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 rare AE 22 coin was minted in the city of Etenna in Pisidia during the reign of Marcus Aurelius. The obverse shows a laureate bust, and the reverse shows a female figure standing with a long staff. Many of the coins minted at Etenna included...
This silver Denga coin is an example of Russian wire money, in which a length of wire was cut and the image pressed upon it with two dies. Coins produced in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries AD were produced without first flattening the wire,...
This rare silver denga is an example of Russian wire money, in which a length of wire was cut and the image pressed upon it with two dies. Coins produced in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries AD were produced without first flattening the wire,...
This silver Kopech is an example of Russian wire money, in which a length of wire was cut and the image pressed upon it with two dies. Coins produced in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries AD were produced without first flattening the wire, so...
In 1864, an umarried man of 29, N. W. Bassett ( Nehemiah W. Bassett) left Hudson and went south to work for the U.S. Army. He reports on camp life in Chattanooga, Tennessee. His connection to Hillsdale College is unknown and how this journal...
The letter seemed to the second part of a letter Hubert Smith sent to Asher LeFluer as there is no salutation. In it, Hubert gives the local news and discusses the upcoming draft. The letter must come from 1864 as it addressed to Asher in the...
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 served throughout the Civil War as a 1st Lt in the Michigan 4th Cavalry and the Michigan 2nd Cavalry. In this letter to his sister, Simon Hadley mentions the dangers of crossing a river on horseback.
In this letter to his sister, Etta, Cornelius Hadley writes of being on march for the past three months, so much so they have not had time to laundry, let alone write. As there was space left on the letter, Cousin Lind also wrote to Etta. Lind is...
In this letter from 1864, Simon Hadley writes to his sister of the difficulties in leaving family and home, but being grateful for the food brought from home.
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...
After the Fire of 1874, the College needed to replace two-thirds of the Central Building. It was decided, rather than replicate the original design, it would be more prudent to build five separate buildings. This appeal was widely sent to alumni...
Julia Moore, the Lady Principal of Hillsdale College l is writing to Thomas Kimball with information about other former students and affairs on campus.
