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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Laura Windust writes Esther Windust a letter of sympathy in regards on the death of Piet.
Location: I-Friends-1973-12
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1900-1919
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Letter from Laura Windust to Esther Windust
Charles Bruce Derick receives his diploma from Conway Hall, Dickinson College's Preparatory School, on June 4, 1903.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: Dickinson College Preparatory School Diploma - Charles Derick
"Tissie" writes to Esther Windust and describes Esther's godson, work, and the impending visit of Willie Hawkswolte.
Location: I-Friends-1973-13
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: Letter from "Tissie" to Esther Windust
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1904-1905 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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Harry M. Showalter writes this essay, entitled "Should Woman Vote?," as a student at Dickinson in May 1904. Showalter is a member of the Class of 1904.
Location: Essays-General-1904-S559s
Subject: Politics and Government, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Essays and Dissertations
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: "Should Woman Vote?," by Harry M. Showalter
Robert McAlarney deliverers an address on the history of West College (Old West) at the 100th anniversary of the rebuilding and re-dedication of the building. McAlarney is a 1893 graduate who works at the New York Evening Post. The text...
Location: I-Original-1904-2
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Education
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: Address on the History of West College by Robert McAlarney
Publisher: Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College
George L. Reed, a member of the Class of 1904, compiles this directory of alumni from the Class of 1787 to the Class of 1908.
Location: DC 378.748 DT3 1905
Subject: Dickinson College Alumni Affairs, Dickinson College History, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1900-1919
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Medal of Honor Recipient Horatio Collins King (Class of 1858) writes this "Poem" on the history of Dickinson College.
Location: I-GrayM-1953-2
Subject: Dickinson College Alumni Affairs, Dickinson College History, Literary Pursuits
Format: Poetry and Lyrics
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: "Poem," by Horatio Collins King
Professor Emeritus Charles F. Himes (Class of 1855) discusses the history of "the so-called 'Mermaid' that surmounts [Old West's] beautiful belfry as a weather vane."
Location: MC 2000.1, B25, F12
Subject: Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1900-1919
Florence Hensel Bursk writes this essay, entitled "Dickinson's New Era," as a student at Dickinson. Bursk is a member of the Class of 1905. Transcript included.
Location: Essays-General-1905-B972d
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College History, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Essays and Dissertations
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: "Dickinson’s New Era," by Florence H. Bursk
The Extracts from the Laws and Regulations of Dickinson College lists important information and guidelines regarding the administration of the college, faculty, admissions, instruction, student behavior, the academic calendar,...
Location: RG 1/3 10.1.6
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: Extracts from the Laws and Regulations of Dickinson College, 1905
Laura Benét writes this essay, titled "Poets in Embryo," on growing up in a literary household and how it influenced her and her brothers' interests in writing.
Location: I-Friends-1982-1
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life
Format: Essays and Dissertations
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: "Poets in Embryo," by Laura Benét
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
View Item: "Reminiscences of Dickinson College," by Richard Chaney
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
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
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
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
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
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