Samuel Chapman Armstrong collection, 1826-1947.

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Samuel Chapman Armstrong collection, 1826-1947.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/300029466

The collection contains photographs, account books and receipts, legal papers, letters, recipes, programs and literature relating to Armstrong, his wives Emma Walker Armstrong and Mary Alice Ford Armstrong, their children and extended Walker, Williams, Davis and Adam families. The collection provides an opportunity for scholars to examine the life of a leading figure in 19th-century educational philosophy within the context and influence of the community in which he was reared. Contains information on the business life of George Walker, a dry goods merchant, and Daniel Williams, a banker; also insights into Richard Armstrong's early Hawaiian missionary activities.

24.5 linear ft. (16 boxes)

Williams College, Sawyer Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7281769

Williams College, Sawyer Library

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Hampton University (Va.)

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Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virgina, also know as the Normal School, chartered in 1870. From the description of Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute ephemera, 1882-1903 and undated. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 639344721 The Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute was chartered in 1870 in Hampton, Virginia. From the guide to the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute ephemera, 1882-1903 and undated, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book ...

Armstrong family

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Adams family

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Walker family

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Armstrong, Richard, 1805-1860

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American missionary and official of the Kingdom of Hawaii. From the description of Richard Armstrong papers, 1831-1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123488496 ...

Lenox Debating Society (Lenox, Mass.)

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Armstrong, Mary Alice Ford.

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Davis, David, 1815-1886

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Illinois state legislator and jurist, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and U.S. senator from Illinois. From the description of Papers of David Davis, 1861-1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070696 Bloomington, Illinois lawyer; member of Illinois House of Representatives (1844-1846); judge 8th judicial circuit (1848-1862); U.S. Supreme Court justice (1862-1877); U.S. Senator (1877-1883). From the description of Receipt for judgment costs, February ...

Armstrong, S. C. (Samuel Chapman), 1839-1893

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Davis family

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Armstrong, Emma Dean Walter, -1878

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Walker, George, d. 1860.

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Architect and civil engineer George Edward Walker (1826-1863) of Charleston, S.C.; Walker worked on projects around various areas of South Carolina, including the Columbia Gas Light Company in 1861. From the description of George Edward Walker papers, 1846-1861. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 52971952 ...