Armstrong, Samuel Chapman - Papers

Location: 
2.2.3
Date from: 
1860
Date to: 
1893
Record Group: 
Principals and Presidents
Description: 

Handwritten and typewritten transcripts of United States Army orders; muster and muster-out documents; transcripts of the military records; handwritten report to Brevet General Orlando Brown, 9th District, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Land, Fort Monroe, Virginia from General Armstrong; and various reports of a military nature.

1868-1875

Handwritten letters from Jane Woolsey; Rebecca Bacon; Henry Whithesey, the War Department, Washington, D.C.; William H. Ruffner, superintendent of public instruction in Richmond,Virginia; Kansas State Agricultural College; George C. Wedderburn, manager of the Richmond Inquirer; Mrs. Mary Hemenway; H. Gresham, county superintendent of schools for EssexCounty, Virginia; A.L. Rice, United States Internal Revenue Service, Norfolk, Virginia; James A. Garfield, an incorporator of Hampton Institute; William Lloyd Garrison; Josiah King, benefactor of Hampton Institute; Henry W. Longfellow,poet; Alice C. Lowell, benefactor of Hampton Institute; Theodore Lyman; Thomas S. Malcom, Board of Foreign Missions; F. Marquard; E.W. Massey Virginia State senator; Alex McIver superintendent of public instruction of North Carolina; Robert C. Ogden, trustee of Hampton Institute; Assemblyman H.L. Pierce, Washington, D.C.; and Fred Watts, Department ofAgriculture, Washington, D.C. Newspaper clippings are also included

1876

Handwritten correspondence among which can be found letters from James Adams, president of the Warren Institute for Savings, Charlestown, Massachusetts; the mayor of Baltimore; Dr. Norton Folsom, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Reverend Henry Wilde Foote, Board of Trustees, Hampton Institute; William Hyde, president of the Ware national Bank, Ware, Massachusetts; Edonia Lewis, noted sculptress; Edward May, pay inspector of the United States; George Merriam, publisher; Thomas J. Mimford, editor of the Christian Register; William Terry, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.; and J.L. Kemper, Office of the Governor of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

1877

Handwritten correspondence from various people on a variety of subject. Included are letters of requests for interviews regarding job positions; acceptances of speaking engagements; and acceptances to invitations for various formal and ceremonial occasions.

1878

Handwritten correspondence among which can be found letters from Francis J.L. Bullard, Principal of the Butler school;Dr. J.T. Boutelle, Hampton Institute physician; Graham Davis, North Carolina; Julius D. Dreher, president of Roanoke College; E. Howard, American Missionary Association; Josiah King, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Mary A. Longstreth; Miss Mary F. Mackie, lady principal at Hampton Institute; General J. F.B. Marshall, treasurer of Hampton Institute; Enoch Pratt, president of the National Farmers and Planters Bank, Baltimore, Maryland; Robert C. Ogden, Hampton Institute; Captain Richard H. Pratt, Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania; Thomas R. Prior, acting president of the Virginia Teachers Association; I.B. Penny, president of Liberia College, Liberia, West Africa; W.K. Rogers, private secretary to President Rutherford B. Hayes; Captain Henry Romeyn, commandant of cadets at Hampton Institute; William H. Ruffner, superintendent of public instruction for the State of Virginia; B. Sears, general agent of the Peabody Education Fund; and Hugh L. Thompson, superintendent of education for the State of South Carolina.

1879

Handwritten correspondence of a general nature; employment requests; and invitations to various functions and meetings. Among correspondents are Louisa Mae Alcott; Bell Telephone Company, Dr. J.T. Boutelle, physician, Hampton institute; William Eppenger, secretary of the Colonization Society; Julius D. Dreher, president of Roanoke college; John Eaton, commissioner of the United States Bureau of Education; Henry Wilder Foote, trustee of Hampton Institute; William W. Fox, editor of the Education Journal of Virginia; J. Heffelfinger; J. house, superintendent of education for Rockinham County; Collis P. Huntington, benefactor of Hampton Institute; Anna Longhorne; Mary A. Longstreth; Helen W. Ludlow, Hampton Institute; Mr. D. I. Miner, treasurer of Tougaloo University; M.A. Newell, principal of Maryland State Normal School; Robert C. Ogden, trustee of Hampton Institute; G.J. Orr, education commissioner for the State of Georgia; H.L. Thompson, superintendent of education for the State of South Carolina; E.A. Ware, Atlanta University; and W.F. Watrous, president of the Board of Agriculture, Colorado.

1879-1888

Handwritten correspondence of a general nature concerning Tuskegee Institute from Dr. Booker T. Washington.

1880

Handwritten correspondence regarding employment and that of a general nature. Among the correspondents are: T.C. Abbott, president of the State Agriculture College, Lansing, Michigan; Edward Atkinson, president of Boston Manufacturing Mutual Insurance Company; Charles Betts, Hampton Institute; L.A. Butterfield, visual and speech specialist, Vocal Physiology Institute; John Hampden Chamberlayne, Richmond, Virginia; George White of the Fisk Jubilee Singers; Isabel Eustis, Hampton Institute; Japanese Ambassador Tanka Fujimara, minister of justice, Henry Wilder Foote, Trustee of Hampton Institute; E. P. Gilbert, assistant treasurer of Fisk University; Reverend J.J. Gravatt, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, Hampton, Virginia; George A. Gustin, secretary to President Rutherford B. Hayes; Edward E. Hale; Richard Hunt, noted architect; Elbert Monroe; M.A. Newell, Maryland State Normal School; Reverend William W. Patton, president of Howard University; W.K. Pendelton, superintendent of Free Schools of West Virginia; William Lackey, Yorktown, Virginia; Joseph B. Leake, attorney general of the United States; Mary A. Longstreth; Georgina Lowell, Boston; Mary F. Mackie, Hampton Institute; General J. F. B. Marshall, treasurer of Hampton Institute; Moses Pierce, president of Norwich Bleaching and Calendering company; William Ruffner; John C. Scarborough, superintendent of public instruction of North Carolina; Margaretta Scoot, American Missionary Association (missionary to Liberia, West Africa); Reverend Michael E. Strieby, secretary of the American Missionary Association and an incorporator of Hampton Institute; Thomas Tabb, Hampton, Virginia; E.A. Ware, president of Atlanta University; Frances E. Willard, president of the Women's National Christian Union; and C. L. Woodworth, district secretary of the American Missionary Association

1881

Handwritten correspondence of general nature including letters from Dorothy Dix, nurse in the Civil War; William Dodge; Isabel Eustis; Henry W. Foote; H.B. Frissell; D.G. Gilman president of Johns Hopkins University; Edward E. Hale; B. H. Hinsdale, president of Hiram College; General O. O. Howard, United States Military Academy; C.P. Huntington; Josiah King; Helen W. Ludlow; William Lamb, mayor of Norfolk, Virginia; George B. Loring, United States Indian agent; Enoch Pratt, Baltimore, Maryland; William Ruffner; Dr. M. M. Waldron, physician at Hampton Institute; Reverend Michael Strieby, American Missionary Association; Japanese Ambassador Tukuaka Takahila, minister of education; A.W. White, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa.

1882

Handwritten correspondence of a general nature. Among the correspondents are Thomas C. Actin, assistant treasurer of the United States; Alice Bacon, Hampton Institute; Frank D. Banks, Hampton Institute graduate; Captain George LeRoy Brown, commandant of Cadets for male students at Hampton Institute; W. E. Chandler, secretary of the Navy of the United States; Henry W. Foote; H.B. Frissell; John Easton, Department of the Interior; Wendell Phillips Garrison; Mary Hemenway; Mark Hopkins; General O. O. Howard, United States Military Academy at West Point, New York; Richard Hunt, architect; Collis P. Huntington; Josiah King; J.W. Mackie; J.F. B. Marshall, treasurer of Hampton Institute; Elbert Monroe; Robert C. Ogden; George F. Peabody; Enoch Pratt; William Ruffner; Henry Romeyn; and William Walker, Gaboon, West Africa.

1883

Handwritten correspondence of a general nature. Among the correspondents are Lyman Abbott; Alfred T. Bacon; Edward W. Bacon; C.W. Betts; Captain George LeRoy Brown; E.M. Cravath, president of Fisk University; Isabel Eustis, Hampton Institute; W.T. Eustis; John Folsom; Henry W. Fotte; Mark Hopkins; C.P. Huntington; Arthur L. Hayman; M. F. Mackie; Elbert Monroe; Robert C. Ogden; George Foster Peabody; Francis Richardson; William Ruffner; M. E. Strieby; Thomas Tabb; Dr. M.M. Waldron; Booker T. Washington; and Herbert Welsh.

1884

Handwritten correspondence of a general nature. Among the correspondents are Lyman Abbott; Captain George LeRoy Brown; Reverend W.M. Curry, Peabody Fund; Joseph H. Durkee, United States marshall for the State of Florida; Ellen T. Emerson (first wife of Ralph W. Emerson); Isabel Eustis; W.T. Eustis; Cora M. Folsom; Henry W. Foote; H.B Frissell; H.B. Frissell; I. E. Gates, attorney for C.P. Huntington; president of Johns Hopkins University; Archibald Hopkins, son of Mark Hopkins; Mark Hopkins; H.W. Hubbard, treasurer of the American Missionary Association; C. P. Huntington; Elizabeth Hyde, Hampton Institute; H. H. Jackson, treasurer of the American Missionary Association; Mary Mackier, Hampton Institute; Elbert Monroe; Robert C. Ogden; George F. Peabody; R.H. Pratt; P. Quinton, Women's National Indian Association; Francis Richardson, Norfolk, Virginia; William Reid, Hampton Institute; William H. Ruffner; M. E. Strieby, American Missionary Association; Lewis Steiner, trustee of Hampton Institute; Thomas Tabb; Dr. M. M. Waldron; Booker T. Washington; and Herbert Welsh, Indian Right Association.

1885

Handwritten correspondence of a general nature. Among the correspondents are Lyman Abbott; Charles R. Bishop, Hawaii; S. Augustus Carter, Hawaiian Legion, Washington, D.C.; Isabel Eustis, Hampton Institute; Cora M. Folsom; Henry W. Foote; Edward E. Hale; Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th president of the United States (1877-1881); Mary Hemenway; Archibald Hopkins; Ellen Hude; Sheldon Jackson, general agent of education in Alaska, Department of the Interior; J.W. Morris, president of Allen University, Columbia, South Carolina; Francis G. Peabody; George F. Peabody; Captain Richard R. Pratt; P. Quinton; William Ruffner; Lewis Steiner; W. H. Sanders, West Africa; J. Taylor, Sierra Leone, West Africa; Herbert Welsh; Dr. M.M. Waldron; and Mrs. A.L. Woodbury (in reference to the education of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.).

1886

Handwritten correspondence of general nature. Among the correspondents are W.W. Bennett, president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Charles Bishop, Hawaii; Horace Bumstead; J. Cleveland Cady, architect for Hampton Institute Memorial Church; Olivia Davidson, second wife of Booker T. Washington; Isabel Eustis; Alice M. Longfellow; Amelia S. Quinton, Women's National Indian Association; William Reid; Mary J. Strafford, M.D.; Henry Sawyer, Mount Hermon Boy's School; Lewis Steiner; M.E. Strieby; Thomas Tabb; and Herbert Welsh.

1887

Handwritten correspondence of a general nature. Among the correspondents are Alice Armstrong; Isabel Barrow; John L. Buchanan, superintendent of public instruction for the State of Virginia; J.W. Davis; Anna S. Dawes; Henry W. Foote; H.B. Frissell; Elbert Monroe; George F. Peabody; R.H. Pratt; and William H. Ruffner; Albert Smiley, commissioner of the Indian Board; Lewis Steiner; Thomas Tabb; and Dr. M.M. Waldron.

1888

Handwritten correspondence of a general nature. Among the correspondents are Isabel Barrows; Ben Brave; J.W. Davis; J.T. Darling; Annie S. Dawes; Isabel Eustis; H.B. Frissell; Henry W. Foote; J.B. Harrison; Jacob Heffelfinger; Lucy M. Ingersall, M.D., missionary to Caroline and Ascension Islands; Governor Fitzhugh Lee, State of Virginia; Seth Low; James McLaughlin; George F. Peabody; A.S. Quinton; M.E. Strieby; Frances C. Sparhawk; Herbert Welsh; Allan Washington; and T. C. Walker, Hampton Institute.

1889

Handwritten correspondence of a general nature. Among the correspondents are Isabel Barrows; Charles Bishop; Mabel and Mary Eustis; Mary Ford; H.B. Frissell; Edward E. Hale; Rutherford B.Hayes; Albert Howe; Helen Ludlow; Elbert Monroe; W.B. Oleson; Anna Quinton; Francis Peabody; George F. Peabody; Colonel Pearson; M. E. Strieby; M. M. Waldron; Herbert Welsh; and Fredrick H. Wines.

1890

Handwritten correspondence of a general nature. Among the correspondents are Alice M. Bacon; Horace Bumstead, president of Roanoke College; H.B. Frissell; Edward E. Hale; General O.O. Howard; Albert Howe; William Hubbell; C.P. Huntington; Cyrus Northrop; Francis G. Peabody; A. S. Quinton; A.K. Smiley; Frances Sparhawk; Leland Stanford; J.H. H Stengstacke; Lewis Steiner; M. E. Strieby; F.J. Wager, president of Morgan College; and W.B. Weaver.

1891

Handwritten correspondence of a general nature. Among the correspondents are James Bacon; Isabel C. Barrows; F.C. Briggs; Horace Bumstead; Elizabeth B. Custer; L.L. Dawes; Amiz Dodd; H.B. Frissell; Washington Gladden; Elaine Goodale; George F. Hollis, Consul Capetown, South Africa; Charles Lyman, president of the United States Civil Service Commission; M. F. Mackie; Robert C. Ogden; C.B. Orcutt; Francis G. Peabody; George F. Peabody; Amelia Quinton; J.S. Russell; A. K. Smiley; Lewis H. Steiner; M.E. Strieby; Thomas Tabb; W.B. Weaver; M.M. Waldron, M.D.; and Herbert Welsh.

1892

Handwritten correspondence of a general nature. Among the correspondents are George R. Davis, director general of the World Columbian Commission; Cora Folsom; H.B. Frissell; Mary T. Galpin, Hampton Institute; A. Hemingway; Albert Howe; C.P. Huntington; Seth Low; Helen W. Ludlow; Charles Mead; Elbert Monroe; George F. Peabody; Reverend James S. Russell, president of St. Paul's College, Lawrenceville, Virginia; M.E. Strieby; Thomas Tabb; and Dr. M. M. Waldron.

1893

Handwritten and typewritten correspondence of a general nature. Among the correspondents are Arthur Curtiss James, Charles Mead; Francis Peabody; George F. Peabody; M.E. Strieby; Thomas Tabb; Spencer Trask; and Dr. M.M. Waldron.

Subjects: 
Samuel Chapman Armstrong - Papers