The Joseph Dow trunk archive · Document gallery 18

Memory, popularity & character

16 photographs · 6 document groups

College compositions and reverse inscriptions, photographed by Whit from the recovered Joseph Dow collection. Related views remain together in the supplied sequence. Reading views are turned upright; full-resolution links preserve the supplied originals. Titles are finding aids and uncertain associations remain open.

JDT-D114 · Reverse inscriptions and signature

2 photographs

Two close views of reverse-side writing: a society/number/date inscription and Joseph Dow’s signature. They follow the preceding composition photographs in the supplied sequence. Their precise association with a particular text remains open.

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JDT-D115 · Association, memory and recollections of youth

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A composition discussing association, remembered places and the recollections of youth. The concluding view is signed Joseph Dow and dated March 3, 1831. The adjacent reverse is marked “Class Exercise” and “Copied.”

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JDT-D116 · The love of popularity

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A composition headed “The love of popularity,” considering praise, public approval and the effects of this desire on conduct. Successive text views remain together.

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JDT-D117 · Early religious opinions and literature

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A composition discussing the influence of early religious opinions, associations and inherited customs on literature. The concluding view is signed Joseph Dow and dated March 19, 1833.

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JDT-D118 · Class-exercise reverse inscription

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A close view of a reverse marked “No. 3 Class Exercise,” with an April 8, 1830 inscription. It is kept in the supplied sequence; the date differs from the preceding composition and the paper’s association remains open.

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JDT-D119 · The influence of accidents in determining character

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A composition headed “The influence of accidents in determining character.” It considers circumstances, opportunities, adversity and learning, with successive text views and the signed conclusion.

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Photographs supplied by Whit from the recovered collection. Descriptions are finding aids rather than complete transcriptions.