Dyer, Richard Nye, 1918-1993

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Materials by or about Butler.

Abstract John Wesley ("Colby Jack") Coombs (1882-1957) was an early professional baseball player who set numerous records as a pitcher during his career with the Philadelphia Athletics, the Brooklyn Robins, and the Detroit Tigers. Following his playing career he was a successful coach of college baseball, notably at Duke University, and authored an influential guidebook for baseball instruction. The most successful professional athlete to come out of Colby, he was also the first student to graduate...

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The collection comprises letters, scrapbooks, and manuscript items by Waldo Peirce, an American painter, bohemian, and expatriate born in Bangor, Maine.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains nine folders of correspondence relating to Coombs’ professional career as athlete, author, and coach, including correspondence with Colby College administrative officials and from Coombs’ associates, family members, and historians. The collection contains manuscripts and published writings by and about Coombs, including publisher’s flyers and promotional materials, order forms, and book jackets. More than 50 photographs, both mounted and unmounted prints and...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains correspondence primarily between Smith and Colby's alumni secretaries, and President Strider and his assistant, Richard Dyer. The collection also includes manuscripts of poetry, short stories, editorials for the Echo as well as the Portland Camera Club, press releases regarding the Mayflower Hill campus, and an article series on Colby's fraternities. Journals accounting Smith's travels as well as his Echo editorials are included, and a wide array of photographs, many...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains correspondence primarily between Smith and Colby's alumni secretaries, and President Strider and his assistant, Richard Dyer. The collection also includes manuscripts of poetry, short stories, editorials for the Echo as well as the Portland Camera Club, press releases regarding the Mayflower Hill campus, and an article series on Colby's fraternities. Journals accounting Smith's travels as well as his Echo editorials are included, and a wide array of photographs, many...

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains letters between Butler and many other correspondents as well as letters regarding Butler, primarily from during and after the Civil War Years. There are also military, legal, and other documents, manuscripts, photographs and other visual materials, scrapbooks, clippings and publications, and some modern materials pertaining to Butler, both Colby-connected and otherwise.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains letters between Butler and many other correspondents as well as letters regarding Butler, primarily from during and after the Civil War Years. There are also military, legal, and other documents, manuscripts, photographs and other visual materials, scrapbooks, clippings and publications, and some modern materials pertaining to Butler, both Colby-connected and otherwise.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains letters between Butler and many other correspondents as well as letters regarding Butler, primarily from during and after the Civil War Years. There are also military, legal, and other documents, manuscripts, photographs and other visual materials, scrapbooks, clippings and publications, and some modern materials pertaining to Butler, both Colby-connected and otherwise.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains letters between Butler and many other correspondents as well as letters regarding Butler, primarily from during and after the Civil War Years. There are also military, legal, and other documents, manuscripts, photographs and other visual materials, scrapbooks, clippings and publications, and some modern materials pertaining to Butler, both Colby-connected and otherwise.