The nature of the Hampden-Sydney College Archives and Special Collections means that copyright or other information about
restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. As a result, Hampden-Sydney College
claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright
law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of
copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be
fully credited with the source. This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state
right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable
living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g.
cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning and individual's private life are published
that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the College assumes no responsibility.
Access to Materials
Collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Because of the nature of certain archival
formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access will require additional advanced notice. Copies of digital files
will be provided for use upon request.
Inventoried collection of correspondence, poems, essays, mementos, and personal effects of Elizabeth Carrington Eggleston,
daughter of former Hampden-Sydney College President Joseph DuPuy Eggleston, including numerous "jotting books" or commonplace
books that Eggleston kept throughout her life.
Elizabeth Eggleston's "Jotting Books" are notebooks containing diary entries, personal information, and drafts of various
poems, essays, and letters. They are arranged chronologically, though certain volumes (2, 4-14, 41, 42 108-110, 113) are unaccounted for.