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Article from the Connecticut College News 11 November 1920 naming the students who voted for the first time in the presidential election.

Formal portrait of Chase Going Woodhouse

Chase Going Woodhouse, professor of economics, seated at her desk with her husband Edward Woodhouse.

Photograph of Connecticut College Trustee, Mary Foulke Morrisson, likely taken on the occasion of her retirement from the Board in 1965.

Thomas Pimer writes to his father of demoralization and desertion among Confederate forces and the execution of Union deserters. He anticipates that his regiment will soon be moving to Richmond.

Thomas Pimer writes to his father of his new office in Norfolk and describes Norfolk as a city filled with alcohol and brothels that has damaged many young men. He also complains about lies being spread about him in New London.

William Smith writes to his wife about losses the brigade has suffered, a charge his company had made, and watching men die.

William Smith writes to his wife about missing money that he sent her, picket duty outside Petersburg, the danger from snipers, the large number of desertions, and the conduct of the election in the camp.

William Smith writes to his wife about rumors of a promotion, trying to learn to play the bugle so that he can join the band and get out of combat duty, and the massing of troops by Grant in preparation for the Overland Campaign.

William Smith writes to his wife about his examination in the hospital, his assignment to the Invalid Corps, and his hopes for a medical discharge.