Album of photographs, ca. 1855-1878.

ArchivalResource

Album of photographs, ca. 1855-1878.

Album of photographs collected or taken by Hodges that illustrate his life story. Includes: photographs (3) of members of Hodges' Roxbury Latin School class of 1861, including "first scholar" Frank Eustace Anderson and headmaster Augustus H. Buck, 1855-1861; photographs (3) of corporals Leonard S. King and Loring A. Chase, Co. G, 44th Massachusetts Vounteer Regiment and a photograph of a sketch of Fort Macon, Beaufort Harbor, N.C., 1862-1863; photographs (50) of Harvard College, 1860-1865, dormitory buildings, classroom buildings, President's House, greenhouse, "The Delta," Agassiz Museum, Harvard administrators, faculty, and staff ("the Goodies"), members of the Harvard class of 1864, members of the Harvard Class of 1865 (O.K. Society, including James Swift Rogers in female drag); photographs (45) from the Royal Mining Academy, Freiburg, Saxony, 1865-1868, including students (including some autographs); photographs (39) of Cambridge, Eng., Edinburgh, Scotland, and Holyrood; photographs (22) of the Aurora Smelting & Refining Works, Aurora, Ill., ca. 1875; and miscellaneous photographs (9), some laid in, including one of a tornado.

1 v. : photographs ; 29 cm.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7992796

Related Entities

There are 6 Entities related to this resource.

Harvard University

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64n9x97 (person)

Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Hodges, Almon D. (Almon Danforth), 1843-1910

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cc3pdt (person)

Königliche Bergakademie (Freiberg, Germany)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mh67cp (corporateBody)

Aurora Smelting and Refining Company (Aurora, Ill.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sr7j8d (corporateBody)

United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 44th (1862-1863)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66m704b (corporateBody)

Roxbury Latin School (Mass.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67t1pkj (corporateBody)

The Roxbury Latin School, a boys' school for grades 7-12, was founded by Rev. John Eliot. From the description of Record book : manuscript, 1645-1780. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612865426 ...