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...
This postcard shows the huge crowd which attended the Will Carleton Homecoming in 1921. "The Old Singing School" truck is one of the floats from the parade.
This photograph shows a forgotten tradition of Hillsdale College. Student used to parade around the town in what was known as the Nightshirt Parade. This shows the parade of 1911.
A Collegian article dated 31 May 1911, indicated a dress parade of students in "evening dress" roaming around campus and visiting various spots in the city, including the Courthouse. The evening dress being, in this case, bedclothes!
