Full-Text Documents

About Full-Text Documents

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. 

Search Full-Text Documents

Browse Full-Text Documents

    Sorted chronologically

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

View Item: PDF icon Bachelor of Science Diploma - Robert Faddis

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

View Item: PDF icon S.S. Dickinson Victory, Launch Program

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...

Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals

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

Format: Books and Pamphlets

Time Period: 1940-1959

View Item:

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...

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...

Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals

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

Format: Books and Pamphlets

Time Period: 1940-1959

View Item:

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

View Item: PDF icon Honorary Doctor of Science in Education Diploma - Forrest Craver

"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.

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.

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...

Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals

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

Format: Books and Pamphlets

Time Period: 1940-1959

View Item:

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

View Item: PDF icon Letter from William Rose Benét to Laura Benét

"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 "...

"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...

"The Spirit of Britain" Section 03, 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...

"The Spirit of Britain" Section 04, 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...

"The Spirit of Britain" Section 05, 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...

"The Spirit of Britain" Section 06, 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...

"The Spirit of Britain" Section 07, 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...

"The Spirit of Britain" Section 08, 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...

"The Spirit of Britain" Section 09, 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...

Pages