Washington College
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Ebenezer Dickey Junkin Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0425
Scope and Contents
Presbyterian minister Ebenezer Dickey Junkin's pocket sized bound scrapbook of articles submitted to the Presbyterian Watchman and Observer newspaper by his father, George Junkin, D.D. between 1853-1856. George Junkin, under the pen name Theophilus, wrote the series of letters to the Richmond, Virginia publication on the role of the church in higher education. They include his commentary on the relationship between chuch and government. Junkin penned the letters during his tenure as...
Dates:
Inclusive 1853-1856
J. Henry Smith Speeches
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0258
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of Washington College student J. Henry Smith's addresses to the college's "John Marshall Society" on Sept. 24, 1841; "Total Abstinence Society" on Sept. 23, 1842; a speech on "Patriotism" in celebration of George Washington's birthday as a representative of the "Rockbridge Union Volunteers" in 1842; and a speech on "Moral Education" given on Commencement Day, 1842.
Dates:
Inclusive 1841-1842