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...

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This collection contains handwritten sermons created by Rev. Dr. John Churchill Rudd, Episcopal priest and Geneva College trustee from 1828-1848. There are 41 sermons in all, and most are between 10 and 15 pages in length.

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The materials in this collection consist of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and other materials related to John E. Kitagawa’s anti-war activity while a student at Hobart College.

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The Collection on John Lydenberg includes documents from 1931 to 2000 that pertain to John Lydenberg, Professor of English and American Studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges from 1946-1980. These documents are organized into four boxes, which include lecture notes, supplementary teaching materials, publications, and biographical information.

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This collection contains the college records of John McDonald (Hobart Class of 1860), including programs, a scrapbook, and his diploma.

Scope and Contents These materials are related to research on John Ruskin, in support of the Ruskin volumes in our Special Closed Collection (S.C.C.). They cover such topics as his writings, travels, and exhibitions pertaining to his work.Also included are the Derrick Leon Papers. These consist of several folders of correspondence, primarily between Derrick Leon and Greville McDonald regarding letters of Ruskin's. Derrick Leon wrote "Ruskin: The Great Victorian", published...

Abstract The Joseph J. Myler collection contains over 1600 dime novels once belonging to Joseph J. Myler, Hobart College class of 1919 and member of the Board of Trustees, 1939-1959. The novels are almost exclusively those published by Beadle and Adams of New York and Street & Smith of New York, the two largest publishers of dime novels. The majority of the novels were published between 1877 and 1918, however there are a few that were published as early as 1860 and as late as 1936. The collection...

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The papers and material in the Kathryn Dapp Cook Papers collection date from 1957 to 1998. There are a series of books, many about James Joyce's works, as well as some by other authors. Correspondence from former students as well as colleagues is also included.

Scope and Contents The Leo Srole Papers contain notes, lectures, drafts, and correspondence related to all aspects of LS's career with the exception of his Judaica studies which are housed at YIVA in New York City. These papers were presented to Hobart and William Smith Colleges' Archives in three sets. The first includes notes and correspondence regarding the Ameriton, Ligonier, Geel Project, Midtown Manhattan, and Anomia studies, as well as journal publications and books, from 1933 to 1993. The actual...

Scope and Contents This Record Group contains the records of the library at Geneva College, Hobart College, and Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Materials include accession registers, account books, catalogues, library guides and rules, Library Associates records, correspondence, annual reports, gift and donation materials, and other various records related to the library from 1823 to the present.The largest part of this collection (boxes 5-9) contains building and construction records. ...

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,...

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Papers and items belonging to or regarding Marianna MacKay Wilkins, WS '28. Includes 83 items in 14 folders, all contained in one box. Materials in this collection date from 1924 to 1987.

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This collection contains college records of Michael Opell, Hobart College Class of 1959.

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This collection is primarily comprised of correspondence between members of the Mumford family and their relatives through several generations. The earliest letter dates to 1787 with the most recent from 1911. These letters are personal and are largely on everyday topics and life events. There is also correspondence from professional organizations. A smaller portion of the collection consists of documents and other printed materials.

Scope and Contents The collection contains Murray Bartlett's diary from his time in France in 1918 as a chaplain in the 18th Infantry of the U.S. Army. Also included is a handwritten transcript of the diary done in 1973 by Jeff Brozyna, Hobart College class of 1974, at the request of President Bartlett's daughter Blanchard Bartlett Walker.As of March 2018, this collection also contains several military medals that Murray Bartlett was awarded as well as a certificate and official...

Scope and Contents RG 10 contains the records of the Office of Religious Life, which encompasses the Chaplain's Office and the Abbe Center for Jewish Life. The majority of these materials were given to the Archives by the Chaplain's Office sometime around 1994. These are the Chaplain's Office records, RG 10.04. The files include records on visiting professors and fellows, the Association of Episcopal Colleges, the Voorhees Exchange program, chapel bulletins and newsletters, the Canterbury Association, the...

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This collection contains the notebooks of Paul Mitchell Dove, Hobart College class of 1915. Most of the notebooks deal with either chemistry or physics, although one contains notes on philosophy and religion. The notes are all written in Dove's own hand with occasional remarks added by a professor.

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This collection includes the "H" Book of Hobart College, Inter-fraternity Council's Rushing Handbook, Commemcement program for 1969, Hobart letter certificates, Kappa Sigma fraternity certificate, issue of "Gleek," football scrapbooks and photographs, football game programs, newspaper articles, an issue of the Hobart and William Smith Quarterly, and greeting cards.

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Documents of the Phi Beta Kappa, Zeta of New York chapter from 1871 through 1988. It includes chapter business and correspondence as well as miscellaneous items. Of note is a file on the honorary membership given to Franklin Delano Roosevelt when he was Govenor of New York, spoke at commencement and was given an honorary degree.

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Pro Patria was printed for remembrance of those Hobart and William Smith students who died in World War II. This collection has documentation of the process of the making of the Pro Patria publication and includes receipts, correspondences, associated texts, and edited copies of the publication.

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Contains mostly correspondence and memorandums related to faculty and staff, committees, curriculum, and students. Also includes some reports, study summaries, published materials, newspaper articles, and curriculum vitae of faculty and staff.

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This is a small collection comprised of four notebooks once belonging to Professor of Chemistry Dr. Ralph H. Bullard. The notebooks contain handwritten notes on chemistry. Most of the books are undated.