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Collection Overview

Biographical Note

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Arrangement of the Collection

Search Terms

"The Land and People of Greece" 1907

"Macaulay in Society", "Macaulay's Breadth and Illustrative Power", "Carlyle", "Limitations of Knowledge", "The Clergyman in Politics" 1907

Junior Debate Paper: "The Scepticism of Hume", "Assyria and its Significance", "The Character and Times of Ahag", Senior Debate Paper 1908

Hyde Debate 1909

"Miss Hepzibah Pincheon", "Fundamental Opinions of Carlyle", "John Stuart Mill", "Sir Roger De Coverly", Debate Outline, "The Schoolmen" n.d.

"Cambridge Life and Occupations of Tennyson", "Tennyson's Religious Views", Power Oratory n.d.

"The Call for Volunteers" n.d. "Governor Hughes and Superintendent Kelsey" n.d., "Paging Common Sense" [1938?] [1938?], n.d.

William Gooding Hartin (AC 1909) Student Papers, 1907-1909

Finding aid prepared by David Schaich, Peter Nelson.

Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

© 2003

Collection Overview

Creator: Hartin, William Gooding, 1874-1969
Title: William Gooding Hartin (AC 1909) Student Papers
Dates: 1907-1909
Abstract: School principal and superintendent, businessman. Papers consist of essays written for classics and English literature courses at Amherst College, 1907-1909, and Amherst College debate teams. Three articles that may have been written later in Hartin's life are included in the final folder.
Extent: 1 half archives box(0.25 linear ft.)
Language: English.

Biographical Note

William Gooding Hartin (1874-1969) was a member of the Amherst College Class of 1909. After graduation he was the principal and district superintendent of schools, Burlington, Vermont, a representative for D. Appleton & Co., and a manufacturer of gloves and mittens in Gloversville, New York.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The William Gooding Hartin (AC 1909) Student Papers consist of essays written for classics courses and English literature courses at Amherst College, 1907-1909. Papers written for Amherst College debate teams are also included. Three articles that may have been written later in Hartin's life are included in the final folder.

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Arrangement of the Collection

The papers are organized chronologically.

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"The Land and People of Greece" 1907

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"Macaulay in Society", "Macaulay's Breadth and Illustrative Power", "Carlyle", "Limitations of Knowledge", "The Clergyman in Politics" 1907

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1 3
Junior Debate Paper: "The Scepticism of Hume", "Assyria and its Significance", "The Character and Times of Ahag", Senior Debate Paper 1908

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1 4
Hyde Debate 1909

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"Miss Hepzibah Pincheon", "Fundamental Opinions of Carlyle", "John Stuart Mill", "Sir Roger De Coverly", Debate Outline, "The Schoolmen" n.d.

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1 6
"Cambridge Life and Occupations of Tennyson", "Tennyson's Religious Views", Power Oratory n.d.

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"The Call for Volunteers" n.d. "Governor Hughes and Superintendent Kelsey" n.d., "Paging Common Sense" [1938?] [1938?], n.d.