Samuel Valentine Cole, Rev. Dr., 1851-1925 (Wheaton President, 1897-1925)
Person
biographical statement
b. 1851, Machiasport, ME; attended Washington Academy; grad. Bowdoin: A.B. 1874; A.M. 1877; D.D. 1898; LL.D. 1912; minister of Broadway Church (Congregational), Taunton, MA; m. (1) 1880 Annie Maria Talbot (d. 1906), (2) Helen Wieand; Trustee of Wheaton Female Seminary, 1893-1925; President of Wheaton Female Seminary, Wheaton College, 1897-1925; transformed Seminary into College, 1912; d. 6 May 1925, Norton, MA.
Citation:
Werner, Susan A., "Wheaton: A Visual History", 1977.Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:
Wheaton Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: MC-001
Abstract
The Wheaton Family Collection covers the years 1721-2009. The bulk of the collection relates to the years 1779-1905. The collection shows the activities of an affluent family in the small town of Norton, MA. Laban Morey Wheaton and Eliza Baylies Chapin Wheaton were both active in the community, and established Wheaton Female Seminary. Eliza Baylies Chapin Wheaton contributed a great deal to the town of Norton by helping to renovate the Trinitarian Congregational Church and building the...
Dates:
1721-1994; 1779 - 1905
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- Archival Object 11
- Digital Record 10
- Collection 5
- Subject
- President's House (Wheaton College, Wheaton Homestead) 4
- Wheaton Female Seminary (Norton, Mass.) 3
- Correspondence 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- Women's education 2
- Abolitionists 1
- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation 1
- Art -- Transportation. 1
- Clothing and dress -- United States -- History -- 20th century. 1
- College administrators 1
- College students 1
- College teaching 1
- College trustees 1
- Dairy farmers 1
- Deeds. 1
- Diaries. 1
- European travel -- 19th century 1
- France. 1
- French language. 1
- German language. 1
- Government appointment 18th century & 19th century 1
- Herbaria -- Europe -- 19th century. 1
- Lectures and lecturing. 1
- Livestock -- Massachusetts -- Purchasing -- History. 1
- Norcross, Eleanor, 1872-1923 1
- Obituaries. 1
- Personal finances and effective consumership 1
- Personal portraits 1
- Poetry. 1
- Portraits. 1
- Professor 1
- Sermons. 1
- Teacher 1
- Travel. 1
- Trinitarian Congregational Church (Norton, Mass.) 1
- United States. Bureau of Customs. 1
- Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.) -- Presidents 1
- Wills and testements 1
- Women -- Work -- United States -- 1850-1910. 1
- Women authors. 1
- Women painters 1 + ∧ less
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