7th Squadron, Rhode Island Cavalry (“The College Cavaliers”)

 Civil War  No Responses »
Mar 062012
 

7th Squadron, Rhode Island Cavalry Collection (“The College Cavaliers”) (1 Box)

©2012 Norwich University Archives

About the 7th Squadron, Rhode Island Volunteers (“The College Cavaliers”)

From pp. 386-387 of Edwin W. Stone’s Rhode Island in the Rebellion (Providence: George H. Whitney, 1865): “This body of 165 men was raised for three months service, and sent into the field 28th of June, 1862. It was composed of a company recruited from Dartmouth College and Norwich University, and one company enlisted in Providence. Its services were rendered chiefly in the vicinity of Winchester and Harper’s Ferry, in reconnoitering and doing scout duty. It was part of the cavalry force which cut its way out of Harper’s Ferry, during the investment of that place by the rebels. It was present on the field of Antietam, ready to go into action should occasion offer for employing its services. During the campaign it lost thirty men taken prisoners. It returned to Providence on the 28th September, and was mustered out of the service. The services performed were creditable to the Squadron and to the State.”

About the Collection

The collection consists of photocopies of research sources pertaining to the 7th Squadron, Rhode Island Cavalry, gathered from many repositories by Robert G. Grandchamp. A complete content listing of files can be found below.

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Biographical Files, Ca-Ch

 Alumni, Faculty/Staff  No Responses »
May 302012
 

Biographical Files Collection, Ca-Ch

©2012 Norwich University Archives

Graphics from an 1846 Norwich diploma About the Biographical Files Collection

This collection consists of biographical files documenting alumni, faculty, staff and other affiliates of Norwich University. This finding aid lists files documenting individuals with last names beginning with letters, Ca-Ch (see content listing below). More information about this collection can be found in the full Biographical Files Collection finding aid.

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Biographical Files, Ci-Co

 Alumni, Faculty/Staff  No Responses »
May 302012
 

Biographical Files Collection, Ci-Co

©2012 Norwich University Archives

Graphics from an 1846 Norwich diploma About the Biographical Files Collection

This collection consists of biographical files documenting alumni, faculty, staff and other affiliates of Norwich University. This finding aid lists files documenting individuals with last names beginning with letters, Ci-Co (see content listing below). More information about this collection can be found in the full Biographical Files Collection finding aid.

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Biographical Files, Cr-Cu

 Alumni, Faculty/Staff  No Responses »
May 302012
 

Biographical Files Collection, Cr-Cu

©2012 Norwich University Archives

Graphics from an 1846 Norwich diploma About the Biographical Files Collection

This collection consists of biographical files documenting alumni, faculty, staff and other affiliates of Norwich University. This finding aid lists files documenting individuals with last names beginning with letters, Cr-Cu (see content listing below). More information about this collection can be found in the full Biographical Files Collection finding aid.

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Calendar

 Media Relations, NU publications  No Responses »
Oct 142010
 

Calendar, 1987-1990, 1992-1993 (2 files)

©2010 Norwich University Archives

About the Collection

This collection consists of the monthly Norwich University Calendar publication, which listed a basic calendar of events for the upcoming month.  Between 1987-1990, this calendar was published by the Public Relations Office (now the department of Media Relations).  Similar calendars produced from 1992-1993 were published on a weekly or bi-weekly rather than monthly basis.

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You can also browse for information about other Norwich University publications held by the University Archives using the NU Publications category. For other records, newsletters or promotional material created by the department of Media Relations, see the Media Relations category. Many Norwich University serial publications preserved by the archives can also be located through the library catalog.

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Cameron, Paul C. (Paul Carrington), 1808-1891

 Alumni, Class of 1828  No Responses »
Jan 272010
 

Paul Carrington Cameron Letters, 1824-1827 (1 File)

©2010 Norwich University Archives

American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy prospectus cover, 1826 About Paul C. Cameron

Paul C. Cameron was born in Stagville, NC. He attended the University of North Carolina from 1823 to 1825. At which point, he entered the American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy (forerunner to Norwich University), and graduated in 1828. He then attended Trinity College from 1828 to 1829. Paul Cameron owned extensive plantations in North Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi. He was also active in railroad construction, banking, cotton manufacture and politics. Cameron was a liberal supporter of educational institutions and was a talented public speaker. He married Ann Ruffin (d. 1897) in 1832 and the couple had seven children. The control file included with the collection contains additional information on Paul C. Cameron.

About the Collection

The collection consists of photocopies of letter from the Cameron Family Papers in the Southern Historical Collection held by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There are twenty-nine letters dating from Paul C. and Thomas A. Cameron’s time at the American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy (forerunner of Norwich University) in Middletown, CT, 1824-1827.

Paul Cameron’s brother, Thomas Anis Cameron (1806-1870) was also born in Stagville, NC. He attended schools in Hillsboro and Raleigh prior to entering the Academy in 1824. William Arba Ellis, in his published history of Norwich University, 1819-1911, states that Thomas Cameron entered the Academy in 1825; however, evidence within the letters indicates an earlier entrance. He graduated in 1827. Thomas Cameron engaged in agricultural pursuits all his life, overseeing his plantation “Snow Hill” near Stagville. He never married.

These letters are provided for reference purposes only. Permission to publish must be requested from the University of North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill, NC. A detailed content listing of the letters can be found below.

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The following subjects are represented in this collection. If you are researching these topics, try using these terms in the library catalog:

  • Cameron, Paul C. — (Paul Carrington), — 1808-1891 — Archives.
  • Cameron, Thomas A. — (Thomas Anis), — 1806-1870.
  • American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy.
  • Norwich University — History — 19th century.

You can also browse for finding aids to the papers of other Norwich University alumni or other members of Paul Cameron’s class using the Alumni and Class of 1828 categories.

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Campbell, Colin M., 1921-2000

 Alumni, Class of 1944, WWII  No Responses »
Feb 152011
 

Colin M. Campbell Alumni File, 2010 (1 File)

©2011 Norwich University Archives

About the collection

This file is part of a record series of biographical files of alumni, faculty and staff created and/or accrued by various individuals including alumni affairs and development staff members, archives staff and former university historian, William Arba Ellis. Colin Campbell was a member of the Norwich University class of 1944. He served in the Pacific theater in World War II. He was stationed in Japan for over a year during the occupation. This file contains more information about Colin Campbell’s military service in the form of a survey completed by his surviving family about his WWII service in 2010. This survey was conducted by the Sullivan Museum and History Center in preparation for their The Role of Remembrance: Norwich University and WWII exhibit, which ran from October 2010 to January 2011.

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You can also browse for information about other Norwich University alumni or other members of Colin Campbell’s class using the Alumni and Class of 1944 categories.

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Capelle, Russell B., 1917-2005

 Faculty/Staff, History, Political Science  No Responses »
Feb 162010
 

Russell Beckett Capelle Collection of Writings, 1962-2005 (1 Box)

©2010 Norwich University Archives

Russell Beckett Capelle About Russell Beckett Capelle

Russell Capelle joined the Norwich University faculty in 1954 and became associate professor of government and history in 1957. He received his A.B. degree from Dartmouth College in 1936, his A.M. degree from Tufts in 1937, and his Ph.D. from Boston University in 1958. In 1982, he retired as professor emeritus from Norwich University. Capelle was a violinist and a charter member of the Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra. He died on 9 October 2005. The control file included with the collection contains additional biographical information on Russell Beckett Capelle.

About the Collection

The collection contains both published and manuscript materials written by Russell Beckett Capelle. Detailed descriptions of items within the collection can be found in the content listing below. For additional published works by Russell B. Capelle, please search the catalog of the Kreitzberg Library.

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Caraganis, Costas L., 1910-1998

 Korean War, Other Collections, Vietnam War, WWI, WWII  No Responses »
Mar 042010
 

Costas L. Caraganis Papers, 1916-1987 (2.5 Boxes)

©2011 Norwich University Archives

About Costas L. Caraganis

Costas L. Caraganis was born in Lowell, MA, in 1910, the son Christina Sigalos and Louis Caraganis. He received a B.S. degree from Massachusetts State College and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army in 1933. He entered active duty in January 1941 and served with the 84th Reconnaissance Battalion and with Headquarters of the 4th Armored Division. He was released from active duty in January 1946. While in reserve status, General Caraganis served with the 321st Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, the 304th Armored Cavalry Regiment/Group, the 187th Infantry Brigade, and eventually as Assistant Division Commander of the 94th Infantry Division. He was promoted to Brigadier General in 1961. He was active in the Fort Devens Historical Society beginning with its incorporation in 1968, when he was vice-president of the board of directors. General Caraganis died in December 1998.

About the Collection

This collection consists of papers, reports, and newspaper articles documenting the military service and other interests of General Costas L. Caraganis. Also included is information related to Chris W. Caraganis’ membership in the Naval War College Foundation as well as general orders and training bulletins from the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in World War I. Orders and other WWI materials, including several notebooks from lectures on gas defense and coordination, may have been originally compiled by a Captain C. D. Morse of the 301st Infantry, Company H, before passing into General Caraganis’ hands.  Captain Morse appears to be no relation to General Caraganis. Additional information on the collection can be found below in the complete content listing below.

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Carillon

 Carillon  No Responses »
Apr 082010
 

Carillon Music Collection (1 Box)

©2010 Norwich University Archives

Bells for Carillon, 1956 About the Charlotte Nichols Greene Memorial Carillon

The Charlotte Nichols Greene Memorial Carillon on the campus of Norwich University is one of only two carillons in the state of Vermont. Its forty-seven bells are played manually. Most of the bells, cast in Belgium, were donated to Norwich by a Dover, VT, resident whose mother purchased them after exhibition at the 1934 World’s Fair in Chicago. The bells and keyboard are housed in the fifty-foot Adams Tower, built in 1956, the same year the instrument was donated to Norwich. Carillons are the world’s largest musical instruments. There are only about 600 in existence, with roughly 200 in the United States.

About the Collection

The collection consists entirely of sheet music written for the carillon.  A complete listing of sheet music in the collection can be found in the content listing below.

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