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Brainerd, Ezra, 1844-1924

 Person

Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:

Aldace Freeman Walker (Class of 1862) letter to President Ezra Brainerd, February 20, 1900

 Item
Identifier: a2_brainerd_19000219
Scope and Contents

Letter from Aldace Freeman Walker to President Ezra Brainerd declining an offer to speak at Middlebury

Dates: February 20, 1900
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / A9, Alumni / Alumni Files (Individual students) / Class of 1862 / Walker, Aldace Freeman (Class of 1862)

Aldace Freeman Walker (Class of 1862) letter to President Ezra Brainerd, May 23, 1900

 Item
Identifier: a2_brainerd_19000523
Scope and Contents

Letter from Aldace Freeman Walker to President Ezra Brainerd concerning a trip to Princeton

Dates: May 23, 1900
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / A9, Alumni / Alumni Files (Individual students) / Class of 1862 / Walker, Aldace Freeman (Class of 1862)

Brainerd Family collection

 Collection
Identifier: C-190
Scope and Contents The Brainerd Family Papers includes the writings, research, and correspondence of Ezra Brainerd - scientist, botanist, surveyor, published researcher, and former president and trustee of Middlebury College - and papers associated with his children, their work, family homesteads, towns of interest (St. Albans and Belmont, VT), and family genealogy. There are also photographs and ephemera representing the town of Middlebury, particuarly the Middlebury Union High School and Middlebury landmarks...
Dates: 1856-1960
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / Brainerd Family collection

Brainerd Kellogg (Class of 1858) letter to President Ezra Brainerd, April 22, 1900

 Item
Identifier: a2ms_brainerd_19000422
Scope and Contents

Letter from Brainerd Kellogg to President Ezra Brainerd regarding a financial contribution.

Dates: April 22, 1900
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / A9, Alumni / Alumni Files (Individual students) / Class of 1858 / Kellogg, Brainerd (Class of 1858)

Brainerd Kellogg (Class of 1858) letter to President Ezra Brainerd, April 30, 1900

 Item
Identifier: a2ms_brainerd_19000430
Scope and Contents

Letter from Brainerd Kellogg to President Ezra Brainerd regarding candidates for the D. D. honorary degree.

Dates: April 30, 1900
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / A9, Alumni / Alumni Files (Individual students) / Class of 1858 / Kellogg, Brainerd (Class of 1858)

Calvin B. Moody (Class of 1877) letters to President Ezra Brainerd, 1897-1899

 File
Identifier: A9_1877_Moody_letters
Scope and Contents

Four manuscript letters written by Calvin B. Moody (Class of 1877) to President Ezra Brainerd

Dates: 1897-1899
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / A9, Alumni / Alumni Files (Individual students) / Class of 1877 / Moody, Calvin B. (Class of 1877)

David Judson Newland (Class of 1865) letter to President Ezra Brainerd, June 20, 1893

 Item
Identifier: a2ms_brainerd_18930620
Scope and Contents

Letter from David Judson Newland to President Ezra Brainerd requesting that an honorary degree be bestowed upon A. Barton Hepburn.

Dates: June 20, 1893
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / A9, Alumni / Alumni Files (Individual students) / Class of 1865 / Newland, David Judson (Class of 1865)

David Judson Newland (Class of 1865) letter to President Ezra Brainerd, June 30, 1893

 Item
Identifier: a2ms_brainerd_18930630
Scope and Contents

Letter from David Judson Newland to President Ezra Brainerd thanking him for bestowing an honorary degree upon A. Barton Hepburn

Dates: June 30, 1893
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / A9, Alumni / Alumni Files (Individual students) / Class of 1865 / Newland, David Judson (Class of 1865)

Ezra Brainerd, 1844-1924

 Series
Identifier: C-190.I
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Brainerd Family Papers includes the writings, research, and correspondence of Ezra Brainerd - scientist, botanist, surveyor, published researcher, and former president and trustee of Middlebury College - and papers associated with his children, their work, family homesteads, towns of interest (St. Albans and Belmont, VT), and family genealogy. There are also photographs and ephemera representing the town of Middlebury, particuarly the Middlebury Union High School and Middlebury landmarks...
Dates: 1844-1924
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / C-190, Brainerd Family collection

Frank A. Walker letter to Ezra Brainerd, June 26, 1905

 Item
Identifier: a2_brainerd_1905
Scope and Contents

Letter from Frank A. Walker to President Ezra Brainerd recommending W. A. Davison for an honorary degree.

Dates: June 26, 1905
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / A9, Alumni / Alumni Files (Individual students) / Class of 1882 / Walker, Frank A. (Class of 1882)

George Edwin Lawrence (Class of 1867) letter to President Ezra Brainerd, June 8, 1894

 Item
Identifier: a2_brainerd_18940608
Scope and Contents

Letter from George Edwin Lawrence to President Ezra Brainerd about a doctor seeking a Master of Arts degree

Dates: June 8, 1894
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / A9, Alumni / Alumni Files (Individual students) / Class of 1867 / Lawrence, George Edwin (Class of 1867)

George Williams Ellis (Class of 1868) letter to President Ezra Brainerd, October 27, 1893

 Item
Identifier: a2_brainerd_18931027
Scope and Contents

Letter from George Williams Ellis to President Ezra Brainerd regarding a paper by Emma Willard

Dates: October 27, 1893
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / A9, Alumni / Alumni Files (Individual students) / Class of 1868 / Ellis, George Williams (Class of 1868)

George Williams Ellis (Class of 1868) letter to President Ezra Brainerd, December 18, 1893

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Identifier: a2ms_brainerd_18931218
Scope and Contents

Letter from George Williams Ellis to President Ezra Brainerd about sending copies of a paper by Emma Willard to suggested readers

Dates: December 18, 1893
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / A9, Alumni / Alumni Files (Individual students) / Class of 1868 / Ellis, George Williams (Class of 1868)

George Williams Ellis (Class of 1868) letter to President Ezra Brainerd, October 4, 1893

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Identifier: a2ms_brainerd_18931004
Scope and Contents

Letter from George Williams Ellis to President Ezra Brainerd regarding the return of Emma Willard address

Dates: October 4, 1893
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / A9, Alumni / Alumni Files (Individual students) / Class of 1868 / Ellis, George Williams (Class of 1868)

George Williams Ellis (Class of 1868) letter to President Ezra Brainerd, December 6, 1893

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Identifier: a2_brainerd_18931206
Scope and Contents

Letter from George W. Ellis to President Ezra Brainerd about copying an Emma Willard essay

Dates: December 6, 1893
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / A9, Alumni / Alumni Files (Individual students) / Class of 1868 / Ellis, George Williams (Class of 1868)

George Williams Ellis (Class of 1868) letter to President Ezra Brainerd, December 12, 1893

 Item
Identifier: a2ms_brainerd_18931212
Scope and Contents

Letter from George Williams Ellis to President Ezra Brainerd about sending copies of an Emma Willard article

Dates: December 12, 1893
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / A9, Alumni / Alumni Files (Individual students) / Class of 1868 / Ellis, George Williams (Class of 1868)

Hadley, Egbert Charles (Class of 1910, trustee), 1974

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Identifier: MOH2
Scope and Contents

1 90 minute interview with Egbert Charles Hadley by David Stameshkin. Interview references Marjorie (Finch) Hadley, and Deborah Clifford. Hadley discusses managing the baseball team; dorm life; compulsory chapel; senior theatre; Middlebury as the "poor man's college"; Harvard; prohibition; drinking around campus; Brainerd; Kellogg; how Middlebury has changed; commencement speakers; Armstrong; comparing presidents; facilities; McCullough gym; athletics; and working on the Kaleidoscope.

Dates: 1974
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / C-181-MOH, Middlebury oral histories

Harlan Sylvester Perrigo (Class of 1870) letter to President Ezra Brainerd, January 5, 1893

 Item
Identifier: a2ms_brainerd_18930105
Scope and Contents

Letter from Harlan Sylvester Perrigo to President Ezra Brainerd recommending a teacher

Dates: January 5, 1893
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / A9, Alumni / Alumni Files (Individual students) / Class of 1870 / Perrigo, Harlan Sylvester (Class of 1870)

Hazen Merrill Parker (Class of 1880) letters to President Ezra Brainerd, 1895

 File
Identifier: A9_Parker_Brainerd
Scope and Contents

Two manuscript letters written by Hazan Merrill Parker to President Ezra Brainerd

Dates: 1895
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / A9, Alumni / Alumni Files (Individual students) / Class of 1880 / Parker, Hazen Merrill (Class of 1880)

Henry Franklin Severens (Class of 1857) letter to President Ezra Brainerd, July 1, 1900

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Identifier: a2ms_brainerd_19000701
Scope and Contents

Letter from Henry F. Severens to President Ezra Brainerd regarding Middlebury's Alumni Association

Dates: July 1, 1900
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / A9, Alumni / Alumni Files (Individual students) / Class of 1857 / Severens, Henry Franklin (Class of 1857)

Henry Franklin Severens (Class of 1857) letter to President Ezra Brainerd, June 4, 1900

 Item
Identifier: a2_brainerd_19000604
Scope and Contents

Letter from Henry Franklin Severens to President Ezra Brainerd regarding Middlebury's centennial commencement and accomodations.

Dates: June 4, 1900
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / A9, Alumni / Alumni Files (Individual students) / Class of 1857 / Severens, Henry Franklin (Class of 1857)

Henry Freeman Walker (Class of 1860) letter to President Ezra Brainerd, July 6, 1900

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Identifier: a2ms_brainerd_19000706
Scope and Contents

Letter from Henry Freeman Walker to President Ezra Brainerd regarding Middlebury's centennial

Dates: July 6, 1900
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / A9, Alumni / Alumni Files (Individual students) / Class of 1860 / Walker, Henry Freeman (Class of 1860)

James Davie Butler (Class of 1836) letter to President Ezra Brainerd, June 21, 1900

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Identifier: a2ms_brainerd_19000621_01
Scope and Contents

Letter from James Davie Butler to President Ezra Brainerd regarding Middlebury's centennial

Dates: June 21, 1900
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / A9, Alumni / Alumni Files (Individual students) / Class of 1836 / Butler, James Davie (Class of 1836)

James F. McNaboe (Class of 1882) letter to Ezra Brainerd, March 19, 1898

 Item
Identifier: a2_brainerd_18980319
Scope and Contents

Letter from James F. McNaboe (Class of 1882) to President Ezra Brainerd regarding an invitation to an alumni dinner and a meeting in New York City.

Dates: March 19, 1898
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / A9, Alumni / Alumni Files (Individual students) / Class of 1882 / McNaboe, James Francis (Class of 1882)

John Wight Chapman (Class of 1879) letter to President Ezra Brainerd, July 11, 1900

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Identifier: mcht_a2ms_brainerd_19000711
Scope and Contents

Letter from John Wight Chapman to President Ezra Brainerd offering congratulations on the centennial anniversary celebration

Dates: July 11, 1900
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / A9, Alumni / Alumni Files (Individual students) / Class of 1879 / Chapman, John Wight (Class of 1879)

John Williams Bradshaw (Class of 1869) letter to President Ezra Brainerd, June 25, 1900

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Identifier: a2_brainerd_19000625
Scope and Contents

Letter from John Williams Bradshaw to President Ezra Brainerd expressing regret on being unable to attend Middlebury's centennial

Dates: June 25, 1900
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / A9, Alumni / Alumni Files (Individual students) / Class of 1869 / Bradshaw, John Williams (Class of 1869)

Joseph Battell (Class of 1860) letter to President Ezra Brainerd, February 2, 1893

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Identifier: a2ms_brainerd_18930202
Dates: February 2, 1893
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / A9, Alumni / Alumni Files (Individual students) / Class of 1860 / Battell, Joseph (Class of 1860)

Nathan R. Nichols (Class of 1866) letter to President Ezra Brainerd, September 4, 1895

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Identifier: a2ms_brainerd_18950904
Scope and Contents

Letter from Nathan R. Nichols to President Ezra Brainerd regarding a donation

Dates: September 4, 1895
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / A9, Alumni / Alumni Files (Individual students) / Class of 1866 / Nichols, Nathan R. (Class of 1866)

Nathan R. Nichols (Class of 1866) letter to President Ezra Brainerd, August 27, 1900

 Item
Identifier: a2ms_brainerd_19000827
Scope and Contents

Letter from Nathan R. Nichols to President Ezra Brainerd accompanying a contribution to the centennial

Dates: August 27, 1900
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / A9, Alumni / Alumni Files (Individual students) / Class of 1866 / Nichols, Nathan R. (Class of 1866)

Rufus C. Flagg (Class of 1869) letter to President Ezra Brainerd, June 11, 1900

 Item
Identifier: a2_brainerd_19000611_01
Scope and Contents

Letter from Rufus C. Flagg to President Ezra Brainerd expressing his intention to attend Middlebury's centennial

Dates: June 11, 1900
Found in: Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives / A9, Alumni / Alumni Files (Individual students) / Class of 1869 / Flagg, Rufus (Class of 1869)

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