This coin, minted in Denver, honors Benjamin Franklin by featuring him on this half dollar. Mint Director Nellie Taylor Ross had thought about a coin honoring him ever since 1933 when she had seen a U. S. Mint medal prepared in his honor by John R....
Bust of George Washington Facing Right with American Revolution Bicentennial Symbol Below
This medal was created in 1972 to commemorate the American Revolution.
The obverse shows a bust of George Washington, which was based on the Houdon Bust by Jean Antoine Houdon, a French sculptor. Governor Harrison of Virginia asked Houdon to come...
baseball; baseball fields; East Hall; Central Hall; Worthing Hall; athletes; students
This postcard show a baseball game being played on Martin Field on the north side of Central Hall. The baseball field was named in honor of Professor Duncan M. Martin in 1897. Although Marting was a professor of mathematics, he did much to...
The postcard shows the Hillsdale team; the Albion coach and team; and the Albion fans at the half-time of the Hillsdale Albion game. Hillsdale and Albion played two games, each team winning one of the games in 1914.
Euguene Garrett was a student at Hillsdale College in 1935 and 1935. He had an apparent interest in theater as there are several Hillsdale Collegian articles which mention the roles he played in theater productions.
Hubert Smith writes this letter in response to a letter of Asher LeFleur. After the amputation of his leg, it is a real concern as to how Asher will be able to earn a living. Smith suggests that farming would be too hard and perhaps Asher should...
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.
On the verso, "Before the championship, Parker - center; Patterson - right guard; Manus - left guard; Bricker - left tackle; Falconer - right tackle; Hazen - left end; Monro - right end; Lyon - quarterback; Rapp - right half back; Green - right...
The baseball game may have played around 1900. The name on the verso is B.S. Alward who was in the class of 1901. Notice the rear views of East Hall, Central Hall and Griffin Hall, later known as Worthing Hall.
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,...
