Ellwood C. Perisho Papers

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Who's responsible?: Quaker Archive, Hege Library, Guilford College (Repository)
How much has been digitized?: Parts of this collection may not have been digitized (TBD).
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Topics: Schools and Colleges
People
North Carolina
Subject headings: Guilford College
Contributing Institution: Quaker Archive, Hege Library, Guilford College

: Biographical--Perisho, E. C.--Notes ca.1940; This folder contains mostly notes for the posthumous biographical writings.

: Biographical--Perisho, E. C.--ca. 1940; Handwritten and typed biographical essays on Ellwood C. Perisho. One titled "They Form a College" is about the work he did in the formation of Guilford College. Others describe his work for college before his death.

: Biographical--Perisho, Inez Beebe.--nd., 1959; An undated typed obituary for Mrs. Perisho and the Sioux Falls College Bulletin noting Mrs. Perisho's bequest to the colege.

: Clippings--ca. 1920-1935; Biographical newspaper clippings on Dr. Perisho.

: Correspondence--1889-1892; Letters from various respondents to E. C. Perisho. Priscilla B. Hackney, Guilford College, NC (1889); E. A. White, Raleigh, NC (1892); J. J. Mills, Richmond, IN (1893); Lewis Lyndon Hobbs, Guilford College, NC (1893); Cyrus W. Hodgin, Richmond, IN (1893); and Joseph Moore, Guilford College, NC (1893).

: Correspondence--1920-1923; Letters from various respondents to E. C. Perisho. H. A. White, High Point, NC (1920); Roger C. Kiser, Candor, NC (1922); Joseph M. Dixon, Governor of Montana to Joseph G. Cannon (1922); William A. Blair, winston-Salem, NC (1923); Augustine W. Blair, New Brunswick, NJ (1923); Fred L. Shaw, Pierre, SD (1923); Henry A. Doak, Grand Forks, ND (1923); and Raymond Binford, Guilford College, NC (1923).

: Correspondence--1924; Letters from various respondents to E. C. Perisho. John M. Greenfield, New York, NY; Walter W. Haviland, Lansdowne, PA; Eli J. Pate, Golsboro, NC; JVan Lindley, Pomona, NC; Annie M. Wiley, Greensboro, NC; Ruth E. Zachary, Snow Camp, NC; Charles M. Short, Charlotte, NC; E. A. Cole, Charlotte, Nc; Rebecca B. H. Thomas, Whittier, CA; E. P. Mendenhall, Goldsboro, NC; Charles N. White, High Point, NC; Richard L. Hollowell, Greensboro, NC; and Ella S. Harold, Brownsburg, IN.

: Correspondence--1925-1926; Letters from various respondents to E. C. Perisho. Hardy A. Carroll, Mount Airy, NC (1925); D. H. Blair, Washington, DC (1925); Isaac French Holt, Saxapahaw, NC (1925); Charles Coble, Guilford College, NC (1925); Alvin T. Coate, Friendsville, TN (1925); Charles L. Van Noppen, np (1925); Darrell F. McKinley, Goldsboro, NC (1926); and Morris E. Trotter, Charlotte, NC (1926).

: Correspondence--1928; This folder contains letters from various respondents to E. C. Perisho. Clara Farlow, McLeansville, NC; J. A. Gawthorp, Greensboro, NC; Jasper & Mary C. Thompson, Rich Square, NC; W. P. Hawfield, Raeford, NC; Florence E. Monroe, Greensboro, NC; Geneva Highfall, Wilson, NC; Bejamin W. Brooks, Sunbury, NC; Bryon Haworth, Burlington, NC; Elizabeth White, Belvidere, NC; Bertha Edgerton, Trenton, NJ; O.S. Tew, Greensboro, NC; J. Edgar Hiatt, Washington, DC; William L. Pearson, Pasadena, CA; Henry C. Fellow, Wichita, KS; Herber W. Early, Windsor, NC; E. D. Hendre. Mount Airy, NC; Mrs. Albert Friddle, Stokesdale, NC; Thomas Hadley, Saxapahaw, NC; and T. E. Mebane, Red Springs, NC.

: Correspondence--1929; This folder contains letters from various respondents to E. C. Perisho. Bert cole, Bronxville, NY; Howard Cude, Colfax, NC; J. S. Edwards, Troy, NC; Lee T. Richardson, Raliegh, NC; Sudie Coc, Roseboro, NC; John J. Blair, Raleigh, NC; W. P. Hawfield, Raeford, NC; A. A. White, Hallsboro, NC; Collier Cobb, Chapel Hill, NC; W. C. Hammond, Asheboro, NC; Z. H. Dixon, Elkin, NC; H. A. Carroll, Kernersville, NC; Tom A. Sykes, High Point, NC; Lizzie R. Hampton, Leaksville, NC, and M. S. Hinckle, Greensboro, NC.

: Correspondence--1930-1931; This folder contains letters from various respondents to E. C. Perisho. S. F. Weston, Yellow Springs, Ohio; D. elton Trueblood, Baltimore, MD; Albert Keiser, Hickory, NC; W. H. Hodgin, High Point, NC; William E. Berry, Oskaloosa, IA; A. B. Hoskins, Nashville, TN; E. G. Crawford, Richmond, IN; H. J. Herring, Durham, NC; A. R. Van Cleave, Elon college, NC; and J. Gaither Pratt, Durham, NC. Chiefly correspondece related to the peace oratorical contests. See aslo 10:1

: Correspondence--1932-1936; This folder contains letters from various respondents to E. C. Perisho. Samuel B. Turrentine, Greensboro, NC; Isaiah Bowman, New York, NY; Clarence E. Tobias, Jr., Guilford College, NC; and Inez Beebe Perisho, Ipswich, SD.

: Correspondence--1940-1941; Correspondence mostly from Inez Beebe Perisho to Raymond Binford relating to Perisho's biography. Also includes one letter from T. Gilbert Pearson to Mrs. Perisho (1940).

: Correspondence--Jan.-June 1927; Letters from various respondents to E. C. Perisho. They include J. B. Hockett, Pleasant Garden, NC; Charles D. Hurrey, New York, NY; Chester C. Haworth, Burlington, NC; W. B. Truitt, Greensboro, NC; E. P. Dixon, Saxapahaw, NC; M. B. Andrews, Ruffin, NC; Ruth McCollum, Bryn Maur, PA; Clyde T. Hinshaw, Worthville, NC; B.A. Barringer, Liberty, NC; Mrs. Cecil E. Hallyburton, Glenn Alpine, NC; George A. Short, Wilson, NC; C. R. Friddle, Stokesdale, NC; M. T. Chilton, Walnut Cove, NC; W.C. Hammond, Jr., Asheboro, NC; and G. Whitford Edgerton, Yadkinville, NC.

: Correspondence--July-Dec. 1927; This folder contains letters from various respondents to E. C. Perisho. Zella McColloch Cheek, Washington, DC; Preston Valentine, Kenly, NC; James W. Edgerton, Trenton, NJ; C. C. Wright, Hunting Creek, NC; Raymond Binford, Guilford College, NC; Huston E. Davison, Washington, DC; J. H. Beeson, Elkin, NC; Lena E. Bullard, Greensboro, NC; Hardy Carroll, Kernersville, NC; and S. G. Hasty, Lexington, NC.

: Correspondence--n.d; A few letters written and typed by Ellwood C. Perisho. One is addressed to faculty members, another is written to the Guilford College Y. M.C.A., and another letter addressed to Dean Carroll. There is also a letter written to the Friends that is not signed.

: Endowment Campaign--1921-1928; In this folder there are various works. There is an essay written by Perisho titled "A Safe Investment- Good Dividend and No Losses."

: Reminiscences 1896-1899 [Eliot Kayes Stone papers]; Elliot Kayes Stone's memoir on his time at Guilford College from 1869 to 1899. An account of what it was like to be a student at the end of the 19th century. It mentions practical jokes, living conditions, the kinds of classes offered, and impressions of various faculty and staff. Louis Lyndon Hobbs is covered on page 6.

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