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Geneva College (N.Y.)

 Organization

Historical Note

Former name: Geneva Academy (N.Y.); later name: Hobart Free College, Hobart College, Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Alumni and alumnae information files, 1826-1930

 Collection
Identifier: Archives RG-04-02-11
Scope and Contents

This collection contains informational student files created by the Hobart and William Smith Colleges Alumni and Alumnae Relations office. The files in this collection cover Geneva College, Hobart College, and William Smith College students who graduated between 1826 and 1930. Materials include newspaper clippings, articles, correspondence, information sheets, photographs, and some publications.

There are also a couple files on faculty and staff.

Dates: 1826-1930
Found in: Hobart and William Smith Colleges Archives and Special Collections / Alumni and alumnae information files, 1826-1930

Geneva Academy collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-042
Abstract

This artificial collection contains documents related to Geneva Academy, Fairfield Academy, and the founding of Geneva College.

Dates: 1807-1885; Majority of material found in 1807-1825
Found in: Hobart and William Smith Colleges Archives and Special Collections / Geneva Academy collection

George Maxwell Blackstock Hawley papers, 1870-1940

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SC-13
Abstract This collections contains the papers of George Maxwell Blackstock Hawley (1870-1941). Hawley entered Hobart College with the class of 1892, but did not graduate with that class. He received his L.L.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1895 and returned to Geneva, NY, where he practiced law. The collection contains notes, correspondence, articles, and other writings by Hawley and others, as well as a large collection of newspaper clippings. Subjects include the history of Geneva, New York,...
Dates: 1807-1940
Found in: Hobart and William Smith Colleges Archives and Special Collections / George Maxwell Blackstock Hawley papers, 1870-1940

James R. Doolittle papers, 1832-1962

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SC-44
Scope and Contents This collection contains personal letters between James R. Doolittle and friends he met during his time at Geneva College (1830-1834), as well as letters to and from family members. In addition, there are a few papers and speeches written while at college and during his career, though not while he served as a U.S. Senator. These materials total 42 items, ranging in date from 1833-1893.Also included in the collection are two medals, one from the Columbia University...
Dates: 1832-1962; Majority of material found within 1832-1893
Found in: Hobart and William Smith Colleges Archives and Special Collections / James R. Doolittle papers, 1832-1962

Little, Hale, and Douglass families papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-010
Scope and Contents This collection includes the papers of David Bates Douglass, Malcolm Douglass, Sarah Hale Douglass, the Josiah Little family, the Heywood family, the Hale family, and Benjamin Hale. Correspondence comprises the major portion of the collection. There are also journals, scrapbooks, sketchbooks and one music book. The earliest date, 1788, is found in the Little family portion of the collection while the latest date, 1911, occurs in the scrapbook in the last box and refers to Andrew Douglass,...
Dates: 1788-1911
Found in: Hobart and William Smith Colleges Archives and Special Collections / Little, Hale, and Douglass families papers

Thomas D. Burall papers

 Collection
Identifier: SM-005
Dates: circa 1865-1872
Found in: Hobart and William Smith Colleges Archives and Special Collections / Thomas D. Burall papers

Additional filters:

Subject
Correspondence 5
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 2
Account books 1
Biographical sources 1
Business records 1
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City churches -- Geneva (N.Y.) 1
College students' writings, American -- New York -- Geneva 1
Community banks -- Geneva (N.Y.) 1
Court records 1
Deeds 1
Diaries 1
Eulogies 1
Finger Lakes (N.Y.) -- History 1
Geneva (N.Y.) -- History 1
Inheritance and succession 1
Manuscripts 1
Newbury (Mass.) 1
Newburyport (Mass.) 1
Scrapbooks 1
Speeches, addresses, etc. 1
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