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Frederick W. Whipple maintained this notebook while studying at the Classical Institute of Warren, Rhode Island and Brown University. It contains Whipple's essays, notes, practice letters, and other sections relating to his education between 1855 and 1862.

Frederick W. Whipple maintained this while studying at the Classical Institute of Warren, Rhode Island and Brown University. It contains Whipple's essays, notes, practice letters, and other sections relating to his education between 1855 and 1862.

Whipple began studying at the Classical Institute in 1855 and began studying at Brown University in 1862. A section relating to composition includes essays on education, woolen mills, California, nighttime, Native Americans, the American Revolution, intemperance, agriculture, and "What the result will be if Fremont or Buchanan are elected." Debate answers for whether war is justified or not are also included, as well as lists of etiquette rules for church and dining.

Whipple's Brown University lecture notes cover topics on essay writing, argumentation, persuasion, style and grammar, precision, completeness, and unequivocal words.

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approximately 121 photographs in 1 album

The Hugh Fred Cameron photograph album contains approximately 121 photographs related to a young man in New England including images from vacations with friends in Maine, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire as well as snapshots from Cameron’s final year at Brown University in 1909.

The Hugh Fred Cameron photograph album contains approximately 121 photographs related to a young man in New England including images from vacations with friends in Maine, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire as well as snapshots from Cameron’s final year at Brown University in 1909.

The album (25.5 x 18 cm) is bound in green cloth with "Photographs" stamped in gold on the front cover. Most photographs are accompanied by hand-written captions identifying people, places, activities, and dates. Images of particular interest include group portrait photographs showing Cameron with his friends and family posing on the beach, hiking, wearing baseball uniforms, interacting with pet cats and dogs, celebrating Labor Day, and engaging in a number of aquatic activities (including yachting in Bristol, Rhode Island) as well as a portrait of Cameron from his youth sitting alongside the members of the “Hope Orchestra.” Additional photographs show commencement activities and buildings at Brown University including the John Carter Brown Library and Lyman Gymnasium as well as class traditions at Wellesley College including the Alumni Game, Tree Day, and the “Ancient Greek Dance of the Huntresses above Lake Waban.”

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