Boxes 335, 335.1 and 335.2 contain three scrapbooks. The following are descriptions of each scrapbook. Scrapbook 1 is in Box 335, Scrapbook 2 is in Box 335.1 and Scrapbook 3 is in Box 335.2.
Author: Alumni Association
Date Scrapbook 1: 1931-1939
Date Scrapbook 2: 1925-1933
Date Scrapbook 3: 1895-1924
Condition:
Binding- both attached and loose pages
Paper- intact with frayed edges
Materials- mostly attached, a few are loose
Size of Scrapbooks 1, 2, and 3: 18 inches x 12 inches
Number of Pages Scrapbook 1: 37
Number of Pages Scrapbook 2: 54
Number of Pages Scrapbook 3: 42
Contents Scrapbook 3:
Pg 1- announcement for PMC Awarding of the Scholarship Medals for the class of 1895, October 29, 1895; Public Oratorical Exercises of the Class of 1896, November 8, 1895; program from Washington’s Birthday celebration, February 22, 1896; loose picture of George Washington
Pg 2- invitation and program to 1st Annual PMC Indoor Athletic Exhibitions, March 11, 1896; itinerary and letter to parents from Charles Hyatt about cadet Military Excursion trip to Washington DC, Harper’s Ferry, Antietam, and Gettysburg, May 19-22, 1896
Pg 3- blank
Pg 4- announcements for Oratorical Prize Contest of Class of 1897, May 1, 1896; program from PMC’s Public Exercises at the Gettysburg Court House, May 20, 1896; coupons for trips and meals during Military Excursion
Pg 5- blank
Pg 6- Class of 1896 commencement programs; announcements for Oratorical Prize Contest of Class of 1898, April 20, 1897; Indoor Athletics by the Cadets, March 11, 1897
Pg 7- newspaper clipping of Lt. Jim Schaubel, PMC’s polo coach; letter to Robert Tumbelston from E.A. Howell concerning scrapbook, October 9, 1939
Pg 8- newspaper clipping about PMC minstrels’ burnt cork performance; events planned for May/June, 189(?); Thanksgiving at PMC; Stag Dance by PMC cadets; PMC baseball loss; Secretary of War William Taft can’t inspect cadets on Military Day because of Panama Canal matter; Major General Fred D. Grant, son of Ulysses Grant, to inspect cadets instead
Pg 9- blank
Pg 10- newspaper clippings- PMC football defeats Banks’ Business College; football team loses to St. John’s, 1905; baseball team loses to Banks’ Business College, 1904; PMC Prep cadet Edgar Yearick loses sight in one eye after accident on rifle range, 1904
Pg 11- blank
Pg 12- newspaper clippings- PMC football defeats Delaware College and Williamson School, 1905; baseball team loses to Delaware College
Pg 13- newspaper photo of all PMC cadets, with a list of names and hometowns, in front of Old Main, April 19, 1902
Pg 14- newspaper clippings- PMC football team defeats Franklin and Marshall, 1905; cadets march from Chester to Brandywine Battlefield and back
Pg 15- blank
Pg 16- newspaper clippings- photo and article about 1906 graduating class; 1906 commencement exercises; baseball game between PMC sophomores and PMC Prep, 1906
Pg 17- blank
Pg 18- photos of cadets- several unknown locations, baseball game, early 1900’s ?
Pg 19- newspaper clipping from Chester Times, March 29, 1941 about year of 1911
Pg 20- announcement for 1907 commencement; menu from PMC reunion in Pittsburgh, July 15, 1907; program from class of 1907 Pollock Prize Contest, March 10, 1905; program from Alumni Dinner, June 19, 1907
Pg 21- blank
Pg 22- photos of PMC baseball team, date unknown
Pg 23- blank
Pg 24- photos of PMC baseball team, date unknown
Pg 25- blank
Pg 26- photos of cadet games, date unknown
Pg 27- blank
Pg 28- announcements of the Conferring of Undergraduate Honors and Prizes, October 5, 1915; Class of 1917 Oratorical Prize Contest, November 19, 1915; Indoor Horse Show, January 28, 1916
Pg 29- programs from Class of 1930 commencement, June 18, 1930; PMC Annual Athletic Banquet, March 27, 1941
Pg 30- programs from Indoor Horse Show, January 28, 1916; Annual Gymnasium Exhibition and Indoor Athletic Contest, March 17, 1916; Class of 1918 Pollock Prize Contest, May 5, 1916; invitations to competitive ride for the John G. Bergfels Cavalry Medal, March 16, 1916; Annual Competitive Gymnasium Exhibition, March 17, 1916
Pg 31- newspaper clippings- PMC commencement, 19 (?); President Roosevelt promotes 3 Marine Corps Brigadier Generals to Major Generals, including Charles F.B. Price
Pg 32- programs from 1916 commencement, June 21, 1916; invitation to Bergfels Medal Competition, May 24, 1916; the “Musical Glee” by the PMC Musical Club, May 25, 1916
Pg 33- newspaper clippings- General George C. Marshall receives honorary degree, 19 (?); Dr. Charles Francis Nassau, former PMC cadet, died August 12, 1940; PMC gets excellent rating by the War Department; newspaper photo of former PMC cadet Lt. Walter Layer
Pg 34- PMC promotional material
Pg 35- newspaper clippings- Capt. Carl Schaubel appointed as instructor at PMC, August 12, 1940; Col. Frank Hyatt suddenly called to Washington; newspaper photo of General George Marshall at commencement; program of exercises during graduation week 1940
Pg 36- photograph- date, location, event unknown
Pg 37- blank
Pg 38- invitation and program from Class of 1918 Oratorical Prize Contest, November 17, 1916; readjustment of calendar for 1916-1917 session; invitation to PMC Thanksgiving Day football game vs. St. John’s College, 1915
Pg 39- letter to alumni from Charles Hyatt, July 11, 1922; newspaper clipping- PMC football loses to St. John’s Military College in Thanksgiving game, November 30, 1922
Pg 40- informational brochure about PMC; letter from John Loveland to alumni about 1923 commencement activities, May 21, 1923
Pg 41- letter from John Loveland to alumni about Military Day and commencement, May 16, 1924