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Sarah Carr McComb '27 Portrait

Sarah Bonham Robinson pictured with Paintings

Portrait of Sarah Bonham Robinson

Picture of Sarah Bonham Robinson seated in a front of painting

Finding Aid for the Ruth Warfield Postcard Collection

Lavender jade pigeons, with insets of amber as eyes, date from Ch'ien Lung period (1736-1796).

Ruth Johnson Clarke '12

o Born: May 12, 1907 in Jamaica, Long Island
o Died: May 9, 1999
o Bachelor from Vassar college
o PhD from Johns Hopkins
o Taught at Wilson College from 1934-1972
o Elected to Outstanding Educators of America
o Professor of classics, Chairman…

Portrait

Article in the Chicago Daily News by M.W. Newman. The article is about the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), nicknamed 'Snick'.

Rosenkrans Hall

Finding aid for the Rosemary Bowler (1951) Papers

Rosedith Sitgreaves '35

A light brown and red hardcover book titled "RON, WASP Cartoon Scarpbook by Alice-Jean May." Alice-Jean May was a member of Women Airforce Service Pilot during World War II.

Roman lamp, mold-made with three wicks, rounded bottom and palmette-design on handle.

Roman oil lamp, mold-made and decorated with stamped pattern and raised laughing faces.

Robert Frost shakes hands with the Wilson graduates of 1935.

Robert Frost speaking informally with students in 1960.

Rita Mae Brown (center) with assistant professor of English Diane Lunde (right) and Vice President of College Advancement Carol A. Tschop at Wilson College's graduation in 1992.

A Wilson College student at a rifle range

The Riding Ring riding club was established after four horses were donated to the College in 1922. At various times, Wilson College has had equestrian teams compete in Eventing, Drill Team, Dressage, Western, and Hunt Seat. The Penn Hall riding…

A view of Riddle Hall, the dormitory, in the snow.

The front entrance of Riddle Hall with students.
Riddle Hall was dedicated in June 1928 and named after long time Wilson Trustee, Henry Alexander Riddle. His daughter, Elisabeth ‘1897, served as hostess to the college at the time of the dormitory’s…

Riddle Hall

Portrait of Rida Johnson Young

Inauguration: Interim President, June 2019
Resignation: December 2019
BA from F&M, MA and PhD from University of Pennsylvania.
Instructor in F&M’s French Department (1968), President of F&M (1988-2002).
Wife, Suzette (Gallagher) Kneedler, is a…

Inaugurated: 1876
Resigned: 1878
Education: Reverend Wylie was ordained by the Presbytery of Philadelphia of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in 1853.
Reorganized college curriculum; capped enrollment at 75 students (which he did not reach),…

Rev. Tryon Edwards served as an honorary President of Wilson College from 1870-1871. He worked in close partnership with the Vice-President, Rev. James Wightman, who was responsible for the College's administration.

Rev. Edwards was the…

Rev. John Laird. President of the board.

The Rev. James W. Wightman, Vice-President and Acting President
Edwards: Presbyterian minister from Hagerstown Maryland
Wightman: pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Greencastle. Wightman did not believe in a “female” education of women – he…

Inauguration: Acting President (1872-1873 & 1874-1876)
Rev. Dr. Kennedy was Vice President during President Archibald's term and then served as acting president (1872-1873 and 1874-1876) between Archibald's resignation and President Wylie's…

Born: Lexington, KY 1861
Died: July 6, 1936
Inauguration: 1915
Education: University of Kentucky, completed BA at Princeton in 1882. Spent 1882-1883 at Oxford in England where he specialized in constitutional history. 1885 graduated from Columbia…

Robinson
Inaugurated: pro tem, 1878
Resigned: 1881
Goodsell
Died: Sept. 19, 1893
Inaugurated: Lady Principal, 1877
Resigned: 1881
Education: Vassar, 1869
Management of the College was largely given to Lady Principal Abby Goodsell. Started the…