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College life

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Alexander Hamilton, Jr. Letters

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01680
Scope and Contents Four letters from Hamilton to his father, James A. Hamilton and his sister, Eliza. They are dated 10 July 1832; July 11, 1832; 9 September 1833; and 22 October 1833. Hamilton wrote the letters while a Cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point. In a letter to his father, dated July 10, 1832, he discusses possibly sexual relationships between male Cadets as "petting" and plans to steer clear of this practice. He also mentions "pets in the Corps" who are "held in...
Dates: July 1832-October 1833

Marjorie Carlisle Letter

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01490
Scope and Contents

Letter to Louise Withelm asking her to please write back even if she is busy at college and detailing Marjorie's mental breakdown while at school and her sicknesses upon returning home.

Dates: 1917 January 6

Julia Lillard Roberts papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5.343
Content Description

Collection conatins student id cards, ticket stubs, dormitory flip card, correspondence, programs, t-shirt likely from the freshman/sophomore years (1971-1973) of William & Mary student Julia Lillard Roberts.

Dates: 1971-1975

Upsilon Delta Beta Memory Book and Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: UA 7.094
Content Description Folder one holds a program for the Fisk Jubilee Singers at McIntire Amphitheatre, a program for the Wofford College Glee Club 1926-27 season, and thirty-one 2 x 3 1/4 inch photos that were removed from an album. Four of these photos have identifying text written on them. Folder two holds items taken from where they were sandwiched between the July 19 and August 19 pages of the Upsilon Delta Beta Memory Book. Five issues of the Flat Hat from 1922 and 1923, as well a a couple...
Dates: 1922 - 1923; 1926

Virginia Clark and Tillie Clark papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00349
Content Description

The Virginia Clark and Tillie Clark papers contains papers and notebooks belonging to Martha Washington College students Virginia Clark and Tillie Clark. Papers include classroom notes, booklets from the Locker Easy Writing Method System, poems and short stories.

A note on names, Clark is occasionally spelled with an “e” for both students. Tillie is sometimes spelled with a "y" instead of an "ie."

Dates: Circa 1920-1941

William & Mary letter holder

 Collection
Identifier: UA 416
Content Description

Contains one vintage wooden napkin holder. The napkin portrays a painted image of a Native American and the name of the college on its front side. On its back, the napkin holder lists the founding dates of Jamestown, Virginia; Yorktown, Virginia; and the Virginia colony.

Dates: Circa 1940