Dated 1906, this postcard shows the home of President Joseph Mauck of Hillsdale College. The home was known as Sunnycrest. The building is still standing, currently the home of the fraternity, Alpha Tau Omega. The postcard is postmarked...
Camp 6th Ind Val Cavly
Nashville Tennessee
February 24th 1865
Thomas D. Kimball. Sr
Middleburg Ind
Dear Sir.
I made the acquaintance of your son Lieut T D. Kimball Jr in Prison at Charleston, S.C. He gave me your address and requested me to write...
This is a very early postcard. It shows Knowlton Hall. It was postmarked "Hillsdale, Mich Dec 28 11 AM 1904" It is also postmarked "Traverse City Dec 29 11:30 AM Mich." It is address to "Mr. Wrnest Moore, Traverse City, Michigan, Care of...
Central Hall; administration buildings; East Hall;
A photographic postcard of Central Hal with East Hall on the rightl. Note the two men at the base of the stairs and the group seated under the trees. The card is postmarked "Hillsdale, Mich. Jan 24 4:30 pm 1913" It was mailed to "Mr. Wendell Hill,...
This letter is from L.A. Campbell announcing to the Amphictyon Literary Society, the death of his brother, one of its members. Edwin D. Campbell has enlisted in Co I. 42nd Illinois Infantry on 14 August 1861 and died on 1 November 1863 of disease....
This handwritten diary covers the years of 1863-1864. There is much written about the Civil War as Lauretta had two brothers serving in the Union Army and was interested in Asher LeFleur, another local soldier. Asher was seriousily wounded at the...
This letter expresses the grief felt by Cousin Add over the death of her soldier boy, Jake. The letter is roughly dated as May 24th, 1864 as there is a reference to this death in Lauretta Hadley's diary on May 26, 1864.
Simon Hadley writes to his sister, Etta, of the joy of receiving a letter after not hearing from home in six weeks, during which time he has been in battle five times. He describes being on a march and coming under fire from an ambush.
The Amphictyon Society was a male literary society founded in 1857 at Hillsdale College. This is the first issue of a literary journal published by the society. Contributions were anonymous.
This is the first catalogue produced by Hillsdale College after its removal from Spring Arbor, Michigan and its renaming from Michigan Central College. As well as information about the College and classes, it contains the names of all students...
This is the first issue of a periodical published by the Ladies' Literary Society, Hillsdale College. Founded in 1859, the Ladies' Literary Society had a motto "Beauty of Mind Endures Forever" The literary societies at Hillsdale College served...
The catalog from 1861 is unusual as a number of the students who were expected to enroll and who are listed in the catalog, did not, in fact, attend. Their names are marked with a cross. This indicates they had joined the Army and were...
On July 4th, 1853, Edmund Fairfield, president of Michigan Central College, gave two speeches. The first was at the country fairgrounds and was entitled True National Greatness. The second remarks were at the laying of the cornerstone for...
Battlefields; Military officers; Military life; Military service; Prisoner exchanges; Prisoners; Prisoners of war; War;
Captain Thomas DeKay Kimball, Jr. enlisted as a private in 1862 in Company I, 88th Indiana Infantry. He took part in the battles of Perrysville and Stone River. He was captured at the Battle of Chickamauga. He was imprisoned at Libby Prison,...
