Housing -- Study and teaching.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Mather Almon Abbott Papers
Collection
Identifier: DC035
Scope and Contents
The Mather Almon Abbott Papers consist of correspondence with various trustees, school administrators and departments, faculty and alumni, and administration of other private schools and colleges. Also included are articles, addresses, speeches, and various aspects of academic, athletic and social life at the school, and various school funds and expansion and building plans. documents on Abbott's support of the movement to repeal prohibition. Also included is correspondence and journal of...
Dates:
1884 - 1967; Majority of material found within 1919 - 1934
Buildings and Grounds Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC021
Scope and Contents
The Buildings and Grounds Collection documents the construction, decoration, and renovation of the numerous historic buildings on campus. Included are documents pertaining to administrative and classroom buildings, recreational buildings and fields, the campus flora, and the specific houses within The Lawrenceville School house system. Interesting items include documents regarding the numerous renovations to the campus and Frederick Law Olmsted designed Circle. Other items of note include...
Dates:
1791 - 2020
Robert Dechert Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: DC023
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the Robert Dechert Collection consists of letters to Dechert's parents in which he describes his experiences at The Lawrenceville School. Some letters from Head Master McPherson are combined with the letters from Dechert to his parents. Also included are essays and student work, notebooks, event and sport programs, and term reports. The bulk of the material dates from Dechert's fifth form year.
Dates:
1911 - 1912
Lawrenceville Female Seminary Collection
Collection
Identifier: DC057
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the Lawrenceville Female Seminary Collection consists of documents created during the course of seminary business. These documents include catalogs, correspondence with Mrs. Jane Barlow Porter Condit's family, and announcements of seminary events. Also included is a memorial for Rev. Charles Nassau and his wife Hannah and a history of the Lawrenceville Female Seminary that was published in the Lawrentian. An item of particular note is the notebook...
Dates:
1834 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1834 - 1882