Entries drawn from collection & document descriptions
Alexander Biddle, the patriarch of the collection, was born on April 29, 1819 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Thomas A. Biddle and Christine Williams Biddle. A member of a prominent and wealthy Philadelphia family, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1838 and became a...
Location: MC 2014.1
Subject: Economics and Finance, Legal Affairs, Personal and Family Life
Format: Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Miscellaneous, Photographs
Time Period: 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939
The collection contains legal and financial materials related to the settlement of the estates of Ricardo Maria Bell of Santiago, Cuba and Ana Maria Bell de Becerra. Also included are an account ledger of former trustee Robert Ewing, wills, correspondence, and checks.
Location: MC 1999.15
Subject: Genealogy and Family History, Legal Affairs
Format: Legal and Government Documents
Collection Inventory: 
mc1999.15.pdf
James Buchanan was a graduate of Dickinson College, Class of 1809, who went on to become the fifteenth president of the United States. The majority of this collection is comprised of correspondence between Buchanan and his business and political associates; over four hundred letters penned by...
Location: MC 1998.10
Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Economics and Finance, Education, International Affairs, Legal Affairs, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Books and Pamphlets, Engravings and Illustrations, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Reports, Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979, 1980-1999
Collection Inventory: mc1998.10.pdf
The collection includes business letters and legal papers of the Burd family, early deeds and patents, settlement of the Edward Shippen Burd estate 1848-1870, and correspondence concerning bequests for St. Stephen's Church, Philadelphia, the Burd memorial there, and the "Burd Orphan Asylum."
Location: MC 1999.10
Subject: Business and Industry, Economics and Finance, Land and Real Estate, Legal Affairs
Format: Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Maps and Diagrams
Time Period: 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879
Collection Inventory: mc1999.10.pdf
The Edwin K. Charles collection consists of the various papers, government documents, newsletters, transcripts, and publications collected by Charles in the years following the accident at Three Mile Island. Edwin K. Charles, a resident of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, became heavily involved...
Location: TMI-Charles
Subject: Health and Medicine, Legal Affairs, Politics and Government, Science and Technology, Three Mile Island
Format: Books and Pamphlets, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Newspapers and Magazines, Reports, Speeches and Sermons
Collection Inventory: TMI-Charles.pdf
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
George Dum (c.1863-1918) served as secretary and treasurer for the Perry County-based Oak Grove Lumber Company. This collection contains materials pertaining to his interest in this venture, as well as his family's legal dealings with the associated Oak Grove and Kennedy's Valley timber tracts...
Location: MC 2008.1
Subject: Business and Industry, Economics and Finance, Land and Real Estate, Legal Affairs
Format: Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Maps and Diagrams, Notes and Notebooks
Collection Inventory: mc2008.01.pdf
The collection includes correspondence and manuscripts of William Righter Fisher, a Dickinson alumnus (class of 1870) and professor of modern languages (1874-1876). These papers reflect Fisher's graduate study in Germany, teaching at Dickinson, business and law, and the writings of Mrs. Fisher...
Location: MC 2000.12
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Business and Industry, Legal Affairs, Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life
Format: Fiction and Drama, Letters/Correspondence, Poetry and Lyrics
Time Period: 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959
Collection Inventory: mc2000.12.pdf
The Thomas Hamilton Collection consists almost exclusively of letters received by James Hamilton from his brother Thomas Hamilton, both of whom were prominent figures in local politics (James in Carlisle, PA and Thomas in Greensburg, PA). The letters range in date from 1789 until 1818 and cover...
Location: MC 2002.6
Subject: Religion and Spirituality, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government, Economics and Finance, Legal Affairs
Format: Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Notes and Notebooks
Collection Inventory: mc2002.06.pdf
The Hays family papers include correspondence, deeds, and memorabilia of six generations of this prominent Carlisle, Pa. family whose scions include General Ephraim Blaine (1741-1804), Commissary-General in the American Revolution and charter trustee of Dickinson College, and James G. Blaine (...
Location: MC 2001.1
Subject: Carlisle Indian School, Genealogy and Family History, Legal Affairs, Literary Pursuits, Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Essays and Dissertations, Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Photographs, Poetry and Lyrics
Time Period: Before 1760, 1760-1779, 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979
Collection Inventory: mc2001.01.pdf
The Bevery Hess collection consists of the various papers, newspaper clippings, books, audiotapes and photographs collected by Hess during her most active period of involvement with local anti-nuclear groups. Bevery Hess was a resident of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania prior to the accident at...
Location: TMI-Hess
Subject: Health and Medicine, Legal Affairs, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government, Science and Technology, Three Mile Island
Format: Audio-Visual Materials, Books and Pamphlets, Essays and Dissertations, Financial Documents, Interviews and Oral Histories, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Newspapers and Magazines, Notes and Notebooks, Photographs, Poetry and Lyrics, Reports, Speeches and Sermons
Collection Inventory: TMI-Hess.pdf
Horatio Collins King was the son of Postmaster General Horatio King and the nephew of Dickinson College President Charles Collins. A graduate of Dickinson College, class of 1858, King was admitted to the bar in 1861 and saw active service in the Civil War from 1862 until 1865. A songwriter, King...
Location: MC 1999.9
Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Legal Affairs, Literary Pursuits, Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government, Travel and Tourism, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Diaries and Journals, Essays and Dissertations, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Poetry and Lyrics, Scrapbooks, Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939
Collection Inventory: mc1999.09.pdf
These records contain materials related to the termination of Dr. Laurent R. LaVallee, assistant professor of economics. In 1956, the Dickinson Board of Trustees voted unanimously to dismiss LaVallee as a result of his failure to answer questions about his alleged participation in Communist...
Collection Inventory: RG 2/13 President William Wilcox Edel and Dr. Laurent R. LaVallee case papers
These materials were donated by Sam Deetz, founder of Susquehanna Valley Gays United in Northumberland, PA in 1976. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings documenting gay rights issues and activism primarily in the Sunbury, PA area from 1975-1976. This collection also includes Deetz’s...
Location: LGBT-011
Subject: Legal Affairs, LGBT History, Politics and Government, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines, Photographs, Scrapbooks
Time Period: 1960-1979
Collection Inventory: LGBT-011 Collection Inventory
This collection was donated anonymously by an individual associated with the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) of the Spirit in Harrisburg, PA. The collection is composed primarily of newspapers clippings that document issues such as same–sex marriage, the...
Location: LGBT-012
Subject: Legal Affairs, LGBT History, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Miscellaneous, Newspapers and Magazines
Collection Inventory: LGBT-012 Collection Inventory
This collection is comprised primarily of newspaper clippings from a wide variety of publications, not limited to Central PA, addressing issues related to marriage, clergy, politics, discrimination, and the military. This collection also contains bookmarks, postcards, and greeting cards with gay...
Location: LGBT-015
Subject: Legal Affairs, LGBT History, Religion and Spirituality, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Books and Pamphlets, Broadsides and Posters, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Photographs
Collection Inventory: LGBT-015 Collection Inventory
These materials document the holy union of Nancy Datres and Riitta Lukkari. They also contain court documents and a photograph dealing with harassment Datres and Lukkari experienced from their neighbors.
Location: LGBT-019
Subject: Legal Affairs, LGBT History, Social Reform and Advocacy
Collection Inventory: LGBT-019 Collection Inventory
This collection contains citizen correspondence requesting that the inclusion of “sexual orientation” in the City of York’s non-discrimination ordinance be put on the ballot for a public referendum. The correspondence dates from February 1993 and is composed in large...
Location: LGBT-078
Subject: Legal Affairs, LGBT History, Politics and Government, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1980-1999
Collection Inventory: LGBT-078 Collection Inventory
Jacob Simmons Mosher (1834-1883) was a prominent physician and professor of medicine in Albany, New York. Samuel L. Southard (1787-1842) was a lawyer, politician, and cabinet member from New Jersey. These papers contain correspondence and other materials that reflect the professional and...
Location: MC 2008.5
Subject: Genealogy and Family History, Legal Affairs, Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Engravings and Illustrations, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959
Collection Inventory: mc2008.05.pdf
Hiester Henry Muhlenberg (1812-1886) was a member of the distinguished Muhlenberg family of Pennsylvania. He graduated from Dickinson College in 1829. This collection contains almost 200 letters, most of which were written by members of Muhlenberg's immediate family. These letters reflect...
Location: MC 2012.3
Subject: Business and Industry, Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Health and Medicine, International Affairs, Legal Affairs, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government, Travel and Tourism
Format: Engravings and Illustrations, Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
Collection Inventory: mc2012.03.pdf
The collection consists of correspondence, legal and financial materials primarily related to Price's law practice, his service in the Pennsylvania State Senate (1854-1856), and as a commissioner for Fairmount Park Association. Also included in the collection are papers concerning the Fisher's...
Location: MC 1999.13
Subject: Business and Industry, Economics and Finance, Legal Affairs, Personal and Family Life, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Books and Pamphlets, Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939
Collection Inventory: mc1999.13.pdf
The Public Interest Resource Center (PIRC) collection consists of the various papers, newsletters, court dockets, and publications which were housed by PIRC in an effort to organize all efforts against the restart of Three Mile Island, following the near-meltdown on March 28, 1979. The PIRC was...
Location: TMI-PIRC
Subject: Health and Medicine, Legal Affairs, Politics and Government, Three Mile Island
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Books and Pamphlets, Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Reports
Collection Inventory: TMI-PIRC.pdf
The collection consists of the correspondence of William Rawle (1759-1836), William Rawle, Jr. (1788-1858), William Henry Rawle (1823-1889), Charles Wallace Brooke, and William Brooke Rawle, primarily concerning legal and financial matters. The collection is arranged alphabetically by recipient...
Location: MC 2000.5
Subject: Economics and Finance, Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899
Collection Inventory: mc2000.05.pdf
This collection contains the personal and legal papers of John Meredith Read, a Pennsylvania lawyer and state supreme court justice. The collection is housed in one document box and is divided into two categories: Correspondence and Legal and Financial Papers. The correspondence consists of...
Location: MC 2001.19
Subject: Business and Industry, Legal Affairs, Personal and Family Life
Collection Inventory: mc2001.19.pdf
The collection includes essays written by Alexander Sharp while he was a student at Dickinson College. Also included are grammar school essays written by Alexander and his sister Mary.
Location: MC 2004.2
Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Legal Affairs
Format: Essays and Dissertations, Legal and Government Documents
Collection Inventory: mc2004.02.pdf
