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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:

A. Ellen Stanton collection

 Collection
Identifier: SMC-288
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises correspondence, business and information cards, scripts of speeches, obituaries, and photographs created by, for, or about A. Ellen Stanton. Notable people involved in the collection include Eliza Baylies Chapin Wheaton, Dr. Samuel Valentine Cole, Caroline L. Blake, S. C. Stanton, Pauline Holmes, Marian D. Merrill, "Vinnie" Gould, and Miss Clara M. Pike.

Dates: 1871 - 1947

Brown, Alice, 1921 - 1926

 File
Dates: Majority of material found within 1921 - 1926

Cole and Wieand Families Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-004
Abstract The Cole and Wieand families papers focus on Samuel Valentine Cole and Helen Wieand Cole, their interactions with Wheaton College, and their academic/writing pursuits. The papers also contain supplementary information about Samuel's brother, William Isaac Cole, and Helen's sister, Irma C. Wieand. The documents in the series span the years 1878 to 1975 with the bulk dates between 1897-1925, Samuel Valentine Cole's term as president. These papers include letters, publications, manuscripts,...
Dates: 1878-1975; 1897-1925

Eleanor Norcross Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SMC-021
Scope and Contents Eleanor Norcross papers include correspondence between Eleanor Norcross and Wheaton President Dr. Samuel V. Cole and Dr. Emory Holman, 1922. Also included is the correspondence between Eleanor, the Wheaton Registrar Sarah Belle Young, Al G. Pritchard and Co. (custom broker), Wheaton Trustee Annie M. Kilham, W1870, and Fitchburg and Leominster St. Railway Co. concerning the gift of artwork and antiquities which Miss Norcross sent from Paris and whether or not it could pass through U.S....
Dates: 1872-1991; 1915 - 1929

Frank Walcott Hutt (Old Colony Historical Society) to Samuel Valentine Cole

 Digital Work
Identifier: https://s3.amazonaws.com/gebbie.archives/ColeAndOCHS.pdf

Harriet E. Paine Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SMC-015
Abstract

Harriet E. Paine's Papers includes published and unpublished manuscripts focusing on classical works and abolition. Paine's collection also has correspondence to William Lord regarding the Civil War, Samuel Austin Chapin (brother of Eliza Baylies Wheaton), and Wheaton College President Dr. Samuel V. Cole concerning Wheaton Seminary's War efforts circa 1915.

Dates: 1861-1915; 1905 - 1915

President Samuel Valentine Cole seated at his desk inside the President's House

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://s3.amazonaws.com/gebbie.archives/ColePrezHouse_79.jpg

President Samuel Valentine Cole with Calvin Coolidge and with Corinne Roosevelt Robinson

 Digital Image
Identifier: https://s3.amazonaws.com/gebbie.archives/ColePrezHouse_81.jpg

President S.V. Cole at desk

 Digital Image
Identifier: https://s3.amazonaws.com/gebbie.archives/ColePrezHouse_83.jpg

President S.V. Cole in his study

 Digital Image
Identifier: https://s3.amazonaws.com/gebbie.archives/ColePrezHouse_85.jpg

Samuel Valentine Cole letter to Booker T. Washington

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://s3.amazonaws.com/gebbie.archives/BookerTWashington_1.pdf

Samuel Valentine Cole to Jeannie W. Lincoln, regarding Eliza Wheaton's portrait

 Digital Work
Identifier: https://s3.amazonaws.com/gebbie.archives/ColeToLincoln04191904.pdf

Samuel Valentine Cole to Margaret Murray Washington

 Digital Image
Identifier: https://s3.amazonaws.com/gebbie.archives/BookerTWashington02.pdf

Samuel Valentine Cole to Wellesley College, regarding Portia Washington

 Digital Image
Identifier: https://s3.amazonaws.com/gebbie.archives/Cole_Correspondence_Wellesley.pdf

Wheaton College Postpones Opening Plans, 1916

 Digital Image
Identifier: https://s3.amazonaws.com/gebbie.archives/PostponingofOpening1916.pdf

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Type
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