Centre College presidents personal papers, 1788-1857.

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Centre College presidents personal papers, 1788-1857.

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These are personal papers of several presidents of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. Most are from Jeremiah Chamberlain, and John C. Young and his family. Family records, personal correspondence, and miscellany, such as presidential addresses, are included.

1 cubic ft.

Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, Kentucky Guide Project Office

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Young family

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Young, John Clarke, 1803-1857

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Presbyterian minister and educator. Young served as the president of Centre College, Danville, Ky., from 1832 until his death in 1857. From the description of Papers, 1832-1857 (Centre College). WorldCat record id: 463014797 ...

Centre College (Danville, Ky.)

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The literary societies at Centre College began with the formation in 1828 of the Chamberlain Philosophical and Literary Society, named in honor of the College's first President, Rev. Jeremiah Chamberlain. The Society apparently died out around 1927, but then was revived around 1939 for only two years.The Deinologian Literary Society was founded in 1835 by students who were dismayed with the Chamberlain Society, and continued in existence until about 1940. The Athenaean Literary Society was an of...

Chamberlain, Jeremiah, 1794-1851

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