts to join the Union Army, finally succeeding in
late 1861. In February, 1862, Cady was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in the 97th New
York Volunteers, and was promoted to 1st lieutenant after his regiment fought in the
Battle of Fredericksburg in September, 1862. The 97th infantry played an important role
in the first day of fighting in the Battle of Gettysburg (1 July, 1863). Due to the
deaths of his senior officers, Cady became the officer in command of his regiment during
the battle until he was wounded and had to be removed from the battlefield. Cady
succumbed to his injury three weeks later.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 drawer
Description
correspondence of Civil War soldier Rush P. Cady; dates: 1/3/1863, 1/11/63,
1/19/63, 1/24/63, 1/29/63, 2/6/63, 2/12/63, 2/20/63, 3/3/63, 3/11/63, 3/22/63, 3/27/63,
4/4/63, 4/10/63, 4/8/63, 4/14/63, 4/20/63, 4/25/63, 4/26/63, 5/1/63, 5/1/63 (Part II) ,
5/9/63, 5/16/63, 5/23/63, 5/24/63, 6/2/63, 6/8/63, 7/10/63, 7/ /63-Confederate prisoner
of war parole, 7/20/63-telegram, 7/23/63, 9/28/63 (from a friend) , undated poem written
by Nettie Arnold after Cady's death (7/24/63)
Restrictions
None
Civil War Letters Collection: Diary of Dr. Charles S.
Hoyt (0000.185.3)
Biographical Information
Hoyt, Charles S. (father of Charles S. Hoyt of the H.C. Class of
1877) Charles Sumner Hoyt, Jr., was born in Meridian, NY, on 30 May, 1856 and died in
Oak Park, IL, on 28 January, 1903. Hoyt graduated from Hamilton College as a member of
the class of 1877. After teaching Latin at Princeton Preparatory School in 1878, Hoyt
entered Auburn Theological Seminary. After two years, he accepted a tutorship at Robert
College in Constantinople, but returned to graduate from the seminary in 1884. Hoyt
served in the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Chicago, before becoming pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church in Oak Park in 1888. In addition to his duties as pastor, Hoyt
served as superintendent of schools for Oak Park. After being awarded a D.D. by Hamilton
College in 1900, Hoyt, a prolific poet and writer, published "The Octave of
Life" in 1902.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 folder
Description
photocopy of journal of Civil War surgeon of the 126th NY volunteers, Charles
S. Hoyt, transcribed by Jean Hoyt Smith, his daughter, of Bristol Road, Clinton.
Original is part of the Hoyt Family Papers at Cornell University:
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMM01812.html
Restrictions
None (requests for permissions must be sent to Cornell U.)
Hamilton College Correspondence: 1809-1939 (0000.186)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
4 drawers
Description
Official correspondence and records of Hamilton College by the Trustees and
Officers: 1809-1939. Newspaper clippings related to the Samuel Kirkland monument in the
cemetery can be found in the folder for June, 1873. Letters related to portrait and
donation of Gerrit Smith in folder for December, 1874.
Restrictions
None
Letters and Memorabilia; Miscellaneous Correspondence and
Material (0000.187)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Ephemera Books, Publications
Extent
5 drawers
Description
Miscellaneous correspondence and material; includes Samuel Hopkins Adams,
George H. Brinkerhoff, Alexander C. Soper, Von Steuben Added 7/9/02: signature of John
Adams; letter from a 19th century Alexander Hamilton; Metamorphosis, a late 18th or
early 19th century hand-drawn manuscript of a harlequinade; Phi Beta Kappa keys;
Portuguese document signed by Armando de la Palma y Parduzco (see Letters and
Memorabilia in G:\Holdings\Archive Listing\Indices of Misc. Collections)
Restrictions
None
Root Family Papers (0000.188)
Biographical Information
Edward W. Root H.C. '1905 (1884-1956) Elihu Root H.C.
'1864 Oren Root, Sr. (Class of 1833), Prof. of Mathematics, Astronomy, and
Mineralogy at H.C. (1834 -- 1837; 1849 -- 1881) Oren Root, Jr. (Class of 1856), Prof. of
Mathematic at H.C. (1880 -- 1907)
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1drawer
Description
includes folders of Edward W. Root memorabilia; information on the Homestead,
the Root or Grant house, and the Elihu Root Jr. house; Elihu Root; family
correspondence; added 7/06: 2 books belonging to Oren Root (class of 1833)--Treatise on
the Construction, Properties, and Analogies of the Three Conic Sections, by the Rev. B.
Bridge; and a bound collection of catalogues and other college publications, mostly from
Hamilton College.
Restrictions
None
Dean-Judson Family Papers: 1794 -- 1932 (0000.189)
Biographical Information
James Dean was born in Groton, CT, in August, 1748, and died 10
September, 1823, in Westmoreland, NY. Adopted by the Oneida Indian tribe at age 12, he
became fluent in the tribe's language. Dean graduated from Dartmouth in 1773
and worked as an interpreter for the Boston Board. After serving as an Indian Agent for
the Continental Congress, Dean became involved with the establishment of the
Hamilton-Oneida Academy and acted as a negotiator with the local Indian tribes. Dean was
appointed as a trustee and, along with Samuel Kirkland and Ebenezer Caulkins, selected
the first 6-8 Indian boys who would become pupils at the Hamilton-Oneida Academy. Dean
later served as Treasurer of Hamilton College.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Maps, Plans
Extent
1 Drawer
Description
correspondence, ms. material, deeds, programs, journals, clippings, genealogies
of Joslyn, Dean, Hills, and Cole, map of the farm of James Dean, 1819. Journals by S.
Sheldon Judson, 1873-1907; Helen Dean Judson, 1874-1883. Correspondents include Lucinda
Dean, her daughters Mary Dean Ryan, Louise, Ellen Dean Graham, & Susan Wells,
David Wells, Lucinda’s niece Annette Robbins, Lucinda’s sisters H. Griffin &
Betsy Morrison Williams, Samuel Sheldon Norton, Sr., Ard Judson, Daniel Judson, Edward
Gladstone, William Dean, James Dean, C.S. Judson, her daughter Hattie, A.C. Schraam,
S.S. Judson, E. Frost, Talmon Frost, Cornelia E. Frost, G. Mills
Restrictions
None
Kirkland, Samuel, Papers: 1763 -- 1807 (0000.190)
Biographical Information
(1741 -- 1808) Missionary to Oneida Indians and founder of the
Hamilton-Oneida Academy and Hamilton College
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
2 drawers
Description
Correspondence, diaries, fragment of an autobiography (1764-65), and census of
Six Nations (1789). Some of the letters are in the Oneida and Mohawk languages.
Correspondents include James Bowdoin, Joseph Brant, Israel Chapin, Henry Knox, Andrew
Oliver, Timothy Pickering, Philip Schuyler, ... Peter Thatcher, the Rev. Stephen West,
Eleazer Wheelock, Edward Wigglesworth, and Joseph Willard. Also S. Kirkland
Correspondence: Miscellaneous, Fragmentary, and Undated; Lothrop-Pickering Papers
(Papers of S. Kirkland deposited in the Library by Thornton K. Lothrop); Sermons and
other documents; Letters in the Iroquois language (dated and undated)
Restrictions
None
Hamilton, Alexander, Collection (0000.191)
Biographical Information
Secretary of the Treasury 1755-1804
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 drawer
Description
signatures, correspondence, assorted material. Letters to L'Hommedieu
(mentions Burr), Updike, Ludlum[?]. Notes. Provisional list of officers (0000.191.2:
list recommended by Alexander Hamilton, asked for by John Adams when he thought he would
need to reconstitute continental army to go to war against France; between 1797 and
1801). Original manuscript of Hamilton's "Brief on the Trespass
Act" (Rutgers vs. Waddington), also negatives, photostat. Plea to NY Mayors
Court. 2 framed signatures (1 on a Treasury Dept. receipt). 1854 New York Observer. 3
copies of Alexander Hamilton Biography Calendar for 1939.
Restrictions
None
Hamilton, Alexander, Stamps Bearing the Portrait of (0000.192)
Biographical Information
Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the
Treasury
Contents
Stamps
Extent
1 Item (Binder)
Description
Stamps bearing the portrait of Alexander Hamilton
Restrictions
None
Paine, John A., Collection of Ancient Greek and Roman
Coins (0000.193)
Biographical Information
H.C. Class of 1859 Archaeologist, Palestine Exploration Society
Curator, Dept. of Casts, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Contents
Coins
Extent
1 Small Box
Description
32 coins; Ancient Greece: 500 B.C.E. -- 204 B.C.E. Roman: 300 B.C.E. -- 337
C.E.
Restrictions
Authorization by Archivist required
Medallion Collection (0000.194)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Medallions
Extent
1 Sm Box
Description
32 coins many appear to have belonged to Elihu Root
Restrictions
Authorization by Archivist required
Vignaud, Henry, Papers (0000.195)
Biographical Information
Secretary, Embassy of the U.S., Paris
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
7 Boxes
Description
Professional Correspondence with J.C. Bancroft Davis, Randall L. Gibson, Robert
R. Hitt, Robert M. McLane, Levi P. Morton, General Edward F. Noyes, Horace Porter,
Whitelaw Reid, Elihu B. Washburne, Henry White.
Restrictions
None
Palmer, William C., Papers (0000.196)
Biographical Information
Artist-in-Residence, H.C. D.F.A. (Hon.), H.C., 1975 School of Art,
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Director
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.); Books, Publications; Drawings
Extent
14 Boxes; 1 Folio
Description
lecture notes, correspondence, roll book, exhibition catalogs, sketchbooks,
slides, art publications, income tax information Also materials in alumni biographical
files (1975), including videotape (VHS).
Restrictions
1 item is restricted under FERPA (roll book in 0000.196.1)
Penney, James, Papers (0000.197)
Biographical Information
1910-1982 B.F.A., University of Kansas, 1931 Professor of Art at
H.C.: 1956-1976
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.); publications; printing plate
Extent
1 Box
Description
personal correspondence, exhibition catalogs, clippings, printing plate,
newspaper articles. Added 7/30/09 as 0000.197.2: additional folder of photographs of
Penney’s artwork, from the basement of the Emerson Gallery.
Restrictions
None
Patterson, Robert L., Papers (0000.198)
Biographical Information
Contents
Books, Publications; some correspondence
Extent
2 Boxes
Description
Philosophy and Religious Studies professional journals and texts; History of
Washington County, Pennsylvania; some correspondence
Restrictions
None
Banner, Hamilton College (1922) (0000.199)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Banner
Extent
1 Item
Description
Hamilton College Banner from 1922, felt. In Box A-clothing, fabric items, with
205 2 Hamilton College armbands 241 Hamilton College Varsity letters, banners, football
buttons, beanie 240 Hamilton College scarf, 1905 football team photo on it, silk 201
Hamilton College pennant 200 Freshman beanie, 1929-30 199 Hamilton College banner, 1922
Restrictions
None
Freshman Beanie: 1929-1930 (0000.200)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Beanie
Extent
1 Item
Description
Freshman Beanie: 1929-30
Restrictions
None
Pennant, Hamilton College (0000.201)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Pennant
Extent
1 Item
Description
Hamilton College Pennant
Restrictions
None
Delta Sigma Rho -- Tau Kappa Alpha at H.C., Decree Establishing Society (0000.202)
Biographical Information
fraternity at Hamilton College
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Item
Description
D-bits of college buildings, memorabilia, and fragile items 230 Arthur Levitt
presentation clock 210 Artifacts from excavations at the stone memorial of Academy
building, summer, 1993 Pieces of clay pipe, blue glazed pottery, square nails In small
cardboard box: 218 H pin "in memory of Alexander Thompson
'06" 217 Silver compact with college seal "perhaps given to
my sister at a Fraternity Dance" Mrs. C. Keller, 1974 227 Military medals and
insignia of Stephen Kirner from Walter Pilkington 222 Square nails from renovation of
the Homestead (Clancy D. Connell Alumni Center) 224 Cigar from 1912 centennial, to be
saved till 2012 225 Chips of stone-gift of Dr. Howard S. Paine '78 8-15-42 228
1929 memorabilia (buttons, poker chips, Palmer Cutter's name tag) 243 Putnam
Collection-souvenirs of College buildings 232 Golf ball commemorating Clinton
Scollard's hole in one 231 Clay vase/pitcher, unglazed, 7" with red
decorative spots 216 AEO light sent to S.H. Adams at HC 246 H.C. tall mug, blue and
white glaze w/ college seal "Received from Robert H. Chastney '23
September, 1996" 209 Rolled papers w/ Greek writing 202 Decree: Delta Sigma
Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha est. society at Hamilton College
Restrictions
None
Chi Psi Seal Plaques (0000.203)
Biographical Information
fraternity
Contents
Plaque
Extent
2 Items
Description
Wooden Plaque of Chi Psi seal
Restrictions
None
Hamilton College Seal Plaques, other memorabilia from R.H. Chastney
‘23 (0000.204)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Plaque
Extent
5 Items
Description
2 Hamilton College Seal Plaques, metal on wood; one HAMILTON sticker, one
Hamilton paper banner with seal; one “Beat Union†pin. In Box B-college signs, seals 251
Unidentified gavel 252 Gavel made from a fallen birch tree at the grave of Baron von
Steuben 207 College plaque-George Watson 208 Ham. Coll. Plaque-from the ambulance used
in WWI donated by H.C. students 204 Hamilton College seal 203 Theta chi psi seals (2)
from Robert H. Chastney 1923 239 Utica Chamber of Commerce member plaque 237 Name
plates: Steinhilper, W.J. Shute, B.R. Gonge, G.F. 250 Relief Plaque-Elihu Root, side
view
Restrictions
None
Armbands with Letter "H" (0000.205)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Armbands
Extent
2 Items
Description
Armbands with the letter "H"
Restrictions
None
Root, Edward W., Academic Hood (0000.206)
Biographical Information
E.W. Root (1884-1956) H.C. Class of 1905; A.M., 1908; L.H.D.,
1952; Harvard Law (1907-8) Lecturer in Art (H.C.), 1920-40 Consultant in Art
(Munson-Williams-Proctor Inst.) 1949-56
Contents
Academic Hood
Extent
1 Item
Description
Academic Hood, belonged to Edward W. Root
Restrictions
None
George Watson's College Plaque (0000.207)
Biographical Information
Contents
Plaque
Extent
1 Item
Description
George Watson's College Plaque B-college signs, seals 251 Unidentified
gavel 252 Gavel made from a fallen birch tree at the grave of Baron von Steuben 207
College plaque-George Watson 208 Ham. Coll. Plaque-from the ambulance used in WWI
donated by H.C. students 204 Hamilton College seal 203 Theta chi psi seals (2) from
Robert H. Chastney 1923 239 Utica Chamber of Commerce member plaque 237 Name plates:
Steinhilper, W.J. Shute, B.R. Gonge, G.F. 250 Relief Plaque-Elihu Root, side view
Restrictions
None
Ambulance Used in World War II, Plaque from the (0000.208)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Ephemera
Extent
1 item
Description
Ambulance Used in World War II, Plaque from the
Restrictions
None
Scroll with Greek Writing (modern) (0000.209)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 item
Description
scroll with greek writing
Restrictions
None
Hamilton-Oneida Academy Building, Artifacts from (0000.210)
Biographical Information
built 1794, razed 1830
Contents
Ephemera
Extent
1 item
Description
Artifacts from the Hamilton-Oneida Academy Building (from excavations at the
stone memorial of Academy building, summer, 1993): pieces of clay pipe, blue glazed
pottery, square nails.
Restrictions
Authorization by Archivist required
Tesoro de la Lengua Castellana O Espanola (0000.211)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
1 Volume
Description
Book E--books 212 Locked book-Wallace Johnson 214 Greek-English Lexicon, v. I
and II 213 Holy Bible, pub. 1826 215 Alaska Boundary Tribunal Sept. 3-Oct. 20, 1903 211
Little books-Tesorode la lengua castellana o Espanola
Restrictions
None
Johnson, Wallace B: locked book belonged to (0000.212)
Biographical Information
H.C. Administrator H.C. Class of 1915
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Volume
Description
Johnson, Wallace B: locked book belonged to
Restrictions
None
Holy Bible, published 1826 (0000.213)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
1 Volume
Description
Holy Bible, published 1826
Restrictions
Authorization by Archivist required
Greek-English Lexicon (0000.214)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
2 Volumes
Description
Greek-English Lexicon
Restrictions
None
Alaska Boundary Tribunal: Protocols, Oral Arguments, Award of the Tribunal
and Opinions of its Members (0000.215)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
1 Volume
Description
Alaska Boundary Tribunal: Protocols, Oral Arguments, Award of the Tribunal and
Opinions of its Members
Restrictions
None
AEO Lightbulb Sent to Samuel H. Adams (0000.216)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Lightbulb
Extent
1 Item
Description
Lightbulb--AEO: Theodore W. Case sent this lightbulb made 5/29/1929 to S.H.
Adams on 6/11/1931 1917 - Theodore W. Case developed the Thalofide photocell that used
thallium oxysulfide. By 1922 he developed the Aeo-light as a source of modulated light.
E. I. Sponable worked with Case after 1916 and from 1922 to 1925 he shared equipment
with de Forest. Case and Sponable in 1924 developed a sound recording mechanism for a
modified Bell and Howell camera using the Aeo-light tube. After breaking off from de
Forest in 1925, Case began to develop a projector sound head, offset 20 frames at a
speed of 90 ft. per min., using a narrow slit with a helical filament. General Electric
and Western Electric were developing their own sound systems, so did not wish to buy
into the Case-Sponable system. William Fox licensed the system July 23, 1926, and
organized the Fox-Case Corp. with Courtland Smith as president to develop what became
known as the Movietone News service. Sponable left the Case lab to join Fox in designing
the recording studios in New York and Hollywood, and he designed in 1927 a screen that
allowed sound to pass through the screen. The Fox-Case Corp. licensed amplifiers and
speakers from Western Electric in 1926 and from ERPI organized in January 1927. From
http://history.sandiego.edu/GEN/recording/motionpicture1.html (see also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movietone_sound_system )
Restrictions
None
Compact, Silver, with H.C. Seal (0000.217)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Compact
Extent
1 item
Description
Silver compact with college seal "perhaps given to my sister at a
Fraternity Dance" Mrs. C. Keller, 1974
Restrictions
Authorization by Archivist required
Pentagon Pin of Alexander Thompson (0000.218)
Biographical Information
H.C. Class of 1906 Pentagon is the Senior Class Society at
H.C.
Contents
Pin
Extent
1 item
Description
H pin "in memory of Alexander Thompson
'06"
Restrictions
None
Horace Villa, Unknown Object labeled (0000.219)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
F-non-college items 255 Chain mail jerkin [modern] 245 Box of non-HC stuff
Banner from U. of Chile Prints of seaweed Pickwick cards Portrait of men 242 French
medals in black hard box-General Service Medal, "Valeur et Discipline"
Medal 219 Piece of Horace Villa, from K.D. Lawson, Troy, NY 221 odds and ends of metal
work
Restrictions
None
Noyes, Josiah, Engraving Printing Block with image of (0000.220)
Biographical Information
Prof. at H.C.: 1812-30
Contents
Engraving Printing Block
Extent
1 item
Description
C-engraving and embossing 233, 234 Seal Embossers for Kirkland College,
Litchfield Observatory 254 4 printing medals 236 Printers block of current
president's house Added 3/1/06: engraving plate for view of Hamilton College
(2006.6) 235 2 boxes of matchbooks with college seal and name 220 Josiah Noyes engraving
block (or daguerreotype on wood?) 226 Cuts of seals, campus, and chapel (engraving
blocks) 223 engraved plate June 9, 1858 Clark Prize
Restrictions
None
Metal Strip with Decorative Design (0000.221)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
odds and ends of metal work
Restrictions
None
Homestead, Square Nails from Renovation of the, 1986 (0000.222)
Biographical Information
The Anderson-Connell Alumni Center, b.1802 - President's
mansion, 1813-1866 - renovated in 1986
Contents
Objects
Extent
1 item
Description
Square nails from renovation of the Homestead (Clancy D. Connell Alumni
Center)
Restrictions
None
Clark Prize Exhibition, Engraving Printing Plate (0000.223)
Biographical Information
Public Speaking Prize
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
1912 Centennial, Cigar from (to be opened 2012) (0000.224)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
Cigar from 1912 Centennial (to be opened 2012)
Restrictions
None
Paine, Howard S., Collection of Chips of Stone (0000.225)
Biographical Information
H.C. Class of 1878
Contents
Objects
Extent
1 item
Description
Chips of stone-gift of Dr. Howard S. Paine '78 8-15-42
Restrictions
None
Seals, Cuts of (engraving blocks: Seal and Campus Views) (0000.226)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Objects
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Kirner, Stephen: Navy Medals and Insigne (0000.227)
Biographical Information
1931-1958 H.C. Class of 1952 Ph.D., Cornell University, 1956 Navy
Parasitologist died in car accident, Haulien, Formosa
(Taiwan)
Contents
Objects
Extent
1 Item
Description
Navy medals and insigne (Lt. j.g.); Military medals and insignia of Stephen
Kirner from Walter Pilkington
Restrictions
None
Cutter, Palmer, Collection of Hamilton Memorabilia 1929 (0000.228)
Biographical Information
1907-2000 H.C. Class of 1929 Owner, Palmer Fuel Co., Utica,
NY
Contents
Ephemera
Extent
1 item
Description
buttons, tickets, poker chips (1929 memorabilia (buttons, poker chips, Palmer
Cutter's name tag))
Restrictions
None
Leather Box (0000.229)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
Leather box/small trunk-empty
Restrictions
None
Levitt, Arthur: Clock (0000.230)
Biographical Information
H.C. Honorary degree 1979 NYS Comptroller Arthur Levitt was born
28 June, 1900, in Brooklyn, NY, and died in 1980. Levitt enlisted as a private in World
War I prior to attending Columbia College, from which he graduated in 1921. After
graduating from Columbia University Law School in 1924, Levitt became active in civic
and charitable affairs in Brooklyn. He served in the United States Army again in World
War II as a captain in the JAG Corps, and then continued his career as public servant
when he served as on the New York State Board of Education from 1952-54. Levitt was
elected to his first of six terms as New York State Comptroller in 1954, a position he
held for 24 years. Hamilton College conferred an honorary degree on Levitt in 1979 and,
after his death in 1980, the Levitt family donated funds to establish the Arthur Levitt
Public Affairs Center at Hamilton College.
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
Clock with inscription "Lecturer -- 1967: Employee Benefits
Conference; Trusts and Estates -- Pension and Welfare News"
Restrictions
None
Pitcher, unglazed clay with red decorative dots (0000.231)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
Clay vase/pitcher, unglazed, 7" with red decorative
spots
Restrictions
None
Scollard, Clinton: Commemorative Golf Ball (0000.232)
Biographical Information
author; lived 1860-1932; H.C. Class of 1881 Professor of Rhetoric,
Elocution, English Literature, Librarian: 1886-96, 1911-12
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
"Hole-in-One Club" Winter Park Golf Club, January 12,
1928
Restrictions
None
Kirkland College: Seal Embosser (0000.233)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
2 items
Description
Restrictions
None
Litchfield Observatory: Seal Embosser (0000.234)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Matchbooks, Hamilton College (0000.235)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Objects
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
President's House: Printing Plate (0000.236)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Chapel Organ: Organist Nameplates (0000.237)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Objects
Extent
1 item
Description
Steinhilper, W.J.; Shute, B.R.; Gouge, G.F. -- nameplates
Restrictions
None
Hamilton, Alexander, China Plate with Initials
"R.R." (0000.238)
Biographical Information
Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the
Treasury
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
China plate that once belonged to Alexander Hamilton-the initials (R.R.) are
those of his second wife
Restrictions
Authorization by Archivist required
Utica Area Chamber of Commerce Plaque, 1998 (0000.239)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Plaque
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Scarf with H.C. Related Images, c.1905 (0000.240)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
Hamilton College scarf, 1905 football team photo on it, silk
Restrictions
None
Memorabilia: Varsity Letters, Banners, Football Buttons,
Beanie (0000.241)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Objects
Extent
1 item
Description
Hamilton College Varsity letters, banners, football buttons, beanie
Restrictions
None
French Medals: General Service Medal; Valeuret Discipline
Medal (0000.242)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Objects
Extent
1 item
Description
French medals in black hard box-General Service Medal, "Valeur et
Discipline" Medal
Restrictions
None
Putnam Collection of Souvenirs of College Buildings, 1926 (0000.243)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Objects
Extent
1 item
Description
Putnam Collection-souvenirs of College buildings
Restrictions
None
Reunions 2000: H.C. Chapel Plate (0000.244)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
see 2005.30; Buffalo Pottery
Restrictions
None
Memorabilia: Non-Hamilton Miscellaneous (0000.245)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Objects
Extent
1 item
Description
medals, small case with portrait of men, Pickwick cards, medals, keys, Prints
of Seaweed, Mark Twain Centennial of Birth Plaque, banner from University of
Chile
Restrictions
Authorization by Archivist required
Mug with H.C. Seal (0000.246)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
H.C. tall mug, blue and white glaze w/ college seal "Received from
Robert H. Chastney '23 September, 1996"
Restrictions
None
Class of 1884 Time Capsule (0000.247)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Objects
Extent
1 item
Description
Contents of time capsule from class of 1884 Moldering book, door handles, metal
rose, and other door [?] hardware Letter from 1934 describes objects: book is Algebra
textbook which was being ceremonially burned in a coffin by the class of 1885, when it
was rescued, complete with coffin, by the class of 1884. Hardware is from coffin. Time
capsule opened in 1934 by surviving members of class of 1884.
Restrictions
None
Centenniary Medals (0000.248)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Objects
Extent
1 item
Description
1912, Centenniary Medals with Samuel Kirkland's and Alexander
Hamilton’s Portraits, Sterling Silver and Bronze
Restrictions
None
Weaver, John von Alstyne, Bust (0000.249)
Biographical Information
1893-1938
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
made by Ambrosi Sandor in Budapest, Hungary, 1939
Restrictions
None
Root, Elihu: Relief Plaque (0000.250)
Biographical Information
H.C. Class of 1864 U.S. Sec of War U.S. Sec of State U.S. Senator
from NY Lawyer
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Gavel: Unidentified (0000.251)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Gavel: made from a fallen birch tree at the grave of Baron von
Steuben (0000.252)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Mallet Used by Deacon Isaac Matthews [Williams?] in the Building of the
Chapel (0000.253)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
G 253 Mallet used by Mr. Deacon Isaac Matthews [?] in the building of the
College Chapel [setting maul] (B or D?) 261 Leather mail bag [?] (G, if room)
Restrictions
None
Award Medals, College: Printing Medals (Prize Medal dies) (0000.254)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Objects
Extent
1 item
Description
4 dies for award medals: 1. Fundatum a Johanni V.L. Pruyn, LL.D., A.D. 1867,
A.H.C. Quinquagesimo, S.W. Fisher, D.D., with a bust of a man in late 18th-century
clothing (A. Hamilton?); 2. Ou patri kai metri monon alla kai patridi--Decretum a Coll.
Hamiltonensis Fac. Art.--De Officiis juvenum cultorum politicus in Oratione Praestanti;
3. Fundatum a Martino Hawley, A.D. MDCCLXIV, A.H.C. Duoquinquacesimo, with a bust of
Samuel Kirkland; 4. Euphron ponou e mneme euteleslsi--Decretum a Coll. Hamiltoniensis
Fac. Art.--Pro Praestantia Literarum Graecarum Latinarumque Cognitione. 1 and 2 are
probably the obverse and reverse of the Pruyn Prize for oration (or essay); 3 and 4 are
probably the obverse and reverse of the Hawley Prize in Greek and Latin.
Restrictions
None
Chain Mail Jerkin [modern] (0000.255)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
chain mail jerkin
Restrictions
None
Richardson, Channing B., Root-Jessup Public Affairs Council
Plaques (0000.256)
Biographical Information
Professor of International Relations at
H.C.
Contents
Objects
Extent
1 item
Description
2 plaques for service to the Root-Jessup Public Affairs Council
Restrictions
None
Library Sign (0000.257)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
"This Library has been made possible through the generosity of the
Fred L. Emerson Foundation of Auburn, NY
Restrictions
None
Resident and Migration of College Students -- Fall 1963
Chart (0000.258)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Chart
Extent
1 3' tube
Description
Chart from the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Tube
#9
Restrictions
None
Flag Collection (0000.259)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Flags
Extent
5 Flags
Description
flags
Restrictions
Poor Condition -- Preservation Access Only
Stream of Time Chart (0000.260)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Chart
Extent
1 4'Tube
Description
Chart showing the ruling families as rivers and tributaries
Restrictions
Poor Condition -- Preservation Access Only
Mail Bag (0000.261)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Bag
Extent
1 item
Description
leather bag
Restrictions
None
Cane Collection (0000.262)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Objects
Extent
7 canes (7 items)
Description
Wooden hook cane -- no ID; Class of 1875 -- van Marter; Class of 1879 -- Ames;
Alpha Delta Phi -- no year, late 1800s; 1877 -- Mills, Chi Psi; Hook cane -- 1895; Ivory
Top cane -- W.F. 1893
Restrictions
None
Hopkins, Abel G., Baseball Bat (0000.263)
Biographical Information
H.C. Class of 1866 Latin, Clerk, Dean,
1869-99
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
"Class of 1886, best catcher"
Restrictions
None
Hagerty, Betty, Trophy (0000.264)
Biographical Information
K.C. Class of 1972
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Debate Trophy, Colgate University Chapter of Delta Sigma Rho,
1942 (0000.265)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Carber, Arthur J., Trophy Cup Presented by Class of 1871 (0000.266)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Cortland Debate Tournament, First Place Trophy, 1960 (0000.267)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Fredonia Debate Tournament, Best College Team Trophy,
1961 (0000.268)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Utica College Debate Tournament, Second Place Trophy,
1958 (0000.269)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
1922 Class Cup, H.C. (0000.270)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Stryker, Melanchton Woolsey, Memorial Urn (0000.271)
Biographical Information
President of H.C., 1892-17 died 1929, aged
78
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Inter-Class SingTrophy (0000.272)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
presented by Paul Adee Fancher
Restrictions
None
Levitt, Arthur: Glass Urn with New York Comptroller Seal (0000.273)
Biographical Information
H.C. Honorary degree 1979 NYS Comptroller Arthur Levitt was born
28 June, 1900, in Brooklyn, NY, and died in 1980. Levitt enlisted as a private in World
War I prior to attending Columbia College, from which he graduated in 1921. After
graduating from Columbia University Law School in 1924, Levitt became active in civic
and charitable affairs in Brooklyn. He served in the United States Army again in World
War II as a captain in the JAG Corps, and then continued his career as public servant
when he served as on the New York State Board of Education from 1952-54. Levitt was
elected to his first of six terms as New York State Comptroller in 1954, a position he
held for 24 years. Hamilton College conferred an honorary degree on Levitt in 1979 and,
after his death in 1980, the Levitt family donated funds to establish the Arthur Levitt
Public Affairs Center at Hamilton College.
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
glass urn, given by Arthur Levitt
Restrictions
None
Amherst College Debate Tournament, First Prize Trophy,
1953 (0000.274)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
N/A
Restrictions
None
Charter, Hamilton College, 1812 (original) (0000.275)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
Authorization by Archivist required
Charter, Hamilton-Oneida Academy, 1793 (original) (0000.276)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
Authorization by Archivist required
Ferry, Frederick Carlos: Correspondence from Frank
Ristine (0000.277)
Biographical Information
F.C. Ferry (1868-1956) Ph.D., Clark University, 1898 L.L.D.,
Hamilton College, 1917 Professor of Mathematics and Dean of the College, Williams
College President of H.C., 1917-38 Ristine: Dean of the
Faculty
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Small Box
Description
professional correspondence regarding college business
Restrictions
was restricted until 1980, no current restrictions
Topographical and Survey Map: Memorandum on Property Line,
4/7/1921 (0000.278)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
Folder
Description
Restrictions
None
Deeds Referred to in Survey of Campus, 3/18/1921, Copies
of (0000.279)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 folder
Description
Restrictions
None
Survey of Campus: Comments on Deeds, 4/8/1921 (0000.280)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 folder
Description
Restrictions
None
Samuel Kirkland to trustees of H. O. Academy. Deed, 1795 (0000.281)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 volume
Description
Restrictions
Authorization by Archivist required
Library, References to, in the Minutes of the Meetings of the Trustess of
H.C. (0000.282)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Survey, Hamilton College, volumes 1 & 2,
1939-1940 (0000.283)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
15 volumes
Description
compiled by President W.H. Cowley
Restrictions
None
Instructional Administration Report by W.H. Cowley, 1944, 2
volumes (0000.284)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
3 volumes
Description
Restrictions
None
Student Personnel Administration Report by W.H. Cowley, 1944, 2
volumes (0000.285)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
3 volumes
Description
Restrictions
None
Public Speaking Survey by W.H. Cowley, 1940-1941 (0000.286)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
2 volumes
Description
Restrictions
None
Report on the Curriculum to the Faculty, 1947 (0000.287)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
3 items
Description
compiled by W.H. Cowley
Restrictions
None
Evaluation of the Teaching and Counseling Abilities of the H.C. Faculty,
1940-41 (0000.288)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
3 volumes
Description
compiled by W.H. Cowley
Restrictions
None
Faculty Curriculum Committee, 1935-1936 (0000.289)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
1 volume
Description
Restrictions
None
Schoolmen Letters on Hamilton Admission Policy, by W.H. Cowley,
1939 (0000.290)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
1 volume
Description
Restrictions
None
Alumni Letters on College Problems, by W.H. Cowley,1938 (0000.291)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
1 volume
Description
Restrictions
None
Faculty Letters on the Problems of the College, by W.H. Cowley,
938 (0000.292)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
1 volume
Description
Restrictions
None
Statement for the Special Committee on the Presidency to the Trustees,
Transcript of a (0000.293)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
1 volume
Description
Restrictions
None
Broken Bank Notes (0000.294)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Bank Notes
Extent
I folder
Description
Restrictions
None
Charter, Hamilton College, Amendment and Restatement,
1972 (0000.295)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Report on the Social Science Departments, 1940-1941 (0000.296)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Small Box
Description
Restrictions
None
Freemand, William C., "The Hamilton Scene,
1946-47" (0000.297)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Collection of Essays on Mid-Late 19th Century Topics (0000.298)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Volume
Description
Restrictions
None
Charter, Hamilton-Oneida Academy (2nd Copy of orginal) (0000.299)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
Authorization by Archivist required
Rogers, P.V., Letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Board of Regents,
1887 (0000.300)
Biographical Information
Pres. First Bank of Utica Treasurer, H.C. Trustee,
H.C.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 item
Description
dated 2/14/1887
Restrictions
None
New Law of Investment of Trust Funds -- H.C., 4/2/1902 (0000.301)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Charter, H.C.: Letter from A.S. Draper, Commissioner of
Education (0000.302)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Hamilton-Oneida Academy Building Cornerstone (fragment) (0000.303)
Biographical Information
built 1794, razed 1830
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
Authorization by Archivist required
Charter, H.C.: Amendment, 1977 (0000.304)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Student Academic Records: Kirkland College (0000.305)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) on microfilm
Extent
1 large Box, 1 small Box
Description
Restrictions
FERPA
Student Academic Records: 1950s, 60, 70s (0000.306)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) on microfilm
Extent
1 large box, 5 small boxes
Description
Restrictions
FERPA
Student Academic Records: 1986-1989 (0000.307)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) on microfilm
Extent
1 volume
Description
Restrictions
FERPA
McEwen, Robert Ward, Chapter IV "Know
Thyself" (0000.308)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 volume
Description
Restrictions
None
Charter, Kirkland College, 1965 (0000.309)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Minutes of the Meetings of the Trustees of H.C.:
1812-1912 (0000.310)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
2 volumes
Description
Restrictions
None
Alumni Review: Index, vols. 6-10 (0000.311)
Biographical Information
H.C.Publication
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
1 volume
Description
Restrictions
None
AAUP Recommendation to the Administration and Trustees of
H.C. (0000.312)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 volume
Description
regarding tuition of children of the faculty
Restrictions
None
AAUP H.C. Chapter: Recommendation to the Administration and
Trustees (0000.313)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 volume
Description
regarding tuition of children of the faculty
Restrictions
None
Few Figs From Thistles, A: Collage (0000.314)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 volume
Description
Restrictions
None
Record of Suspensions, Expulsions, and Dismissals for Any and All Causes
from 7/1/1917 to 6/10/1938 by Frederick Carlos Ferry (0000.315)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 volume
Description
Restrictions
FERPA
In Memoriam to H.C. Athletic Men Who Died in Service...: 1914-1918,
Cylinder (0000.316)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Rose, Charles, Framed Plaster Medallion of (0000.317)
Biographical Information
Charles A. Rose, class of 1826
Contents
Object
Extent
1 framed item
Description
H.C. Class of 1826 Plaster medallion, 9 1/2 inches in diameter, in a wooden
frame, 14 inches in diameter and 3 1/4 inches deep, with a glass front. Charles A. Rose
written three times on paper stuck to the back, dated November 28, 1834.
Restrictions
None
Cyclostyle Duplicating Apparatus (0000.318)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Wilhelm, John E., In Memory of, Plaque (0000.319)
Biographical Information
Contents
Plaque
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Seal of Hamilton College, Plaque [3] (0000.320)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Plaque
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Root, Elihu: Framed Plaster Medallion (0000.321)
Biographical Information
H.C. Class of 1864 U.S. Sec of War U.S. Sec of State U.S. Senator
from NY Lawyer
Contents
Object
Extent
1 framed item
Description
Restrictions
None
Cannon Ball (0000.322)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
cannon ball
Restrictions
None
Film Projector (0000.323)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
film projector in box
Restrictions
None
Test Tube Holder (0000.324)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Keck Barn: Hay Car (0000.325)
Biographical Information
Keck House located on College Hill Road, built by Isaac Williams
in the late 18th Century
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Hess Bookplate Collection (0000.326)
Biographical Information
Contents
Bookplates
Extent
1 small / long drawer, 1 small box, 1 folder
Description
bookplates of personal and institutional libraries
Restrictions
None
Stillwater, Minnesota, Watercolor Drawing of Building in (0000.327)
Biographical Information
Contents
Prints, Paintings, Drawings
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Bristol, William M., Jr.: Alumni Gymnasium Development Fund
Plaque (0000.328)
Biographical Information
Chairman Board of Trustees of H.C.
Alumnus
Contents
Plaque
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Kirkland, Samuel, Print (0000.329)
Biographical Information
(1741 -- 1808) Missionary to Oneida Indians and founder of the
Hamilton-Oneida Academy and Hamilton College
Contents
Prints, Paintings, Drawings
Extent
1 framed item
Description
Restrictions
None
Root, Oren, Sr.: Resignation Letter, 1881 (copy) (0000.330)
Biographical Information
Professor at H.C.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Fancher, Paul Adee: Bust (0000.331)
Biographical Information
Professor of English
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
designed and casted by Sandor Ambrozy, Budapest, Hungary, 1938
Restrictions
None
Fancher, Paul Adee, painting Early October Morning (0000.332)
Biographical Information
Professor of English scene from the cabin at Larchcote,
Waterville, NY
Contents
Prints, Paintings, Drawings
Extent
1 framed item
Description
Restrictions
None
Kirkland, Samuel: Drawing by Austin Briggs, Sr. (0000.333)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Prints, Paintings, Drawings
Extent
1 framed item
Description
charcoal on paper
Restrictions
None
Kirkland College Charter Class 10th Reunion: Canvas with
Signatures (0000.334)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Object
Extent
1 item
Description
canvas on stretcher
Restrictions
None
Brandt, Hermann C.G.: Notes for the German Dictionary in Wood File
Cabinet (0000.335)
Biographical Information
Professor of German
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) in wood cabinet
Extent
1 item
Description
Restrictions
None
Presidents of the Society of Alumni: 1940-1978 Plaque (0000.336)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Plaque
Extent
1 item
Description
names of the presidents
Restrictions
None
Occum, Samson: Print (0000.337)
Biographical Information
founder of the Brothertown Indians
Settlement
Contents
Prints, Paintings, Drawings
Extent
1 framed item
Description
Restrictions
None
Root, Elihu: On Cover of Puck Building, NY Periodical,
1903 (0000.338)
Biographical Information
H.C. Class of 1864 U.S. Sec of War U.S. Sec of State U.S. Senator
from NY Lawyer
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
1 item
Description
cover from December 30, 1903 (vol. LIV, No. 1400)
Restrictions
None
Putnam, Elizabeth, Papers: 1801-1819 (0000.339)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
2 folders
Description
personal correspondence related to family matters, letters sent to Elizabeth
Putnam. Correspondants include Ebeneser Grosvenor, F. Wadsworth, Lydia Lathrop, Mrs.
Fogg, Lewis Grosvenor, Daniel P. Putnam.
Restrictions
None
Day, Clarence Burton, Collection of Chinese Scrolls (0000.340)
Biographical Information
Missionary to China H.C. Class of 1911
Contents
Prints, Paintings, Drawings
Extent
2 3" tubes
Description
two chinese scrolls. Note: 4 Chinese paintings were donated by Clarence Day in
1930. These are listed on postcard to Prof. Ibbotson in Day's alumni
biographical file as "very old 'Kuan-yin' (Goddess of Mercy,
a Buddhist figure--rather patched but rare & valuable--dated about 1800) from
Hangchow; 'Yu Huang Shang-Ti' (The Pearly or Jade Emperor of
Heaven--Chief of all Taoist gods, riding chariot thru clouds) from Hangchow;
'Chung K'uei' (Demon Expeller--with foot on devil &
brandishing sword)--from Shaohing, Chekiang, 30 mi. so. of Hangchow; 'Kuan Kung
& Chow Ch'ang' The God of War & his bodyguard. Used as
Protector of shops & homes, from Shaohing, Che."
Restrictions
Poor Condition -- Preservation Access Only
Pound, Omar S., Collection of Literary Works and Journals (0000.341)
Biographical Information
H.C. Class of 1951
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
3 boxes
Description
Collection of Omar S. Pound's works included in literary journals
(mostly the Antigonish Review)
Restrictions
None
Wright, Warren, Papers (0000.342)
Biographical Information
Upson Professor of Rhetoric and
Communication
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Box
Description
Personal Papers: Correspondence; Professional : grade books, student files,
syllabi, speech topics; departmental records including faculty evaluations and
correspondence;
Restrictions
FERPA
Librarian, Annual Reports of the, 1812-1904 (0000.343)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Folder
Description
acquisitions, extent of the library, general report, 1812-1904
(intermittent)
Restrictions
None
Ibbotson, Joseph D., Research Material on Marcion (0000.344)
Biographical Information
Professor of English and Hebrew, Librarian of the College; class
of 1890
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Folder
Description
research material and working manuscript on Marcion's life and
writings
Restrictions
None
Ibbotson, Joseph D., Research Material on Samuel Kirkland (0000.345)
Biographical Information
Professor of English and Hebrew, Librarian of the
College
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Folder
Description
correspondence and research materials: Large folder contains several folders:
Abstracts of some of the Kirkland papers; “Barrier State: by J.D. Ibbotson--Two papers
given to H.C. Library on 7/52; Bibliographical material on Samuel Kirkland; Biographies
of John T., George, and Charles P. Kirkland; Copies of some of the Kirkland Papers;
Correspondence between Pilkington and Dartmouth College and Index of Dartmouth Archive
holdings regarding Samuel Kirkland; Kirkland Papers correspondence with Ibbotson;
Kirkland Papers in Boston Public Library and NYSL; Kirkland Papers in Mass. Historical
Society; Kirkland Papers, Journal entries, MSS, listings of; Misc. biographies, SK
papers extracts, etc.; and some loose correspondence
Restrictions
None
Metereological Observations, Clinton, NY (0000.346)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
6 Folders
Description
Metereological Observations, 1835 - 1989 (intermittent )
Restrictions
None
Penney, James, Papers, addendum (0000.347)
Biographical Information
Professor of Art
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
1 Folder
Description
miscellaneous exhibit catalogs, publications in which Penney's work
appears
Restrictions
None
Root Art Center Records, addendum (0000.348)
Biographical Information
College art gallery
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Folder
Description
Advisory Council records: membership roster and addresses, minutes of meetings:
1959-72
Restrictions
None
Application of H.C. for an Additional Water Source (1970) (0000.349)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.); Maps, Plans
Extent
1 Folder
Description
proposals, applications, reports, studies, map and technical
drawings
Restrictions
None
Course Content Forms: 1947-1948 (0000.350)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1/2 Box
Description
form used by the Committee on Studies to improve course catalogue listings;
arranged by department
Restrictions
None
Stryker, Stewart L., Papers (0000.351)
Biographical Information
Student, class of 1981
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
Folder
Description
lecture notes, exams, papers while student at H.C.
Restrictions
None
McEwen, Robert W., Academic Regalia (0000.352)
Biographical Information
President of Hamilton College
Contents
Clothing
Extent
1 Large Box
Description
cap, gowns, stole
Restrictions
None
McEwen, Robert W., Papers (0000.353)
Biographical Information
President of Hamilton College
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 Drawer
Description
"Breadth, Depth, and Freedom" ms; "Factors in the
Modern Survival of Millenialism" dissertation; "The Tolerance of
Tomorrow" ms; baccalaureate, commencement, convocation, and other addresses;
Reports to the Board; Correspondence regarding his hospitalization, retirement, and
address to the NYS School Boards Association in Syracuse "The Three
R's -- And What More?"; letters to Marjorie McEwen following
Robert's death
Restrictions
None
Marcus Catlin Plaque (0000.354)
Biographical Information
Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy,
1831-49
Contents
Plaque
Extent
1 Item
Description
Plaque wih brief biographical information about Professor Catlin
Restrictions
None
Wooden Chest Containing Coins, Tokens, and Medals (0000.355)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Coins
Extent
1 Wooden Cabinet
Description
Wooden chest containing coins, tokens, and medals; deaccessioned
10/31/08
Restrictions
Restricted
Manuscript: Shadwell Commonplace Book compiled or owned by P.
Mellish (0000.356)
Biographical Information
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
1 volume, 560 pages
Description
vellum-bound, handwritten book containing passages on geology, law, poetry
(including poems by W. Wilberforce and Sir Walter Scott), religion, artesian wells,
slavery, etc. Table of contents/index starts on p. 541. Dates range from 1830 to 1844.
Place-name Shadwell appears on flyleaf and on one of pages following table of contents;
the name P. Mellish [?] also appears on the flyleaf. Title on spine:
Manuscript.
Restrictions
Manuscript book from Noyes Law Library (0000.357)
Biographical Information
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
1 volume, approx. 300 pp.
Description
handwritten copy of or notes on a law text; each page of the original text
headed with original page number; handwriting suddenly gets smaller in (original) page
234; 24 chapter headings larger, first one decorated (Of Common Usmances [? or
usinances?]); bookplate in back: Wm. Curtis Noyes; given to H.C. in 19th century (per
note by F. Lorenz)
Restrictions
Hamilton College Centennial Memorabilia--1912, from F.W.
Putnam (0000.358)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 bookcover containing 4 signs or posters, 1 letter
Description
signs or posters advertising the services of automobiles for transit (for 25
cents) between the village of Clinton and Hamilton College during the Centennial of the
College, June, 1912; letter from Frederick W. Putnam with explanation and suggestion
that the signs might be interesting at the next Centennial [or
bicentennial].
Restrictions
Hamilton Alumni Review Index typescript (0000.359)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 box
Description
Typescript of Hamilton College Alumni Review index, approximately volumes XI to
XXV (1946-1960), several copies. This does not appear to exist in bound, cataloged form.
8/17/04 Not several copies, but 4 volumes--XI-XV (pp.231-551 only), XVI-XX, XXI-XXV, and
XXVI-XXX. All four volumes sent to be bound and cataloged.
Restrictions
Life magazine, 1953, with article on Hamilton College, "Pure
Liberal Arts" (0000.360)
Biographical Information
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
2 boxes
Description
many copies (44 in first box) of the April 27, 1953, Life magazine that
includes the article "Pure Liberal Arts" (pp. 125ff) on Hamilton
College. Cover photo from coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. 3 copies cataloged as HAM
COLL HE L62p. One box sent to duplicate storage in Molly Root attic.
Restrictions
Grover Cleveland autograph letter, signed, to Edward Payson
Powell (0000.361)
Biographical Information
class of 1853 tutor at HC 1856-57
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 letter
Description
in file of Edward Payson Powell, class of 1853: letter of March 5, 1901,
Princeton, NJ, from Grover Cleveland. Also letter referring to Cleveland's
candidacy (preference over Benjamin Harrison), June 28, 1888. Letter from Elizabeth Cady
Stanton.
Restrictions
Ordinance to amend the Charter of Hamilton College, 1875 (0000.362)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 document
Description
original 1875 Ordinance to amend the Charter of Hamilton College, Adopted by
the Regents of the University, January 14, 1875. Added 4 additional
trustees.
Restrictions
Slides and Photographs, 1980s and 1990s (0000.363)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 small box
Description
slides of football; students at graduation, working (labelled sent to Betty
House 4-4-94); college buildings: Emerson Gallery, old fitness center, south campus,
faculty; photographs of students in class, at computers in library; Steve Wulf ‘72 with
baseball memorabilia, book; faculty; classrooms; students; students in computer lab;
campus; students on campus; students studying; Quad; South Campus; Christian Johnson,
Field House, Root Hall, other buildings; campus life; slides in small box: students,
campus (fall), statue, ELS, Commons, Kirkland Cottage, basketball court, chapel,
pool
Restrictions
Sophomore Cap, class of 1924 (0000.364)
Biographical Information
Contents
realia
Extent
1 folder
Description
Class of ‘24 Sophomore Cap (June ‘21-June ‘22); presented by H.R. Goslee ‘24
5/26/74 (found among miscellaneous unprocessed items).
Restrictions
Bible and shawl or blanket of Phanuel W. Warriner, class of
1826 (0000.365)
Biographical Information
Contents
Book, fabric
Extent
1 folder
Description
Bible (London, 1823) with inscription and passages preached from noted,
belonging to Phanuel W. Warriner, class of 1826; paisley shawl or coverlet
Restrictions
notebooks of Edward Walstein Root, class of 1862 (0000.366)
Biographical Information
Edward Walstein Root, class of 1862, son of Oren Root (1833) and
brother of Elihu Root (1864). Died 1870.
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
5 books
Description
5 mss notebooks with notes on chemistry by Edward Walstein Root, class of 1862.
First book inscribed “E.W. Root. 1864.†First page of notes headed: “Chemical Analysis.
Prof. Schneider’s Labratorium. Berlin Prussia. January 5th 1864.†About a quarter of the
notebook filled from that end; at the other end, turned the other way up, are notes on
“Quantitative Chemical Analysis. Prof. E.R. Schneider’s Labratorium. Berlin Prussia. May
2d, 1864.†Second book headed “Chemical Technologie from Prof. Magnus. Berlin
University. April 21st 1864.†Remaining 3 books from the School of Mines, NYC, October,
1867; notes on chemistry.
Restrictions
Brothertown Indians of Wisconsin genealogy and handcrafted yarn belt (1999.1)
Biographical Information
Contents
Book, textiles
Extent
1 folder
Description
genealogical book “Families of Eggink and Welch†about the Brothertown Indian
families by Joan D. Marx Waldvogel, descendant of the Welches, 1991; handcrafted yarn
belt by Franklyn Waldvogel, 1999, with attached badge: “Gift given to Hamilton College
in memory of the Brothertown Indians who lived in Brothertown, NY from the 1770’s until
the 1830’s and who were then removed to Brothertown (Calumet) Wisconsin between 1831 and
1836.â€
Restrictions
Richard W. Couper Papers (2001.1)
Biographical Information
Trustee, H.C. Former Provost, H.C. Class of 1944, H.C. President,
New York Public Library President, Watson Foundation Richard Watrous Couper, born 16
December 1922 in Binghamton, N.Y. Originally enrolled with Hamilton College class of
1944, Couper enlisted in the United States Army in 1942 where he attained the rank of
captain during World War II. After finishing his degree at Hamilton in 1947, he earned a
master's degree in American History from Harvard University. Along with
continuous service as a Hamilton College trustee since 1959, Couper served as
administrative vice president of Hamilton College beginning in 1962 and was promoted to
acting president and then vice president and provost. Couper later served as the first
deputy commissioner for higher education for the New York State Education Department
(1969-71), became the first full-time president and chief executive officer of the New
York Public Library (1971-81), and served as president of the Woodrow Wilson National
Fellowship Foundation until 1990.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
14 Boxes
Description
Records and correspondence during his service as provost of H.C.
Restrictions
None
Samuel Hopkins Adams Collection of Dibble and Brinkerhoff
Correspondence (2001.2)
Biographical Information
Betty Buckley is the grandaughter of Samuel Hopkins Adams
Brinkerhoff was a member of the New York State Assembly?
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
c. 60 letters
Description
Personal correspondence, 1803-1862; correspondents include George Brinkerhoff,
Horace Dibble, Dr. Cooper, Mr. Wylie, John Henry, Mary Jane Manson, Perkins King,
Emaline Serantor, Evaline Scranton, Abner Phelps, Dr. Daniel Wood, L. Loomis, O. Dibble,
Charity Van Arsdol, Fitch, James Tamert, J.C. Dibble, Jeremiah Williamson, Marton, John
Selover, Emeline Dibble, Emeline Edwards, Henry Mervine, N. Mervine, H. Goodrich, Lauren
Harlinger, Abe Bevier, D.J. Mead, Curtis Rose, John W. Taylor, Timothy Rose, Charles
King, B.K. Dibble, B.P. Hale, Elisha Conklin, Martha R. Conklin, C. Longer, Helen M.
Park, J. Mood, Phebe Lambert, J. H. Sauner, Rollins, Landosen, Samuel Preston, Cinthy
Covey, George L. Crammer, Charlotte Headly
Restrictions
None
Scholarship Information Forms: Classes of 1998 and 1999 (2001.3)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1/2 Box
Description
Scholarship Information Forms, Classes of 1998 and 1999
Restrictions
FERPA
Map of Clinton (reproduction) (2001.4)
Biographical Information
Erin Waters is H.C. Class of 2001 and was employed in the H.C.
Archives, Summer 2001
Contents
Maps, Plans
Extent
1 Map
Description
Reproduction of a 19th Century Map of Clinton, NY
Restrictions
None
Class of 2000 & 2001 Facebook Photographs; also 2002; also
2003-2005 (2001.5)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
2 Boxes
Description
facebook photographs and information about the classes of 2000, 2001, and 2002
[2001.5.1], and the classes of 2003, 2004, and 2005 [2001.5.2]; published under titles
including Meet the Freshmen and New Faces; catalog number Ham Coll HQ H18f. See also
0000.92.32-36
Restrictions
None
Monday Club pamphlets (2001.6)
Biographical Information
founded 1892
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
2 pamphlets, 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 cm
Description
2 copies of a pamphlet: The Monday Club, Clinton, New York; 2001-2002:
Poets
Restrictions
None
Hamilton College Basketball and Hockey Collection (2001.7)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 box
Description
score books, other records of Men's and Women's basketball
and Hockey at Hamilton College from the 1960's through the 1990's,
assorted publications.
Restrictions
None
Diplomas of James Taylor Dunn 1936 and James W. Taylor
1838 (2001.8)
Biographical Information
James W. Taylor was the grandfather or great-grandfather of James
Taylor Dunn
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
2 diplomas, framed
Description
Diploma of James W. Taylor, 1838, in Latin, signed by Joseph Penney, with seal
(in bottom left corner, seal imprinted on paper on ribbon on diploma); diploma of James
Taylor Dunn, 1936, in Latin, signed by F.C. Ferry, seal printed onto the paper but
ribbon added
Restrictions
None
stereopticon slides (2001.9)
Biographical Information
Lawrence B. Lindemer, Class of 1943
Contents
Photographs
Extent
10 slides
Description
Stereopticon slides, "Gems from American Scenery," of various
views of Clinton and Hamilton College: Liberal Institute from the Knob, Litchfield
Observatory, Perry H. Smith Library, Prof. Root's Cabinet, pulpit in Chapel,
Chapel side, Chapel front, Hamilton C., views of College Hill and Clinton from
Knob
Restrictions
None
Kirkland College materials (2002.01)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Books, Publications
Extent
2 publications, one folder of memorabilia
Description
Particulars: Kirkland College 72--newspaper format catalog Particulars:
74-75--bound catalog of Kirkland College [cataloged] Freshman orientations materials for
Lisa Schilling literary magazine, theater/dance programs
Restrictions
Rogers Estate addendum (2002.02)
Biographical Information
Hamilton College class of 1930 (AB and MA), Hamilton College
faculty 1937-1967, chairman of Biology Dept., professor emeritus; sold house and gave
land to college in 1994 (Rogers Estate, formerly Hawthorn Farm); father Charles B.
Rogers, class of 1887, was an educator in Clinton
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Photographs Ephemera
Extent
2 Boxes; 1 Small Box
Description
photographs, including many from Groton School (of P. Rogers); 2 fans, old, in
boxes; leases and indentures; 2 posters for 1927 German productions of Wagner operas
Additional folder (2002.2.1A) of photographs, letters from Mother to Ralph, a few bank
statements (added 5/20/2003); additional folders (2002.2.1B and C) of photographs,
correspondence, ephemera (added 2/24/2004)
Restrictions
None
Kirkland College Archives: President's Office Files Addendum
(Samuel Babbitt) (2002.03)
Biographical Information
President of Kirkland College Samuel Fisher Babbitt was born in
New Haven, CT, on 22 February, 1929. After earning a silver star for his service as a
Master Sergeant during the Korean War, Babbitt graduated from Yale College in 1953. He
later earned his Master's degree in general studies (1957) and his Ph.D. in
American Studies (1965) from Yale Graduate School. He later received an honorary degree
from Hamilton College in 1969. Babbitt came to Kirkland College after serving as
lecturer in English and Dean of Men at Vanderbilt University from 1957-1962, and
Assistant Dean of Yale Graduate School (1962-1966). Babbitt was appointed President of
the newly incorporated Kirkland College in 1966, and was officially inaugurated in April
of 1969. He held that position until Kirkland College merged with Hamilton College in
1978. After completing his service as President of Kirkland, Babbitt was appointed vice
president of Program Planning and Resources at the Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer
Center of New York in 1980 and in 1983 became the vice president for development at
Brown University, a position he held until his retirement in
1993.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
2 Boxes
Description
Files on K.C. / H.C. merger negotiations; admissions reports; endowment;
fundraising; planning
Restrictions
None
Scholarship Information Forms: 2001 (2002.04)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1/3 Box
Description
Scholarship Information Forms, Class of 2001
Restrictions
FERPA
Oren Root, Jr (IV) Papers (2002.05)
Biographical Information
1911-1995 Lawyer New York State Banking Superintendent Lawyer;
liberal Republican politician; while beginning practice of law in late 1930s, campaigned
for election of Fiorello La Guardia as mayor of New York City and Thomas E. Dewey as
governor of New York state; was early, major promoter of Wendell L. Willkie for
Republican nomination for president in 1940; worked full time as chairman of Associated
Willkie Clubs of America during Willkie's unsuccessful run against President
Franklin D. Roosevelt; later served as member of New York County Republican Committee
and vice-president of New York Young Republican Club; was first president of National
Association for Mental Health in early 1950s; in administration of Governor Nelson A.
Rockefeller of New York from 1959 to 1964, was successively special assistant for
federal and interstate affairs and secretary of banks; for many years practiced law with
New York firm of Root Barrett Cohen Knapp & Smith; later was counsel to firm of
Lord Day & Lord Barrett Smith until 1994; died in Bedford, New
York.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
11 Boxes; 3 Flat Boxes
Description
Contains the correspondence, both personal and relating to offices held and
activities, of Oren Root IV Finding aid available in repository Contains the
correspondence, both personal and relating to offices held and activities, of Oren Root,
Jr. Extensive collection of correspondences involving political campaigns to which he
contributed (Lindsay, Javits, Willkie, etc.), committees and associations to which he
belonged (American Arbitration Association, American Veterans Committee, Fair Employment
Practice Committee, Council on Foreign Relations, International Rescue Committee,
Metropolitan Club, National Association for Mental Health, New York Young Republican
Club, etc.), and positions he held (New York State Banking Superintendent, Special
Assistant to Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, President of Charter New York Corporation,
and Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Irving Trust Co.). Collection also
includes memorabilia relating to the Willkie presidential campaign of 1940 (scrapbooks,
photographs, pins). Added 7/2006: folder on arbitration; folder on Westchester
properties.
Restrictions
None
Facebook Photographs -- Class of 2006 (2002.06)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 Small Box
Description
entering photographs of the class of 2006 used in the publication of a
facebook; published under titles including Meet the Freshmen and New Faces; catalog
number Ham Coll HQ H18f. See also 0000.92.32-36
Restrictions
None
Kirkland College Marker Photograph Poster (2002.07)
Biographical Information
commemorative marker created by John von Bergen and Ava
Bromberg
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 Tube
Description
photograph poster of marker under construction
Restrictions
None
Hamilton College Choir -- Christmas Music Poster (2002.08)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.); photographs
Extent
1 Item
Description
poster: "Christmas Music -- Thursday Dec. 19th -- Ballroom 5:00 P.M.
-- The Hamilton Choir" photographs of Choir, John Baldwin Hamilton College
Seal
Restrictions
None
Cane (2002.09)
Biographical Information
N/A
Contents
Cane
Extent
1 Item
Description
Cane (wood) with names of the U.S. Presidents on it 1793-1923, also a carving
of George Washington (?)
Restrictions
None
Letters to Francis M. Burdick (2002.10)
Biographical Information
Class of 1869; LL.B., LL.D (1895, honorary) on the faculty at
Hamilton College before moving on to Cornell nephew of Samuel D. Enos, 1843; lawyer;
testified on C.H.F. Peter's behalf in Peters' case against Charles
Borst; died in New York in 1920
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
one folder
Description
1 pamphlet; letters to F.M. Burdick and Mrs. Burdick from C.H.F. Peters (fac.);
Oren Root (Class of 1833, fac.); Clinton Scollard (1881; fac.); E.L. Stevens (1890);
Edward Coit Morris (1889; a fellow member of D.U.); sec. of H.C. (re. honorary degree);
Chas. C. Kellogg (lumber dealer, Utica); A.G. Hopkins (Class of 1866, fac.); Albert H.
Chester (Hon. Degree 1891, fac., re. a Mr. Best's coin collection); Charles H.
Searle (law office, Utica), Sec. of Old Home Week Celebration, Utica
Restrictions
none
Hamilton blanket of William Freeman, 1926 (2002.11)
Biographical Information
Contents
blanket
Extent
1 box
Description
dark blue wool lap blanket or carriage rug with sewn-on initial H with college
seal in center
Restrictions
original poster by Kevin Burns '77 for faculty production of
"The Country Wife" (2002.12)
Biographical Information
a dramatic reading of William Wycherly's The Country
Wife, March 23 & 24, 1977, directed by Edwin Barrett, parts read by Fred Wagner,
Rand Carter, Hal Holladay, Nancy Rabinowitz, John O'Neill, Mary
O'Neill, Jackie Medina, John Gordon, Sidney Wertimer (poster includes
caricatures of the above); also Rouben Cholakian, Nancy Platz, Eloise Henderson, Jeanne
Culkin, Miranda Barrett. Artwork by Kevin J. Burns, class of 1977, exec. producer,
Foxstar Prod.
Contents
Prints, Paintings, Drawings
Extent
1 framed poster
Description
"In the seventies the Faculty did a staged reading of "The
Country Wife," directed by Edwin Barrett, with Fred Wagner, John and Mary
O'Neill, Sidney Wertimer, and Jackie Medina. Kevin Burns ['77], now a
producer of A&E film biographies and AMC "Backstory," drew the
comic poster of which I have the original." Fred Wagner
Restrictions
stereographs of campus (2002.13)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
7 stereographic cards
Description
stereographs of Hamilton College, by H.W. Seward, Utica, NY, including one of
the chapel, one of The Avenue, one of The College Road, and 4 campus views (numbered
2-5)
Restrictions
none
Samuel Hopkins Adams letters (2003.1)
Biographical Information
S.H. Adams, 1871-1958; H.C. Class of 1891. Adams was an important
member of the staffs of McClure's and Collier's magazines during the
muckraking days and was active in exposing medical frauds and instrumental in bringing
about the Pure Food and Drug Act (1906). Adams used fictional settings in a long series
of books dealing with the American background and such issues as dishonest journalism
(The Clarion, 1914) and the Harding administration scandals (Revelry, 1926); created the
Average Jones stories, which Howard Haycraft pronounced, "well above the level
of their era, both in conception and style." (Haycraft 1968, p. 100.)
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
2 letters
Description
ALS to "Moffett" dated Aug. 21, 1906, on Collier's
letterhead, NY ALS to "Cyril" dated Dec. 26, 1939, on Colony Gardens
letterhead, Beaufort, SC
Restrictions
Hamilton College treasurers' letters,additions to 19th-century
records (2003.2)
Biographical Information
Benjamin Woolsey Dwight, M.D., 1780-1850, Yale 1799, Treasurer of
Hamilton College 1831-50, father of Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight, HC
1835
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
2 letters
Description
1 letter from Erastus Clark, Treasurer of Hamilton College, to Archibald
McIntire, dated Utica, March 22, 1819, asking for HC's share of Lottery money.
1 letter from Benjamin Dwight, Treasurer of Hamilton College, to A. C. Flagg,
Comptroller of the State of NY, dated Clinton, August 1, 1838, asking for HC's
state grant of $3000 to be deposited or sent to him as Treasurer. Both letters marked
PAID on verso.
Restrictions
Winter Carnival and Febfest Pins (2003.3)
Biographical Information
Contents
Ephemera
Extent
3 pins
Description
1 pin from Winter Carnival 1940 (3rd winter carnival), given by Matthew
McCullough '44; 1 pin from FebFest 2000 and 1 pin from FebFest 2002 given by
Stacey Himmelberger (Publications)
Restrictions
Hamilton College football photographs, 1904 (2003.4)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
5 photographs
Description
5 photos, roughly 6 1/2 x 4 3/4", 3 still mounted on album pp, other 2
loose. Show Hamilton making a touchdown, Union about to punt. Other 3 show the field
with old stone dorms behind [Truax, Old North, Carnegie], 1 shows Chem & science
labs behind field, 1 shows Carnegie Hall dorm. Nice lot from this great small college in
1904. [eBay description] Also photo of creek north of Waterville.
Restrictions
photographs of class of 1918 and ELS in 1916 (2003.5)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
2 items
Description
1 photograph of the class of 1918 as sophomores in 1916, on the steps of Root
Hall; 1 photograph of either the class of 1918 or the members of the Emerson Literary
Society in 1916 (labeled Carl K. Frey, Utica, NY)
Restrictions
Facebook photographs, Class of 2007 (2003.6)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 small box
Description
Facebook photographs and information (name, hometown, high school) for the
Class of 2007. published under titles including Meet the Freshmen and New Faces; catalog
number Ham Coll HQ H18f. See also 0000.92.32-36
Restrictions
Gold medallion of Hamilton College seal (2004.01)
Biographical Information
Contents
realia
Extent
1 medallion
Description
23K gold-plated medallion showing the Hamilton College seal (angel, book, boy),
with the words "Collegii Hamiltonensis Sigillum, Fundatum MDCCCXII"
around the picture.
Restrictions
19th-century letters (2004.02)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
39 letters
Description
correspondence of 19th-century faculty and alumni, including Edward North,
Professor, Simeon North, President, his wife F. Harriet North, Marcus Catlin, 1827,
Professor, Edwin J. Sherrill, 1833, Glenni W. Scofield, 1840, Theodore P. Green, 1841,
Chester Smith Percival, 1845, Josiah W. North, 1848, Meeds T. Tuthill, 1850, Alpha Delta
Phi members Alexander Spaulding, 1846, Levi P. Coman, 1846, Everett Case, 1845, Homer B.
Morgan, 1847, Frank F. Ellinwood, 1849, Edward F.B. Orton, 1848, Anonymous 19th Century
Poems, Letter re. Canal (in non-HC Misc.)
Restrictions
Photographs: 1993 and older: Reunion and Commencement; assorted
slides (2004.03.1)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
slides of Reunions '91; negatives of Graduation (Commencement) and
Reunions '91; slides (3) of Reunions '92; slides (4) of Commencement
'94; assorted slides: campus scenes (+ students in classrooms & social
spaces) 1989, 1981-87, 1990, 1991, 1992, Beinecke Student Activities Village 1993 (2
sheets), campus 1993, athletics '93, snowplow Dec. '93, a capella
groups '93 (1 slide of Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown); contact sheets
Reunions '92 (John Drew, photographer), unidentified, prints of statue,
students in snow 2/93, DeKlerk press photos
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: Great Names 1997: Elie Wiesel (2004.03.10)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
prints of Elie Wiesel with students, Gene Tobin, Bev Tobin, faculty, including
Al Kelly, Phil and Betty Pearle, Nancy Rabinowitz, etc., also Debbie Hepburn, Frank
Perreta; at dinner in president's house; giving Great Names speech; signing
autographs
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: Dave Tewksbury [1/31/97] Fall, 1997 (2004.03.11)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
prints: Gene Tobin with alumni and award (by Steve Charzuk); jazz ensemble;
Morris Detz in chapel, with audience 11/13/97; Oliver North in chapel 11/11/97; Public
Policy, Levitt Center Luncheon, Students, Faculty, and Area Politicians 11/14/97; Victor
Flax Luncheon, Bristol 11/1/97; Barbara Tewksbury Award Ceremony, NYS Professor of the
Year 1997, 10/23/97; Convocation '97
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: Dave Tewksbury [9/1997] Spring, 1997 (2004.03.12)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
list of events and photographers; envelope of prints by Steve Charzuk (person
in front of blackboard, Riffle Award, panel, students near Kirkland Cottage; also
students in mail center, students running radio station; contact sheet and negative of
Jocelyn Elders, 2/26/97, by Peter Finger; Tewksbury: contact sheets (May, 1997) of dance
in Events Barn, person teaching; campus activities board; slides: student in white satin
dress and mortarboard; prints: Richard Seager 5/97; Dr. Martin Hirsch '60
videoconference 4/2; Class & Charter Day 5/9 ("sumo"
wrestling); John Nichols, Little Pub 4/19; Millard Fuller, Habitat for Humanity founder
4/10/97; Sir Brian Urquhart, Hansmann Lecture 4/10; Kathryn Stimpson, 4/2; Alan Keyes
3/10; Oscar Hijuelos, Pulitzer Prize winner 3/6; Shelley Haley, BBC Timewatch-Jonathan
Miller, classroom and taping 3/5; Asian New Year 2/22; Bobby Peru 2/22; Ellis Paul,
Acoustic Coffee House, with Jennifer Kimball 2/20; Chili Cook Off 2/15; Robert Moses
1/31
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: Slides from Campaign Kickoff Slide Show 9/97 (2004.03.13)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
best selection of slides shot by Steve Dahlgren for New Century Campaign slide
presentation: Sciences; Portraits/Faces; General classroom/academic (includes slides of
printers' insignias or marks, early books in Latin, Greek, marginal
illuminations); Athletics
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: 1997 Reunions and Commencement: Slides (2004.03.14)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
slides: 1997 reunions (Peter Finger) and 1997 Commencement (Vickers &
Beechler); 9/97 professorship award ceremony (V & B); negatives and contact
sheets: Gene Tobin with honorees (honorary degree recipients?); individuals and family
groups, some labeled with post-its (Gabrielle & Luke, Ann M, Pinney K, Amy
Palmieri, Randi/Ross, Frenchie, J.J. & Mauro, Lori, Murphy, Doron, Sara, J.W.,
Lamont, Kresimir, Ferguson, J.J., Fugelsong, Townsend, Janelle Schwarz, Scala, Emma
Grinwis, Linda Smallen), speakers at commencement
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: 1997 Reunions and Commencement (2 of 2) (2004.03.15)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
negatives and contact sheets: reunions, baccalaureate, commencement; faculty
(Austin Briggs, Tewksbury family, Richard Somer, Jay Williams, etc.); New Century
Campaign; enlargement of faculty medals (named chairs)
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: 1997 Slides (1 of 2) (2004.03.16)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
slides: campus scenes--buildings, students, athletics, musicians in the Events
Barn, dorm rooms, West Park Row, Mary Lou Millar, administrators, students in snow,
student life, tours, plaque unveiling, Diner, faculty offices (Austin Briggs &
students; George Bahlke & students), Little Pub, faculty in academic gowns, EMS,
dance, bicycling, art, science (students, faculty, equipment), Monk Rowe and student
playing saxaphones, Shelley Haley, students with illuminated manuscript, more faculty
with students, students singing, Commons interior, darts, hockey, downtown Clinton,
Alumni Council
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: 1997 Slides (2 of 2) (2004.03.17)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
5"x7" photos of Kickoff, faculty; large negatives of Hamilton
banner; negatives of campus buildings; 8"x10" photos from 1994 (Riffle
award, C. West, tee-shirts) and 1996 (Tobin, McCormick, athletics); negatives and
contact sheets from Campaign Kickoff (some names listed), David Paris, Rit Fuller;
slides: campus scenes--Martin's Way, 1 Bill Denison slide from 1996 (Habitat
for Humanity?), 3 art slides of campus scenes by Lynn Butler; buildings, students,
outdoor classes, class in Austin Briggs' office, Edward Wheatley with student,
more faculty with students, Bradford Marsalis, individual shots of students with
saxaphones and with Monk Rowe, jazz concert, plaque unveiling, Kirkland Project, EMTs,
athletics, downtown Clinton, dance, students doing science, tours, students singing,
musicians in rehearsal room; prints of Chandra Mohanty 9/97
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: Dave Tewksbury: 2/99-6/99 Commons dedication;
Science--girls (2004.03.18)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
prints: 6/99 Science Day (elementary children with science faculty,
demonstrations); 5/99 Girls in Science; Commons rededication 5/99; 4/99 Panel on Race,
Dwight Lounge; 2/99 Undesirable Elements; Spring '99 Center for Children, New
England; panel in Red Pit; presentation on US Constitution, copyright; Mac Bristol, Tom
Schwarz portrait dedication (Pinney present also); Brigadoon
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: Dave Tewksbury: 1998 Jazz Band and Workshops; Bill
Shelick (2004.03.19)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
prints: Edward C. Taylor; women authors: Lynn Kanter K '76, Maggie
Stern Terris K '76, Jo Pitkin K '78, Kathryn Grover K '75,
Ashton Applewhite K '74; AIDS quilt 4/98; jazz workshops; Frank Foster with
jazz band 4/98; Kathrine Sullivan 4/98; Tony Kushner
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: 1994 Slides (2004.03.2)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
slides: campus scenes with students, music--Verdi, Bruckner, drums, Choir,
faculty & students, classrooms, athletics, gallery exhibits; Josh Simpson
exhibit; concerts in Wellin; dance; students in Beinecke, near Bristol; buildings on
campus; fitness center; profs. Odamtten, Gentry, Somer, etc.; Pres. Tobin in Beinecke
with students; photo prints: student with poster session on phosphatase inhibitors,
12/15/94; Pres. Tobin and trustees/donors in front of Burke Library Plaque
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: 1998 Reunions and Commencement (1 of 2) (2004.03.20)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
negative roll #14 of Reunions '98, 2 prints; slides: reunions, by
Peter Finger; Commencement, by Vickers & Beechler
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: 1998 Reunions and Commencement (2 of 2) (2004.03.21)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
prints: 1998 Reunions, including alumni classes, jazz band. One print labeled
(Beth and Joel Johnson '65, children). Does not seem to include any
commencement photographs.
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: 1998 Slides (2004.03.22)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
negatives of art class; 2 prints of Beinecke; negatives of dancers in front of
a window (Kirkland loft?); negatives, contact prints, prints of NYC Breakfast 12/98
(alumni); unframed slides [by John M. Rae II '82] of brothers Jay '93
and Shep '95 Wainwright in their Cosi Sandwich Bar; slides: Dick Couper;
faculty & students doing science; student life; events; art exhibit; buildings
and people on campus; West Park Row; A. Hamilton statue; Project 200 mill$ prints and
negatives (8/6/99): Coupers, presentation, 200 mil party; Ferguson House dedication
& reception--prints; 1998 United Way Gold Award--prints; Prof. Hong Gang Jin,
National Professor of the Year--slides; reunions--negatives labeled Ham Alumni Weekend;
several unlabeled prints
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: Dave Tewksbury: 10/98-9/98 Candids (2004.03.23)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
prints: Winter Formal; N.E. Center for Children; Julian Bond
(Chapel/Reception); Marcy Sack's class; Meira (Mimi) Barrett '02;
William Leurs, 11/14/98; Family Weekend 10/16-18/98; Anna Quindlen, Chapel and
book-signing, 10/28/98
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
1999 Photographs by Kim Morrissey, Susan Kahn, Jason
Nuttle--BLSU (2004.03.24)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
negatives of Sears Awards, Sidney Wertimer plaque; packets of neg. &
prints: Prof. Lowry guest lecture; BLSU dinner (also loose prints); prints in 3-ring
sleeves: BLSU anniversary; Sears Awards; Spring '99 DC; b/w print of Jim
Reilly, NASA
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: 1999 Reunions and Commencement [slides] (2004.03.25)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
packet of group photos and number/name cards from class of
'49's 1999 reunion; group photos of '74 (Ham. and Kirkland,
together and separately), '47, '59 (with names); prints from reunions
'99 and wall ceremony (benefactor plaque); negatives and contact sheets from
Commencement; added 8/06 from an unnumbered notebook: slides of 1999 Reunions (by John
Rae) and Commencement (by Vickers & Beechler)
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: 1999 Slides and Photos (1 of 2) (2004.03.26)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
1st Annual ACR AIDS Hike for Life, May 1999 (print); slides: rooms in Ferguson,
Saunders, 3950 Campus Rd (Woollcott), McIntosh; April candids; tours; campus views
(students, trees, buildings); Prof. Bradfield's class; Diner; prints:
Alternative Spring Break '99, Hobe Sound, FL, and dinner with the Bristols; ASB
'99, Jacksonville, FL; negatives for both ASB sessions
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: 1999 Slides and Photos (2 of 2) (2004.03.27)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
prints: 1999 Watson Fellowship Awards; YWCA award; negatives and contact
sheets: Bill & Wendy Luess Dinner 2/99; prints: National Press Club (1999 panel,
students); Alumni Council at Ferguson House, Beinecke, Little Pub
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: Reunions and Commencement 1995: Slides (2004.03.3)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
slides: Reunions 1995 (by Terry Wild Studio) and Commencement 1995 (by Vickers
& Beechler)
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: 1995: Slides (2004.03.4)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
slides: Nancy Rabinowitz; crew; Root Glen; orientation (Aug., 1995); buildings
and students on campus; Diner; Beinecke; Reunions (June, 1995); students eating in
McEwen; athletics; Austin Briggs; fac., admin.; sculpture near C.J.; Rob Kolb &
Gene Tobin at commencement; Couper Hall; Bristol
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: 1995: Slides (2) (2004.03.5)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
slides: campus scenes; Events Barn; Sig House; buildings on campus; Stuart
Hirshfield with student; crew; Root Glen; Nancy Rabinowitz with class outside; Vincent
Odamtten with class outside; students on campus; Beinecke; students eating in McEwen;
Bristol; Diner; athletics; frisbee; faculty; Alexander Hamilton statue with students;
prints: Levitt Scholars 1995; Gene Tobin and others (trustees?) in front of Sigma Xi
poster with Sept. 22-23, 1995 date on it (photo by Steve Charzuk)
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: 1996: Great Names: Colin Powell; more Great Names
speakers (2004.03.6)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
negatives and contact sheets of tree planting in front of Bristol; negatives,
contact sheets, and a few enlargements of Colin Powell at the Great Names event: giving
his speech, greeting people (one identified as Dan Brown), with Pres. Tobin; Great
Names: James Carville, with contact sheet; prints and enlargements: Colin Powell with
students; slides: Great Names speakers Carville and Matalin (also in group photo, with
negatives, contact sheets); F.W. Deklerk 4/98 (Great Names); BB King, Great Names Series
10/20/98; CDs: Tom Brokaw 2006; Aretha Franklin 2008
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: Reunions and Commencement 1996: Slides (2004.03.7)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
slides: Reunions 1996 (by P. Finger) and Commencement 1996 (by Vickers
& Beechler)
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: 1996: Slides (2004.03.8)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
slides: Diner; making pottery; drums; dorm room; art class; trumpet; rock swing
(Kirkland Rock); classroom scenes; Chinese characters; faculty office; fitness room;
Bobby Fong eating with student; Beinecke; students in living room (Eells?); Keehn
kitchen; campus scenes; buildings on campus; Beinecke; Ferguson; residence halls; Little
Pub; athletics; Lisa Tannenbaum; Habitat for Humanity crew; West Park Row, Clinton;
students on campus; tours; Events Barn; faculty; class in hard hats; class in cemetery;
Ann Silversmith with student; Peter Rabinowitz; Adirondack Adventure; Root Glen; pool;
soundboard
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: 1996: Slides (2 of 2) (2004.03.9)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
negatives: renovations (Little Pub?); head shots; slides: Great Names speakers
Carville and Matalin; Ann Silversmith with student; Beinecke; Habitat for Humanity;
drumming in classroom; soundboard; classroom scenes; art class; faculty; cemetery; class
in hard hats; Root Glen (Norway spruce); Bobby Fong eating with student; faculty office;
Peter Rabinowitz; classroom scene with Chinese characters; classroom scene with
computers; trumpet; pottery; scientific equipment (petrie dish?); dance; Bristol Tree
Planting
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
copy of Deed from Samuel Kirkland to Ralph W. Kirkland (2004.04)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
2 11" x 14" photocopies
Description
photocopy of front and back of deed or indenture conveying 179 acres of land on
the west side of the Oriskany Creek from Samuel Kirkland to Ralph W. Kirkland, dated May
25, 1797. Includes signatures of Samuel Kirkland, John Kirkland, and Eliza Kirkland (her
only known signature, according to H. Williams). Verso contains depositions by John
Kirkland in 1800 (?), signed by James Dean, and Eliza Kirkland in 1816, signed by Judge
Morris Miller, attesting to their witness of the deed; also a note that the deed was
recorded on June 8, 1858, in Book No. 209, p. 430 of Deeds.
Restrictions
Newspaper article: 1826 Commencement, reported in Albany Argus &
City Gazette (2004.05)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 large sheet of newsprint, folded
Description
Newspaper: Albany Argus & City Gazette for September 5, 1826, with
article (page 2, column 3) about Hamilton College Commencement, list of graduates,
endowment of a professorship of Theology and Sacred Literature, plans for building,
current state of construction of Chapel, and praise.
Restrictions
Class album, 1881 (2004.06)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 album containing 44 photographs
Description
Portraits of the members of the class of 1881 and of the faculty: Samuel Gilman
Brown (president), Oren Root, CHF Peters, Ellicott Evans, Edward North, Nicholas W.
Goertner, John W. Mears, Abel G. Hopkins, Albert H. Chester, Ambrose P. Kelsey, Henry A.
Frink; students: Ball, Bliss, Borst [with clipping of obituary, 1918], Brewer, Bumpus,
Chamberlain, Cross, DeGarmo, Dayton [Groves, Hess missing], Hubbard, Hughes, Jacks,
Griffith '80 [Joslyn missing], Massonneau, McLachlan, Moyer, Nichols [Nixon,
Otto missing], Palmer, Persons [with clipping of move from Syracuse to Baltimore],
Pratt, Scollard [with clipping from Fantasy, Pittsburgh, PA, of poem by "the
late Clinton Scollard"], Sherman, Thomson, AC White, HP White, Whiteman,
Williams, non-graduates Nelson, Westcott, 2 unidentified men, and janitors Peter Kelly
and Peter Blake
Restrictions
Charter & Amendments of H.C.: certified copies,
1956 (2004.07)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 folder
Description
Certified copies and photstats of the Hamilton College Charter and Amendments
from the NY State Department of Education, Oct. 1956; also printed copies, with the
By-laws of the Trustees, from 1956 and 1982
Restrictions
Lynn "Jack" Brown's Hamilton College photographs
and publications (2004.08)
Biographical Information
Lynn E. Brown Class of 1934
Contents
Photographs , Publications
Extent
1 folder, 2 framed photographs
Description
2 framed photographs: 23 cm x 100 cm panoramic view of college; 23 cm x 112 cm
panoramic view of several hundred students (all four classes?), seated; attached label
reads "Puzzle: Find Jack: Hint: Wearing a beanie lower left quadrant"
[around 1930 (if Jack Brown '34 is wearing a beanie=he is a freshman?)]. 7
negatives from about 1934 (campus?). Folder of publications: Alumni Review 3/45; Our
Hamilton (1944); Hamilton College Today (1926); Hamilton College Administrative Rules of
the Faculty (1925); 1932 Hamiltonian, with photo of class inserted (1934?); Hamilton
Life November 10, 1931
Restrictions
1975 campus photo; 1973 Village of Clinton seal--collection of W. Jackson
Woodin, Jr. '65 (2004.09)
Biographical Information
W. Jackson Woodin, Jr. Class of 1965
Contents
Photograph, print
Extent
2 framed items
Description
5" x 7" aerial photograph of Hamilton College campus in
Spring, 1975, framed and labeled; framed limited commemorative issue of the seal of the
Village of Clinton, numbered 4 and signed by Brew Clarke [Brian W. Clarke, 14 Fountain
St., Clinton, NY 13323]
Restrictions
Samuel Hopkins Adams books and memorabilia (2004.10)
Biographical Information
S.H. Adams, 1871-1958; H.C. Class of 1891; created the Average
Jones stories, which Howard Haycraft pronounced, "well above the level of their
era, both in conception and style." (Haycraft 1968, p. 100.) Adams was an
important member of the staffs of McClure's and Collier's magazines
during the muckraking days and was active in exposing medical frauds and instrumental in
bringing about the Pure Food and Drug Act (1906). Adams used fictional settings in a
long series of books dealing with the American background and such issues as dishonest
journalism (The Clarion, 1914) and the Harding administration scandals (Revelry,
1926).
Contents
Books, Publications, silver cup, LP record, framed photograph
Extent
1 box
Description
Silver cup: "Friends of the Rochester Public Library Annual Literary
Award to Samuel Hopkins Adams 1957"; books by Samuel Hopkins Adams: Tenderloin
(pb), *The Harvey Girls (pb), *Sunrise to Sunset (pb, 2 copies), *General Brock and
Niagara Falls, translated into Arabic (pb), *Revelry, translated into Swedish (pb), The
Clarion (lacking covers); *MD, Medical Newsmagazine, vol. 15, no. 1 (Jan. 1971),
containing article about S.H. Adams; *LP record: adaptations of Riding the Pony Express
by S.H. Adams and California Gold Rush by May McNeer; **framed photograph of Ezra Pound
and a woman smiling at each other; other books: Building Canandaigua: A Collection, by
Barbara C. Swartout; Alarms & Diversions, by James Thurber; Low Bridge! Folklore
and the Erie Canal, by Lionel D. Wyld '49 (other copies at AL COLL W975 L9);
Smithsonian magazine, May, 1990 (including article about the John Adams family and a
column by "Secretary Adams")
Restrictions
postcard photograph of Arbor Curve, College Hill (2004.11)
Biographical Information
David I. Mead, Jr. Class of 1943
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 postcard
Description
postcard with a photograph of College Hill Road, showing the Arbor or Halfway
House (and 2 roosters in the middle of the road)
Restrictions
none
Minutes of Medical Advisory Committee, 1964-1978 (2004.12)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
5 binders
Description
Minutes of Medical Advisory Committee, 1964-1978, including lists of committee
members
Restrictions
Addenda to map collection; Kirkland Glen trail map and Arboretum tour
map (2004.13)
Biographical Information
Contents
Maps, Plans
Extent
2 maps
Description
Trail map of the Kirkland Glen, 2002, made by Andrew Jillings; also available
on the internet from http://students.hamilton.edu/HOC/HOCHomepage.html; larger scanned
version available in Archival scans folder. Arboretum tour with maps [c. 2004], produced
by C&D.
Restrictions
poster for Lecture on Palestine and Scripture History, by Mr. Holt,
1846 (2004.14)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 sheet, 15 x 41 cm
Description
poster advertising an illustrated Lecture on Palestine and Scripture History by
Mr. Holt. Includes list of paintings, and also testimonials by Pres. Beriah Green of the
Whitesboro Inst., Professors Avery and Catlin of Ham. College, Clinton pastors A. Kenyon
and A.J. Dana, Walter R. Long of Whitesboro Presbyterian Church, Pomeroy Jones, Sr.
Judge of Oneida County, and Prof. Eaton and Kendrick of the Literary and Theo. Seminary,
Hamilton, NY [Colgate U.]. Blanks for place and time to be filled in. Green's
testimonial is dated Whitesboro, NY, April 21, 1846.
Restrictions
Isaac Hall Papers (bulk 1855-1896) (2004.15)
Biographical Information
Isaac Hollister Hall, Class of 1859, A.M. (1862), Ph.D. (1876),
L.H.D., ADP, Phi Beta Kappa '90, lawyer, editor. Died NYC 1896. Isaac Hollister
Hall (December 12, 1837 - July 2, 1896), American Orientalist, was born in Norwalk,
Connecticut. He graduated at Hamilton College in 1859, was a tutor there in 1859-1863,
graduated at the Columbia Law School in 1865, practised law in New York City until 1875,
and in 1875-1877 taught in the Syrian Protestant College at Beirut, where he discovered
a valuable Syriac manuscript of the Philoxenian version of a large part of the New
Testament, which he published in part in facsimile in 1884. He worked with General di
Cesnola in classifying the famous Cypriote collection in the Metropolitan Museum of New
York City, and was a curator of that museum from 1885 until his death in Mount Vernon,
New York, on the 2nd of July 1896. He was an eminent authority on Oriental inscriptions.
Following the scanty clues given by George Smith and Samuel Birch, and working on the
data furnished by the di Cesnola collection, he succeeded about 1874 in deciphering an
entire Cypriote inscription, and in establishing the Hellenic character of the dialect
and the syllabic nature of the script. His work in Cypriote epigraphy is described in
his articles in Scribner's Magazine, vol. 20 (June, f 880), pp. 205-211 and in
the Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 10, No. 2 (1880), pp. 201-218. He
published in facsimile the Antilegomena epistles (1886), which he deciphered from the WF
Williams's manuscript, and edited A Critical Bibliography of the Greek New
Testament as Published in America (1884). (from 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica)
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
7 boxes
Description
Books, including The Syrian Antilegomena Epistles, edited by Isaac H. Hall,
1886, Digest of Studies and Lectures in Theology, by Edwin Hall, 1866, &
translation into Chinese, 1853 Plays of Shakspere, Salaminia, Cyprus, Ilios, Catalogues
of various colleges, genealogical works on the Halls and Hollisters, Webster's
Elementary Spelling Book, 1876 map of Beyrouth, 17th-century Bible in French,
Polymicrian New Testament, Ropp's 200 Year Calendar, 1894 Hamilton Review, with
letter, poems enclosed, 1864 New-York Daily Tribune, loose pages from Hall's
Syriac manuscript & other mss., booklets, annual reports, journals with
interviews, obituary; Scrapbooks with clippings of research on Cypriote,
Biblical-related, Hamilton-related matters by Hall and others; manuscript English
translation of books about the Syriac Language; ms. coverless book in Hebrew; 3 ms.
notebooks by Hall, Lectures upon Municipal Law; notebook with Hamilton College essays by
Hall; misc. other ms. notebooks and pages; correspondence to Hall from di Cesnola, first
director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and others; envelopes containing mummy cloth
and Babylonian gold dust; pencil sketches; 7 silk tasselled shawls and other cloth
items; photographs of Hall, others, landscapes (Niagara Falls), snow scenes, rolled
(albumen?) prints; photographs of Syrica ms. page; ms. pages with Syriac and Cypriote
writing
Restrictions
Charles Vetter papers (2004.16)
Biographical Information
Dr. Charles T. Vetter, Jr., Class of
1944
Contents
Film, Video, textual materials
Extent
3 boxes
Description
small box of "Meet the Critic" international and American
foreign policy questions and answers on index cards; folder from conference on North
Korea's Prospects; 2 copies of 1955 book on propaganda theory; about 100 papers
(in English) by the Goethe Institut Inter Nationes (www.goethe.de) from 2000-2002 on
German culture, social policy, and other topics; one copy of Bildung und Wissenschaft
4-2001 (Education and Science) on Journalistic Training in Germany; also 19 U-matic
videocassettes of addresses by Vetter on international policy issues, including 5 Meet
the Critic tapes; 6 VHS tapes, 4 on policy issues, 2 commercial tapes on football and
pool. list of tapes available in the Archives (Descriptions file); some tapes available
on DVD; some tapes unplayable.
Restrictions
negatives of Hamilton College photographs by Steven
Charzuk (2004.17)
Biographical Information
College photographer for many years
Contents
Photographs
Extent
53 boxes, 9 1/2" x 11 1/2" x 2 1/2"
Description
35mm negatives of Hamilton College photographs taken by Steven Charzuk. Dated
boxes, December, 1976, to May, 2003. Contents include campus events, named speakers,
receptions, athletic events, art exhibits, alumni council, Class & Charter Day,
Commencement, Convocation, etc. One undated box (2004.17.53) contains black and white
prints of Hamilton-Utica basketball game (1970s?), Sol Linowitz in 1978, Alex Haley in
1977; color prints of K.C. swim team?, Martin Carovano in front of Kirkland
construction, 1978; miscellaneous slides and negatives.
Restrictions
literary magazines, catalogues, from Lisa Schilling Greenman
K.'77 (2004.18)
Biographical Information
Kirkland College class of 1977
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
12 items
Description
Red Weather, winter 1977; spring 1977 Dessert at the Plaza, winter 1975; spring
1975; fall 1975; winter 1976 Wintersetl, Spring 1974; Fall 1973 Watermark, Spring 1974
Particulars, 1973 Handbook, 1973-74; 1974-75
Restrictions
Portraits: George Twitchell and Mrs. George Twitchell, by Daniel
Huntington (2004.19)
Biographical Information
Daniel Huntington: HC 1836, Hon. 1869; American portrait painter
1816-1906 George Twitchell, 1796-1849, College janitor and sweeper in the 1830s; Mrs.
George Twitchell, 1794-1867, born Susan Williams
Contents
Prints, Paintings, Drawings
Extent
2 framed portraits, 9 3/4" x 7 1/2"
Description
oil on panel portraits by Daniel Huntington, class of 1836 of George Twitchell,
1796-1849, College janitor and sweeper in the 1830s (portrait date: 1834-35) and Mrs.
George Twitchell, 1794-1867, born Susan Williams (portrait ca. 1836) cancel
accession--returned to Emerson Gallery
Restrictions
Christie Bell Vilsack materials from Democratic National Convention,
2004 (2004.20)
Biographical Information
Christie Bell Vilsack, Kirkland College class of 1972--speaker at
Democratic National Convention, 2004
Contents
posters, signs
Extent
6 oversized posters and signs, 1 8" x 11" sign
Description
5 "We [love] Christie" signs; 1 thank-you poster from
Democratic Convention; 1 Iowa, Christie Vilsack sign (this last placed in Class of 1972
Alumni Biographical file; oversized posters and signs in NES-39)
Restrictions
Monday Club Records and history by Dorothy Pilkington (2004.21)
Biographical Information
women's club, established at H.C. in the
1890s
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) Photographs
Extent
1 folder
Description
17 Monday Club pamphlets: yearly schedule booklets from 1976-2003. 2001-2 is
subtitled Poets, and 2002-3 is subtitled Short Stories. A photocopied list of Monday
Club programs from 1892-1998. Drafts of a history of the Monday Club by Dorothy
Pilkington, including some correspondence. Also donated: 1974-75 Kirkland College
directory (cataloged), 10 copies of W. Pilkington's keepsake booklets on
college buildings, and copy of 1995 Clinton Historical Society newsletter detailing
history of bell given by Hamilton College to Clinton Grammar School, according to Walter
Pilkington's keepsake The Chapel (added to 0000.43.1).
Restrictions
None
Honorary Degree Citations (2004.22)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 folder
Description
Citations for 1999 Alumni Medal to Michael Scarpitto ‘33, for a 1999 Resolution
to Silas Keehn ‘52; for honorary degrees (1996) to Robert G. Howard ‘46, David E. Harden
‘48, Milton F. Fillius, Jr. ‘44; (1999) to Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Robert M.
Rosengarden, Barbara G. Wheeler, Keith S. Wellin ‘50; (2000) to Sir Brian Urquhart, John
David Feerick, Kenny Davern, John T. Nichols II ‘62, Joan M. Martin; (2001) to Melinda
Jane Wagner ‘79, Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, John M. Driscoll, Jr. ‘58, Ralph Sutton,
Thomas J. Vilsack ‘72; also Clinton Historical Society Distinguished Service citations
to Philip E. Munson (1999), and Richard L. Williams (2001).
Restrictions
Transcript of interview with Terence Mark Hodges (2004.23)
Biographical Information
librarian at Hamilton College from
1957-1960
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 spiral-bound typescript, 44 pp. plus appendices
Description
Medical Library Association Oral History Committee and Southern Chapter,
Interview with Terence Mark Hodges. Interview conducted by Richard Nollan, 10 October,
1998, in Lexington, KY. Transcript edited and prepared for publication by Diane
McKenzie, July, 2001. Born in England, Mark Hodges came to the U.S. for a three-year
position at Hamilton College’s library, is now Professor of Medical Administration
Emeritus (Former Director, Eskind Biomedical Library), Vanderbilt University Medical
Center.
Restrictions
Phi Beta Kappa key of J.A. Davis, 1878 [?] (2004.24)
Biographical Information
Contents
key
Extent
1 key
Description
Phi Beta Kappa key, inscribed “Hamilton, May 24th 1870, J.A. Davisâ€; however,
James Alton Davis (Sigma Phi, Phi Beta Kappa) was a member of the class of 1878. Perhaps
the date in the inscription is incorrect.
Restrictions
Paul Parker sketch for Charlatans production (2004.25)
Biographical Information
Contents
Prints, Paintings, Drawings
Extent
1 large folded drawing
Description
Drawing of columns and arch, labeled: “Paul Parker’s design for a monumental
entrance-way for the Charlatans’ production of Doctor Faustus. The style: Bastard High
Flemish Tudor.â€
Restrictions
Olivia Susan Clemens, senior thesis by Michelle L. Cotton (2004.26)
Biographical Information
Olivia Susan (Suzy) Clemens, daughter of Samuel Clemens (Mark
Twain), attended Bryn Mawr with Louise Brownell, and later sent many letters to Louise
during her travels around Europe with her family.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
30 pp. of typescript
Description
photocopy of typescript senior thesis based on letters from Olivia Susan
Clemens to Louise Brownell Saunders. Photocopy omits transcripts of letters (available
at
http://dpg.lib.berkeley.edu/webdb/mtp/search?type=out_addressee&searchletter=brownell%2C+louise&sortfield1=date&sortfield2=addressee).
Restrictions
Apply to Elmira College Library for any copies.
framed Rummell print of Hamilton College campus, 1908 (2004.27)
Biographical Information
Contents
Prints, Paintings, Drawings
Extent
1 framed print
Description
framed print (approx. 2’ x 3’) of lithograph by Richard Rummell, 1908. Hung in
study of Mary Kay Carpenter’s father, Valentine Smith Alison ‘24, and possibly in study
of grandfather, Alexander Alison, 1896.
Restrictions
Media relations videos, DVs, and audio cassette tapes (2004.28)
Biographical Information
Contents
Sound Recordings, Video
Extent
2 boxes
Description
VHS tapes of Hamilton College functions, faculty, and related events:
Antarctica, Commencement 2002, BB, local and national news broadcasts, 48 Hours, 20/20,
Frontline, HC/Zogby Poll on Immigration, Gun Survey, Gilbert, Cheng Li, Alexander
Hamilton Conference 2001, Tracy Sharpley-Whiting, Serrin Foster, Panel on Iraq, Domack,
Julie Dunsmore, Phil Klinkner, cloning, Jim Bradfield, Hans Broedel, Vandana Shiva, Root
Glen, Ned Walker; mini-DVs: Matt McCullough (WWII vet), Hansman, Chris Foreman, Jr., Joe
Novera (Enron), MPC, technology, Thaddeus Davis, Adolph Reed, Meyer (WWII), Tolles
lecture: Barbara Ehrenreich; audio cassette tapes: Gene Tobin, Hillary Clinton,
Luce/Rigor, Steve Humphries Brooks, Hamilton-White House discussion (health care), race,
Eugene Romaro, Kodat (Nutcracker), Mitchell Stevens, Melinda Wagner, Commencement 1997,
Mary Matalin, Commencement 1998, Bob Moses, Maurice Isserman
Restrictions
Institutional congratulations for Eugene M. Tobin’s
inauguration (2004.29)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 folder (4 inches)
Description
letters and certificates (in padded cases) from a number of colleges and
universities, extending congratulations to Eugene M. Tobin on the occasion of his
inauguration as president of Hamilton College
Restrictions
Facebook photographs, Class of 2008 (2004.30)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 small box
Description
Facebook photographs and information (name, hometown, high school) for the
Class of 2008. published under titles including Meet the Freshmen and New Faces; catalog
number Ham Coll HQ H18f. See also 0000.92.32-36
Restrictions
Photographs: Reunion prints, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1994 (2004.3.28)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 small box
Description
prints: from Reunions 1994; includes classes 1924, 1929, 1934, 1939, 1944,
1949, 1954, 1959, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989; also Reunions 1992: H & K
'72 (together and separately), '87, '67, '57,
'37; class of '51; Reunions 1989: classes of '49,
'64, '69, '79, '84; Reunions 1988: Crazy Mixed-up
Years, '83, K '78, '78, K '73, '73,
'68; Reunions '87: '22, '27, '32,
'37, '42, '52, '57; Reunions 1986: classes of
'26 (including B.F. Skinner), '36, '41, '71,
'76, '81.
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
1906 Utica Herald-Dispatch newpaper, “Hamilton College Boys
Entertained†(2005.01)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 full-sized newspaper sheet, folded
Description
1 sheet (pages 3, 4, 9, 10) of the Utica Herald-Dispatch newspaper, March 9,
1906. On page 3 is an article, “Hamilton College Boys Entertained,†about an exhibition
of gymnastics, athletics, and music given at the Majestic by Hamilton College students.
Students and groups featured include Williams ‘08, Bramley ‘06, Le Munyan ‘06, Kellogg
‘06, Grossmeyer, Cody, Haggerson ‘08, Roosa ‘06, Bagg ‘07, Roenke ‘08, Wilson ‘09, Felt
‘09 (Wicks ‘04 mentioned), Barrows ‘06, Purdy ‘06, Sherman ‘06, E. Clark ‘07, Miller
‘06, Jones ‘08, Evans ‘09, Getman ‘09, glee club (members listed), mandolin club
(members listed); detailed description of entertainment.
Restrictions
Correspondence to Caroline R. Hopkins, wife of Ethan A. Hopkins,
1835 (2005.02)
Biographical Information
Ethan Allen Hopkins, graduate of Hamilton College class of
1835
Contents
Extent
4 letters
Description
Letters to Caroline R. Hopkins, wife of Ethan A. Hopkins --January 13, 1844,
Rochester, from her husband, E.A. Hopkins --April 3, 1860, Utica, from her brother,
George H. Congas [?] --July 16th, --, Utica, from her brother, George H. Congas --August
8, 1993, and Sept. 3, 1893, New Hartford, from her sister Mary and her brother George H.
Congas
Restrictions
literary magazines from Francesca Richardson ‘81 (2005.03)
Biographical Information
class of 1981, literary magazine staff, editor of Red Weather
around 1979-80
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
2 items
Description
Daily Planet (filed in class of ‘81 alumni biographical file) Wag, May 1979
(cataloged as copy 4)
Restrictions
Memorabilia: clothing: sweater, 1941 Freshman beanie, 1945 reunion beret;
Wedgwood plate (2005.04)
Biographical Information
beanie and beret from Clarence Aldridge, class of 1945 (last class
to wear green freshman caps)
Contents
artifacts
Extent
4 items
Description
Hamilton sweater: black, with blue H knitted into it; Wedgwood plate depicting
Hamilton College Chapel; 1941 green Freshman beanie or “Frog cap†and black beret with
“45†sewn on, from 25th reunion in 1970, both owned by Clarence Aldridge ‘45. “The
chapel plates were given as gifts to special friends and donors of the College. I
don't know when this was first done, but I do have a supply and continue to
give them out on special occasions. The sweater came from the Athletic Department. I
most recently gave them as a gift to all attendees at the Athletic Reunion during
Fallcoming 2004.†Laurie Russell, Alumni Programs. “ We used to give these sweaters as
awards for participation on athletic teams. That practice ended about a dozen years ago.
We still have a few around.†Dave Thompson, Athletics. The Wedgwood plates are
advertised in the Alumni Review in 1953 and 1955-57.
Restrictions
1970 Hamilton/Kirkland papers, misc. publications from Richard
Couper (2005.05)
Biographical Information
Richard Watrous Couper, born 16 December 1922 in Binghamton, N.Y.
Originally enrolled with Hamilton College class of 1944, Couper enlisted in the United
States Army in 1942 where he attained the rank of captain during World War II. After
finishing his degree at Hamilton in 1947, he earned a master's degree in
American History from Harvard University. Along with continuous service as a Hamilton
College trustee since 1959, Couper served as administrative vice president of Hamilton
College beginning in 1962 and was promoted to acting president and then vice president
and provost. Couper later served as the first deputy commissioner for higher education
for the New York State Education Department (1969-71), became the first full-time
president and chief executive officer of the New York Public Library (1971-81), and
served as president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation until 1990.
Contents
Books, Publications, and papers
Extent
1 folder, 3 books or pamphlets
Description
1948 Hamiltonian; 1866-67 Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Hamilton
College; pamphlet “The Man Who Marketed Time†[about Harlow Bundy] by Donald F. Lewis
‘37 [catalog]; folder of papers: “Case Statement,†1970 (26 pp. including college’s
description, goals, long-range plans); letter from Pres. Chandler; 4 pp. of recommended
development requirements for Hamilton, 1969-1979; 4 pp. of recommended development
requirements for shared facilities, 1970-1980; 4 pp. of recommended development
requirements for Kirkland, 1968-80; other papers re. funds needed; 2 copies of
Spectator, 1/9/70, featuring plan for library [add to other Couper papers]; also a copy
of History of the Class of 1867 (Couper’s grandfather was Elliot Williams of that
class); papers from the Program and Staff Facilities Study Group; 1899 student handbook
(passed on from a friend) [added 11/8/05]
Restrictions
1912 scrapbook or album of Daniel LeRoy Shirley ‘19 (2005.06)
Biographical Information
Daniel LeRoy Shirley, HC class of 1919 Born April 29, 1898, in New
Paltz, NY; died August 30, 1984, in Sarasota, FL. As a senior at the end of WWI, he
served with the campus-based Students Army Training Corps. He received the Fayerweather
Prize and the Underwood Prize in Chemistry, and served as a graduate assistant in
chemistry at Hamilton College for a year after he graduated, before beginning his career
as an industrial chemist with Miner Edgar Co. He married Susan Ann Rowe in 1921, and
retired as chief chemist at General Tire & Rubber Co., Toledo, OH, in
1963.
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
2 books
Description
scrapbook (also donated: Hamiltonian for 1921): 11 pages of signatures of
friends, including date, name, hometown, fraternity, and "Happy
Thoughts"; Junior Prom signatures; handwritten information: team rosters, YMCA
reception, Theta Delta Chi, Freshman Banquet, Thanksgiving 1916, TDX initiation banquet
1917; ticket stubs for Birth of a Nation, burlesque shows, Intolerance; Poughkeepsie HS
diploma; for each year of college: leaflets, clippings, schedules, photographs, letters,
receipts, invitations, handbooks, athletics schedules and clippings, military brochures,
programs, political buttons, military items, postcards.
Restrictions
Clement collection of Hamilton College Wedgwood Plates (2005.07)
Biographical Information
David Clement, HC class of 1937
Contents
china plates
Extent
6 plates
Description
6 Wedgwood china plates depicting college scenes in dark brown on white: the
Chapel, Buttrick, North College, Kirkland Cottage, Gymnasium/hockey rink, statue of
Alexander Hamilton. Brief description on the back of each plate. See also 2005.4: “The
chapel plates were given as gifts to special friends and donors of the College. I
don't know when this was first done, but I do have a supply and continue to
give them out on special occasions.†Laurie Russell, Alumni Programs. The Wedgwood
plates are advertised in the Alumni Review in 1953 and 1955-57.
Restrictions
Guy Wood Gordon ‘07 postcards of Hamilton College (2005.08)
Biographical Information
Guy Wood Gordon, class of 1907
Contents
Photographs
Extent
7 postcards
Description
7 postcards by C.H. Phelps, Sidney, NY, depicting scenes of Hamilton College
campus: quadrangle (2 scenes), Well House, sidewalk, North College, Museum (Knox),
Arbor.
Restrictions
1832 receipt for real estate of Richmond Southworth (2005.09)
Biographical Information
Othniel Williams, class of 1831, Treasurer of Hamilton
College
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 page
Description
Letter addressed to Alanson Bennett Esq., Surrogate, Rome, dated August 3rd
1832, consisting of a receipt for “Money arrising from the Sale of the Real Estate of
Richmond [Reikmond?] Southworth deceased as per Record in the Surrogate office.†Amounts
include “The Trustees of Hamilton College 25.76â€; signatories include O. Williams,
Treasurer of Hamilton College (and attorney for J. Monteith), also Elizabeth Southworth,
Parker Halleck, O. Thomas, Lewis Pond, Gilbert Gilmore, Edward Elliott, John F. Lowen,
E. Bissell, Orrin Gridley, Benoni Butler, A. Stebbin, Thomas [?] Stule [Stub?], S?
Hutchens, Alden Brown, J & G Benedict
Restrictions
Robert B. Rudd recording, mid-20th century (2005.10)
Biographical Information
Mildred Davidson Butler was the cook in the household of Prof.
Robert B. Rudd ‘09. According to her daughter, “she cooked for them in their home in
Clinton and accompanied them to their summer home in Tyringham, MA. He always was
astounded that she could make a souffle on a wood stove!â€
Contents
Sound Recordings
Extent
1 record
Description
Recording of Robert B. Rudd: Christmas greeting, reading and commenting on
favorite writings. Sent to Mildred Davidson Butler (and presumably other family and
friends) in the 1950s or ‘60s.
Restrictions
Gerrit Smith letters (2005.11)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
5 letters; 1 flat box
Description
printed letter from Gerrit Smith to Owen Lovejoy, 7/12/1861; 2-page list of
land jointly owned with others, with letter from Smith to H. R.[?] Phelps at the bottom,
8/24/1843; letter from Smith to Philip Phelps, 9/6/1838; letter signed by Smith
(handwriting of letter looks different) to Philip Phelps, 3/6/1847; letter from Smith to
Philip Phelps, 2/24/1847. Subjects include abolition, war, land, money. Added to rest of
Gerrit Smith correspondence: letters, 1818-1874, including correspondence with James
Clapp, O.L. Williams, B.W. Dwight, Bates Cook, W.W. Frasier, James Glora, Hamilton
College, J.C. Harrington, H.B. Phelps, A.C. Moore, P.M. Harting, P. Phelps, W.W.
Chapman, Daniel Caly, J. Williams, Thompson, Owen Lovejoy, W.A.A. Ballim, Pres. North,
Emmaline Scranton, Hugh Barlow. Includes William Goodell letters re. abolitionists. 1842
deed conveying land from Smiths to James Wheeler. Added 10/31/08: 5 issues of the
Schoharie Republican from 1858 and 1859, containing articles on Gerrit
Smith.
Restrictions
Hamiltonian 1925 (2005.12)
Biographical Information
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
1 book
Description
Hamiltonian yearbook for 1925
Restrictions
1933 Hamiltonian yearbook (2005.13)
Biographical Information
Lawrence A. DeLong, class of 1963
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
1 book
Description
1933 Hamiltonian yearbook, good condition, with torn glassine
dustjacket
Restrictions
Elihu Root, Jr., collection (2005.14)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.), photographs, drawings
Extent
30 boxes
Description
Contains items related to Elihu Root, Jr., class of 1903; Elihu Root III, class
of 1936, and their families.
Restrictions
World War II Pre-Meteorology Files (WWII PM) (2005.15)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 box
Description
Memorabilia and updates on the men from the pre-meteorology courses at Hamilton
College during World War II 9 binders and 4 folders containing addresses,
correspondence, and photographs for the February and May PM Classes, Faculty, and Army
Staff, Newsletters, and reunion materials, also "The Battle of Hamilton
College," and Utica Observer-Dispatch article regarding 50th Reunion of PM
class; Book: United States Army Air Corps, 65th Training Detachment AAFTTC,
"C" Pre-Meteorology Group of Amherst College Pictorial Review by Jim
King
Restrictions
postcards and photographs (2005.16)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
6 photographs
Description
1) postcard of Chapel, 1902 1 cent stamp, addressed to Hattie Hicks, Hamilton,
Madison Cty: “I shall not be home today. Can’t tell just when I shall come. Have got
“Holy City†Hope you are all well & having good time. I am J. Tracy; 2) Postcard
of campus, trees, 1 cent stamp, from L. Gardner to George Glasier, Jr, in Warsaw, NY,
re. coming home for Thanksgiving (George was, L. Gardner wasn’t); 3-5) 3 prints--of
Perry Library interior, Observatory and Library, and Chapel, Kirkland, and Dexter (or
North): “This is a heliotype, or collotype, which looks like a photograph printed
directly on the paper stock. It was a very expensive fine-art photographic process used
when high-detail was wanted. This particular print is a very sharp photographic view of
the Hamilton campus as it was in 1878. Dimensions of the image and caption in inches is
8 1/2 by 6 1/2...total sheet 9 1/2 by 7 1/2. Blank on the backside. Excellent condition
with very little age-toning to the paper. No scratches or mars to the print surface.
This is not a reproduction. It is a 127-year-old heliotype print, guaranteed to be as
described, and ready for matting and framing. An excellent addition to your genealogical
or historical displayâ€; 6) postcard of Sigma Phi house, before 1918
(blank).
Restrictions
note to Elihu Root from Mamie (2005.17)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 note
Description
love-note written on blotting paper in ink, found in the book The Bag of
Diamonds, by George Manville Fenn, in the library stacks. The note says: [illegible
month and day], 1883 or 1893 Dear Elihu Root, I am in love with you and I will meet you
behind your house at 8:00 Love Mamie The book seems to have been published in 1892,
which makes 1893 and hence Elihu Root, Jr., more likely candidates. Of course the note
may have been a hoax written at any time.
Restrictions
Russell Blackwood’s files on Samson Occum and the Brothertown
Indians (2005.18)
Biographical Information
Samson Occom, the most famous 18th-century Indian convert of the
Great Awakening, trained (along with Samuel Kirkland) at Moor’s Indian Charity School,
itinerant preacher in England and Scotland to support the education of Indians,
schoolmaster, famous orator, author of popular hymns, spiritual preceptor of the
Brothertown Indians among the Oneidas, buried (it seems very likely) in an unmarked
grave in the southern part of the Town of Kirkland (R.T. Blackwood,
1975).
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
2 folders
Description
letters (Philippa Brown, W. Leslie Peat ‘62 of Dartmouth, June Ezold of the
Wisconsin Brothertowns, Franklin Ely, etc.), photocopy of W. DeLoss Love’s address re.
grave of Samson Occom; more materials re. Occom’s grave; photocopy of Love’s “Account of
the Christian Indians who were associated with Rev. Samuel Kirkland in his Indian
Missionsâ€; copy of 1894 article; materials re. Wisconsin Brotherton Indian Nation;
extract from Timothy Dwight, Travels, vol. 3; copy of Russell Blackwood’s talk,
“Brothertown, New York to Brotherton, Wisconsinâ€; photocopy of Love’s Samson Occom and
the Christian Indians of New England (AL COLL L91 S11); newspaper clippings about bones
and graves in Deansboro; maps of Brothertown lands in Kirkland
Restrictions
Frederick D. Seward, 1858, correspondence (2005.19)
Biographical Information
Frederick Dwight Seward graduated with the class of 1858 and died
the following year.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 folder
Description
correspondence, mostly between Frederick D. Seward and his parents, during his
years at Hamilton College. Speeches and addresses also included
Restrictions
Chamberlain Ferry ‘29 papers (2005.20)
Biographical Information
Chamberlain Ferry, class of 1929, was one of the sons of President
Frederick C. Ferry. See necrology, Alumni Review, LXIII [1998], Number 2, p.
56-57.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
2 folders
Description
college essays; correspondence from Chamberlain Ferry to his family--letters he
wrote home during World War II.
Restrictions
none
postcard with photograph of chapel (2005.21)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 postcard
Description
DESCRIPTION/CONDITION: Chrome era post card by Colourpicture for Carhart Photo
Service, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, N.Y. The Chapel, Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y.
Nmnt condition, unused.
Restrictions
postcard with photograph of chapel, view of campus (2005.22)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 postcard
Description
postcard of “College Campus, Clinton, N.Y.â€; includes chapel; handcolored; on
back: “Watson Drug Co., Clinton, N.Y. Made in Germanyâ€
Restrictions
Panoramic photograph of students in 1931, from Howard Zeller
‘33 (2005.23)
Biographical Information
Howard Zeller, class of 1933; went to Syracuse Law School, became
State Supreme Court Justice.
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 photograph, 7 1/2†x 29â€
Description
large panoramic photograph of students (the entire student body?) standing in
front of South and the Chapel. On back: “Howard Zeller 12/31/31†Some students are
wearing beanie caps. A number of students are wearing plus-fours.
Restrictions
Hamilton College Memorabilia from Charles T. Bates ‘53 (2005.24)
Biographical Information
Contents
realia--pins, beanie, sweater
Extent
1 box
Description
items of Hamilton College memorabilia: lapel pins of DT, Was Los, Pentagon;
Sigma Phi fraternity lapel pledge pin; Phi Beta Kappa key; Pi Delta Epsilon key;
miniature gold football, inscribed Hamilton 32 Union 20 (from fall 1951); James Soper
Merrill senior prize watch for 1953; Class of 1953 freshman beanie (“dink ?â€); Life
issue of April 27, 1953 (includes Hamilton story) and photocopy of 1978 news item from
the Utica O-D about Life article, reunion; wool “Block H†letterman’s sweater, won for
swimming, March 1950; 10th and 15th reunion buttons/pins for class of 1953; Hamilton
College license plate (list from Charles Bates, augmented by details from explanatory
labels he attached to some of the items).
Restrictions
Kirkland College Archives, Addenda, from Samuel Babbitt (2005.25)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
15 boxes
Description
6 file boxes of hanging files; 2 boxes of sorted but unfiled materials from S.
Babbitt, from Fran Musselman, from the Archives, relating to Kirkland College, 1965-78;
S. Babbitt memorabilia; papers from Chuck Root (chair of Personnel Committee and
Development Committee of the Board); 5 boxes of Personnel records of Kirkland faculty
and staff (restricted)
Restrictions
Some items are restricted. Personnel records of Kirkland College for any one
still living are confidential; access requires authorization from Samuel Babbitt or Fran
Musselman ‘50.
19th c. newspaper clipping, hon. degree, Curtis 1862, tree-planting
programs (2005.26)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
6 documents
Description
1845 newspaper clipping, “Death at Hamilton College†(spoof article), honorary
degree for George C. Curtis 1862, class tree-planting invitations, programs, for classes
of 1872 and 1875 (Tree Day Exercises). 1845 article placed in H.C. Misc.--Newspaper
clippings, 19th century; honorary degree placed in alumni biographical files for 1862;
tree-planting programs placed in H.C. Misc.--trees.
Restrictions
Henry Davis and Treadwell family correspondence (also
Maltbie) (2005.27)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 box
Description
This collection includes letters to/from members of the Treadwell/Tredwell
family. This is the family of Hannah P. Davis, wife of Henry Davis, the second president
of Hamilton College, and mother of Hamilton alumni. Much of the correspondence is
between Hannah's children and her although there are several older letters
between her father and her sisters. There is also a folder (#14) containing Thomas
Tredwell (Hannah's father's) ideas regarding the new government of the
post-Revolutionary United States as well as a folder (#20) of poetry by Caroline Fry and
Mrs. Mastic whose relationship to the Tredwell family is unknown. Names in the
collection: Tre(a)dwell: Thomas Mary (Polly) (daughter) Anne (Nancy) Platt (daughter)
Hannah P. Davis (daughter) Elivia (Ely) M. (daughter) Betsey (daughter) Treadwell
girls' children Margaret (daughter to Mary, Elivia or Betsey) Esther Alfred
Conkling Treadwell girls' Aunts Eliza Micks Cousins to Treadwell girls Sally
Smith Caroline Treadwell Platt Ann(e) (Nancy) Treadwell Caroline (her daughter) J. C.
Davis Henry Hannah P. Treadwell (wife) Henry, Jr. (son) Thomas Treadwell (son) Anne
(daughter) Mary Maltbie (daughter) Mary (daughter of Thomas or Henry, Jr.) Maltbie Mary
Davis Ebenezer D. (her husband) Anne C. (daughter) Emily (daughter) James R. John R.
Other Dr. Bess John Siamen Dr. Townsend M. Broome Henry Monz C. P. Wing M. S. Ch. U. W.
Fenton Solomon Allen Samuel Hopkins Henry R. Mygett Philip Taylor Isaac Reed David Smith
John B. Hague William Montgomery P. W. Gallaouct L. W. Pease Tom Obsen Backus Ebeur (?)
Maltbie David Beahman Abraham Lynsen Anne Elizabeth Davidson Elisabeth C. Dualey R.
Bakes MZ Andrew Beers Rebecca Caroline Fry (poet) Mrs. Mastic (poet) Wralhy Ann Backus
(Mastic poems directed to) Gerrell Smith (her husband) Laura Therrill George W. Clinton
J. H. Seward Semus Clark
Restrictions
1843 letter from E.N. Jencks, transferring from Brown U. (2005.28)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 manuscript letter
Description
Letter from E.N. Jencks, Springfield, Mass, Nov. 2, 1843, to Caroline Baldwin,
New Boston, Berkshire Co. He describes receiving a scholarship from “Mrs. Thompson†to
come to Hamilton, and is on his way there. There is no record of his being at Hamilton
College (although an Edwin H. Jenks graduated with the class of 1886, after growing up
with his grandmother in Deansboro). Brown University records Erasmus Norcross Jencks,
non-graduate of the class of 1846.
Restrictions
Yale University diploma of Samuel Ware Fisher (2005.29)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
2 documents
Description
Yale College BA diploma (in Latin) granted to Samuel W. Fisher, dated 19
August, 1835 [?], signed by Jeremiah Day, president; complete with ribbon (blue) and
seal; New York Theological Seminary diploma granted to Samuel Ware Fisher after three
years study, dated July 10, 1839, signed by President Auley and professors White, Mason,
Spencer, Cox, and Adams; metal diploma tube. Diplomas found in house in Washington, PA,
bought in 1920s by Robert Litle (c.1895-1976), uncle of donor; donor’s wife’s brothers
are Richard Peskin ‘67 and James Peskin ‘74 (married to Barbara Beise Peskin K ‘74);
Richard’s son Sam is in the class of 2006. Letter from William S. Kelley details
family’s acquisition of diploma.
Restrictions
china or pottery plates depicting Hamilton College Chapel and
seal (2005.30)
Biographical Information
Contents
realia
Extent
3 plates
Description
two china plates depicting Hamilton College Chapel, produced by Buffalo
Pottery; one plate depicting the Hamilton College seal, produced by University China;
newspaper article from Farm and Home Pennysaver, January 2, 1991, describing Buffalo
Pottery, founded in 1901.
Restrictions
letter from M.B. Loughlen, class of 1889, Oct. 19, 1887 (2005.31)
Biographical Information
Milo Burdette Loughlen, class of 1889, AM 1892 came to Hamilton
from Granger, NY (with his brother [?] Orren William Loughlen ‘89); member of ELS;
minister; living in Tacoma, WA, in 1932.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 letter
Description
Letter from a junior at Hamilton, M.B. Loughlen, home to his father, describing
the furniture in his room at college (with the prices of the various pieces, e.g. $15
stove, $2 bureau, 45 ct. slop pail); Loughlen apparently ran a store at college, as the
letter is written on letterhead proclaiming him the “Proprietor of Hamilton College Book
Store, dealer in Books, Stationery and Base Ball Goodsâ€; also, he mentions “a large
book-cas [sic] for my store books.â€
Restrictions
1842 letter from brother of William DeLoss Love, 1843, to Miss Wallace
(stampless) (2005.32)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 letter
Description
letter (1 sheet, folded, written on all four pages; addressed on 4th page)
dated Nov. 28, 1842, from S.M. Love to Miss M.S. Wallace, addressed to Mr. W. D.L. Love,
Hamilton Coll. Clinton, N.Y. --that is, William DeLoss Love, class of 1843. Letter
begins, “I did not exactly like brother DeLoss permitting you to read my letter, but
still, I must thank him for it as the means of gaining such an interesting &
valuable correspondent as yourself. I have often heard him speak of you, and I have as
often thought I should highly value your acquaintance & friendship.†S.M. Love
also refers to “brother S.G.†--Samuel G. Love, class of 1846; mentions 1 1/2 feet of
snow (in Barre, NY), with “sleighs ... going merrily pastâ€; mentions upcoming marriage
of Mr. Knight of North Brookfield Mass with Miss Sarah A. Foster of Barre Center; sends
love to Miss Buttrick and to his brothers. So, S.M. Love, living at the family home in
Barre, sends a letter for his brother, William DeLoss Love (class of 1843), at Hamilton
College, to deliver to William’s friend, Miss M.S. Wallace, and also conveying his love
to another of William’s friends, Miss Buttrick (probably daughter of administrator
Horatio Gates Buttrick and sister of Edwin L. Buttrick, class of 1842), and both his
brothers at Hamilton, William DeLoss and Samuel G. Love (class of 1846).
Restrictions
slides, other photographs (2005.33)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 box
Description
Slides:students, faculty, men's basketball, Oliver Klaubera 1976 or
77, Class & Charter Day 1978, photo/sketches pre-20th century SK 1830 HC, JWC
inauguration 1968, Shoemaker May, Sept 1976, Root Glen, Bristol Center-- summer, solar
classroom observatory, dedication, Alumni presentation, academics 1962, campus, science,
library interiors 1962, chemistry building, commencement 1977 Carovano, pre 1970, late
1950s, interior, winter views; athletics, curricular activity, pre 1963 shots: campus
life, building, students, fraternities, sports, fall 1969 campus scenes, Alex Haley
speaking, Kirkland College, List/Root art exhibit 1976, aerial views 1970, 2/2/70 HC
Profile, commencement 1974, classroom buildings 1969, sports 1960s, Root
Glen
Restrictions
files from basement of Buttrick (2006.01)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
Description
same as 2006.9
Restrictions
Charles H. Toll Papers, class of 1872 (2006.02)
Biographical Information
Charles H. Toll, class of 1872 Charles H. Toll, Jr., class of
1904
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
38 letters and envelopes
Description
Letters addressed to Mr. Charles H. Toll, Class of 1872, from his siblings; 38
letters, from April 23, 1867 to May, 1872, from his siblings Mitchel, Ettie, and Sophia
Toll. Also letter dated March 2, 1964, from Henry W. Toll to Herbert C. Hansen (Hamilton
College Alumni Society), and two 1995 letters from Henry W. Toll about a Hamilton
Literary Monthly article on Charles H. Toll, 1872, and his son, Charles H. Toll, Jr.,
class of 1904. Added 5/8/06: HC Bulletin 1918: Commencement, and 1919: Necrology,
Commencement Announcements. Added 2007: photographs of Hamilton students, Psi Upsilon,
mostly around 1904. Added 10/19/07: obituary of Katharine Wolcott Toll, Wellesley 1935,
daughter of Charles H. Toll, Jr., 1904.
Restrictions
1885 letter from Alexander Hamilton (2006.03)
Biographical Information
grandson? of THE Alexander Hamilton
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 letter
Description
Letterhead imprinted with Nevis, Irvington, Westchester Co., N.Y.; letter dated
Nov. 30, 1885, 25 Washington Square, to W. Hammond; Hamilton opposes the idea of
erecting a monument to Major John André, the Revolutionary War British
spy.
Restrictions
London Chronicle article, 9/1/1778, interpreted by Samuel
Kirkland (2006.04)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 newspaper, 4 leaves
Description
The London Chronicle, vol. XLIV, no. 3392, from Saturday, August 29, to
Tuesday, September 1, 1778. On page 210 (second page) an article “News from Americaâ€
contains “An address of the Oneida Sachems to a party of young warriors, bound to Gen.
Washington, conducted by Major de Tousard,†by Ojistalate, alias Grasshopper, Speaker in
behalf of the Sachems, Fort Schuyler, April 24, interpreted by S. Kirkland, Miss. Added
to Samuel Kirkland Correspondence as 74d 74d. SK, interpreter April 24, 1778 Fort
Schuyler (k)
Restrictions
1862 letter by Samuel W. Fisher, certifying Alfred A. Morse, 1864, as a
student (2006.05)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 letter
Description
1862 letter by Samuel W. Fisher, certifying Alfred A. Morse, 1864, as a
student
Restrictions
engraving plate for view of Hamilton College (2006.06)
Biographical Information
Contents
engraving block
Extent
1 item
Description
metal engraver’s plate attached to wood block. Block has “Electrotint Engraving
Co Phila†on one end. Engraving labeled Hamilton College and signed “Lewis Bradley delâ€
on bottom left, “J.M. Gimbrede sc†on bottom right. View of Hamilton College, with 2
people, one seated, and a dog in the foreground. College buildings include Chapel, North
College, Old South College (or Hamilton Hall), and Kirkland Hall(or Middle College).
Copy of printed engraving in copy 5 of A Memorial of the Semi-Centennial Celebration of
the Founding of Hamilton College, 1862 (Bradleycampusengr in G:\Archival scans\Campus,
buildings\Campus Views\19th century campus).
Restrictions
items from desk in president’s house (2006.07)
Biographical Information
Contents
ceramic, metal, and wood objects
Extent
2 boxes
Description
The items include two pewter plates supposed to have belonged to Samuel
Kirkland, a china cup or bowl and plate also associated with Kirkland, an engraving
plate of Alexander Hamilton, a gavel with Elihu Root's name engraved on it, a
marquetry box, and two oriental elephants and two china dog bookends with no visible
link to the college.
Restrictions
painting of Saunders Chemistry building (2006.08)
Biographical Information
Contents
Extent
1 painting
Description
found in Saunders Chemistry building during renovation; pencil drawing with
watercolor? Looks like architect’s drawing. No frame; matting damaged. Signature CDW? C
Adler?
Restrictions
items from vault near former Business Office (2006.09)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
3 boxes
Description
Business contracts and miscellaneous documents, including some 19th-century
deeds, maps, etc. Includes contract re. Construction of Boarding house between Trustees
Hamilton-Oneida Academy and Thomas R. Gold and others, dated September 1802 [the
building now called Backus House] (2006.9.3.8.1); Map of College Grounds made by
Professor Root Sep. 1853 (2006.9.3.10); documents regarding the dissolution of Kirkland
College, including a court order
Restrictions
transcripts of Samuel Kirkland letters by Robert Allers
‘74 (2006.10)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
10 letters
Description
transcripts of letters from Samuel Kirkland Correspondence: 69a, 70a, 71d, 72b,
72d, 72e, 76b, 78a, 78b, 80a; additional donation 7/13/06: copy of PowerPoint
presentation re. S. Kirkland’s travels, 1764-1804, and handouts.
Restrictions
Speeches by Edgar B. Graves, faculty, Hon. degree 1978 (2006.11)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 folder
Description
7 addresses (copies) donated by daughter Barbara Starnes, April, 2006: Address
at Alumni meeting re. strength and acceleration of academic program, 1962;
"Prejudices are Inversely proportional to perspective" re. foreign
exchange programs (~1946-56); "Leadership Begets Obligations," 1942
Memorial Day Speech to city-wide Utica audience; "Lessons from the Treaty of
Berlin of 1921" outline; Address to Hamilton College re. death of FDR;
"The Geopolitics of the Small College," mostly copy of handwritten
draft (typed 1st page),; delivered at end of summer session 1944, to unknown audience at
Haverford (possibly a dinner); Transcript of response to the question "How, in
your judgment, does an Hamilton undergraduate experience differ from a university
undergraduate experience" (sound recording made for alumni meetings)
Restrictions
reminiscences of Austin Smith, class of 1826, in 1898,
copies (2006.12)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
4 sheets
Description
photocopies of a letter to “Cousin Harriet†on letterhead of Col. A.S. Marvin,
23 Washington Place, N.Y. City, signed “your aff. cousin Smith†(possibly dated Ap. 19 /
91)and two sheets labelled “Conversation between Harriet and Uncle Austin Smith in
1898,†in which “Uncle†tells of his interview with Lafayette when Lafayette was
visiting the area in 1826 or so while Smith was a student at Hamilton College. [but see
the Diary of Austin Smith for his contemporary account--Al Coll S642 D5]
Restrictions
Photographs of class of 1907, 1908, 1910 (2006.13)
Biographical Information
Henry Harper Swift, class of 1910. From Mohawk. Died 1931 as
resident of NYC.
Contents
Photographs
Extent
6 photographs
Description
Photograph of the class of 1908 in caps and gowns, arranged formally in front
of an arched doorway; also less formally in front of Root Hall. Photograph of the class
of 1908 at their 5th reunion in 1913, on a horse-drawn wagon with long coats and
wide-brimmed hats (another copy with names in 1908 photo file). Photograph of members of
the class of 1907. Framed photograph of members of a class c. 1906-1910. Photograph of
Henry Harper Swift, class of 1910, with inscription “Harper Swift, my Junior Year
roommateâ€; according to the 1908-1909 Catalogue, when Swift was a junior he lived in
Theta Delta Chi house; the other juniors who lived in the house were Benn Barber of NYC
and Howard Spencer Brasted of Hornell.
Restrictions
Photographs (negatives) of Alexander Woollcott and Eleanor Roosevelt at
Hamilton College, by Dante Tranquille of the Utica Daily Press (2006.14)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
3 negatives
Description
4 1/2†x 3 7/8†negatives: Alexander Woollcott on a porch; Eleanor Roosevelt in
a room with a number of young men; Eleanor Roosevelt addressing a large audience at
Hamilton College (in the Alumni Gym?), by Dante Tranquille of the Utica Daily Press.
Restrictions
Kirkland College publications, etc., from Doug Raybeck (2006.15)
Biographical Information
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
1 box
Description
Kirkland College catalogs and other publications (cataloged or added to
duplicates). Doug may add personal papers (correspondence between him and Chuck Root).
Restrictions
Facebook photographs, Class of 2009 (2006.16)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 small box
Description
Facebook photographs and information (name, hometown, high school) for the
Class of 2009; published under titles including Meet the Freshmen and New Faces; catalog
number Ham Coll HQ H18f. See also 0000.92.32-36
Restrictions
1931 letter offering Greek vases and other pottery to Hamilton College
library; with photographs (2006.17)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.), photographs
Extent
1 letter, with photographs
Description
1 letter, in French, dated Paris, January 22, 1931, offering (to sell?) some
Greek vases and other pottery, from the Mycenaean era, to the Hamilton College Library.
Includes 15 photographs of the objects. The letter is signed V. Dimacopoulos. He
describes the vases as “Vases époque Mycenieune, Geometrique, une grande piece
geometrique de Dipilou, vases à figures noires, petits et grands licettes blancs et a
figures rouges, des vases à figures rouge trés important.†V. Dimacopoulos, 24 Rue St.
Lazare, Paris IX
Restrictions
photographs from James Tate, re. James P. Tate, class of
1903 (2006.18)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
9 photographs
Description
photographs of the class of 1903, the members of DKE fraternity and their
guests, and probably other subsets of the class of 1903. James P. Tate ‘03 is identified
by post-it notes on most of the photos.
Restrictions
Signs or plaques from Saunders Chemistry building (2006.19)
Biographical Information
Contents
signs
Extent
9 signs
Description
metal signs from Saunders Chemistry: faculty office: in honor of Wm. K.
Collins, Sr. and Jr.; dedicated to memory of Dr. Herman Sokol; Mathematic and Science
Facilities; General Chemistry Laboratory : in honor of William McLaren Bristol 1882,
presented by Bristol-Meyers Corporation; Classroom: in honor of Nelson Clark Dale,
Professor of Geology; Reference room: presented by A. Reynolds Crane, M.D.; Faculty
office: presented by Allan J. Fisher, M.D. and wife; Conference Room: presented by
Sybron Corporation; Faculty office: in honor of Wiillard B. Eddy, Class of 1914,
presented by D.N. Calkins Memorial Foundation
Restrictions
books from Rand Carter’s office (2006.20)
Biographical Information
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
Description
books, some with Rand Carter’s name in them. Includes art books, Hamilton
College catalogues, Alumni Reviews, New Faces, Faculty Handbooks, etc., and some
miscellaneous non-Hamilton publications.
Restrictions
College Memorabilia of John H. Bruins, class of 1918 (2006.21)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.), books, publications
Extent
1 box
Description
2006.21.1: Copy of letter to John H. Bruins from his father; date books and
diaries for 1915, 1917, 1918, 1920; schoolwork, letters, invitations; books: The Last of
The Shavetails, The Vision of Dante Alighieri translated by H.F. Cary, Little
Masterpieces in Autobiography: Actors Volume IV, edited by George Iles. 2006.21.2:
Scrapbook from college years (in separate fitted box).
Restrictions
letters of Tony Pomilio, class of 1943 (2006.22)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 box
Description
Letters to Anthony Pomilio, 1939-1945, from R.S. Elliot, Malvius C. Thompson
(in behalf of Eleanor Roosevelt), William P. Camsou, Professors M.A. Heilperin, Tom
LeDuc, Wallace B. Johnson, Ralph Rogers, Campbell Dickson (Dean of Hamilton College),
Frank H. Ristine (Dean), President Cowley of Hamilton College, David H. Beetle
'30, Victor A. Acer, Jr., David Beard, William M. Bristol, Jr., Orlando Del
Vecchia '42, Al Hartig '42, Milton P. Kayle '43, Rev. George
F. Kempsell, Jr. '42, Arnold F. Keller, Charles G. Lee '45, Boris H.
Kloman, Col. Robb Pelvoelia, Frank F. Miller, David Millner '41, William Noos,
S.J, Thomas F. O'Donnell '42, Arthur A. Petronio '41,
Marcello Rotundo '43, Anthony A. Schepsis '42, Kenneth P. Whiting,
George S. Tillman '42, Arthur Ward, Frank D. Waldo '43, Herb
Wieder
Restrictions
Photographs: 2001 Reunions and Commencement slides (2006.23.1)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
photographs: slides of Reunions 2001 by Peter Finger, including parade, reunion
speeches, class photographs; prints of the Burke Library wall dedications, Alumni
Weekend, 2001, by Dave Tewksbury; slides of Commencement, 2001, Baccalaureate
'01, by Vickers and Beechler; negatives and contact prints of Tantillo Party,
2001, Gene Tobin, Rit Fuller, Sidney and Ellie Wertimer, honorary degree recipients,
families, Alumni All-Stars jazz band, large graduation and faculty photos
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: 1997 Adirondack Adventure slides (2006.23.2)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
photographs: negatives and prints of Adirondack Adventure group on campus;
slides of Adirondack Adventure 1997 by Peter Finger; a few undated, unattributed slides
of Adirondack Adventure; contact sheets of Adirondak Adventure Camp Santanoni 8/03, by
Dave Tewksbury
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: Great Names: 2000 & 1999 Margaret Thatcher, Madeleine
Albright, Desmond Tutu (2006.23.3)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
photographs: Prints of Great Names speakers with students, faculty, community
members: Bishop Desmond Tutu (4/2000); Madeleine Albright (3/2002); Margaret Thatcher
(12/1999), by Dave Tewksbury
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: 2000: Summer Science (2006.23.4)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
newspaper clippings about elementary school students visiting Hamilton College
science departments, June, 2000; photographs: prints of elementary students with Dave
Gapp, Todd Rayne; summer research students with Jen Borton, Alistair Campbell, Gordon
Jones, Dave Gapp, Ernest Williams, Stu Hirshfield. Some photos by Dave Tewksbury; many
not labelled, but probably also by Dave Tewksbury.
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: Tewksbury: 5/00-7/99 Convocation; Snails (2006.23.5)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
Photographs (prints): 5/2000 Senior Art Exhibit with student artists
(labelled); 4/2000 Cornell West; 4/00 J. Hope Franklin (& Dick Couper); 2/00
Wole Soyinka; NY2K senate race website Ben Pastor & Phil Klinkner; 1/00 Jazz
concert, Chapel, MLK Day; 12/99 3rd floor of Chapel Kevin Kennedy, Jeff McArn, Peggy
Mason, David Mason ‘61; 11/99 Admissions staff, lunch with local guidance counselors;
11/99 Bennett; 11/99 Adler Conf., Sona Verdi; 10/99 Hanson on “Lucy†(archeology); 10/99
Fallcoming, wall ceremony, the LeFevres; 10/99 “Snails on drugsâ€; 8/99 Convocation; 7/99
Hillary Clinton visit to Alexander Hamilton Inn, crowd in village
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: 2000 Reunions and Commencement Slides (2006.23.6)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
Photographs: large prints commencement; contact sheet Rob Morris ‘76 wall
dedication, year unknown; Reunions: Class of 1950 50th prints, general reunion slides
(Finger); negatives and contact sheets (V&B) of a painting; Frank Lorenz; Sharon
Rippey & family; Dick Tantillo; Mike Debraggio; other C&D staff and
families; honorary degree recipients; slides, negatives, and contact sheets from
Commencement (V&B); prints: 6/00 Reunion: Honoring John L. Baldwin; Class of
1950 Reunion; Class of ‘37 Reunion (also Suplee, Couper); Fallcoming 2000: Marian
McPartland Jazz, S. Kahn Photography
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
1903 Commencement Exercises program; campaign ribbon: Wilfred Earl Youker
for Member of Assembly (2006.24)
Biographical Information
Wilfred Earl Youker, class of 1903 (DKE); completed law school;
admitted to bar; elected to New York State Assembly; died in NYC in
1920.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
2 items
Description
1903 Commencement Exercises program, bound in heavy paper, embossed to look
like leather; leather ribbon included; also campaign ribbon: Wilfred Earl Youker (class
of 1903) for Member of Assembly
Restrictions
obituary of Dorothea Bamford, daughter of Pres. F.C. Ferry, and photographs
of college (2006.25)
Biographical Information
Frederick Carlos Ferry, president of Hamilton College
1917-1937
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.); photographs
Extent
5 items
Description
clipping from the Los Gatos Weekly Times, Wednesday, June 7, 2006, containing
the obituary for Dorothea Bamford, daughter of Frederick C. Ferry, president of Hamilton
College; photographs from around 1970s of James Library/Christian Johnson, Burke
Library, aerial view of campus, photo of students in classroom (probably room with
fireplace in Root Hall that became Fred Wagner’s office, and is now a seminar room
again--Root 201).
Restrictions
1960s choir recordings; posters (2006.26)
Biographical Information
Contents
Prints, Paintings, Drawings; sound recordings
Extent
12 posters, 5 recordings
Description
12 posters for musical events and Charlatans plays in the early 1960s; 5
reel-to-reel recordings [digitized; originals returned to donor] List of posters: 1.
J.S. Bach Cantata No. 79, and other works; HC Choir, John Baldwin, dir., and Radcliffe
Choral Society, Elliot Forbes, dir.; Sunday, February 10 [1963] 2. HC Wind Ensemble,
David Graves, Dir., and Brass Choir, Stephen Bonta, Dir.; April 22, 1964 3. Winter
Carnival 1964 [schedule of events on poster, including] Varsity Hockey; "The
Fantasticks"; Lawrence O. Luizzi Orchestra, Joe Williams; February 28 and 29,
1964 4. Wells-Hamilton Chamber Orchestra, Katherine Scott and Stephen Bonta, directors;
Hamilton Woodwind Ensemble, David Graves, dir.: Beethoven, Boyce, Fine, Legrenzi,
Hindemith, Mozart, and Vivaldi; February 23, 1964 5. Wells-Hamilton Chamber Orchestra,
Louise Jopling and Stephen Bonta, directors; Hamilton Woodwind Ensemble, David Graves,
dir.: Bach, Handel, Boyce, Haydn, Rossini, Bartok, and Hindemith; April 14, 1963 6. Bach
B Minor Mass; HC Choir, John Baldwin, dir., and Women's Glee Club of the U. of
Rochester, Dr. Ward Woodbury, dir.; Sunday, March 8 [1964] 7. Ticket or card-sized
flier: HC Choir and University of NY Glee Club, John Baldwin, dir., Saturday, May 16
[1964] 8. Brahms Requiem; HC Choir, Oneonta Women's Chorus, J.L. Baldwin, Jr.,
directing; March 24 9. Charlatans present The Knight of the Burning Pestle; November 6,
8, and 9 [1963?] 10. Charlatans present The Alchemist; December 1 and 2 [1961 or 1962?]
11. WHCL advertising poster "Do you appreciate the finest?" 12. HC
Choir, John L. Baldwin, Jr., dir., and Bryn Mawr College Chorus, Robert L. Goodale,
dir.; Musicalische Exequien, Schutz; Messe a Trois Voix, Andre Caplet; Renaissance and
Contemporary Works; Renaissance Music for Brass; Sunday, 24 March [1963] Recordings made
on 4-track reel-to-reel tapes by Norman Mausolf '64; lent for purposes of
transferring to CD 1. Track 1 both sides: Baldwin Recital; Fall Houseparty 1963; Track 2
side 1: end of Recital; Side 1 cont'd and side 2: Paul Kuentz Paris Chamber
Orchestra, Oct. 16, 1963 [includes program] 2. Conclusion of Paris Chamber Orchestra
concert Track 1 sides 1 and 2 (up to ~315); 1964 Well Hamilton Chamber Orch. Concert,
sandwiched; Track 4 partially used at beginning, rest blank 3. Track 2 (7 ½ ips)
National Gallery of Art 3/26/61 [includes hand-written program of music sung at National
Gallery by HC Choir]; Smith Oct. 62 Schutz, Purcell [program] 4. University Glee Club;
Track 3; Music at Hamilton 1964; 15 min. track 4 blank at end [program] 5. Brass Choir,
May '62 [handwritten and printed programs]; Choir at Art Museum Fall
'62 [handwritten program] (recorded from tv); Smith Nov. 1960 [handwritten
program]; ABC Radio Dec. 1960 [handwritten program]
Restrictions
photograph of Dwight Alumni Association dinner in honor of Elihu Root,
1915 (2006.27)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 photograph
Description
12â€x20†photograph of men in tuxedos at a dinner, captioned “23rd Annual
Dinner, Dwight Alumni Association, in honor of Hon. Elihu Root. Hotel Astor, March 27,
1915.†Photo by Drucker & Co., 204 West 43rd St., NY (15-886 [photo index
number?]).
Restrictions
cane or walking stick belonging to Elihu Root (1864) (2006.28)
Biographical Information
Contents
cane
Extent
1 item
Description
wood, silver, and horn (antler?) cane belonging to Elihu Root, class of 1864.
Visible in some photos of Elihu Root.
Restrictions
Photographs (negatives) of Eleanor Roosevelt, Barry Goldwater, Helen Hayes,
and Gov. Dewey at Hamilton College, by Dante Tranquille of the Utica Daily
Press (2006.29)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
7 negatives
Description
4 1/2†x 3 7/8†negatives of famous people at Hamilton College: 2 of Eleanor
Roosevelt (sitting on sofa; shaking hands with a young man while Pres. McEwen stands
by); 1 of Helen Hayes (posing with honorary degree and hood); 2 of Barry Goldwater at
1961 graduation; 2 of Gov. Dewey (addressing crowd (in alumni gym?); at inauguration,
June 1947 (or is it McEwen’s in 1949?)), by Dante Tranquille of the Utica Daily Press.
Restrictions
charters of the Association of Alumnae of Kirkland College and Kirkland
Alumnae Association (2006.30)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
2 framed documents
Description
framed Charter of the Association of Alumnae of Kirkland College (certificate
of incorporation), granted October 27, 1972; and framed charter of the Kirkland Alumnae
Association (amendment to the previous certificate of incorporation), changing the name
to Kirkland Alumnae Association and adding establishing a relationship with women at
Hamilton College and women graduates of Hamilton College to its purpose, granted
September 22, 1978.
Restrictions
donated books: Hamiltonians, Hamilton Today, Register (2006.31)
Biographical Information
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
7 books
Description
Hamiltonian for 1910, 1991, 1993, 1994; Hamilton College Today (viewbook) 1923,
1926; Hamilton College Register 1990. 1923 Hamilton Today has inscription “Esther E.
Jones, Aug. 12, 1924†and enclosure of pencil-drawn and cut-out sillouette of a boy,
with the name “Lad†written on the back (sillouette added to Frank Iuorno’s file). 1910
Hamiltonian has inscription “Miss Hill.â€
Restrictions
19th-century programs (2006.32)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 folder
Description
Restrictions
19th-century documents from Buttrick vault or safe (college business); also
20th-century documents (2006.33)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 box
Description
Wills, scholarships, accounts, correspondence, financial information. List of
items/finding aid in z:\Holdings\Accessions -- Descriptions\Descriptions folder. Added
7/13/07: Water line agreement between the Trustees of Hamilton College & Richard
T. and Esther J. Thompson, 1978; Gas Heating Permits from Niagara Mohawk, 1954 and 1968;
Agreement for furnishing water, Village of Clinton to Hamilton College, 1970, with a
1975 agreement to extend same, 1975-80
Restrictions
none
Facebook photographs, Class of 2010 (2006.34)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 small box
Description
Facebook photographs and information (name, hometown, high school) for the
Class of 2010; includes CDs of photos; published under titles including Meet the
Freshmen and New Faces; catalog number Ham Coll HQ H18f. See also
0000.92.32-36
Restrictions
Samuel Hopkins Adams memorabilia donated by his granddaughter Elizabeth
Buckley (2007.01)
Biographical Information
Contents
Sound Recordings, books, photographs, textual materials
Extent
1 box
Description
Rochester: The flower City 1855-1890 by Blake Mckelvey, Harvard University
Press, Cambridge Mass 1949, Burke: F129.R7 M23; One Blue "Bookshelf
Scrapbook" with newspaper clippings; Records (LP's): "Bennett
Cerf - Samuel H. Adams Interview with Bette Jones parts #1-4; Soundcraft
"Audition" sides #1-8; Riding the Pony Express 4 records, Al Coll A2
P772 1952; 2 Red Picture Albums; Tan Folder of pictures
Restrictions
Alumni Review duplicates, 1950-2004 (2007.02)
Biographical Information
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
2 boxes
Description
Copies of the Alumni Review from volume 15, no. 4 (May, 1950) to volume 69
(mistakenly given as 70), no. 3 (fall, 2004).
Restrictions
reunion photographs, ‘73 (2002), ‘88 (1993); orientation photo, class of
1996 (2007.03)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
5 photographs
Description
reunion photographs: Hamilton class of 1973 in 2002; Hamilton and Kirkland
classes of 1973 in 2002; class of 1988 in 1993; orientation photograph of the class of
1996 in 1992.
Restrictions
Kirkland College Memorabilia donated for KC exhibit, reunions 2007: Hard
hat (2007.04.1)
Biographical Information
Contents
Extent
Description
Items donated by Kirkland College alumnae: Green hard-hat, P.A.
McLaughlin
Restrictions
Kirkland College Memorabilia for KC exhibit, reunions 2007: photo of
flagbearers (2007.04.10)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 photo
Description
photo of Kirkland Opening Ceremonies, Sept. 1968, including flagbearers
Sarabell Hitchner, K’72, Karyl Burgher, K’72, followed by Walter Beinecke, Jr, and
Samuel Babbitt.
Restrictions
Kirkland College Memorabilia for KC exhibit, reunions 2007: photos of
construction, Kirkland College buildings, trees (2007.04.11)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
6 photos
Description
photos of construction, Kirkland College buildings, trees, taken by [?] Rebecca
Marin, Kirkland College class of 1973
Restrictions
Kirkland College Memorabilia for KC exhibit, reunions 2007: Kirkland class
of 1978 tee-shirt and Living Together tee-shirt (2007.04.12)
Biographical Information
Contents
realia
Extent
1 item
Description
1978 Kirkland College tee-shirt; Living Together Kirkland and Hamilton
tee-shirt; correspondence
Restrictions
Kirkland College Memorabilia for KC exhibit, reunions 2007: publications,
etc (2007.04.13)
Biographical Information
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
large folder
Description
publications: Kirkland College Dance Theater Program; Flyer for a poetry
reading by Michael Burkard, includes poem; Women's Energy Weekend: Schedule of
Events, May 5-7, 1978; Poem by Tess Gallagher; Letter to Kirkland College from Nixon,
Hargrave, Devans and Doyle; Hamilton-Kirkland Choir: 1977 Concert Tour program; Kirkland
College Commencement program for the class of 1978; Kirkland flag (green and white
banner); Notes: The Newsletter of Kirkland College, July 1976, Vol. 2 No. 1; The Alumnae
Newsletter, May 1977, Vol. 3 No. 4; At Kirkland, winter issue 1974; Kirkland Matters,
January 19, 1977, Vol. 4 Issue 17; Kirkland Matters, October 6, 1976, Vol. 4 Issue 5;
Kirkland Matters, April 25, 1978, Vol. 5 Issue 24; Letter from the Supreme Court of New
York; Kirkland College: Memorandum; Dessert at the Plaza: Vol. 2 No. 2 Winter 1976;
Dessert at the Plaza: Vol. 2 No. 1 Fall 1975; Dessert at the Plaza: Vol. 2 No. 3 Spring
1976; The Spectator: May 12, 1978, Vol. 8 No. 25; The Spectator: May 5, 1978, Vol. 8 No.
24; Kirkland College Catalog: 1976-77; The Magazine: The Spectator, January 1978; The
Spectator: May 12, 1978, Vol. 8 No. 25 Sec. 2
Restrictions
Kirkland College Memorabilia donated for KC exhibit, reunions 2007:
t-shirt (2007.04.2)
Biographical Information
Contents
Extent
Description
Items donated by Kirkland College alumnae: green t-shirt with an apple on it,
1977 Kirkland College
Restrictions
Kirkland College Memorabilia for KC exhibit, reunions 2007: needlepoint of
Kirkland seal (2007.04.3)
Biographical Information
Contents
realia
Extent
1 large framed artwork
Description
from Isabel Weinger Nielsen: “When I accepted my diploma at my 1976 graduation,
I presented Sam Babbitt with a needlepoint of the Kirkland seal which I created. (I had
been ill the previous year, so it was a great way to pass the time.) It is 16 x 20
" and framed behind glass. Sam hung it in the President's Office until
1978, then returned it to me because he was afraid that it would get
"lost" at Hamilton.â€
Restrictions
Kirkland College Memorabilia for KC exhibit, reunions 2007: graduation
dress (2007.04.4)
Biographical Information
Contents
realia
Extent
1 dress with appliques
Description
Graduation dress, handmade by sister of Margaret Doris K ‘77. “All around the
hem she appliqued the elements of the Kirkland seal: the leaf, the flower and the
apple.... (Graduation that year fell on the anniversary of my mother's
graduation from medical school -- she was a member of the Hamilton/Kirkland medical
advisory board. My mother was a big believe in tradition, and wanted me to have some
sort of official graduation dress).†May donate later: “green and white outfit my son
wore that day. Abraham was planned to arrive after classes were over in May, but he made
his unexpected debut in April and thus was able to be fully present at graduation. It
was his first, but not his last, graduation on the Hill -- he attended his own
graduation in 1999! He is, I might add, the first child of a regularly matriculated
Kirkland student (as opposed to a Kirkland for All Women student) to graduate from
Hamilton.â€
Restrictions
Kirkland College Memorabilia for KC exhibit, reunions 2007: pendant,
facebook, letter (2007.04.5)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.), jewelry
Extent
1 folder
Description
Julie Barsel Bergman K ‘73 donates the following memorabilia: 1. An
"eaten apple" pendant that was given to each graduate of the Kirkland
College Class of '73 with their diplomas. (It was originally received by each
of us on a very thin strip of leather, intended for wearing.) 2. The Kirkland College
Class of 1973 "facebook" 3. Original letter dated April 15, 1969 from
Carole Walker, then Director of Admission, notifying of acceptance to Kirkland College.
Restrictions
Kirkland College Memorabilia for KC exhibit, reunions 2007: tee-shirt for
class of 1978 (2007.04.6)
Biographical Information
Contents
tee-shirt
Extent
1 folder
Description
Green t-shirt, apple motif, Kirkland 1978 Kate Spencer ‘79 won competition for
the shirt design.
Restrictions
Kirkland College Memorabilia for KC exhibit, reunions 2007: graduation
dress, LLBean boots, hard hat, mss materials from Julie Beinecke Stackpole
K’72 (2007.04.7)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.), realia
Extent
1 box
Description
* Acceptance letter and other correspondence with Dean Nelbach and Dean Slipper
from summer 1968 * Program from opening of Kirkland * Charter Class hardhat
"Beinecke" * Packaging for a paring knife given out at a dinner *
Luggage tag printed "Survivor's kit Item #1 May 25 1972" *
Etched Certificate of Membership in Art Coop The 1972 graduation dress is one JBS made
with a vaguely medieval shape, since that was the theme of the event.
Restrictions
Kirkland College Memorabilia for KC exhibit, reunions 2007: sweatshirt,
publications (2007.04.8)
Biographical Information
Contents
Books, Publications, realia
Extent
1 sweatshirt, 11 booklets
Description
green sweatshirt, Kirkland College, with seal Facebooks for Kirkland College
classes of 1973, 1975-80, and three copies of 1981 (some with name of Virginia B. Oliver
inscribed) pale green notepad for Kirkland College memos photograph of academic
procession at Kirkland: “unknown occasion procession - past KJ opening 1972?? taken by
Jennifer Potterâ€
Restrictions
Kirkland College Memorabilia for KC exhibit, reunions 2007: photos,
publications (2007.04.9)
Biographical Information
Contents
Books, Publications, realia
Extent
1 folder
Description
25 Kirkland snapshots from 1970-1974, Particulars, Spectators, Black and Puerto
Rican House program, etc. The pix are captioned on the back. Particulars 74-75; program
for Hamilton-Kirkland production of “The Little Old Hermit of the Northwest Woods†by
Eugenia Story; H-K Vietnam War protest letter; concert programs for 2/27/72, 4/24/73;
Wintersetl 1972: First Portfolio; 1973-74 Hamilton and Kirkland Colleges Telephone
Directory; Black and Puerto Rican Union of H. and K.C., cultural weekend program, 4/72;
program for Moliere’s School for Wives; KC Catalog, 1968-69.
Restrictions
publications donated by Claire Burns (2007.05)
Biographical Information
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
3 books
Description
Hamiltonian 1892; Hamilton catalogue 1860-61; Biographical Record and History
of the Class of 1862 of Hamilton College, together with the exercises of the Decennial
Reunion of the Class, at Clinton, N.Y., June 26, 1872.
Restrictions
bills, receipts, and letters of Julien M. Elliot, class of
1876 (2007.06)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 folder
Description
20 bills and receipts, 2 letters--one from Julien M. Elliot to “Uncle Giraud,â€
May 4, 1874, and one to “Uncle Gam,†dated Sept. 7, 1874, and in an envelope addressed
to Gam’l G. Smith, Esq., 44 West 54 St., New York.
Restrictions
Freshman Beanie and graduation tassel from William Martin Keller III
‘66 (2007.07)
Biographical Information
Contents
realia
Extent
2 items
Description
dark blue freshman beanie, black tassel. Letter accompanying items says: “I
wore my beanie--in lieu of my mortar board for graduation and when I left the stage
immediately after receiving my diploma (in Latin no less) I went to where my parents
were, until that moment, proudly seated and gave my diploma to my mom and loudly
announced ‘Here Mom, you worked harder for this than I; congratulations!’†William
Martin Keller III ‘66, Dec. 10, 2006.
Restrictions
Photographs (and negatives) of students in choir, in classrooms, diving,
protesting, etc., by Dante Tranquille of the Utica Daily Press (2007.08)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
13 prints, 3 negatives
Description
5†x 4†negative of pro-Cowley protest by students (1941?); 2 negatives of
choir (1972?); 13 photographs of students: looking at HC sign; eating in pub (basement
of Commons?); diving in pool (in Alumni gym?); walking out door with ski equipment;
“Musical fellowship around the piano at the Psi Upsilon Fraternity Houseâ€; students in
class; James Library; book cage; eating in Commons (tapestry or mural); “... Honor
student Dick Troxell ... work[s] far into the nightâ€; student with 1949 banner and
Shakespeare grave rubbing; 2 photos “Prof. Earl Count ... chats over coffee in Commons
lounge with students Dick Hehmeyer and Bob Conklin,†also Winton Tolles’ spaniel, Elmer.
By Dante Tranquille of the Utica Daily Press.
Restrictions
Scrapbook of William F. Dowling, class of 1904, from 1928 Kellogg-Briand
Peace Pact Signing (2007.09)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 box, 2 folders
Description
Box contains scrapbook (items have been removed from original book and placed
in mylar); one folder contains passport, other booklets (folder currently in box with
scrapbook); folio-sized folder contains newspapers from signing of peace
pact.
Restrictions
19th-century letters purchased by Randall Ericson, March, 2007; includes
Kirkland family (2007.10)
Biographical Information
Henry D. Barto, Class of 1845 Henry A. Clark, Class of
1838
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
3 letters
Description
1. Letter from "Sandy" to H.D. Barto, Jr., Hamilton College,
Dec. 7, 1845; discusses events between Juniors and Sophomores on the Hill 2. Letter from
James Kirkland to son William Kirkland, September 24, 1836; discussion of money issues,
sends money 3. Letter from C.J. Clark to her brother Henry A. Clark, June 25, 1839, from
the Clinton Female Domestic Seminary (siblings, sister); discussion of life at the
Seminary (classes, daily routine), looks forward to letters, discussion of classes, asks
him to write an examination paper as a letter.
Restrictions
reunion photo of class of 1879; Farewell Address to the Students by Henry
Davis, 1833 (2007.11)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs; publication
Extent
2 items
Description
reunion photo of class of 1879, on the back of which is written: Graduating
Class Hamilton College, approx. 1886, Smooth gray mat, In 1/4†bur[.?] gold, Dr. Walker
(Delevan Edward Walker, M.D., was a graduate of the class of 1879. He lived in Ilion,
NY, and died in 1904.); Farewell Address to the Students of Hamilton College: Delivered
at the Public Exhibition of the Jun. Class, April 17, 1833, by Henry Davis (cataloged
under call number HAM COLL HK 833d).
Restrictions
Monday Club materials (2007.12)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 folder, 1 bag
Description
Monday Club pamphlet, 2005-2006; bag of letters, photographs, news clipping
from 1992; folder of membership papers, photographs. Added 5/27-8/08: 2 Monday Club
pamphlets for 2008-2009; 1 pamphlet for 2005-2006; 1 pamphlet for 2006-2007; 1
photograph of the Monday Club members, April 23, 2007; 1 pamphlet for 2007-2008. Added
7/24/09: 2 Monday Club pamphlets, 2007-8 and 2008-9.
Restrictions
Elihu Root documents and artifacts from Root House (2007.13)
Biographical Information
Elihu Root, Hamilton College class of 1864 U.S. Sec of War U.S.
Sec of State U.S. Senator from NY Lawyer Elihu Root was born in Clinton, NY on 15
February 1845 and died in New York, NY on 6 February 1937. He attended Hamilton College
(A.B., 1864, A.M. in course, 1867) and University Law School of New York. He served in
the following positions: Member Alaskan Boundary Tribunal; United States District
Attorney, Southern New York, 1883 - 85; Secretary of War, 1899 - 1904; Secretary of
State, 1905 - 09; U.S. Senator from New York, 1909 - 15; Senior Counsel for the U.S.,
North Atlantic Fisheries Arbitration, The Hague, 1910; Ambassador at Head of Special
Diplomatic Mission to Russia, 1917. Root was awarded the following: Nobel Peace Prize,
1912; Roosevelt Memorial Medal for Administration of Public Office, 1924; Woodrow Wilson
Foundation Medal and Prize for Services to Peace, 1926. He was a member of the following
organizations: British Academy; Istitut de droit International; American Academy of Arts
and Letters; Commission of International Justice appointed by Council of League of
Nations to prepare plans for a permanent Court of International Justice; Commissioner
Plenipotentiary for the U.S. in International Conference on the Limitation of Armaments;
Committee of Experts convened at Geneva 1929 to revise Statute of Permanent
Court.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.), photographs, metal box
Extent
6 framed items; one box
Description
Framed original (?) of Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Elihu Root for 1912; framed
letter from Nobel committee; 4 framed photographs of Elihu Root; 1 framed photograph of
Buttrick Hall, signed by Richard Carver Wood; small metal box (for fishing tackle?
tools?), plastered with theatrical reviews and notices cut from newspapers and programs,
mostly HC Charlatans, ca. 1940s, ‘50s. Photographs of Elihu Root include Root on steps
with cane and dog, signed by Richard Carver Wood and inscribed to Mrs. Frederick Carlos
Ferry by Elihu Root (reproduction); same photo signed by Richard Carver Wood and
inscribed to Harry D. Yates by Elihu Root (original); headshot of elderly Root looking
sideways; 3/4 length portrait of younger Root signed by photographer Elliott T. Fry [?]
and by Root.
Restrictions
Panoramic photographs of class of 2006, 2007 (2007.14)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
10 small tubes
Description
Class of 2006 photographs, panoramic, taken on 1st day of orientation; 3 black
and white, 7 color; Class of 2007 photographs, panoramic, color, 14
Restrictions
Photographs: Sports Slides (2007.15.1)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
Photographs: Slides: Crew; Field Hockey; Football; Stewart Inauguration
Football 2003; Women's Soccer; Photograph: Women's Soccer; Slides:
Nordic Skiing; Swimming; Baseball; Lacrosse; Softball; Ice-Climbing; Miscellaneous;
Students in classroom setting; Students in science lab; Levitt; Miscellaneous student
photographs, faculty (Gant, science faculty, Tewksbury, Odamtten); snapping-turtle
catching, Gapp; Lehman; Photos: Basketball; Football field
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: Student Life & Other (2007.15.2)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
Photographs: Slides: Alexander Hamilton statue and students; Beinecke and
students; Hamilton radio station; mailroom and students; lunchroom; Bristol; Campus Road
housing; Eells; Ferguson; Woolcott; student candids; Chapel and students; ski trip;
Chemistry building; Christian Johnson & President's office; Dance
& Theatre; Fields, students in snow and Barn; Field House, Rink; Glens; Beinecke
indoors; Kirkland side; Library and student housing in quad; Student life/Danler; McEwan
Breezeway; Root Hall and students; Ferguson House lounge (includes slides from 1994,
‘95, ‘96, ‘98, 2003)
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: 2000 Slides (1 of 2) (2007.15.3)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
Photographs: Photos: Summer Research Poster Presentations; Miscellaneous photos
used in Summer 2002 Review; Miscellaneous photos of 3 fiction writers September 2000;
negatives; Convocation negative prints; Slides: Washington D.C. trip (duplicates);
fireworks display; newborn baby (duplicates); student in front of quad (duplicates);
professor and student (duplicates); science students (duplicates); lobster bake;
Hamilton buildings; residence halls; new Science building; students skiing; snow soccer;
snow-tubing; students; running; miscellaneous student slides; Beinecke; mailroom;
miscellaneous classroom photos; lunchroom; Alexander Hamilton statue; student head
shots; students sledding; negatives of dinner
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: 2000 Slides (2 of 2) (2007.15.4)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
Photographs: Slides: Hamilton buildings, residence halls, gatherings of
students, Park Row in Clinton, students reading, mail room, interior of residences,
classes, exterior of library, series with umbrellas, spring, winter, students sledding
and skiing, annual lobster bake, marathon, lacrosse games, softball games, students
studying; all from year 2000
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: Tewksbury 5/01-6/00 Summer Science Hamilton
Conference (2007.15.5)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
Photographs: M. Filius, Tree Dedication 06/01; Al-Ham 4/5/01; Al-Ham 4/5/01
speech, Dick and Patsy Couper, Barbara Gold; John O'Neill; David Paris; Robert
Paquette; book exhibition in library; Al-Ham dinner; Carl Rubino; Doty 11/2/00;
children's science class, Ann Silversmith, Karen Brewer, Dave Gapp, Bill
Pfitsch, Ian Rosenfeld, Robin Kinnel; Science Day 6/00; Summer Science 6-8/00;
weather-vane; Alexander Hamilton statue; chapel; panorama of quad and main campus;
residence halls; Beverly Tatum 9/2000
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: Family Weekend 2001-98 (2007.15.6)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
Photographs: football; Family Weekend; Parents Advisory Council; band concert;
speeches; dance concert; Family Weekend 2001, 2000 speeches and performances; a cappella
groups (Buffers, Special K and/or Tumbling After, Hamiltones); Slides: dance concert;
football game; miscellaneous (Parents Weekend?); cookout
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: Fallcoming 2001-1993 (2007.15.7)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
Photographs: Slides: 1993 football game; Football 10/95; Fall Scenes-Football
10/26/96; Football 10/95; Student excavation '96; '96 Fallcoming
Cookout; '96 Fallcoming game (football); slides of crowd at '96
Fallcoming game; musicians at '96 Fallcoming Cookout; Student life 3/97; Fall
scene 10/96; 9/97 Homecoming Football game; slides of the crowd at Homecoming game;
negative prints of speeches; Photos: Ferguson House (dedication?); negative prints:
Ferguson House; dinner; speeches; poster presentations (?); musicians; classroom scenes;
Monk Rowe; Nancy Rabinowitz; Fallcoming Candids Oct 6&7, 2000; students at
Fallcoming game; soccer; Fallcoming Football Game 2001
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: 2001 Slides and Photos (1 of 2) (2007.15.8)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
Photographs: September 12, 2001, student gathering, 9/11 vigil (?); slides:
field hockey game, baseball game, ropes course; photos: April 1, 2001 student dinner;
negatives: Administrators photographs taken 5/01, Dave Smallen, Flossie Mitchell, Rit
Fuller, David Paris, Mitchell Stevens; slides: biking in Root Glen, tennis, soccer game,
ropes course, Hamilton buildings, Root Hall, panoramas of countryside, students in the
snow, Root Hall in the winter; photos: Trustee and Senior reception
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: 2001 Slides and Photos (2 of 2) (2007.15.9)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
Photographs: Hamilton Conference April 5-7, 2001 (program), Dick Couper, Gene
Tobin; John and Mary O'Neill, Patsy Couper; library presentation; Carl Rubino;
Robert Paquette; David Paris; Paul Greengard visit to Hamilton, Convocation 2001;
Slides: program in NYC Fall 2001
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Framed photographs of Alexander Hamilton statue dedication, inscription to
Elihu Root from Thomas Proctor, 1918 (2007.16)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 frame, 2 photos
Description
Frame with matted photographs: one photograph shows view of Alexander Hamilton
statue and pedestal; second photo shows crowd gathered around statue. Inscription (on
matt) says, “The Hon. Elihu Root with Sincere regards of Thomas R. Proctor -- Hamilton
College June 17, 1918†See H.C. Misc files under Hamilton, Alexander, Statue, for news
clippings of the statue’s unveiling on June 17, 1918. The statue was presented to the
college by Thomas R. Proctor and accepted on behalf of the college by Elihu
Root.
Restrictions
Kirkland College Orientation t-shirt (2007.17)
Biographical Information
Contents
Realia
Extent
1 shirt
Description
Green t-shirt, with “Orientation: Kirkland College†and an apple on the front.
Donated by Janie Gottlieb for the Kirkland College collection.
Restrictions
blueprints of the Hamilton College Chapel, 1949 (2007.18)
Biographical Information
Contents
Prints, Paintings, Drawings
Extent
1 roll
Description
Blueprints of the Hamilton College Chapel, found in the basement of an old
house in Utica - by a friend of Vige Barrie. Blueprints dating from 1949, including
floor plans, sections, and elevations, for renovations to the Hamilton College
Chapel.
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Photographs of Kirkland College students from Registrar’s
office (2007.19)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 folder
Description
Photographs of Kirkland College students from Registrar’s office; labeled with
student’s name and sometimes year; some photos of artwork, labeled with student’s name.
Some photos appear to be high school senior photos. Found in Registrar’s office while
preparing for move to Elihu Root House; donated for Kirkland College Exhibition and for
retention in Archives.
Restrictions
2 Chinese banners, in honor of Dr. Stephen H. Kirner, class of 1952, from
Professor Emeritus Edwin B. Lee (2007.20)
Biographical Information
Stephen H. Kirner, son of Dr. Walter R. and Juvanta Harper Kirner;
born 8/8/31; Hamilton College class of 1952; received Ph.D. from Cornell U. in 1956;
joined Navy as parasitologist; sent to Formosa (Taiwan) to study sleeping sickness,
other diseases; killed in automobile accident, 9/20/1958. The Kirner-Johnson building
was named for his parents.
Contents
Prints, Paintings, Drawings
Extent
2 framed artworks
Description
2 Chinese banners, silk, embroidered, framed: one with orange dragons has label
on back saying “Traditional Chinese banner expressing condolence from colleagues of Lt.
Stephen H. Kirner in Division of Medical Entomology, Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2;
In affectionate memory of the late Lt. Stephen H. Kirner, Ph.D., of NAMRU No. 2; ‘It is
indeed a loss to the World for such a bright genius to depart from us so soon’; (from
left to right) Miss Lien Chen Cheng, Mr. Shu Chan Lien, Mr. Chih Tai Liu, Mr. Wen Chin
Huang, Dr. Stephen Moi Kee Hu, Mr. Mao Jen Lo, Miss Hwei Eng Yu, Mr. Hoh Ho Chu, Mr.
Chautyen Lane.†Other, with blue birds, has one label giving copies and translations of
embroidered Chinese characters, and another label giving full translation: “To the Soul
of Dr. S.H. Kirner, Lt. of U.S. Navy; ‘The Creator welcomes the Genius like Dr. Kirner
to Heaven, because He hates the Genius to experience so many Sufferings in this World.’
Respectfully Dedicated by Dr. T.C. Kao, Superintendent of National Taiwan University
Hospital.†Labels (on letterhead) are headed “National Taiwan University Hospital, No.
1, Changte-Chieh, Section 1, Taipei, Taiwan.â€
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1960s choir recordings (2007.21)
Biographical Information
Contents
Sound Recordings
Extent
6 recordings
Description
Recordings made on 4-track reel-to-reel tapes by Norman Mausolf '64;
lent for purposes of transferring to CD (return with one copy on CD) 1. Radcliffe Tape
Track 1 both sides: Radcliffe concert Feb. 10, 1963 [program]; Track 2 side 1: end of
Radcliffe concert (first 2 minutes); Side 1 cont'd and side 2: Dean of the
Chapel Colin Finnie Miller reading the poetry of Robert Burns in the Chapel on Burns’s
birthday. 2. Track 1 sides 1 and 2: Wells-Hamilton Chamber Orchestra; Rest of side 2:
1962 WIBX Choir Christmas broadcast; Track 2: side 1: WIBX broadcast of the May 24, 1962
performance of Brahms Requiem with the Oneonta Women’s Glee Club; brief interview with
John Baldwin about Berrian Shute’s career at Hamilton; Side 2: final portion of Brahms
Requiem 3. Track 1 side 1-2: blank; fragments of Dec. 15, 1963, Chapel service; Smith
College Glee Club concert, Nov. 3, 1963 [program]; Track 2 side 1: conclusion of Haydn
Mass from 1963 Smith Glee Club concert; student conversation ; Side 2: conclusion of
Christmas Chapel service [program]; student conversation. 4. Track 1, side 1-2: Bryn
Mawr concert, March 24, 1963 [program]; Side 2, middle: continuation of U. of Rochester
Glee Club concert April 7, 1961; Track 2, side 1: beginning of U. of Rochester
Women's Glee Club concert, April 7, 1961 [program]; Side 2: Christmas Chapel
service Dec. 15, 1963 [program] (continued on tape 3, track 2 side 2; fragments also on
tape 3, track 1 side 1). 5. Danvers tape Track 1 side 1-2: Woodwind and Brass Concert,
April 22, 1964 [program]; Track 2 side 1: Brass Choir; College Choir; Side 2: Brass
Choir; College Choir (introductions by John Baldwin) 6. Track 1: Baroque concert for
Positiv Organ and Instruments, MWPI, January 27, 1963, John Baldwin, organist, and Brass
Choir, directed by Stephen Bonta. [program]
Restrictions
Elihu Root Bank Books (2007.22)
Biographical Information
Elihu Root, Class of 1864
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
4 account books
Description
Bank book of Elihu Root from March 2, 1904 to April 24, 1915 (Riggs National
Bank, Washington, D.C.); Check book of Elihu Root form October 3, 1913 to October 7,
1914 (filled-in stubs and totals only; cover has interlaced CBN with NY superimposed);
account book of Elihu Root from November, 1911 to November, 1919; check book of Elihu
Root from December 3, 1914 to August 6, 1915 (filled-in stubs with running total)
Restrictions
Fitch-Stranahan-Rose-Pierce Papers (2007.23)
Biographical Information
Ebenezer Root Fitch was a member of Hamilton College's
Class of 1886; he had a son named Lewis, who died in 1914. Class files include an
obituary, a couple of letters, and a 12-page document that includes a biographical
sketch and some genealogical material, including two pages on James Samuel Stranahan.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 folder
Description
information and documents concerning the Rose and Pierce families and their
connections, the Fitch and Stranahan families. Some of them lived in Westmoreland.
Includes letter explaining Jack Hartsell’s connection to the families. Jonathan Rose was
Supervisor of Westmoreland in 1852.
Restrictions
Recipes from Molly Root house (some associated with Mrs. Elihu Root,
Jr.) (2007.24)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.), photographs, drawings
Extent
30 boxes
Description
Recipes from the families of Elihu Root, Jr., class of 1903, and Elihu Root
III, class of 1936.
Restrictions
Katherine Jones K‘72 photo and yearbooks (2007.25)
Biographical Information
Katherine Flygare Jones Barefield, Class of 1972 Kirkland
College
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 photo, 2 books
Description
10â€x8†photo of Katherine Jones Barefield; copy of Les Ballons; copy of 1972
Kirkland College yearbook
Restrictions
photograph of Russell Blackwood (2007.26)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 photograph
Description
8â€x10†studio photograph of Russell Blackwood
Restrictions
sound recordings on cassette tape and CD, Homecoming Weekend panels 1974
and Alumni Weekend chorus 1982-1984 (2007.27)
Biographical Information
Contents
Sound Recordings
Extent
1 folder
Description
5 audio cassette tapes, transferred to CD: Student life at Hamilton and
Kirkland, 10/18/74 (panel discussion? poor quality sound); Homecoming Weekend 1974:
Business/Inflation Panel 10/19/74 (panel discussion includes Sidney Wertimer); Hamilton
Alumni Chorus and Rehearsal, Alumni weekend 1982; Hamilton Alumni Chorus and Rehearsal,
Alumni weekend 1983; Hamilton College Sunday Service June 3, 1984, Alumni Weekend
1984.
Restrictions
Jessup family Hamilton memorabilia (2007.28)
Biographical Information
Theodore C. Jessup ‘82; his father Frederick P. ‘41; William
Jessup Hon. 1848, etc.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.), photographs, sports medals
Extent
1 small box
Description
memorabilia: Honorary Degree given to William Jessup in 1848 (framed); Sigma
Phi 'Banquet at the Beta 1911' menu with Sigma Phi members signatures
(framed); Hamilton College Athletic Association certificates Theodore C. Jessup to wear
the 'H' for Track and Football, 1911-1914; Pictures: HC football team
1913, Two men in football uniform (newspaper clippings on the back), Group pictures of
Sigma Phi 1912, 1939, Sigma Phi hall postcard; Athletic Medals: 1914 Hamilton College
medal for shot put, 1913 N.Y. S.I.A.U. medal for shot put, 1914 Hamilton College medal
for hammer throw, 1913 spring games medal for 16lbs hammer throw, 1912 N.Y. S.I.A.U.
medal for shot put, 1913 N.Y. S.I.A.U. medal for hammer throw
Restrictions
1970 Hamilton/Kirkland papers, misc. publications from Richard
Couper (2007.29)
Biographical Information
Richard Watrous Couper, born 16 December 1922 in Binghamton, N.Y.
Originally enrolled with Hamilton College class of 1944, Couper enlisted in the United
States Army in 1942 where he attained the rank of captain during World War II. After
finishing his degree at Hamilton in 1947, he earned a master's degree in
American History from Harvard University. Along with continuous service as a Hamilton
College trustee since 1959, Couper served as administrative vice president of Hamilton
College beginning in 1962 and was promoted to acting president and then vice president
and provost. Couper later served as the first deputy commissioner for higher education
for the New York State Education Department (1969-71), became the first full-time
president and chief executive officer of the New York Public Library (1971-81), and
served as president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation until 1990.
Contents
Books, Publications, and papers
Extent
1 box
Description
Contains letters corresponding to R.W. McEwen, R.W.Couper, Grant Keehn, William
M. Bristol, Mr. Howard M. Bingham, and Walter Beinecke, Jr and other well-known
individuals; publications of Alumni Reviews, Advisory Committee Meetings, The Hamilton
Spectator and Kirkland Newsletter newspapers, Trustees of Hamilton College; information
regarding McEwen's health, construction of the Hamilton campus, financial
status, presidential and chairman of the board information (concerning candidates,
resignations, inaugurations, meetings), alumni reviews of the college, newspaper
recordings of the fiftieth anniversary reunion and inauguration of John W. Chandler, and
ELAS board dinner.
Restrictions
Couper family papers (2007.30)
Biographical Information
Richard Watrous Couper, Hamilton College class of 1944 Abel
Grosvenor Hopkins, class of 1866, professor of Latin, 1869-99 Charles Avery, class of
1820, professor of chemistry, 1834-69 Othniel S. Williams, class of 1831 Percy L. Wight,
class of 1891 Edgar W. Couper, class of 1920
Contents
Books, Publications, and papers
Extent
1 box
Description
Contains early 19th-century Williams and Avery documents; correspondence
between the Hopkins family and the White House regarding visits to and from Grover
Cleveland; correspondence regarding Williams, Daniels, and Avery genealogy and history
(related to Coupers)
Restrictions
Facebook photographs, Class of 2011 (2007.31)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 small box
Description
Facebook photographs and information (name, hometown, high school) for the
Class of 2011; includes CDs of photos; published under titles including Meet the
Freshmen and New Faces; catalog number Ham Coll HQ H18f. See also
0000.92.32-36
Restrictions
textbooks of James Bundy Burke, class of 1925, and Coleman Burke,
1934 (2007.32)
Biographical Information
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
1 small box
Description
Books inscribed by James Bundy Burke, class of 1925: Differential And Integral
Calculus, Plane and Solid Analytic Geometry , Advanced Algebra for Colleges and Schools,
Contes de La France Contemporaine, Adrienne LeCouvreur by Scribe and LeGouvé, La
Camaraderie ou La Courte-Échelle par Eugène Scribe. Books inscribed by Coleman Burke,
class of 1934: Education Psychology, An Elementary Treatise on Differential Equations.
Chi Psi Lodge inscription also in Projective Pure Geometry; inscription by Leslie L.
Roemer '24 in Plane and Spherical Trigonometry.
Restrictions
David Maldwyn Ellis, class of 1938: diplomas (2007.33)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
3 diplomas
Description
3 diplomas--Hamilton College AB, 1938, Hamilton College honorary degree, 1990,
Cornell University PhD, all granted to David Maldwyn Ellis. Also, framed: 1993
Certificate of Appreciation from NYS Historical Assoc. and Farmers’ Museum; citation re.
same; HC medal, with clipping about designer; photo of Ellis in academic robes; photo of
college chapel framed with 1988 commemorative stamp; Michael S. Smith print of chapel;
1990 honorary degree citation.
Restrictions
1847 letter from E.O. Ward (class of 1838) and Abel Flynt to William
Jessup, HC honorary degree 1848 (2007.34)
Biographical Information
William Jessup, honorary LL.D. from Hamilton, 1848; Yale ‘15; died
1868 Elias Ogden Ward, class of 1838, A.M. 1841; minister, educator; died 1899, Bethany,
PA.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 document
Description
Letter dated Dundaff [PA], January 21, 1847, from E.O. Ward and Abel Flynt to
the Hon. Wm. Jessup, Montrose, Susqa. County, Penna, about temperance, and a temperance
convention that they had to leave early. They want Jessup to give a temperance
lecture.
Restrictions
Thomas Hill Hubbard Papers (2007.35)
Biographical Information
Thomas Hill Hubbard, Trustee of Hamilton College 1817-1827 and
1832-1839. Son of Bela Hubbard, D.D., first Rector of Trinity Church, New Haven, CT;
born 12/5/1781; Yale College 1799; A.M. 1807. Studied law, admitted to Bar; settled in
Hamilton, NY; became Prosecuting Attorney after Gen. Joseph Kirkland; Surrogate of
Madison County; Presidential Elector in 1812, 1844, and 1852; Member of Congress
1817-1819 and 1821-23. Moved to Utica 1823; appointed Clerk of the Court of Chancery,
then elected Clerk of the Supreme Court until 1835. Trustee of Utica Academy and
Hamilton Academy. Died at Utica May 21 or 22, 1857.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 folder, 1 box
Description
letters to and from Thomas Hubbard, copies of resolutions regarding his
trusteeship at Hamilton College, drawings of his residence in Utica, dated 1831. Added
6/13/2008: additional box of Thomas Hubbard materials. Added 10/31/08: two more letters,
from Roger Skinner, 7/4/1815, and B. Rochester, 7/1834 (signature
excised).
Restrictions
Statement to Senate of financial standing of New York State colleges,
1837 (2007.36)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 leaflet
Description
3 leaves (first one detached), with pages numbered to 5 (sixth page blank).
Headed “State of New-York / No. 32. / In Senate, February 16, 1837 / Report / Of the
Comptroller relative to moneys, &c. appropriated to Academies and Colleges. /
Comptroller’s Office, Albany, February 16, 1837.†Information on Hamilton College on
page 3.
Restrictions
Letter from John Gelston Floyd, class of 1824 (2008.01)
Biographical Information
FLOYD, John Gelston (1806 - 1881) (grandson of William Floyd), a
Representative from New York; born in Mastic, near Moriches, Long Island, N.Y., February
5, 1806; attended the common schools, and was graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton,
N.Y., in 1824; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1825 and commenced practice in
Utica, N.Y.; clerk and prosecuting attorney of Utica, N.Y., 1829-1833; founded the Utica
Democrat (later the Observer-Dispatch) in 1836; appointed judge of Suffolk County;
member of the State assembly 1839-1843; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth and
Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843); returned to Mastic, Long
Island, about 1842; member of the State senate in 1848 and 1849; elected to the
Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); chairman, Committee on Agriculture
(Thirty-second Congress); joined the Republican Party upon its formation in 1856;
retired from public life; died in Mastic, Long Island, N.Y., October 5, 1881; interment
in the family cemetery. From the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
(see http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000223
).
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 letter
Description
Letter from Floyd, dated House of Representatives, January 4, 1842; politics in
Washington, [Henry] Clay, empty Treasury
Restrictions
Charles McLouth, Jr., class of 1916, college papers and
awards (2008.02)
Biographical Information
McLouth family, prominent in Palmyra, NY. Charles McLouth, Jr.,
class of 1916; Charles McLouth III, class of 1952
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 folder
Description
Hamilton College Commencement program, 1916, listing Valedictory address by
Charles McLouth, Jr.; essays and speeches: first speech at Hamilton (the poor)
11/6/1912; Wordsworth 11/23/1915; Keats 1/20/16; Saturday discussion (foreign policy re
Germany) 9/26/1914; Saturday discussion (Mexican policy) 1/16/15; Junior Declamations:
Edison 11/10/14, death of German soldier from nurse’s viewpoint 2/16/15; Junior Prize
Declamation (San Martin) 6/17/15; Senior Oration (Venezelos) 11/13/15;
Bowdoin-Hamilton-Wesleyan intercollegiate debate (outline and speech) 3/23/16; Prize
Debate (Monroe Doctrine) 6/16; Valedictory (Duty) 6/19/16; 15-page essay, “The War
Correspondentâ€; first political speech 10/24/16; 1920 letter of appreciation from
Palmyra high school to McLouth as basketball coach; reunion weekend armband; letter from
Albany Law School re transcript; copy of 1917 flag acceptence speech; reunion materials,
1966; guide to Bristol Campus Center [1966?]; silver tennis award pin, “Runner Up 1913â€;
silver tennis award pin, “Runner Up, singles, 1914†with silver medallion on tab with
engraved initials “C Mc Lâ€; silver stick-pin with Japanese character [The character is
"fuku" (or can also be pronounced "saiwai"), which
means "luck, happiness, fortune" in Japanese. If I understand it
right, I believe it's more or less the same in Chinese. T. Collett]; copy of
“Hambletonian Record†published by Independent Republican, Goshen, Orange County, NY,
August 7-9, 1956, re. horse race. Came in folder labelled “College
Papers.â€
Restrictions
negative photograph, aerial view of Hamilton College, by Dante
Tranquille (2008.03)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 negative
Description
negative of a photograph by Dante Tranquille of Utica, showing an aerial view
of Hamilton College. Includes Dunham, so must be after 1958.
Restrictions
Photographs: postcards with aerial view of campus (2008.04)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
6 postcards
Description
6 postcards showing an aerial view of Hamilton College, circa 1930 (view
includes Science Building, built in 1925).
Restrictions
Augustus Beach correspondence (anti-slavery) (2008.05)
Biographical Information
Augustus Beach: born April 28, 1793; died April 21, 1878. Married
Tempa Fowler Post May 16, 1820. Minister of Baptist Church in Pittsfield, MA; active in
temperance and anti-slavery movements. “Rev. AUGUSTUS BEACH, a son of MOSES T., born in
Massachusetts in 1793, was a graduate of Williams College, an intimate friend and
co-worker with GEORGE BRIGGS, WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON, GERRIT SMITH, and others, in the
anti-slavery movement and the temperance cause. He died in this town, April 21, 1878,
aged eighty-five years.†Quoted from "History of Cattaraugus County,
NY", pub 1879, Franklin Ellis. Page 296 Chapter on the History of East Otto,
found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/NYCATTAR/2001-07/0994370655
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 folder
Description
15 letters from 1830s through 1860s relating to Augustus Beach, friend of
Gerrit Smith. Beach suggested that if you vote, you support the Constitution and hence
slavery.
Restrictions
Charles Lafayette Todd ‘33 correspondence with Edmund
Wilson (2008.06)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.) and photographs
Extent
1 folder
Description
clippings, correspondence, and photographs that were with Lafe Todd’s copy of
Edmund Wilson’s book Upstate (to be cataloged for Rare Book Room). Letter from Edmund
Wilson to Todd, 12/21/1970, re. his book; photo of house depicted in frontispiece of
book, with Lafe Todd standing by it; photo of Wilson; offprint of “Upstate with Edmund
Wilson†by Charles L. Todd, reprinted from New York History, January, 1973; clipping of
review of Upstate in Times Literary Supplement, 19 May 1972 (2 pages, passages marked);
review of Upstate from SR, August 28, 1971 (1 page, passages marked, end of article
missing).
Restrictions
Kirkland College Administrative Offices sign (2008.07)
Biographical Information
Contents
sign
Extent
1 object
Description
green sign, “Kirkland College Administrative Offices†-- originally on offices
in North Courtyard? Saved by Sue Ann Miller and Frank Price.
Restrictions
Elihu Root miscellany from Dick Griffiths and John Root (2008.08)
Biographical Information
Contents
realia
Extent
1 small box
Description
Nails--3 6-inch nails “from Homestead cornice 1804†from John Root; 10 Elihu
Root campaign buttons; Elihu Root’s inkwell; copy of letter dated 29-4-07 from Dick
Griffiths about donation of Elihu Root’s inkwell (“from his office desk in 157 [College
Hill Road](Room off of the small front porch. Came into my possession ca. 1977 when the
house was vacated after its sale to H.C.â€). Came with above items but not connected:
copies of photographs from Root collection, Richard Carver Wood negatives, and some from
Edward Root materials at Munson Williams Proctor Institute; video of Helaman Ferguson
‘62
Restrictions
Letter from Elihu Root to Paul R. Hickok, 5/23/1927 (2008.09)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 item
Description
Letter from Elihu Root to the Rev. Paul R. Hickok, dated May 23, 1927,
regarding the idea of moving the Kirkland Cottage to Hamilton College
campus.
Restrictions
Photographs: Great Names: Carter ‘01; Giuliani ‘02; Cosby ‘03; Clinton
‘04 (2008.10)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
Photographs of Great Names speakers from 2001-2004: Jimmy Carter, Rudy
Giuliani, Bill Cosby, and Bill Clinton
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Dr. Arthur D. Hengerer, class of 1935, miscellany (2008.11)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 folder
Description
button from Class of 1935 25th Reunion; invitation and program for dinner
honoring Sidney Wertimer, with cartoon of Wertimer, 1989; clipping from NY Times,
7/1/1977, article “Women’s College Resists the Campus Merger Trendâ€; letter
(fund-raising?) from Richard Couper ‘44 about “The Couper Family and Hamiltonâ€;
invitation to farewell dinner honoring Barbara and Martin Carovano, 1988; article “The
Carovano Years†from Hamilton Alumni Review vol. LII, no. 2, pp. 10-13; photo of reunion
class on Bristol Terrace (maybe 50th reunion in 1985?); publications by Lee Hastings
Bristol, Jr.: More Power to You (1975) and Renewal from Within (booklet, undated but c.
1977).
Restrictions
Poster for exhibit of photographs by Robert Lipgar, class of
1949 (2008.12)
Biographical Information
Contents
Prints, Paintings, Drawings
Extent
1 tube
Description
poster, rolled in tube, for exhibit by Robert Lipgar. From top of poster:
“Israel the enduring valuesâ€; line of Hebrew; enlargement of Israeli landscape takes up
most of the poster; below: “An exhibition of photographs by Robert M. Lipgar; sponsored
by the Chicago Chapter of the American Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem;
celebrating the 30th anniversary of the independence of the State of Israel, the 60th
anniversary of the founding of Hebrew University; the First National Plaza, Chicago,
Illinois; May 8-12, 1978†followed by line of Hebrew. In lower right corner: “Printed by
Black Box Collotype, Chicago. Designed by Rick Valicenti.†Signed by Robert Lipgar.
Restrictions
College Scrapbook of Charles Symonds, class of 1931 (2008.13)
Biographical Information
Charles S. Symonds, class of 1931; born in Utica; studied
architecture at MIT; practiced architecture in Miami, FL, for 35 years; chief designer
of Oak Ridge atomic energy project; returned to area in 1966, firm in Auburn; life-long
association with theatre, after being president of the Charlatans; wrote, directed, and
acted in radio dramas; died Oct. 17, 1972, aged 63.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.), photographs, ephemora
Extent
1 box
Description
Scrapbook of Charles Symonds ‘31 contains news clippings (including activities
of Mrs. Harold W. Symonds of the Girl Scout Council), cards, Clinton Tailor receipts,
athletics schedules, tickets for events, clippings of dirigible photos, concert and
theatre programs, letters, Leopold Schepp Foundation Pledge certificate, class
schedules, photographs of campus and students; ship schedules and baggage declarations
for Alice Symonds and Charles Symonds, July, 1929 (evidently sailing on the Empress of
Scotland out of Montreal), programs for shipboard entertainment, luggage labels
indicating destinations in London and Cherbourg and return to Quebec, photographs,
theatre programs, and underground map from London, Royal Air Force display program,
Imperial Airways passenger information; Montreal hotel and restaurant ephemera. In
separate folder: Brochure of work from the offices of Charles Searle Symonds A.I.A. and
Loyd Frank Vann A.I.A, Associated Architects, Miami, Florida; programme from the Tenth
Royal Air Force Display, Hendon, England, 13th July, 1929; Gravure Sections of The
World, New York, and the Herald Tribune, NY, Oct. 21, 1928, featuring the flight of the
Graf Zeppelin from Germany to the United States; menu; theatre programme for
Journey's End; news clippings; Tower of London brochure; drawing tablet and
loose pages, some with drawings; map or floor plan of the Empress of Scotland ship;
print of alpine village [?] (on back: Serie 325 No.1; Blatten.Lotschental)
Restrictions
Musical revue program, Army Students at Hamilton College, 1943 (WWII
military units) (2008.14)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 item
Description
Program for musical revue presented by the Army Students at Hamilton College:
“You Can’t Beat Itâ€: An Original Musical Revue, October 30th, 1943. Produced and staged
by Pfc. Howie Horwitz; Cpl. John Seale, musical director; Pfc. Jack Shor, chief
scenarist; Pfc. Ivar Jensen, business manager; Cpl. Hugh Harter, stage manager; Pfc.
James White, composer.
Restrictions
Panoramic photographs of class of 2007, 2008 (2008.15)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
c. 100 photographs
Description
Class of 2007 photographs, panoramic, taken on 1st day of orientation; 3 black
and white, ~50 color; Class of 2008 photographs, panoramic, color, ~50
Restrictions
framed award lists: Alumni Council Bell Ringer Award, Alumni Council
Chairs (2008.16)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 document, framed
Description
list of Alumni Council Bell Ringer Award recipients, 1970-1992, framed. list of
Alumni Council Chairs, 1940-1994, framed.
Restrictions
Caleb Alexander papers (2008.17)
Biographical Information
Caleb Alexander helped secure Hamilton College’s charter and was
asked to be the college’s first president. See Pilkington’s History, pp. 49-58. Caleb
Alexander, D.D. (born 17?? - d. April 1828), a native of Northfield, Massachusetts, and
a graduate of Yale University in 1777, was ordained at New Marlborough, Massachusetts,
in 1781, and dismissed in 1782. He was again settled at Mendon, Massachusetts, and
dismissed in 1803. After an ineffectual attempt to establish a college at Fairfield, New
York, erecting buildings, which now belong to the medical school, he took the charge of
the academy at Onandago Hollow, where he died in April 1828. He published an essay on
the deity of Jesus Christ, with strictures on Emlyn, 1791; a Latin grammar, 1794; an
English grammar, and gram. elements. the "Columbian Dictionary"
(1800), and "Young Ladies and Gentleman's Instructor.†From A New
General Biographical Dictionary, 1857, via Wikipedia.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 folder
Description
miscellaneous papers having to do with Caleb Alexander: clipping from Buffalo
Commercial, 9/18/1897; mss pamphlet, sewn together, sermon on Ephesians by Caleb
Alexander, dated 1786; copy of Alexander’s Grammatical System of the English Language,
published 1810 and loaned to the Buffalo Historical Society in 1923 by Grace Carew
Sheldon; offprint of article “American Classical Scholarship and Caleb Alexander,†by
John F. Latimer, 1949; typescript biography of Alexander from Sprague’s Annals of the
American Pulpit.
Restrictions
Photographs: Family Weekend 2002; Summer Science Poster Session; Choir (2008.18.1)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
Photographs of Family Weekend 2002; Summer Science Poster Session;
miscellaneous Choir photos. Photos of faculty at Family Weekend reception, including
Barbara Tewksbury, Carol Rupprecht, Bob Redfield, Gene Tobin, Maurice Isserman, Ernest
Williams, David Gapp. Poster session from the Summer Science program was on display at
Family Weekend, 11/1/2002
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: Dave Tewksbury 2002-2001--Summer, Posters, Glen
Tour (2008.18.2)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
Photographs by Dave Tewksbury 2002-2001--Summer Science poster presentation
10/01; Levitt Gay Issues youth poll 8/01; Walter Williams 2/02; Trustee meeting 2/02;
Tom Murphy Dinner 6/6/02; Glen Tour, Eugene Putala; Reunions 2002; Jay Newmark
‘98
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: Charzuk: 12/02-1/99 Jazz Band, Riffle Award (2008.18.3)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
Photographs by Charzuk: 12/02-1/99 Jazz Band, Riffle Award
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: Fall 2002: Fallcoming, Friday night jazz, Culture Fest
2002 (2008.18.4)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
Photographs: Fall 2002: Fallcoming, Friday night jazz, Culture Fest
2002
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: 2002 Reunions and Commencement: Slides (2008.18.5)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
Photographs: 2002 Reunions and Commencement: Slides
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: 2002 Commencement (2008.18.6)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
Photographs: 2002 Commencement, mostly slides, also prints and
negatives
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: 2002 Slides and Photos (1 of 2) (2008.18.7)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
Photographs: 2002 Slides and Photos (1 of 2); includes Gene Tobin, Scott and
Siuda, campus, “Hamilton Collects†opening, spring 2002, senior art show 2002. Slides
and prints.
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
Photographs: 2002 Slides and Photos (2 of 2) (2008.18.8)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 binder
Description
Photographs: 2002 Slides and Photos (2 of 2); actually just negatives. Root
Hall, students.
Restrictions
For research and HC use; contact photographer for copyright
permissions.
items from president’s office: time book, gold hard hat, honorary
degrees (2008.19)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.), realia
Extent
3 items
Description
Gold hard hat (same as green hard hats given out to charter class of Kirkland
College, only gold--perhaps from a trustee or president?); The Ideal Time Book and Pay
Roll, Cut Leaf: for college employees from February 1934 to January 1940 (names same as
in college directories of the time); copies of honorary degree from May 20, 2007, for
Richard N. Haass, Sherwood L. Boehlert, F. Eugene Romano, and Johnnetta Betsch
Cole.
Restrictions
Emerson Gallery Awards (2008.20)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
4 documents
Description
3 New England Museum Association Publication Design Awards presented to the
Emerson Gallery, Lise Holst, Project Director, in 1998; 1 Museum Publications Design
Competition second prize, awarded to the Emerson Gallery, 1999
Restrictions
Letter from John Sergeant to TH Hubbard, re. Stockbridge Indians,
9/20/1817 (2008.21)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 letter
Description
Letter from John Sergeant to TH Hubbard, re. Stockbridge Indians,
9/20/1817
Restrictions
photographs from Enos Benedict, class of 1932, panoramic and
group (2008.22)
Biographical Information
Enos Benedict, class of 1932. Apprenticed to father’s law office;
passed NYS bar; aged 26 became youngest Police Justice in NYS history; retired from post
aged 58 in 1968; practiced law in Brockport, NY, until retirement in 1972. See also
necrology in Alumni Review, Volume LXXI [2006], Number 1, p.
66.
Contents
Photographs
Extent
1 folder
Description
2 panoramic photographs, one of the student body in 1928, one of the campus
around the same time. 7 Class and Reunion photos: formal group photo of DKE members,
including classes of 1929-1932; group photo of class of 1932 (?); 2 group photos in
front of DKE house; group photo of class at Reunion 1942; group photo at 50th reunion in
1982 (color); group photo of 6 men at 60th Reunion, 1992 (color)
Restrictions
Kirkland College-Hamilton College merger folder (2008.23)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 folder
Description
folder of reports, letters, clippings on the merger or consolidation between
Hamilton College and Kirkland College
Restrictions
Hamilton Quilt made by Judy Walsh Baumhover '88 (2008.24)
Biographical Information
Contents
textiles
Extent
1 box
Description
Quilt designed and made by Judy Walsh Baumhover '88 and donated by
Petros Kitsos '88. Description by Judy Baumhover: After requesting and
receiving various Hamilton textiles and memories from classmates, the quilt went through
many design transformations before appearing as you see it now. Common denominators
among the memories submitted including friends, snow, wind and, of course, beer. The
t-shirts included in the quilt tell a story all on their own, but I also incorporated
snowflake blocks, and windmill blocks in honor of mother nature and her hold on us
during our time on the Hill. The inclusion of "friendship" star
blocks, beside the obvious, was a little more personal. I spent many a night walking
along Campus Road or lying on the football bleachers staring up at the stars. It was a
great way to take a break from studying. "Home" has always been
elusive to me, due to a life constantly on the move. I have a need and appreciation for
community, and I found such a community at Hamilton College. May this quilt remind you
of the fun and valuable times you experienced at Hamilton, as well as the lasting
relationships whose seeds were planted on this campus many years ago.
Restrictions
Kirkland College Arts Division files from the office of Bruce
Muirhead (2009.01)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
5 boxes, 2 folders
Description
Kirkland College Arts Division files from the office of Bruce Muirhead; to be
described at the folder level. Box 1A and folders 1B, 1C from top file cabinet drawer;
Box 2 from 2nd drawer; Box 3 rest of 2nd drawer and end of 4th drawer; Box 4
continuation of desk drawer, 3rd filing cabinet drawer (evaluations, misc.), 4th drawer
(misc.); Box 5 desk drawer, first part.
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Some confidential personnel materials; some materials covered by
FERPA.
Hamilton College books deaccessioned from Utica Public
Library (2009.02)
Biographical Information
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
6 books
Description
2 copies of Hamilton College Charter and By-Laws (HAM COLL HA 904b) 2 copies of
Inauguration of President Stryker (HAM COLL HK St8) 2 Catalogues--1855-56 and 1858-59
(HAM COLL HH A2)
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Clapp family papers: John Clapp, class of 1818; Cyrus Clapp, class of
1850 (2009.03)
Biographical Information
Alumni represented include John Clapp, class of 1818 (a lawyer and
Postmaster of Norwich, NY), and his son, Cyrus Clapp, class of 1850, Henry Mygatt, class
of 1830, and Daniel Dickinson, class of 1858
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.), books, photographs
Extent
1 box
Description
The John Clapp class of 1818 collection contains correspondence dealing with
legal and personal matters, including letters from Cyrus Clapp 1850 (son) dating from
1839-1871, James Clapp from 1814-1866, Sam L. Raudall from 1836-1877, Lydia Clapp (wife)
from 1857-1881, Cornelia and Edward Greene (niece and nephew) from 1854-1882 and
Ernestine Alberti from 1835-1880 including documentation of legal case. The collection
also contains financial statements, mortgages, receipts, business cards, documentation
of land and court documents. There are also full and portions of books and journals
included within the binders and separately. 4 letters from James Clapp to younger
brother John Clapp at Hamilton College in 1814, and two letters from John to James. lots
of letters to do with legal matters, correspondence with other lawyers (some Hamilton
alumni); bills, receipts, financial matters; [letter explaining Clapp family
connections; school essays; obituary notices and letters; news clipping about Civil War
battle reversal; 1865 letter after visit to Gettysburg--mostly about a package and dead
letter office, but mentions celebration, soldiers; lots of material about a legal case
involving Mrs. Ernestine Alberti (granddaughter of John or James Clapp);] correspondence
of Cyrus Clapp about his trip west to Iowa in 1855; some hand-drawn maps of local
property boundaries, etc. (in Iowa?); bound volumes: 1820s and 1830s ledgers of John
Clapp's expenditures undated ledger with charges to specific people; Greek
orations 1829 (1st edition?)
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Letters to Susie Baker of Clinton from Alvin House, class of 1899, and
others (2009.04)
Biographical Information
Alvin Emerson House, Hamilton College class of 1899. Born 3/5/1871
in Dexter, Michigan; came to Hamilton College from Parish, NY; member of ELS; spent 10
years teaching; became a successful farmer; died in Holcolm, NY, in
1950.
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 folder
Description
an 11-page letter, March 27, 1898, from Alvin E. House, class of 1899, to Susie
Baker of Clinton (at school in Albany); 5 letters, 1894-1897, from Attorney J.L.
Woodworth of Warsaw, NY, to Susie Baker, many concerning “the Doctor†who seems to have
died in 1897.
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Newspaper: Freeman's Journal, Cooperstown, NY, 8/17/1840, re. HC
Commencement (2009.05)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 newspaper
Description
copy of newspaper: Freeman's Journal, Cooperstown, Otsego County, New
York, August 17, 1840. Article about Hamilton College Commencement on page 2, column 3.
Mentions Rev. Henry Mendeville (judge of orations), Rev. Joel Parker, honorary degree
recipient, and James Clapp of Oxford, Henry Storrs of New Hartford, and Harvey Brayton
of Western, new Trustees.
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Kirkland College Committee oral history interviews by Shelley
Cowan (2009.06)
Biographical Information
Contents
Sound Recordings
Extent
1 folder
Description
2 CDs of oral history interviews, conducted by Shelley Cowan, with Nancy
Rabinowitz (3/25/09) and Jay Williams (4/3/09). New oral histories are to supplement the
1977-8 and 1992 interviews (in the Kirkland College Archives, Box 0000.90.27--old
D-5).
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letter from Erastus Crafts, class of 1832, March 11, 1831 (2009.07)
Biographical Information
Erastus Crafts was a member of the class of 1832 but left Hamilton
to graduate from Union College
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 letter
Description
Letter from Erastus Crafts, class of 1832, dated March 11, 1831, to his
parents, Samuel and Lucy Crafts, about the religious revival taking place at Hamilton
College.
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Printing Press remnants--items from room with printing press in basement of
Root Hall (2009.08)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1/2 box
Description
Several items presumably printed on the Root Basement printing press, including
fliers, programs, invitations, and student publications for Hamilton and Kirkland
student activities dated between 1959 to 1979. Highlights include: extensive files on
the Alexander Hamilton Private Press and unbound copies of the press's major
product, The Journal of Samuel Kirkland (1966); the Pentagon Society of 1975's
senior survey project; "Playdoh," a 1971 Spectator humor edition
satirizing the Kirkland lifestyle.
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negative photographs of Hamilton College, by Dante
Tranquille (2009.09)
Biographical Information
Contents
Photographs
Extent
7 photographs
Description
7 photographic negatives of Hamilton College, taken by Dante Tranquille: a
dozen faculty/administrators in academic dress, outside Buttrick; US flag and Hamilton
banner processing between rows of graduates in academic robes; '50 Thomas Dewey
speaking in Chapel, by old pulpit; side view of Truax in heavy snow; interior of Chapel
with speaker and students, showing window at east end (where organ now is); aerial view,
showing Chapel, football field; aerial view of campus, including south side of College
Hill Road, Root Glen; aerial view of campus, including current site of South Campus,
Molly Root House, first few houses on Griffin Road.
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boxes from metal cabinet in basement of Dunham: business
files (2009.10)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
3 large boxes
Description
Summary: Legal files (deeds, mortgages, foreclosures), accounting files
(billing, budgeting), and gift files (of property, monuments, of money), mostly from the
mid-1930s to the mid-50s.
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William Curtis Noyes letters (2009.11)
Biographical Information
William Curtis Noyes, Honorary degree 1856; donated law library to
Hamilton College
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 folder
Description
11 letters of William Curtis Noyes and his wife, Julia F. Noyes, mostly to
Elbridge T. Gerry (probably to Elbridge Thomas Gerry 1837-1927), dated
1858-1888.
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Letter from Richard K. Sanford, class of 1844, dated November,
1840 (2009.12)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 document
Description
Letter from Richard K. Sanford, class of 1844, dated Fulton, November, 1840, to
Timothy Wetmore, Alabama, Genessee Co, NY. Mentions his studies at Hamilton College,
working in a law office, prospect of returning to Hamilton.
Restrictions
William C. Palmer additional materials from the Emerson
Gallery (2009.13)
Biographical Information
Artist-in-Residence, H.C. D.F.A. (Hon.), H.C., 1975 School of Art,
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Director
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.); photographs
Extent
2 boxes plus loose materials
Description
listed in Descriptions
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Campaign for the ‘90’s paperweight depicting Kirkland
Cottage (2009.14)
Biographical Information
Contents
Realia
Extent
1 object
Description
Campaign for the ‘90’s lucite [?] cubical paperweight depicting Kirkland
Cottage
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Kirkland College materials (2009.15)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
4 folders
Description
Four folders related to Kirkland College: Beier Poems containing 3 poems by
Carl Beier (Kirkland College faculty), dated 1968 and 1969, signed by the poet, two
inscribed to Jennifer; Political Acts containing fliers, announcements, related to
political activity including march on Washington to protest Vietnam War, Chicago
Democratic Convention; unlabeled folder containing copies of Kirkland College
constitution, mimeographed publication “Commentary,†Dec. 1968 letter from Babbitt to
community; Radio, Folk Fest containing WHCL programming brochure, schedule for Oct. 29,
1968 (Folk Hour), flier for coffee house, program, schedule for folk festival
3/13-15/1969, words to folk songs.
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Walter Pilkington miscellany (2009.16)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 folder
Description
framed photo of Walter Pilkington with Ezra Pound, 1961; framed pencil sketch
of Burke Library; 2 typescript speeches by Pilkington; 1933 map of Hamilton College;
1960 map of Hamilton College; poster of doors of Hamilton College.
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Case for Elihu Root’s Nobel Peace Prize (2009.17)
Biographical Information
Contents
realia
Extent
1 small box
Description
Case for Elihu Root’s Nobel Peace Prize diploma: 18†x 4†x 4â€. Medallion on
front with side-view face and name Alfred Nobel. The tooled leather of the case has gold
embossing on it, in vine patterns, a flock of birds (doves?), and what look like York
roses; also the words “Nobels Fredspris Elihu Root, AAR: 1912.†[Nobel Peace
Prize]
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Posters of works in Emerson Gallery (2009.18)
Biographical Information
Contents
Prints, Paintings, Drawings
Extent
Description
Restrictions
Scrapbook of Robert K. Heffron ‘24 (2009.19)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.), photographs
Extent
1 scrapbook
Description
Scrapbook of Robert K. Heffron ‘24 (given as ‘23 on cover); contains
photographs, signatures of friends, newspapers and clippings, sports
information
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Burke library floor plans (2009.20)
Biographical Information
Contents
Maps, Plans
Extent
7 rolls
Description
Floor plans for renovations of the first floor of Burke Library dating from the
years 1990, 2006, and 2007.
Restrictions
Root Glen records from Physical Plant (2009.21)
Biographical Information
Contents
Maps, Plans, textual records, photographs
Extent
1 box?
Description
Root Glen records from Physical Plant, including charts and layouts of
plantings; written recommendations from 1992, lists, some dated 1977, memos; slides,
earliest dated 1963, photos, and negatives.
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Letter from George Underwood (HC 1838) to Edward North (HC 1841) dated 29
Dec. 1840 (2009.22)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 letter
Description
Letter from George Underwood (HC class of 1838) to Edward North (HC class of
1841) dated Skaneateles, 29 Dec. 1840, 3 pages (address on 4th side). Underwood asks
“the condition of affairs at Hamiltonâ€; mentions various alumni; asks about the vacancy
of the Law Professorship; asks about the condition of Alpha Delta Phi; gives advice to
North. Intact red wax seal with impression of star and crescent moon, Greek letters
Alpha Delta Phi on moon.
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Landon Rockwell faculty papers (2009.23)
Biographical Information
Contents
Textual records (letters, mss, etc.)
Extent
1 box
Description
Notes for classes by professor of political science Landon Rockwell: abstracts
of Supreme Court cases, ca. 1950-1979.
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1910 Scrapbook--on loan only (2009.24)
Biographical Information
Contents
Extent
Description
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German-English Dictionary belonging to A.P. Saunders (2009.25)
Biographical Information
Arthur Percy Saunders joined Hamilton College's faculty
in 1900, after growing up in Canada and doing chemistry research in Germany in the mid
1890s; his father, William, was responsible for developing an important variety of wheat
for Canadian agriculture.
Contents
Books, Publications
Extent
1 small book
Description
small English -German dictionary published in 1893 by Nutts, signed inside
A.P.Saunders Ottawa, Canada
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