The inside of the backing board contained a paper with many lost sections and faded handwriting, describing the office locations and some details about the lives of four IWU faculty: Demotte, Troyer, Sharp, and Baldwin.<\/p>\n Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n My attempt at transcribing this writing is below. No doubt a researcher who is curious about this item or these people could use the University’s archival holdings to explore more! [Note: DeMotte is the correct spelling of the first name]<\/p>\n H.C. Demot \u2026.room to B.[?]V. Sharp\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 occupied the room Demot was president of the school & Troyer was for [?] Baldwin & Sharp <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A recently donated framed document revealed a hidden record of campus personnel and Civil War service. It is our practice in the archives to remove and dispose of frames\/glass to lessen the chance of injuring people or damaging the artifacts … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/files\/2023\/07\/1907-University-Campus-1024x386.png\")
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\n& H. Troyer \u2013 left \u2026..the [?]<\/p>\n
\n& Wm. M. Baldwin\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to the right of [?]<\/p>\n
\nafterward for [?]<\/p>\n
\nyears a minister of [?]
\nILL ME Illinois Conference<\/p>\n
\njoined Co K 2nd<\/sup> ILL
\ncav. sharp [?] but a
\nshort time & was discharged on acct of
\nill health. returned to Bloomington
\n& married. his father in law bought a
\nlarge Hotel & set sharp up in Hotel bus.<\/p>\n