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Edgar B. Graves
Overview
Edgar B. Graves was a longtime Hamilton College history professor whose faculty tenure spanned at least the 1940s through the 1950s. He taught European history, including medieval and Reformation history, and was an active participant in campus intellectual and social life. He appears in both the Hamilton Life and the Spectator across nearly two decades of corpus coverage.
Relevance to Research
Graves is one of the more frequently appearing history faculty members in the Hamilton corpus during the mid-20th century. His appearances document the intellectual programming of the Student Christian Association, faculty variety show culture, and the college’s wartime community activities during World War II. He provides a window into the history department during a formative era for Hamilton’s academic identity.
Notes
Role: Faculty; Professor of History, Hamilton College
Key events:
- Faculty at Hamilton College at least from 1940 through the mid-1950s (exact hire date unknown)
- Corpus: May 1940 Hamilton Life places him among the faculty performing in a variety show (“a song and dance routine by six members of the faculty: Messrs. Sloane, Minor, Liedke, Graves, Johnson, and Johnston”); also listed by full name performing in a “policemen’s quartet” with Thomas Johnston, John Moore, and Stephen Nile
- Corpus: Dec. 1947 Spectator mentions “Mrs. Edgar Graves” among faculty spouses lauded for contributions to an AIM (American International Movement?) food and community campaign, with special mention for wartime cooperation and reduced-cost supplies
- Corpus: Oct. 1948 Spectator reports “Professor Edgar Graves will give a talk on the history of the Reformation on Sunday afternoon, October 31, at 4 P.M. in the Baker Memorial Room” at the regular weekly meeting of the Student Christian Association; the announcement notes “Dr. Graves’ presentation” and invites informal discussion of the Reformation and its implications for Christians
- Corpus: Dec. 1948 Spectator notes “Rev. Arnold Keller, Jr., and Prof. Edgar Graves spoke previously on other aspects” of a topic addressed at SCA events on campus
Related Sources
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Related Topics
- Curriculum and Academic Departments
- Religious and Spiritual Life
- Faculty Governance and Academic Affairs
- WWII and Hamilton College
- Hamilton Life Archive
- Hamilton Spectator Archive