Church schools; Churches; Clippings;Cycling; Farm life; Floods; Homicides; War;
Newspaper clipping with stories of the first one hundred years of the Chester Presbyterian Church and its ministers. Clipping also includes other short unrelated articles of local interest.
Advertisements; African Americans; Blacks; Boarding schools; Fund raising; Indians of North America; Schools
Advertisement for a fundraising event at the Chester Presbyterian Church for benefit of the Hampton Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute which was founded on the banks of the Virginia Peninsula by Brigadier General Samuel Chapman Armstrong in...
Joseph Howland, founder of the Howland Public Library. At the start of the American Civil War, Howland enlisted in the 16th New York State Volunteers. In this photo, Howland has acheived the rank of Colonel. He would end his military career in the...
Libraries; Civil wars; Military officers; Certificates
Certificate shows that the Founder and President of the Howland Circulating Library Co., Joseph Howland, purchased two shares that cost $25 dollars each on February 28th, 1872. Certificate is stated as being "No. 6." It is signed by Secretary, J....
Postcards; Military academies; Military facilities; Sculpture;
The statue of a man, mounted on a square elevated foundation. The statue is a military person with a cape. Brigadier General Sylvanus Thayer (June 9, 1785 - September 7, 1872) also known as "the Father of West Point" was an early superintendent...
