Marietta College

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The papers of a member of the English faculty of West Virginia University, 1902-1946, including: his notes and essays written while a student at Marietta College; lecture notes, outlines, and bibliographies used in his English courses; addresses given at various clubs and civic organizations; religious talks; departmental reports; and notes and papers regarding his estate. There is a detailed index to the papers prepared by Professor Johnson.

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Marietta College (Marietta, Ohio) commencement newspaper supplement of four pages featuring complete transcriptions of speeches delivered at events, program, an alumni poem, and a listing of curriculum, faculty, and facilities. This collection also includes an undated manuscript of a song text titled "Let Us Be Happy Tonight" initialed "A.B."

Overview Includes four typescript family genealogies: Stone Family genealogy, 1590-1931, Thomas Spencer Family genealogy, 1721-1918, Tracewell Family genealogy, 1536-1925, and the Farnsworth Family genealogy, 1677-1960. Includes photocopies of three 1887 manuscript letters from L. Morrison to S.S. Stone, one of which is written on an 1887 advertisement for land in Pocahontas County; a 22' x 37' chart tracing 12 generations of Samuel Spencer Stone's ancestors, and photocopies of newspaper obituaries...