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Ellwood C. Perisho Papers

The Elwood Perisho Papers chiefly document the life of Elwood Chappell Perisho (1861-1935), Quaker, educator, geologist and lecturer; and Guilford College operations such as financing and student recruitment during the 1920s and '30s. Types of materials include clippings, correspondence, diaries, addresses, miscellaneous notes and writings, photographs and various printed materials.

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.
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--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--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.
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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