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 and document descriptions contain a representative image and a summary of the contents.
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The Dickinson College catalog for the 1906-1907 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...
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1900-1919
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Richard Gassaway Chaney, a member of the Class of 1849, uses these notes to write "Reminiscences of Dickinson College" for the New York Christian Advocate. Chaney uses his school diary as his primary source. Transcript included.
Location: I-Christian-1960-1
Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Notes and Notebooks
Time Period: 1900-1919
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"Reminiscences of Dickinson College," by Richard Chaney
Helen May Smith receives her Bachelor of Philosophy Diploma from Dickinson College on June 6, 1906.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: Bachelor of Philosophy Diploma - Helen Smith
James Gordon Steese (Class of 1902) receives his Master of Arts Diploma from Dickinson College on June 6, 1906.
Location: OC 2002.4, B1, F4
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: Master of Arts Diploma - James Steese
This Woman’s Christian Temperance Union program from Mt. Vernon, Illinois contains psalms, a schedule of meetings, and a roster of the organization's officers and members.
Location: MC 2013.3, B6, F26
Subject: Religion and Spirituality, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: Woman’s Christian Temperance Union program
Bessie McCullough receives her diploma from Conway Hall, Dickinson College's Preparatory School, on May 29, 1907.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: Dickinson Preparatory School Diploma - Bessie McCullough
Helen May Smith (Class of 1906) receives her Master of Arts Diploma from Dickinson College on June 5, 1907.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: Master of Arts Diploma - Helen Smith
Jay Paul Jameson receives his Bachelor of Arts Diploma from Dickinson College on June 5, 1907.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: Bachelor of Arts Diploma - Jay Jameson
Charles Bruce Derick receives his Bachelor of Arts Diploma from Dickinson College on June 5, 1907.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: Bachelor of Arts Diploma - Charles Derick
Sarah Woods Parkinson publishes this short profile on Dr. Charles Nisbet in 1908.
Location: DC P N723P
Subject: Dickinson College History, Education, Genealogy and Family History
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: "Charles Nisbet: First President of Dickinson College," by Sarah Parkinson
The Logbook is the yearbook of Conway Hall, Dickinson College's Preparatory School. This issue includes a tribute to Moncure D. Conway (class of 1849) on his death.
This yearbook includes a fold-out photograph of the academic...
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: Logbook, 1907-08
Alice May Clarkson writes this essay, entitled "The Civic Movement Among Women," as a student at Dickinson. Clarkson is a member of the Class of 1908.
Location: Essays-General-1908-C613c
Subject: Education, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Essays and Dissertations
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: "The Civic Movement Among Women," by Alice M. Clarkson
Horatio Collins King writes from Brooklyn to Mrs. Albert M. Smith in Middletown, Connecticut, and agrees to send autographs from General Daniel Sickles and General Grenville M. Dodge, the latter a Corps Commander in the Western Army.
Location: I-Purchase-1958-6
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: Letter from Horatio Collins King to Mrs. Albert Smith
George Durbin Chenoweth, a member of the Class of 1868, receives his honorary Doctor of Science Diploma from Dickinson College on June 10, 1908.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: Honorary Doctor of Science Diploma - George Chenoweth
This is a reproduced image of opera singer Mary Garden as Salome.
Location: MC 2013.3, B6, F12
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: "Mary Garden as Salome" clipping from unknown publication
The Logbook is the yearbook of Conway Hall, Dickinson College's Preparatory School.
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: Logbook, 1908-09
Ella P. Davis writes this essay, entitled "Woman and the Home," as a student at Dickinson. Davis is a member of the Class of 1909.
Location: Essays-General-1909-D261w
Subject: Education, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Essays and Dissertations
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: "Woman and the Home," by Ella P. Davis
John W. Yost writes Frank T. Bell and describes his missionary work at a boys school in China as well as asks for financial help to establish scholarships . In addition, Yost notes how the reaction to news that the Emperor and Empress Dowager had...
Location: I-BellR-1982-1
Subject: International Affairs, Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: Letter from John Yost to Frank Bell
Harry Bright Frederick receives his Bachelor of Law Diploma from the Dickinson School of Law on June 8, 1909.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education, Legal Affairs
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: Bachelor of Law Diploma - Harry Frederick
Ellsworth H. Mish prepared this oration, entitled “Congressional Usurpation," for the commencement ceremonies held June 9, 1909. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time....
Location: Orations-1909-M678c
Subject: Politics and Government
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1900-1919
The Independent Theosophical League creates this pamphlet to outline policies and positions as well as discuss the reasons to form of an Independent Section of the Theosophical League. Those individuals involved with creating this pamphlet...
Location: I-Friends-1973-9
Subject: Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: Independent Theosophical League pamphlet
The Logbook is the yearbook of Conway Hall, Dickinson College's Preparatory School.
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: Logbook, 1909-10
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1909-1910 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...
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1900-1919
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Edward Wright Byrn delivers this reunion address in 1910 for the Class of 1870. Byrn discusses the importance of reunions at which former students "meet every five years after graduation and renew the old associations of college days." Byrn also...
Location: I-Original-1910-2
Subject: Dickinson College Alumni Affairs, Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Dickinson College Student Life
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1900-1919
Blanche Lightner Dum receives this Bachelor of Arts Diploma from Dickinson College on June 8, 1910.
Location: OC 2007.5, F1
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: Bachelor of Arts Diploma - Blanche Dum