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Title: Diary of Joel Smith Bacon
Names: Bacon, Joel Smith, 1802-1869
Date: 1822
Type: Diaries and journals
Pages: 193 image files
Subjects: Students -- New York (State) -- Homer -- Diaries, Students -- New York (State) -- Clinton -- Diaries
Abstract: Diary of Joel Smith Bacon, Class of 1826. Bacon attended Cortland Academy in Homer, N.Y. and Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. (B.A. 1826). Later in life he was a president of Columbian College (now George Washington University), and a Baptist minister who distributed Bibles to freed slaves after the Civil War.
Part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Hamilton College Archives General, Hamilton College Diaries and Journals
Identifier: yhm-arc-b125d53
Use/Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Title: Diary of Justus B. Doolittle; covering his life as a foreign missionary in Foochow, China, until the year 1873
Names: Doolittle, Justus
Date: 1873
Type: Diaries and journals
Pages: 254 image files
Subjects: Missionaries -- China -- History -- 19th century
Geography: Fuzhou Shi (China)
Abstract: Diary of Justus B. Doolittle (Class of 1846). Describes Doolittle's life as a student at Hamilton College on pages 3-5. Diary entries begin on page 52, after an autobiography of his life up to that point.; Biography: J.B. Doolittle (1824-1880) H.C. Class of 1846 Missionary to China: 1849-1864 Justus B. Doolittle was born on 23 June, 1824 in Rutland, NY, and died on 15 June, 1880 in Clinton, NY. After graduating from Hamilton College with the class of 1846, Doolittle attended the Auburn Theological Seminary. He applied to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions for missionary work and was assigned to the Foochow and Tientsen regions of China, a position he held for thirteen years. After returning to the United States due to poor health, Doolittle wrote several books about his observations of Chinese culture.
Part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Hamilton College Archives General, Hamilton College Diaries and Journals
Identifier: yhm-arc-d69d5
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Title: Hamilton College Root Glen journal
Type: Scrapbooks
Pages: 381 image files
Subjects: Gardens -- Designs and plans
Geography: Clinton (N.Y.)
Abstract: A journal of botanical information on the Hamilton College Root Glen kept by different members of the Root family (the handwriting changes at least once); it includes photographs copied for display in the Grant Garden.
Part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Hamilton College Archives General, Hamilton College Diaries and Journals
Identifier: yhm-arc-gle
Use/Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/