McClintock, John

Entries drawn from collection & document descriptions

John A. J. Creswell papers

1818-1889

The collection consists of student notes, correspondence, speeches and commissions related to John A. J. Creswell, Dickinson College class of 1848 and Postmaster General, 1869-1874. The collection also includes an account book kept by Creswell's father, John Creswell.

Location: MC 2010.2

Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Economics and Finance, Education, Legal Affairs, Politics and Government

Format: Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Notes and Notebooks, Speeches and Sermons

Time Period: 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899

Collection Inventory: mc2010.02.pdf

John Price Durbin presidential papers

1834-1845

The papers of John Price Durbin contained within this record group pertain only to the years that he spent as president of Dickinson College, from 1834 to 1845. This includes the papers collected during the period of Durbin's sabbatical, during which Robert Emory served as acting president for...

Location: RG 2/2

Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Religion and Spirituality

Format: Letters/Correspondence, Notes and Notebooks, Speeches and Sermons

Time Period: 1820-1839, 1840-1859

Collection Inventory: RG 2/2 - John Price Durbin

Robert Emory presidential papers

1845-1848

The records contained in the President Robert Emory record group pertain only to his time and affairs as president of Dickinson College. As such, any papers from Emory’s acting presidency during John Price Durbin’s sabbatical are not included here, neither are his personal papers, nor his papers...

Location: RG 2/3

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

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1840-1859

Collection Inventory: RG 2/3 - Robert Emory

Augusta McClintock family papers

1843-1877

The collection consists almost entirely of correspondence between Augusta McClintock and members of her family, including her step-sister (Maria Emory), her aunts (Jane and Pat), her father (John McClintock), and her elder brother (John Emory McClintock). There is also corresponendence between...

Location: MC 2019.14

Subject: Genealogy and Family History, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality

Format: Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines

Time Period: 1840-1859, 1860-1879

Collection Inventory: Augusta McClintock family papers

J. Emory McClintock family papers

Autograph album, 1853 (Box 3, folder 04)

1853-1918

The collection consists of genealogical, financial, and scrapbook materials related to the McClintock and Wakeman families. Four ledgers concern research notes on George Washington. Also included in the collection are correspondence related to the Proeschel family. Julius N. Proeschel was...

Location: MC 1999.12

Subject: Economics and Finance, Genealogy and Family History, Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life

Format: Books and Pamphlets, Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Maps and Diagrams, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Notes and Notebooks, Photographs, Poetry and Lyrics, Scrapbooks

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

Collection Inventory: mc1999.12.pdf

Newspaper Collection - Carlisle and Local, 1769-2001

The Eagle, or, Carlisle Herald - March 3, 1802

1769-2001

The Carlisle and Local Newspaper Collection consists of various newspapers that were produced in south central Pennsylvania, or feature articles which concern local events. The newspapers are arranged alphabetically by title and then chronologically; a description of the contents and donor...

Location: Carlisle and Local - Newspaper Collection 1769-2001

Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Military Affairs and Conflict, Native Americans, Politics and Government

Format: Newspapers and Magazines

Time Period: 1760-1779, 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1960-1979, 2000-2019

Collection Inventory: Carlisle and Local - Annotated Newspaper List

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Collection Inventory: Carlisle and Local - Subject Index

Julius N. Proeschel family papers

1865-1926

Julius N. Proeschel was a French immigant who was an employee and friend of John McClintock, a professor at Dickinson College. The Proeschel Family Collection is comprised entirely of correspondence and is housed in one document box. The Correspondence is divided by recipients: John Sanford...

Location: MC 2001.3

Subject: Personal and Family Life

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939

Collection Inventory: mc2001.03.pdf

Letter from James Buchanan to John McClintock

July 21, 1842

Senator James Buchanan asks Dickinson College Professor John McClintock to thank the Board of Trustees for granting him an honorary Doctor of Laws. "I feel conscious that I do not deserve so distinguished a literary honor," Buchanan notes. Transcript included.

Location: MC 1998.10, B2, F1

Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Alumni Affairs, Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Personal and Family Life

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1840-1859

Journal of Alfred B. McCalmont

October 1842 - January 1846

Alfred Brunson McCalmont, a member of the Class of 1844, writes daily entries about classes, social life at Dickinson College, and his life after graduation. McCalmont's entries start in October 1842 and conclude in January 1846. Transcript included.

Location: I-Friends-2012-3

Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Personal and Family Life

Format: Diaries and Journals

Time Period: 1840-1859

Letter from Thomas McFadden to Robert Black

December 3, 1843

Thomas McFadden, a member of the Class of 1845, writes Robert Black about life at Dickinson College. McFadden "know[s] not what reasons particularly influenced my parents to chose this place except its known celebrity for every thing good, and the moral reputation which it sustains," and...

Location: I-Friends-1978-4

Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Personal and Family Life, Weather and Climate

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1840-1859

Letters from Charles Collins to Harriet Collins (Jul. 1851)

July 8-9, 1851

Charles Collins writes two letters to his wife, Harriet, regarding his trip to Portland, Maine, and shares news of their family and friends. Collins also mentions watching a doctor perform an operation with chloroform and listening to a lecture on temperance by John B. Gough. "[Gough] is a...

Location: I-EwigC-1990-1

Subject: Health and Medicine, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality, Social Reform and Advocacy, Travel and Tourism

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1840-1859

Journal of Charles Collins

September 12, 1852 - December 22, 1854

Charles Collins records his thoughts and activities during the early years of his tenure as president of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. After his "first sermon in Carlisle," Collins notes how he "was somewhat embarrassed." "I could not for a while banish the thought that I was...

Location: MC 2003.6, B2, F1

Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality

Format: Diaries and Journals

Time Period: 1840-1859

Letter from William Seward to John McClintock

March 17, 1855

Senator William H. Seward writes to Dr. John McClintock and notes that he cannot send a copy of the speech that McClintock had requested. Seward promises to send this speech to McClintock at a later date.

Location: I-BeachW-1974-5

Subject: Politics and Government

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1840-1859