1820-1839

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George Armstrong Lyon collection
Minute book, 1832 (Box 1, folder 5)
1816-1838

George Armstrong Lyon was a Carlisle lawyer, bank president, Presbyterian elder, and a trustee of Dickinson College. Church affairs are the central concern of these papers, which include accounts of Lyon's hostile view of the Rev. George Duffield's theology and of Lyon's part in the founding of...

Location: MC 2006.1

Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Economics and Finance, Religion and Spirituality

Format: Books and Pamphlets, Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Meeting Minutes

Time Period: 1800-1819, 1820-1839

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2006.01.pdf

Maps and Atlases Collection
Maps and Atlases Collection
1839-1873, 1900

These images were taken from just a few of the maps and atlases housed in the Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections.

The sources include:

Thomas T. Smiley's Smiley’s Atlas for the Use of Schools and Families… (1839) 
S. Augustus Mitchell's New...

Location: Special Collections - Oversized

Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Travel and Tourism

Format: Maps and Diagrams

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

William C. McPherson papers
Journal, c.1830 (Box 1, folder 1)
1825-1839

William C. McPherson graduated from Dickinson College in 1829 before beginning a life-long career as a physician. The collection is comprised of two diaries that contain entries dating from his college days, some notes from medical school lectures, and his post-college daily life in Marietta,...

Location: MC 2012.10

Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Health and Medicine, Literary Pursuits

Format: Diaries and Journals, Essays and Dissertations, Notes and Notebooks, Poetry and Lyrics

Time Period: 1820-1839

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2012.10.pdf

Jacob Simmons Mosher and Samuel L. Southard papers
Certificate, 1823 (Box 1, folder 14)
1809-1956

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: PDF icon mc2008.05.pdf

Hiester Henry Muhlenberg papers
Letter, Oct. 1838 (Box 1, folder 35)
1828-1840

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

Time Period: 1820-1839, 1840-1859

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2012.03.pdf

Natural History Illustrations - Flickr Collection
Natural History Illustrations - Flickr Collection
1793-1893

These images were taken from a number of books housed in the Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections.

The sources include:

Thomas Pennant's History of Quadrupeds. Vols. 1 and 2 (1793)
William P. C. Barton's Vegetable Materia Medica of the United States...

Location: Special Collections

Subject: Science and Technology

Format: Engravings and Illustrations

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

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: PDF icon Carlisle and Local - Annotated Newspaper List

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Collection Inventory: PDF icon Carlisle and Local - Subject Index

Newspaper Collection - Dickinsoniana, 1785-2002
Allegheny Democrat - September 30, 1834
1785-2002

The Dickinsoniana Newspaper Collection consists of various newspapers acquired by the Library over the years. These items feature articles which concern mainly Dickinson College: happenings on campus, curriculum offerings, and doings of famous alumni such as James Buchanan and Roger Brooke Taney...

Location: Dickinsoniana – Newspaper Collection 1769-2001

Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College History, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Military Affairs and Conflict

Format: Newspapers and Magazines

Time Period: 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979, 1980-1999, 2000-2019

Collection Inventory: PDF icon Dickinsoniana - Annotated Newspaper List

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Collection Inventory: PDF icon Dickinsoniana - Subject Index

Charles Nisbet Family papers
Letters, 1799 (Box 1, folders 22 and 24)
1769-1865

The collection consists of the papers of Charles Nisbet, first president of Dickinson College, and his family, particularly his son-in-law, William Turnbull. The majority of these papers is correspondence conducted between Nisbet and his daughter, and also between Nisbet and Lady Leven of...

Location: MC 2001.7

Subject: Business and Industry, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College History, Genealogy and Family History, International Affairs, Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government

Format: Artifacts and Objects, Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Photographs, Poetry and Lyrics

Time Period: 1760-1779, 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2001.07.pdf

Charles Augustus Poulson Sr. family papers
Newspaper, 1817 (Oversized, folder 1)
1809-1918

The collection documents several generations of the Poulson family and its role in publishing Poulson's American Daily Advertiser. It includes submissions, woodcuts, and sample issues from the Daily Advertiser; correspondence; genalogical materials; and financial and legal...

Location: MC 2006.2

Subject: Economics and Finance, Education, Genealogy and Family History, Health and Medicine, Land and Real Estate, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality

Format: Books and Pamphlets, Essays and Dissertations, Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines, Photographs, Poetry and Lyrics, Scrapbooks

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

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2006.02.pdf

Presidents, 1783-1833
Charles Nisbet
1783-1831

The Presidents 1783-1833 Record Group contains papers related the presidency of the seven men who served at Dickinson from 1783 to 1833. This Record Group corresponds with that of RG 1/1, the Trustees 1783-1833, which also documents the first fifty years of the college. The materials in this...

Location: RG 2/1

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

Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports

Time Period: 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839

Collection Inventory: PDF icon RG 2/1 - Presidents

Eli Kirk Price collection
Booklet, 1854 (Box 2, folder 2)
1797-1937

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: PDF icon mc1999.13.pdf

Joseph Priestley family papers
Engraving, undated (Box 2, folder 9)
1717-1964

This collection includes letters, documents, clippings, pamphlets, and photographs relating to Joseph Priestley and his descendants. It was presented to the college by Mrs. Temple Fay.

Location: MC 1998.1

Subject: Health and Medicine, Politics and Government, Science and Technology

Format: Artifacts and Objects, Engravings and Illustrations, Essays and Dissertations, Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines, Photographs, Scrapbooks

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: PDF icon mc1998.01.pdf

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Collection Inventory: PDF icon Priestley Family Collection Pamphlet

Joseph Priestley miscellaneous papers
Envelope and postcard, 1983 (Box 2, folder 23)
1833-1994

This collection includes articles, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, and programs about Joseph Priestley and related topics. Also included in the collection are genealogical materials - correspondence, notes, charts - collected by Priestley family members

Location: MC 2003.8

Subject: Genealogy and Family History, Literary Pursuits, Religion and Spirituality, Science and Technology

Format: Books and Pamphlets, Essays and Dissertations, Letters/Correspondence, Maps and Diagrams, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines

Time Period: 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979, 1980-1999

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2003.08.pdf

Leon Cushing Prince papers
Program, undated (Box 4, folder 9)
1790-1937

Leon Cushing Prince (1878-1937) graduated from Dickinson College in 1898 and received his law degree from the Dickinson School of Law and his masters from New York University. Prince returned to Dickinson in 1907 to become a professor of history, where he would teach for thirty years until his...

Location: MC 1998.7

Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Economics and Finance, Education, Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality, Social Reform and Advocacy

Format: Books and Pamphlets, Essays and Dissertations, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Scrapbooks, Speeches and Sermons

Time Period: 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc1998.07.pdf

William Rawle family papers
Letter, 1853 (Box 1, folder 10)
1786-1896

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: PDF icon mc2000.05.pdf

John Meredith Read papers
Letter, 1844 (Box 1, folder 1)
1818-1870

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

Format: Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence

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

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2001.19.pdf

William Charles Ford Reed papers and books
Copybook, c.1847-1851 (Box 1, folder 7)
1832-1861

The William Charles Ford Reed Collection was donated to the college in 1951 by the sons of William C. F. Reed, Class of 1851. The collection contains some of Reed's student writings, notebooks, and his complete set of school books. A subsequent donation in 1956 consisted of a few papers and 37...

Location: MC 2001.16

Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Education

Format: Books and Pamphlets, Essays and Dissertations, Maps and Diagrams, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Notes and Notebooks, Photographs, Speeches and Sermons

Time Period: 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2001.16.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

Roger Brooke Taney legal papers
Legal brief, 1815 (Box 3, folder 1)
1770-1834

Roger Brooke Taney graduated from Dickinson College in the class of 1795. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, a state senator, Attorney General of both Maryland and the United States, and Secretary of the Treasury before becoming Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court in...

Location: MC 2002.3

Subject: Legal Affairs

Format: Legal and Government Documents

Time Period: 1760-1779, 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2002.03.pdf

Cornelius Vanderbilt Family papers
Letter, 1809 (Box 2, folder 12)
1766-1897

The collection consists of the papers of the families of Jacob and Cornelius Vanderbilt, farmers and tax assessors of Newton Township, Cumberland County, Pa. Accounts of the Civil War are included among family correspondence, bills, accounts, and tax lists. Also included in the collection are a...

Location: MC 2001.14

Subject: Genealogy and Family History, Land and Real Estate, Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality

Format: Books and Pamphlets, Essays and Dissertations, Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Photographs

Time Period: Before 1760, 1760-1779, 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2001.14.pdf

Ferdinand De Wilton Ward family papers
Sermon, 1877 (Box 1, folder 17)
1837-1890

The collection contains papers of Ferdinand de Wilton Ward (1812-1891) concerning the Central Church in Geneseo, New York, the American Bible Society, and the genealogy of the Ward family. Also in the collection are a journal of Ward's voyage to India in 1837 and a letter book of the Indian...

Location: MC 2000.6

Subject: Economics and Finance, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality, Travel and Tourism

Format: Diaries and Journals, Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Maps and Diagrams, Newspapers and Magazines, Notes and Notebooks, Reports, Speeches and Sermons

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

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2000.06.pdf

Isaac Wayne papers
Map, undated (Box 1, folder 7)
1797-1841

This collection is comprised of letters written to Isaac Wayne, Dickinson College Class of 1792 and Pennsylvania statesman, on various subjects ranging from biographical information on his father (General Anthony Wayne) to Wayne's service in Congress. Also included are a few letters written by...

Location: MC 2001.11

Subject: Land and Real Estate, Legal Affairs, Literary Pursuits, Politics and Government

Format: Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Maps and Diagrams

Time Period: 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2001.11.pdf

John Zug papers
Speech, 1837 (Box 1, folder 12)
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: PDF icon mc2000.10.pdf

Note from Roger B. Taney to William Ritchie
Note from Roger B. Taney to William Ritchie
February 1, 1820

Roger Brooke Taney writes to William Ritchie, Clerk of Court for Frederick County, Maryland, entering judgment of Robert Fulton v. Barnhart Gilbert.

Location: I-BeachL-1971-1

Subject: Legal Affairs

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1820-1839

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