Papers, 1848-1984.

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Papers, 1848-1984.

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Personal correspondence of members of the Grout family, primarily that of Professor Julia R. Grout (many written while she was a professor at Trinity College, Durham, N.C.); certificate issued in 1863 to Hiram L. Grout stating that he is not liable for military duty during the term of draft then in force; receipt for payment for exemption from the draft; 1874 letter from Levi A. Doane to his father-in-law, Lory Grout, about the trials and rewards of farmers in southern Kansas; theme by Laura Maria Miller, later Mrs. Edgar Homer Grout, written while she was a student at Mt. Holyoke Seminary, her report about her experiences as the principal at Pleasant Hill Academy in McIntosh, Ga., and three articles about her work as assistant principal at Pleasant Hill Academy, Pleasant Hill, Tenn.; genealogical chart of the Grout and related families. Typescript of Edgar Homer Grout's "Boyhood Days in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, in the 1870's" (1948); pictures of various members of the Grout family; "Personal Recollections of Our Family Life in the Early 1900's" (August 1981) and "Thirty-three Years with the Altrusa Club of Durham, North Carolina," by Julia R. Grout; edited excerpts from the diary of Laura Miller Grout; obituaries of Julia Grout and a copy of the program for her memorial service held in the Duke University Chapel on 1984, April 23; poem by Edgar H. Grout entitled, "Eulogy: To a Cataract"; citations for awards given to Julia Grout in 1957 by the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation; and Julia Grout's baby book and other personal items of Professor Grout's.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Doane, Levi A.

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Grout, Julia R.

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Grout, Hiram L.

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Miller, Hannah Snow.

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Grout, Edgar Homer.

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Pleasant Hill Academy, Pleasant Hill, Tenn.

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Trinity College (Durham, N.C.)

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The Trinity College (Randolph County) Reference collection materials were compiled from a variety of sources by University Archives staff for reference and research. From the description of Trinity College (Durham, N.C.) Reference Collection, 1889-1992. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 166325766 The Columbia Literary Society was first organized in 1846 at Union Institute. The Society grew with the school, witnessing the founding of Trinity College ...

Grout family.

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Miller, Laura Maria.

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Mount Holyoke Female Seminary

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Mount Holyoke Female Seminary was chartered in 1836; it was reincorporated as Mount Holyoke Seminary and College in 1888 and as Mount Holyoke College in 1893. From the description of Catalogue, 1862. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007161 ...