Widener University Archives Catalog

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Title
Alumni - Burt Mustin (Box 22)

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Burt Mustin's graduation hood; Photographs; newspaper clippings; "Electrifying Emma Meets Peacemaker Pearce" - unfilmed typescript intended for Mustin; Correspondence between Mustin and Pennsylvania Military College; Biographical and Autobiographical essays; Programs from the dedication of the Burt Mustin Theatre and Lecture Hall 10/5/78; Letter from Burt Mustin to Mrs. R. N. Stumpf- 1975 (letter donated to archives by development office.) Color photographs of Burt Mustin in cap and gown at graduation. Mustin's Cadet graduation picture.

Subject
Alumni - Biographical Information - Burt Mustin
Alumni - Correspondence
Photographs

Item Type
Clipping(s) Correspondence Memorabilia Obituary(s) Photograph(s)

Location
22

Link to Image
archives\images\Burt_Mustin_1974.jpg

Description
Burt Mustin at the Commencement of Pennsylvania Military College in 1974 when he received an Honorary Degree. Left to right: Burt Mustin, Salvatore Giordano, Katherine McBride, Alvin Andorn, and Dr. Clarence Moll.



Title
Old Main (Box 29)

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Pictures of inside and outside of Old Main; Floor plans; Diagrams, articles, and pictures of the building of Old Main,
Photograph of the Ridley Park Hotel, where the cadets moved after the fire while Old Main was being rebuilt. Announcement from President Theodore Hyatt about temporary move to Ridley Park Hotel, dated February 22, 1882.
Color postcard of Old Main, postmarked 1906. Color postcard postmarked 1929. Historic Structures Report.
Photograph of materials owned by Cadet Joseph Nevil, found inside the walls of Old Main.
Painting of Old Main after the fire of 1882 entitled "Ruins of Pennsylvania Military Academy: Burned Thursday Evening, February 16, 1882. This picture was painted by Helen deLannoy. Painting had been owned by Frederic Whitely, Pennsylvania Military College graduate, class of 1926. His father graduated from Pennsylvania Military College in 1901, and his grandfather also attended. His son Lee, class of 1954, donated the picture.

Subject
Old Main Building - Architectural Drawings and Specifications
Old Main Building - History
Old Main Building - Photographs
Postcards

Item Type
Architectural Drawing(s) Clipping(s) Photograph(s)

Location
29

Link to Image
archives\images\Old_Main_Postcard_1906.jpg

Description
Postcard of the back of Old Main. This image illustrates how Old Main looked after its rebuilding from the fire of 1882. (The postcard was written in 1906).

Link to Image
http://www3.widener.edu/Academics/Libraries/Wolfgram_Memorial_Library/Archives/Online_Exhibits/2016/?parentId=9005

Description
The above link is to a Postcard Exhibit on the Widener University Archives Website that includes numerous postcards of Old Main.



Title
Athletic Stadiums (Box 230)

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Pictures of demolition of Memorial Stadium; newspaper clipping about Memorial Stadium 1993; program from last football game played at Memorial Stadium; pictures of dedication of Leslie C. Quick Jr. Stadium, including pictures of F. Eugene Dixon, Leslie Quick, and Billy "White Shoes" Johnson 1994; also picture of President Bruce, Leslie Quick, and Fitz Dixon at dedication. Includes photographs of Dixon at dedication given to the Archives by the Office of President James Harris. Clippings from Chester Times, October 1, 1926 regarding opening of the Memorial Stadium. Football from the Secretary of War was dropped from an airplane onto the gridiron. Game report of first game, October 4, 1926 in the Memorial Stadium.

Subject
Stadium - Memorial
Stadium - Leslie C. Quick, Jr.
Athletics - Clippings
Alumni - Biographical Information - Billy "White Shoes" Johnson
Dixon, Fitz (also referred to as Fitz Eugene Dixon, Jr. or just Fitz Dixon)

Item Type
Clipping(s) Photograph(s)

Location
230

Link to Image
archives/images/Leslie_Quick_At_Stadium_Dedication.jpg

Description
Leslie Quick speaking at the dedication of the Leslie C. Quick Jr. Stadium.



Title
Polo (Box 264)

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Clippings, pamphlets, photographs, and correspondence about the Pennsylvania Military College Polo Team 1930 - 1969; Indoor Polo - National Polo Association Magazine. Folder of clippings about polo donated by the PMC Museum.
Article written about James Spurrier by Major Kevin L. Harris.
Book by James Spurrier "Come Walk in My Moccasins."
Obituary of James Spurrier. Copies of pictures of James Spurrier.

Subject
Athletics (see also name of individual sport)
Polo

Item Type
Clipping(s) Correspondence Pamphlet(s) Photograph(s) Publication(s)

Location
264

Link to Image
archives\images\Polo_Team_Undated.jpg

Description
Photograph of Polo Team, Undated



Title
Leslie C. Quick, Jr.
Board of Trustees
Biographical Information
(Box 453)

Notes Field
Leslie C. Quick, Jr. died March 8, 2001. Leslie Quick was the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and graduated from Pennsylvania Military College in 1950. Box includes biographical information about him, slides of him, as well as information on the construction of the Leslie C. Quick Jr. Center of the School of Business Administration; Material about Leslie Quick that was on display in the Pennsylvania Military College Museum at the time of his death, including a framed photograph.

Subject
Board of Trustees - Biographical Information

Item Type
Biographical Information Photograph(s)

Location
453

Link to Image
archives/images/Leslie_Quick_Portrait.jpg

Description
Portrait of Leslie Quick



Title
William Cosgrove Scrapbook &
Unidentified Cadet Scrapbook
(Box 600)

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Scrapbook of Cadet W. L. Cosgrove, 1875 - 1877. William Cosgrove graduated from Pennsylvania Military Academy in 1877 with a Civil Engineering degree. During his career as an Engineer, Cosgrove worked for the Georgia Railway and Power Company, and was President of the Atlanta Gas Light Company. Cosgrove created this scrapbook as a cadet at PMA. The scrapbook includes personal memorabilia, correspondence, and newspaper clippings from his time at PMA. Click on the link below to view this scrapbook.

Box 600 also includes another scrapbook from 1877 created by an unidentified cadet.

Subject
Student Life - Scrapbooks
Scrapbooks

Item Type
Scrapbook(s)

Location
600

Link to Image
archives\images\Library_Catalog_Booklet.jpg

Description
Cover of Library Catalog from the 1870s.

Link to Image
http://www3.widener.edu/Academics/Libraries/Wolfgram_Memorial_Library/Archives/Online_Exhibits/William_Cosgrove_Scrapbook_/5515

Description
The above link is to an Online Exhibit on the Widener University Archives Website that illustrates the entire William Cosgrove Scrapbook.



Title
Albert F. Huntt Scrapbook
(Box 601)

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Scrapbook of Cadet Albert Huntt. After graduating from Pennsylvania Military Academy in 1891 with a Civil Engineering degree, Albert Huntt continued his studies at the school for one more year, receiving a Bachelor in Architecture degree in 1892. After leaving PMA, he went on to become a well-known architect in Richmond, Virginia. Click on the link below to enter the Albert F. Huntt Scrapbook and view images that illustrate his life at PMA in the late 1880s and early 1890s.

Subject
Student Life - Scrapbooks
Scrapbooks

Item Type
Scrapbook(s)

Location
601

Link to Image
http://www3.widener.edu/Academics/Libraries/Wolfgram_Memorial_Library/Widener_Archives/Online_Exhibits/Albert_F_Huntt_Scrapbook/7904/

Description
The above link is to an Online Exhibit on the Widener University Archives Website that illustrates the entire Albert F. Huntt Scrapbook.



Title
Pennsylvania Military College:
The Story of One Hundred Years 1821 - 1921
(Histories Shelf)

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This book is a history of Pennsylvania Military College from 1821 to 1921, written by the College Recorder. It includes numerous pictures and a "Who's Who" of many graduates and ex-cadets, describing their business or profession and military record, if any. The box also includes an index to the Buxton book created by Clyde L. Tinklepaugh, Jr.

The following is an index to the pictures in the book:

Page 6
Colonel Theodore Hyatt, former President and Commandant of Pennsylvania Military College.

Page 10
Pennsylvania Military College's Birthplace: historic building at Ninth and Tatnall Streets, Wilmington, Delaware. (Occupied by the Bullock School, the Alsop School, the Hyatt School, and the Delaware Military Academy).

Page 14
Parochial school of the First Presbyterian Church of Wilmington: Theodore Hyatt was its principal from 1849 until 1853.

Page 16
Colonel Charles E. Hyatt: President and Commandant of Pennsylvania Military College.

Page 20
Judge Ignatius Cooper Grubb, Wilmington, Delaware. (Oldest known living student of Hyatt School, which he entered in 1853).

Page 24
Colonel Theodore Hyatt, President and Commandant of Pennsylvania Military College: family portrait.

Page 30
Historic Bolmar property, occupied by Pennsylvania Military Academy from 1862-1865, at West Chester, PA.

Page 34
Photo 1
Professor John R Sweney, musical director of Pennsylvania Military College.

Photo 2
Class Picture of Pennsylvania Military Academy Cadets, Class of 1863-1864, West Chester, PA.

Photo 3: Cadet Officers of Battery that went from West Chester (1863) to aid in the repelling of General Robert E. Lee.

Page 36
Photo 1: Cadet battalion of early days in Pennsylvania.

Photo 2: A cadet drum corps of early days in Pennsylvania.

Page 38
Photo 1: Henry W. Potts, a cadet at West Chester (1863-64).

Photo 2: Charles E. Hyatt, Commandant of Pennsylvania Military College (1863-1864).

Photo 3: (Left to Right) George Jewett and Clarence W. Bacus, cadets at West Chester (1863-1864).

Page 44
The Crozer Normal School Building, Chester, PA. 1865. Occupied by Pennsylvania Military College from 1865 to 1867.

Page 46
Photo 1: Main college building and laboratory (Old Main).

Photo 2: Entrance driveway to Old Main.

Page 50
Photo 1: The armory (containing drill hall, swimming pool and rifle range)

Photo 2: Laboratory building near Old Main

Page 56
R. Kelso Carter of Baltimore (At the time was the oldest living member of the college and the only living member of the first graduating class of 1867)

Page 70
Photo 1: Alumni Lodge (was on the site of the current Alumni Auditorium).

Photo 2: The Theodore Hyatt Memorial Observatory. Next to the Observatory are pictures of the "tombstones" which mark the passing of certain classes and cover "graves" filled with textbooks, old uniforms, etc.

Page 79
The Cavalry Artillery, returning from maneuvers.

Page 80
General Anthony Wayne statue. Cadet Corps in Camp of Instruction at Valley Forge, PA.

Page 86
Cadet Battalion marching on Franklin Field, athletic stadium of University of Pennsylvania, at the reception tendered Marshal Joffre, Savior of France and Champion of World Liberty, May 9, 1917).

Page 88
Lieutenant Colonel Frank K. Hyatt, Vice President and Treasurer of Pennsylvania Military College.

Page 90
Interior of Armory, where cadet "hops" were held.

Page 92
Charles J. Webb Swimming Pool.

Page 94
Hon. William C. Sproul, Governor of Pennsylvania, on whom the college conferred degree of Doctor of Laws in 1920.

Page 96
Portrait of President Warren. G. Harding, including inscription written by him to Colonal Frank K. Hyatt.

Page 100
Tennis Courts.

Page 106
Hon. John Wanamaker, President of the Board of Trustees of the College.

Page 108
Battalion in Close Columns.

Page 112
Three-inch Gun Battery, manned by cadet artillerymen and commanded by the United States Army officer detailed to the College by the War Department.

Page 118
Hyatt Hall, Dormitory of the Junior Division, Preparatory School.

Page 122
Cadet corps passing around City Hall of Philadelphia, as part of the parade that escorted President William McKinley to the unveiling of the Washington Monument, Fairmont Park by the Society of the Cincinnati, May 15, 1897.

Page 124
Cadet Battalion in dress uniform during World War I days.

Page 129
Alumni saluting the flag at Retreat--Commencement Day.

Page 130
Football team, 1920.

Page 138
Roman riding (One rider, seven horses).

Page 150
Pictures of the Class of 1921 (Includes cadet names).

Page 151
"Who' s Who" section of photos. (Sketches of many graduates and cadets showing how they have been engaged since leaving Pennsylvania Military College. Sketches include business, profession and/or military record.)

Page 152
George B. Christian, Jr. (1896)
Frank G. Sweeney (1876)
James Rush Lincoln (1859-1862)
William McK. Morris (1881)

Page 155
William Cary Hull (1890)
Ruckard Hurd (1878)
Leslie Star Hyatt (1911)
George T. Cann (1855)

Page 156
Joseph Allen Minturn (1880)
John Winthrop Loveland (1887)
Churchill B. Mehard (1902)

Page 159
Alfred. H. Gale (1911)
Sylvanus Griswold Morley (1904)
Joseph Whitney Shirley (1891)

Page 162
Silas Gildersleeve Comfort (1889)
Keith B. Hubbard (1915)
John Winthrop Loveland Jr. (1909)
Louis Allis (1888)

Page 165
DeBruceton Lowenberg (1917)
Thomas H. Childs (1878)
Ray D. Wells (1911)
W. Edwin Nelson (1890)

Page 168
William Noyes Bemis (1886)
Theodore Hyatt Cowee (1920)
Francis A. Boudart (1909)
Prosper Joseph Boudart (1907)

Page 171
Harry C. Fry, Jr. (1885)
William Blakeley (1872)
Lowrie C. Barton (1877)
Philip Gordon Kitchen (1907)

Page 174
Charles C. McKallip (1901)
James Woodruff Lillie (1912)
Eugene S. Hoopes (1901)
J. Howard. Lewis (1881)

Page 177
James C. Hobart, Jr. (1916)
Leonard C. Holston (1895)
William L. Marcy (1877)
William G. Clyde (1887)

Page 180
Caroll A. Devol (1878)
Charles F. Spinning (1903)
Walter H. Roll (1917)
Charles J. Ardussi (1919)

Page 183
Joseph B. DeGolyer (1879)
Don C. Sharp (1913)
Paul S. Ache (1900)
Charles B. Grant (1871)

Page 185
Photo 1: Alexander W. Dannenbaum (1896)

Photo 2: Cadets on practice march, in camp at Lenape, Pa.

Page 186
Photo 1: Cavalry squad in training.

Photo 2: Cavalry squad dashing across campus.

Subject
Histories - Published - Alsop School
Histories - Published - Bullock School
Histories - Published - Chester County Military School
Histories - Published - Delaware Military Academy
Histories - Published - Hyatt's Select School for Boys
Histories - Published - Pennsylvania Military Academy
Histories - Published - Pennsylvania Military College
Histories - Published - PMC Colleges (Penn Morton and Cadet Corps)
Histories - Published - West Chester Military Academy
Morley, Sylvanus (sometimes incorrectly spelled Morely)

Item Type
History(s)

Location
Histories Shelf - Buxton

Link to Image
archives\images\R_Kelso_Carter.jpg

Description
Portrait of R. Kelso Carter


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