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Hale, Benjamin, 1797-1863

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1797 - 1863

Biographical Note

President of Geneva College and Hobart College, 1836-1858.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

David Bates Douglass papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-009
Abstract

This collection consists of the professional papers of David Bates Douglass. These papers encompass many of Douglass's professional activities, including professions as a soldier, engineer, professor, college president, and architect of cemeteries.

Dates: 1809-1912, 1999-2001
Found in: Hobart and William Smith Colleges Archives and Special Collections / David Bates Douglass papers

Geneva Medical College collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-74
Abstract

This collection contains documents relating to the genesis and the early years of the Geneva Medical College and how it became a part of Hobart College (then called Geneva College). Materials include circulars and annual catalogues listing students and faculty of the Geneva Medical College along with documents that describe the hardships of the medical college, notably the difficult relationship between the Board of Trustees and the Medical Faculty.

Dates: 1827-1996; Majority of material found in 1834-1845
Found in: Hobart and William Smith Colleges Archives and Special Collections / Geneva Medical College collection

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

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Subject
Manuscripts 2
Account books 1
Business records 1
Canals 1
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
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College presidents 1
Cornerstone laying 1
Court records 1
Deeds 1
Diaries 1
Geneva (N.Y.) -- History 1
Inheritance and succession 1
Lectures and lecturing 1
Maps 1
Medicine--United States--history 1
Newbury (Mass.) 1
Newburyport (Mass.) 1
Pamphlets 1
Scrapbooks 1
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  • Hobart and William Smith Colleges Archives and Special Collections

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