Hillman, Samuel Dickinson

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Board of Trustees papers, 1833-1879
RG 1/2 - 10.1.12 The Statutes of Dickinson College, 1853
1833-1902

The papers of the Board of Trustees of Dickinson College, 1833-1879, include correspondence, reports, financial statements, printed materials, and legal documents, and have been arranged into thirteen series.

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Location: RG 1/2

Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Student Life, Economics and Finance, Education, Religion and Spirituality

Format: Certificates and Diplomas, Engravings and Illustrations, Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Reports

Time Period: 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919

Collection Inventory: PDF icon RG 1-002.pdf

Education Fund of the Baltimore Annual Conference
Letter in Box 1, Folder 7
1836-2001; bulk, 1852-1880

The Education Fund played a critical role in the success of Dickinson College, especially during the mid-nineteenth century. For thirty years, Dickinson was entirely dependent upon the interest from the Education Fund to support its operations. In subsequent decades Dickinson’s Board of Trustees...

Location: MC 2016.1

Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College History, Education, Religion and Spirituality

Format: Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1840-1859, 1860-1879

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2016.01.pdf

Student Affairs / Registrar papers, 1783-1914
Matriculation book, 1849-1853 (RG 5/1 - 2.1.4)
1783-1914

In the nineteenth century, the activities pertaining to admissions and student affairs were performed by the President of the College, with some assistance from the other faculty members. Inquiries concerning admissions were generally made directly to the President of the College. Members of the...

Location: RG 5/1

Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education

Format: Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Miscellaneous, Notes and Notebooks, Reports

Time Period: 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919

Collection Inventory: PDF icon RG 5/1 - Student Affairs/Registrar

Letter from Charles Himes to William Fisher
Letter from Charles Himes to William Fisher
June 5, 1874

Professor Charles Himes writes Professor William Fisher a "strictly confidential" letter to discuss several sensitive issues related to Dickinson College. Professor Himes mentions the upcoming Board of Trustee meeting and discusses how they might decide to fill several faculty vacancies. In...

Location: MC 2000.12, B1, F3

Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education, Personal and Family Life

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1860-1879

Letter from Charles Himes to William Fisher
Letter from Charles Himes to William Fisher
August 17, 1874

Professor Charles Francis Himes writes Professor William Fisher to discuss a controversy related to how the Dickinson College Board of Trustees decided to fill faculty positions. Himes also mentions his recent activities and travels as well as prospects for the upcoming year. Himes ('55) and...

Location: MC 2000.12, B1, F3

Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education, Personal and Family Life

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1860-1879

"Reunion Address Class of 1870," by Edward Byrn
"Reunion Address Class of 1870," by Edward Byrn
June 7, 1910

Edward Wright Byrn delivers this reunion address in 1910 for the Class of 1870. Byrn discusses the importance of reunions at which former students "meet every five years after graduation and renew the old associations of college days." Byrn also describes the events that took place during the...

Location: I-Original-1910-2

Subject: Dickinson College Alumni Affairs, Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Dickinson College Student Life

Format: Speeches and Sermons

Time Period: 1900-1919
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