John A. Hisey Jr. scrapbook
Scope and Contents
This scrapbook contains a variety of materials from John A. Hisey Jr.’s time at Haverford College. Photographs of Haverford sports teams and newspaper clippings about their games attest to Hisey’s interest in the college’s athletics and to his own career on the track team. Hisey also pasted tickets to sporting events, invitations to dances, and programs from shows, Haverford commencements, and other events into the book. These are accompanied by photographs of Haverford's campus, newspaper clippings related to the college, and Hisey’s report cards. When these materials mention Hisey, they generally refer to him by his middle name, Alan. The scrapbook also features photographs from Hisey’s time at Camp Tecumseh in New Hampshire; a program for the 1917 Thanksgiving dinner of the Headquarter Troop Seventy-Ninth Division stationed at Camp Meade, Maryland; and communications from the Little Egg Harbor Yacht Club in New Jersey.
Dates
- Creation: 1914-1923
Creator
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
John Alan Hisey Jr. was born in Philadelphia on October 31, 1895, to salesman John Alan Hisey Sr. and his wife Gula Hisey. John Hisey Jr. entered Haverford in 1914, with the class of 1918. While at the college, Hisey participated in the Cap and Bells club and ran on the track team, which he captained his junior year. In 1917, Hisey’s school career was interrupted by military service as a second lieutenant in the Seventy-Ninth Division of the army, then stationed at Camp Meade, Maryland. In 1921, he returned to Haverford and completed a bachelor's of science. After graduating, Hisey pursued a variety of jobs around the United States. He died on October 6, 1990.
Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language
English
Overview
This scrapbook contains a variety of materials from John A. Hisey Jr.’s time at Haverford College. Born in Philadelphia on October 31, 1895, to salesman John Alan Hisey Sr. and his wife Gula Hisey, John Hisey Jr. entered Haverford in 1914, as part of the class of 1918. His scrapbook documents his first three years at Haverford, especially his athletic career. The book also provides evidence of the military service that interrupted Hisey’s studies in 1917, and of his return to Haverford in 1921, to finish his degree.
Arrangement
The scrapbook is arranged in roughly chronological order.
Acquisition
The John A. Hisey Jr. scrapbook (HCS.003.007), was donated to Special Collections, Haverford College in 1998 by J. H. Richter.
Processing Information
Processed by James Truitt; completed November, 2016.
Subject
- Haverford College -- Sports (Organization)
- Haverford College -- Sports -- Photographs (Organization)
- Haverford College -- Students (Organization)
- Haverford College -- History -- 20th century (Organization)
- Title
- John A. Hisey Jr. scrapbook, 1914-1923
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- James Truitt
- Date
- November, 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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