Queen's College and Rutgers College Presidents' Collection, 1774-1983; 1785-1932 (bulk).

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Queen's College and Rutgers College Presidents' Collection, 1774-1983; 1785-1932 (bulk).

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The Queen's and Rutgers College Presidents' collection contains approximately 5 boxes, or 2.1 feet of material, spanning 1774 through 1983. The bulk of the material dates from between 1785 and 1932. The records are arranged into nine different series to reflect each of the nine Presidential administrations they document. The Presidential administrations included in this collection are: Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh, William A. Linn, Ira N. Condict, John H. Livingston, Philip Milledoler, Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck, Theodore Frelinghuysen, William H. Campbell, and Merrill E. Gates. Within each series, the items are arranged chronologically. Many of the letters in the collection from the first half of the 20th century are from presidential descendants with Rutgers Library and Presidential Offices to document family history and create memorials to their ancestors.

2.1 cubic feet 5 manuscript boxes.

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Rutgers University

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Gates, Ellen M. H. (Ellen Maria Huntington), 1835-1920

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Author and hymnologist. From the description of Letter of Ellen M. H. Gates, 1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450406 ...

Bruyn, Severyn Ten Haut, 1927-....

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Biographical note: Law student in New York City. From the description of Severyn Bruyn notebook, [1800?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122362154 ...

Queen's College (New Brunswick, N.J.)

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Hardenbergh, Jacob R. (Jacob Rutsen), 1736-1790

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Murray, David, 1830-1905

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Educator. From the description of Papers of David Murray, 1866-1930 (bulk 1873-1879). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71063568 Educator and author born Oct. 15, 1830 and died March 6, 1905. He married Martha Neilson in 1867 who survived him. He graduated from Union College in 1852, and taught at Albany Academy, 1855-1863, and Rutgers College, 1863-1873. He served as Superintendent of Educational Affairs in Japan, 1873-1879, and Secretary of the Board of Regents for the Univer...

Gates, Merrill Edwards, 1848-1922

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Frelinghuysen, Theodore, 1787-1862

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Bruyn, Severyn, Mrs.

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Milledoler, Philip, 1775-1852

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Presbyterian and Dutch Reformed clergyman, theologian, and educator of New York and New Jersey; president of Rutgers College, 1825-1840. From the description of Papers, 1785-1857. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 475861568 Presbyterian and Dutch Reformed clergymen, theologian, and educator of New York and New Jersey; president of Rutgers College 1825-1840. From the description of Notebooks, [18--]. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record...

Gates, Mary C. Bishop.

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New Brunswick Theological Seminary

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Campbell, William Henry, 1808-1890

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William H. Campbell served with the South Carolina Palmetto Light Artillery during the United States Civil War. He entered the war as a Captain and was promoted to Major during the war. He served as the Post Commander at Leagres Point on James Island in South Carolina to help protect the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. From the description of William H. Campbell military return, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477944 ...

Demarest, William H. S. (William Henry Steele), 1863-1956

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Livingston, John Henry, 1746-1825

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Livingston was a minister in the Reformed Church in America and a professor at New Brunswick Theological Seminary from 1784-1825. From the description of Papers, 1813-1829. (Joint Archive of Holland, History Research Center). WorldCat record id: 30451919 Letter to his brother, Henry Livingston. "Please to pay whatever is due from you to me, on the settlement of our late honoured father's estate, to my son and take his receipt for the same, which will be equally acknowledged ...

Rutgers University. Office of the President.

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While Queen's College received a charter in 1766, financial hardships and political divisions challenged the new school, and the first student did not graduate until 1774. The Dutch Reformed Church was divided over Queen?s College and the planned Theological Seminary, between educating students locally, or continuing to send students to Holland for education. During most of the early life of Queen?s College, church powers and college officials attempted to recruit Dutch-educated Joh...

Brett, Philip

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Condict, Ira, 1976-1811.

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Forsyth, James, Judge.

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Cook, George Hammell, 1818-1889

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The author may possibly be George Hammell Cook, a professor of chemistry and natural science at Rugers College and state geologist for New Jersey; author of "The geology of New Jersey." From the description of G.H. Cook letter, no date. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 70918770 ...

Hasbrouck, Abraham Bruyn, 1791-1879

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U.S. representative from New York and president of Rutgers College. From the description of Abraham Bruyn Hasbroucke, 1675-1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981874 Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck was born in Kingston, N.Y. He attended Kingston Academy and Yale College and studied law in Hudson, N.Y. and Litchfield, Conn. Admitted to the bar in 1813, he subsequently practiced law in Kingston. He served as a Member of Congress 1825-1827, and as president of Rutgers College 1840-1...

Gates, Merrill Edwards, 1848-1922

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Deland, Margaret, 1857-1945

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Author Margaret Wade Campbell Deland was born in Allegheny, Penn. She became interested in the plight of unmarried mothers, taking them into her home until they could find proper jobs. For biographical information, see Notable American Women, 1607-1950 (1971). From the description of Letters, 1884-1937 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007073 Margaret Deland was born in Western Pennsylvania, was educated in New York, and lived much of her adult life i...

Queen's College (New Brunswick, N.J.). Grammar School

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Linn, William, 1752-1808

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Forsyth, Maryrose

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Graham, Alexander

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