1940-1959

    Entries drawn from collection & document descriptions


Letter from Marianne Moore to Joseph Shipley
Letter from Marianne Moore to Joseph Shipley
July 18, 1943

Poet Marianne Moore writes to editor Joseph T. Shipley, thanking him for publishing her work in American Bookman.

Location: I-AsbellY-2002-26

Subject: Literary Pursuits

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1940-1959

Eager Eagle (Vol. 1, No. 11)
Eager Eagle (Vol. 1, No. 11)
July 24, 1943

Army Air Corps Cadets from the 32nd College Training Detachment published the Eager Eagle while stationed at Dickinson College in 1943.

Location: O-Original-1943-1

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

Format: Newspapers and Magazines

Time Period: 1940-1959

Eager Eagle (Vol. 1, No. 12)
Eager Eagle (Vol. 1, No. 12)
July 31, 1943

Army Air Corps Cadets from the 32nd College Training Detachment published the Eager Eagle while stationed at Dickinson College in 1943.

Location: O-Original-1943-1

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

Format: Newspapers and Magazines

Time Period: 1940-1959

Eager Eagle (Vol. 1, No. 13)
Eager Eagle (Vol. 1, No. 13)
August 7, 1943

Army Air Corps Cadets from the 32nd College Training Detachment published the Eager Eagle while stationed at Dickinson College in 1943.

Location: O-Original-1943-2

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

Format: Newspapers and Magazines

Time Period: 1940-1959

Eager Eagle (Vol. 1, No. 14)
Eager Eagle (Vol. 1, No. 14)
August 14, 1943

Army Air Corps Cadets from the 32nd College Training Detachment published the Eager Eagle while stationed at Dickinson College in 1943.

Location: O-Original-1943-2

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

Format: Newspapers and Magazines

Time Period: 1940-1959

Eager Eagle (Vol. 1, No. 16)
Eager Eagle (Vol. 1, No. 16)
August 28, 1943

Army Air Corps Cadets from the 32nd College Training Detachment published the Eager Eagle while stationed at Dickinson College in 1943.

Location: O-Original-1943-2

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

Format: Newspapers and Magazines

Time Period: 1940-1959

Quintillion - Seventh Quintile
Quintillion - Seventh Quintile
September 1943

Aviation cadets from the 32nd College Training Detachment produce the Quintillion "to serve as an honest, revealing record of the time we spent at Dickinson College." The magazine provides an overview of cadets' life at Dickinson during World War II.

Location: I-Original-1943-2

Subject: Dickinson College History, Education, Military Affairs and Conflict

Format: Newspapers and Magazines

Time Period: 1940-1959

Eager Eagle (Vol. 1, No. 21)
Eager Eagle (Vol. 1, No. 21)
October 2, 1943

Army Air Corps Cadets from the 32nd College Training Detachment published the Eager Eagle while stationed at Dickinson College in 1943.

Location: O-Original-1943-3

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

Format: Newspapers and Magazines

Time Period: 1940-1959

Eager Eagle (Vol. 1, No. 22)
Eager Eagle (Vol. 1, No. 22)
October 9, 1943

Army Air Corps Cadets from the 32nd College Training Detachment published the Eager Eagle while stationed at Dickinson College in 1943.

Location: O-Original-1943-3

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

Format: Newspapers and Magazines

Time Period: 1940-1959

Eager Eagle (Vol. 1, No. 23)
Eager Eagle (Vol. 1, No. 23)
October 16, 1943

Army Air Corps Cadets from the 32nd College Training Detachment published the Eager Eagle while stationed at Dickinson College in 1943.

Location: O-Original-1943-3

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

Format: Newspapers and Magazines

Time Period: 1940-1959

Eager Eagle (Vol. 1, No. 24)
Eager Eagle (Vol. 1, No. 24)
October 23, 1943

Army Air Corps Cadets from the 32nd College Training Detachment published the Eager Eagle while stationed at Dickinson College in 1943.

Location: O-Original-1943-3

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

Format: Newspapers and Magazines

Time Period: 1940-1959

Eager Eagle (Vol. 1, No. 25)
Eager Eagle (Vol. 1, No. 25)
October 30, 1943

Army Air Corps Cadets from the 32nd College Training Detachment published the Eager Eagle while stationed at Dickinson College in 1943.

Location: O-Original-1943-3

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

Format: Newspapers and Magazines

Time Period: 1940-1959

Bachelor of Science Diploma - Robert Faddis
Bachelor of Science Diploma - Robert Faddis
June 3, 1944

Robert Evans Faddis receives his Bachelor of Science Diploma from Dickinson College on June 3, 1944.

Location: Diploma Collection

Subject: Education

Format: Certificates and Diplomas

Time Period: 1940-1959

S.S. Dickinson Victory, Launch Program
S.S. Dickinson Victory, Launch Program
February 9, 1945

This program is for the launch of the S.S. Dickinson Victory on February 9, 1945.

Location: Dickinson Victory Dropfile

Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict

Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera

Time Period: 1940-1959

Dickinson College Bulletin, Annual Session, 1944-45
Dickinson College Bulletin, Annual Session, 1944-45
April 1945

The Dickinson College catalog for the 1944-1945 academic year. Through the years, the annual catalog was variously titled "The Bulletin," "Catalogue and Register," "Course Catalog," and similar variants. The catalog typically includes the list of courses offered, requirements for enrollment,...

Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals

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

Format: Books and Pamphlets

Time Period: 1940-1959

Letter from Whitfield Bell Jr. to Mr. & Mrs. J. Wesley Potter
Letter from Whitfield Bell Jr. to Mr. & Mrs. J. Wesley Potter
June 6, 1945

Whitfield Jenks Bell Jr. writes to Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Potter from Belsen Concentration Camp in Germany about some of his experiences during World War II and the current conditions in Europe. "There is no peace in Europe today; and from everyone’s [ hating?] Hitler, they have now all turned to...

Location: I-BellW-2000-1

Subject: International Affairs, Military Affairs and Conflict

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1940-1959

Dickinson College Bulletin, Annual Session, 1946-47
Dickinson College Bulletin, Annual Session, 1946-47
May 1947

The Dickinson College catalog for the 1946-1947 academic year. Through the years, the annual catalog was variously titled "The Bulletin," "Catalogue and Register," "Course Catalog," and similar variants. The catalog typically includes the list of courses offered, requirements for enrollment,...

Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals

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

Format: Books and Pamphlets

Time Period: 1940-1959

Honorary Doctor of Science in Education Diploma - Forrest Craver
Honorary Doctor of Science in Education Diploma - Forrest Craver
June 8, 1947

Retired Professor Forrest Eugene Craver, a member of the Class of 1899, receives his Honorary Doctor of Science in Education Diploma from Dickinson College on June 8, 1947.

Location: Diploma Collection

Subject: Education

Format: Certificates and Diplomas

Time Period: 1940-1959

"Personal Adventures in Race Relations," by Esther Popel
"Personal Adventures in Race Relations," by Esther Popel
1948

Publisher: New York: The Woman's Press

Esther Popel discusses some of her experience regarding race in the United States.

Location: DC 1919 S534p

Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life

Format: Books and Pamphlets

Time Period: 1940-1959

Two Letters from William Benét to Lawton Mackall
Two Letters from William Benét to Lawton Mackall
May 6, 1948

Two letters from William Rose Benét to Lawton Mackall: the first asking for details about a play Mackall has written; the second explaining that he has no room to publish a piece by one of Mackall's friends.

Location: I-Friends-1982-3

Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1940-1959

Dickinson College Bulletin, Annual Session, 1949-50
Dickinson College Bulletin, Annual Session, 1949-50
April 1949

The Dickinson College catalog for the 1949-1950 academic year. Through the years, the annual catalog was variously titled "The Bulletin," "Catalogue and Register," "Course Catalog," and similar variants. The catalog typically includes the list of courses offered, requirements for enrollment,...

Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals

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

Format: Books and Pamphlets

Time Period: 1940-1959

Letter from William Rose Benét to Laura Benét
Letter from William Rose Benét to Laura Benét
August 8, 1949

William Rose Benét writes to his sister, Laura Benét, with a clipping about the family from the Cape Ann Summer Sun.

Location: I-Friends-1982-4

Subject: Personal and Family Life

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1940-1959

"Bulwark of Liberty: Early Years at Dickinson" (Spahr Lectures Vol. 1)
"Bulwark of Liberty: Early Years at Dickinson" (Spahr Lectures Vol. 1)
1950

Publisher: New York: Fleming H. Revell Company

Volume 1 of the Boyd Lee Spahr Lectures in Americana series includes essays from scholars that focus on various aspects of Dickinson College's history.

Table of Contents:

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Location: SC 378.748 D553b

Subject: Dickinson College History, Education, Politics and Government

Format: Books and Pamphlets

Time Period: 1940-1959

"The Spirit of Britain" Section 01, by Montagu F. Modder
"The Spirit of Britain" Section 01, by Montagu F. Modder
circa 1950

In this unfinished draft, Montagu Frank Modder traces the history of Great Britain from the fifteenth century up through the mid-nineteenth century. Elaborate illustrations, often in full color, accompany the text on every page. 

This "first section" is the earliest part of the text that...

Location: MC 2002.1

Subject: Literary Pursuits, Visual and Performing Arts

Format: Engravings and Illustrations

Time Period: 1940-1959

"The Spirit of Britain" Section 02, by Montagu F. Modder
"The Spirit of Britain" Section 02, by Montagu F. Modder
circa 1950

In this unfinished draft, Montagu Frank Modder traces the history of Great Britain from the fifteenth century up through the mid-nineteenth century. Elaborate illustrations, often in full color, accompany the text on every page. This section is titled "The Elizabethan Renaissance."

Location: MC 2002.1

Subject: Literary Pursuits, Visual and Performing Arts

Format: Engravings and Illustrations

Time Period: 1940-1959

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