Diary [microform], 1862-1925.

Oberlin College

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6204wg0 (corporateBody)

Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio. Founded in 1833, it is the oldest coeducational liberal arts college in the United States and the second-oldest continuously operating coeducational institute of higher learning in the world. The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. In 1835, Oberlin became one of the first colleges in the United States to admit African Americans, and in 18...

Hillsdale College

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p59s0p (corporateBody)

Centennial Exhibition 1876 Philadelphia, Pa.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6100x43 (corporateBody)

The Centennial Exhibition of 1876 marked the 100th anniversary of American freedom. The celebration took place in Philadelphia from May 10 to November 10 and attracted over eight million visitors. The exhibition spread across 450 acres of ground in Fairmont Park and consisted of over 200 buildings. Planning for the event began in 1870, and in 1871, Congress established the United States Centennial Commission to plan and run the exhibition. The following year saw the incorporation of the Centenni...

Hopkins, Archibald Wilson, 1845-1926

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q81r9m (person)

Farmer, livestock breeder, businessman, politician and philanthropist from Granville, Ill. After studying at Oberlin College and Hillsdale College, Hopkins joined his father, Joel Willis Hopkins (1814-1902), in managing the family's extensive interests in farming, livestock, land speculation and banking. He travelled widely for business and pleasure, and wrote in detail about what he had seen and done in his diary. He served in the Illinois House of Representatives (1891...