Zug, John

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John Zug papers

1836-1842

The collection includes correspondence, speeches, essays, notebooks, bills, printed materials, and notes on debates and other such topics as the Light Street Institute and the Washington Temperance Society. The collection spans three main time periods in Zug's life: his enrollment at Dickinson...

Location: MC 2000.10

Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Literary Pursuits, Religion and Spirituality, Social Reform and Advocacy

Format: Books and Pamphlets, Certificates and Diplomas, Essays and Dissertations, Letters/Correspondence, Notes and Notebooks, Poetry and Lyrics, Speeches and Sermons

Time Period: 1820-1839, 1840-1859

Collection Inventory: mc2000.10.pdf

Bachelor of Arts Diploma - John Zug

July 20, 1837

John Zug receives his Bachelor of Arts Diploma from Dickinson College on July 20, 1837.

Location: OC 2000.10, F1

Subject: Education

Format: Certificates and Diplomas

Time Period: 1820-1839

Union Philosophical Society Diploma - John Zug

December 22, 1838

John Zug, a member of the Class of 1837, receives this diploma as a member of the Union Philosophical Society on December 22, 1838.

Location: OC 2000.10, F1

Subject: Education

Format: Certificates and Diplomas

Time Period: 1820-1839

Letter from John Zug to Margaret Hood

December 16, 1839

John Zug (Class of 1837) writes to his girlfriend, Margaret Hood, and describes his first days of work as a lawyer. Zug explains that his colleagues are "ungodly men, not only irreligious, but most of them profane." Zug is happy, however, to have recovered from a recent fever. Transcript...

Location: I-Friends-2013-8

Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Legal Affairs, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1820-1839

Letter from John Durbin to John Zug

April 4, 1840

Dickinson College President John P. Durbin writes John Zug (Class of 1837) and appoints him as the principal of the Dickinson College Grammar School until the Board of Trustees meeting in July. "Let us see if we cannot raise the School once more," as Durbin explains.

Location: I-StokesM-1964-2

Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1840-1859