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Collections of college and personal papers, as well as a select number of individual documents, have been briefly described in entries available for browsing and searching on this site. All collection descriptions contain a representative image and a summary of the contents. Collection descriptions also include links to an inventory detailing the contents of the collection.

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George Burt Lincoln family papers
Certificate, 1861 (Box 1, folder 24)
1802-1890

The collection consists of correspondence, genealogical materials, legal materials, printed and scrapbook materials relating to George Burt Lincoln. Correspondents include Abner Doubleday, Horace Greeley, Julia Ward Howe, and Elizabeth Cady...

Location: MC 2000.3

Subject: Education, Genealogy and Family History, Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government, Social Reform and Advocacy

Format: Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines, Photographs, Poetry and Lyrics

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

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2000.03.pdf

Zatae Longsdorff Straw papers
Photograph, 1887 (Photographs, folder 17)
circa 1860-1952

Zatae Longsdorff Straw (1866-1955) was the first woman graduate of Dickinson College as a member of the class of 1887; she went on to a successful career as a doctor and politician. The collection of her papers includes correspondence, printed...

Location: MC 2002.2

Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Carlisle Indian School, Dickinson College Alumni Affairs, Dickinson College Student Life, Health and Medicine, Native Americans, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government

Format: Artifacts and Objects, Books and Pamphlets, Certificates and Diplomas, Diaries and Journals, Engravings and Illustrations, Fiction and Drama, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Photographs, Poetry and Lyrics, Scrapbooks, Speeches and Sermons

Time Period: 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2002.02.pdf

Elizabeth Anna Low artifacts and photographic plates
Cup & saucer, c.1900 (Artifacts box 2, item 6)
c.1890-1895

The Elizabeth Anna Low collection contains fine china, glass plate positive photographs and other items donated by Elizabeth Anna Low, class of 1891.

Location: MC 2002.8

Subject: Personal and Family Life, Visual and Performing Arts

Format: Artifacts and Objects, Photographs

Time Period: 1880-1899

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2002.08.pdf

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...

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

Lonna M. Malmsheimer interviews
Transcript & tapes, 1979 (Box 1, folder 12; box 4, tapes 29 & 30)
1979

Lonna Malmsheimer collection consists of assorted newspaper articles, transcripts of interviews and audiotapes collected during her work with various other Dickinson College professors and students concerning the public reaction to the Three Mile...

Location: TMI-Malmsheimer

Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Carlisle and Cumberland County, Personal and Family Life, Three Mile Island

Format: Audio-Visual Materials, Essays and Dissertations, Interviews and Oral Histories, Newspapers and Magazines, Reports

Time Period: 1960-1979

Collection Inventory: PDF icon TMI-Malmsheimer.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… (...

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

Collection Inventory:


Frank E. Masland Jr. papers
Photograph, undated (Photographs, folder 16)
1915-1993

This collection primarily provides evidence of the personal and public life of Frank E. Masland Jr., environmentalist, preservationist, explorer, entrepreneur, author, and community leader.  Also found in this collection is correspondence from...

Location: MC 2009.4

Subject: Business and Industry, Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Genealogy and Family History, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality, Science and Technology, Travel and Tourism

Format: Books and Pamphlets, Diaries and Journals, Essays and Dissertations, Interviews and Oral Histories, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Photographs, Reports, Scrapbooks, Speeches and Sermons

Time Period: 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979, 1980-1999

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2009.04.pdf

James Andrew McCauley presidential papers
James Andrew McCauley - President, 1872-1888
1872-1888

The records contained in the President James Andrew McCauley record group pertain only to his time and affairs as president of Dickinson College. As such, no personal papers or papers pertaining to McCauley’s time as a student are included in...

Location: RG 2/8

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

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1860-1879, 1880-1899

Collection Inventory: PDF icon RG 2/8 - James Andrew McCauley

Augusta McClintock family papers
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...

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: PDF icon 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...

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: PDF icon mc1999.12.pdf

McClintock Family Photos - The Haven at Bay Head, New Jersey
McClintock Family Photos - The Haven at Bay Head, New Jersey
1906-1918

These images date from 1906-1918 and are from a guestbook for The Haven located in Bay Head, New Jersey, an Atlantic coast resort town. The Haven was a summer home frequented by members of the McClintock and Longacre families. The book contains...

Location: MC 1999.12, B3, F6

Subject: Personal and Family Life, Travel and Tourism

Format: Photographs

Time Period: 1900-1919

Collection Inventory:


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...

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

Metzger Institute (Carlisle, PA) records
Metzger Institute, Carlisle, PA
1881-1913

The records of Metzger Institute (Carlisle, PA) date from 1881 to 1913. They include catalogs and promotional materials, documentation of student grades and deportment, financial records, library circulation records, ephemera, and scrapbooks.

Location: EA 04

Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Education

Format: Financial Documents, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Miscellaneous, Scrapbooks

Time Period: 1880-1899, 1900-1919

Collection Inventory: PDF icon ea04-MetzgerInstitute.pdf

Virginia Irene Meyers scrapbook
Virginia Irene Meyers Scrapbook
1928-1932

Virginia Irene Meyers graduated from Dickinson in 1932. This scrapbook documents her college experience from 1928-32. It includes coursework and grades, academic awards, Dickinson memorabilia, campus event programs, Pan-Hellenic rushing...

Location: MC 2013.2

Subject: Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College Student Life, Education

Format: Scrapbooks

Time Period: 1920-1939

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2013.02.pdf

Edgar Miller scrapbook and artifact collection
Watercolor, undated (Box 1, folder 8)
c.1955-1984

This collection is composed largely of artifacts which the Millers brought back from their nine year mission to Nepal, 1956-1965. Also included in the collection are a scrapbook, picture books of Nepal, and a Nepalese hymnal.

Location: MC 1999.3

Subject: International Affairs, Religion and Spirituality, Travel and Tourism

Format: Artifacts and Objects, Books and Pamphlets, Maps and Diagrams, Music, Scrapbooks

Time Period: 1940-1959, 1960-1979, 1980-1999

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc1999.03.pdf

Ralph L. Minker, Jr. papers (copies)
ID card, 1944 (Box 1, folder 26)
1943-1998

This collection is composed of photocopies of the papers of Ralph L. Minker, Jr., Class of 1947. These papers, currently held at the Historical Society of Delaware, pertain to Minker's service as a bomber pilot in World War II. These items...

Location: MC 2001.15

Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life

Format: Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Scrapbooks

Time Period: 1940-1959, 1960-1979, 1980-1999

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2001.15.pdf

Montagu Frank Modder papers
Illustration, undated (Box 1, folder 17)
c.1930-1958

This collection is comprised mainly of The Spirit of Britain and Pictorial Shakespeare, two examples of illustrated manuscripts by artist Montagu Frank Modder. Also included are miscellaneous drawings of literary and historical...

Location: MC 2002.1

Subject: International Affairs, Literary Pursuits, Politics and Government, Visual and Performing Arts

Format: Artifacts and Objects, Books and Pamphlets, Engravings and Illustrations, Newspapers and Magazines, Scrapbooks

Time Period: 1920-1939, 1940-1959

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2002.01.pdf

Fred Loomis Mohler papers
Booklet, 1917 (Box 1, folder 9)
1917-1966

The Fred Loomis Mohler collection contains articles written by Mohler and his colleagues that reflect their scientific research. The Writings-Mohler series consists of articles written by Fred Loomis Mohler. These documents focus on his...

Location: MC 2002.5

Subject: Science and Technology

Format: Essays and Dissertations

Time Period: 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2002.05.pdf

Marianne Craig Moore papers
Magazine cover, 1966 (Box 2, folder 10)
1913-2000

The collection consists of correspondence and manuscripts of Marianne Moore (1887-1972), the famous American poet. The letters generally discuss her literary work, but some personal business is included as well. Manuscript copies of several of...

Location: MC 2001.20

Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life

Format: Essays and Dissertations, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Poetry and Lyrics

Time Period: 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979, 1980-1999, 2000-2019

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2001.20.pdf

Julia Morgan correspondence and photographs
Letter, 1932 (Box 1, folder 33)
1869-1934

Julia Morgan (1891-1948), Class of 1911, served as a medical missionary in China from approximately 1924 to 1941. This collection contains correspondence written primarily by Julia to her father, James Henry Morgan, during her time in China....

Location: MC 2008.2

Subject: Health and Medicine, International Affairs, Personal and Family Life, Travel and Tourism

Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs

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

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2008.02.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...

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...

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

T. Edward Munce Jr. papers
Christmas card, 1953 (Box 1, folder 17)
1785-1980

T. Edward Munce Jr. (1914-1980) graduated from Dickinson College (class of 1939) and the Dickinson School of Law. He was a World War II veteran, State Department employee, and lawyer for the Public Utility Commission. The bulk of this collection...

Location: MC 2005.5

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

Format: Artifacts and Objects, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera

Time Period: 1780-1799, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979, 1980-1999

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2005.05.pdf

John H. Murdoch papers
Photograph, 1979 (Photographs, folder 1)
1978-1986

The John H. Murdoch collection consists of various papers, newspaper clippings, audiotapes, and photographs collected by Murdoch during his involvement with Three Mile Island Alert. John Murdoch was a long-time resident of Lower Allen Township,...

Location: TMI-Murdoch

Subject: Business and Industry, Health and Medicine, Politics and Government, Science and Technology, Three Mile Island

Format: Audio-Visual Materials, Books and Pamphlets, Essays and Dissertations, Interviews and Oral Histories, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Maps and Diagrams, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Photographs, Reports

Time Period: 1960-1979, 1980-1999

Collection Inventory: PDF icon TMI-Murdoch.pdf

Myrl Myers papers
Page from Myrl Myers papers
1907-1946

Myrl Myers graduated from Dickinson College in 1906. Beginning as a student interpreter for the American Legation in Peking (Beijing) in 1907, he spent the next 40 years serving in various U.S. diplomatic posts in China. The journals and other...

Location: MC 2017.1

Subject: International Affairs, Politics and Government

Format: Certificates and Diplomas, Diaries and Journals, Notes and Notebooks

Time Period: 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2017.01.pdf

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