Entries drawn from collection & document descriptions
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 figures, as well as printer's engraving blocks....
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
Collection Inventory: 
mc2002.01.pdf
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, Cumberland County and became involved in emergency...
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
Collection Inventory: TMI-Murdoch.pdf
Record group 5/2 consists of both materials dating from 1962-1989 while the Office of the Chaplain existed under the leadership of a full-time chaplain, as well as materials regarding campus religious affairs functions prior to the establishment of the chaplaincy, as early as 1924. The bulk of...
Location: RG 5/2
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Books and Pamphlets, Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Music, Reports, Speeches and Sermons
Collection Inventory: RG 5/2 - Office of the Chaplain Papers
The collection documents several generations of the Poulson family and its role in publishing Poulson's American Daily Advertiser. It includes submissions, woodcuts, and sample issues from the Daily Advertiser; correspondence; genalogical materials; and financial and legal...
Location: MC 2006.2
Subject: Economics and Finance, Education, Genealogy and Family History, Health and Medicine, Land and Real Estate, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Books and Pamphlets, Essays and Dissertations, Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines, Photographs, Poetry and Lyrics, Scrapbooks
Time Period: 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919
Collection Inventory: mc2006.02.pdf
The collection consists of correspondence, legal and financial materials primarily related to Price's law practice, his service in the Pennsylvania State Senate (1854-1856), and as a commissioner for Fairmount Park Association. Also included in the collection are papers concerning the Fisher's...
Location: MC 1999.13
Subject: Business and Industry, Economics and Finance, Legal Affairs, Personal and Family Life, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Books and Pamphlets, Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939
Collection Inventory: mc1999.13.pdf
This collection includes articles, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, and programs about Joseph Priestley and related topics. Also included in the collection are genealogical materials - correspondence, notes, charts - collected by Priestley family members
Location: MC 2003.8
Subject: Genealogy and Family History, Literary Pursuits, Religion and Spirituality, Science and Technology
Format: Books and Pamphlets, Essays and Dissertations, Letters/Correspondence, Maps and Diagrams, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979, 1980-1999
Collection Inventory: mc2003.08.pdf
Leon Cushing Prince (1878-1937) graduated from Dickinson College in 1898 and received his law degree from the Dickinson School of Law and his masters from New York University. Prince returned to Dickinson in 1907 to become a professor of history, where he would teach for thirty years until his...
Location: MC 1998.7
Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Economics and Finance, Education, Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Books and Pamphlets, Essays and Dissertations, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Scrapbooks, Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939
Collection Inventory: mc1998.07.pdf
The Public Interest Resource Center (PIRC) collection consists of the various papers, newsletters, court dockets, and publications which were housed by PIRC in an effort to organize all efforts against the restart of Three Mile Island, following the near-meltdown on March 28, 1979. The PIRC was...
Location: TMI-PIRC
Subject: Health and Medicine, Legal Affairs, Politics and Government, Three Mile Island
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Books and Pamphlets, Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Reports
Collection Inventory: TMI-PIRC.pdf
The William Charles Ford Reed Collection was donated to the college in 1951 by the sons of William C. F. Reed, Class of 1851. The collection contains some of Reed's student writings, notebooks, and his complete set of school books. A subsequent donation in 1956 consisted of a few papers and 37...
Location: MC 2001.16
Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets, Essays and Dissertations, Maps and Diagrams, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Notes and Notebooks, Photographs, Speeches and Sermons
Collection Inventory: mc2001.16.pdf
The Sarah L. Rowe Collection is composed of books authored by Pearl S. Buck, as well as correspondence to and from both Buck and Sarah Rowe. This collection was acquired through a bequest of Rowe. The books are individually cataloged and accessible through the online library catalog; a list of...
Location: MC 2000.4
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life
Collection Inventory: mc2000.04.pdf
James Gordon Steese (1882-1958) was a member of the Dickinson College class of 1902. Among his many activities, Steese served as president of the Board of Road Commissioners for Alaska; the Steese Highway in Alaska is named for him. He later was involved with the development of railroads in both...
Location: MC 2002.4
Subject: Business and Industry, International Affairs, Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Travel and Tourism
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Books and Pamphlets, Certificates and Diplomas, Diaries and Journals, Essays and Dissertations, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Maps and Diagrams, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Photographs, Reports
Collection Inventory: mc2002.04.pdf
Three Mile Island Alert (TMIA) collection consists of the various papers, government documents, legal documents, transcripts, and publications collected and maintained by Three Mile Island Alert, a not-for-profit citizens' organization dedicated to promotion of safe-energy alternatives to...
Location: TMI-TMIA
Subject: Legal Affairs, Politics and Government, Three Mile Island
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Audio-Visual Materials, Books and Pamphlets, Financial Documents, Interviews and Oral Histories, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Photographs, Reports, Speeches and Sermons
Collection Inventory: TMI-TMIA.pdf
The collection consists of the papers of the families of Jacob and Cornelius Vanderbilt, farmers and tax assessors of Newton Township, Cumberland County, Pa. Accounts of the Civil War are included among family correspondence, bills, accounts, and tax lists. Also included in the collection are a...
Location: MC 2001.14
Subject: Genealogy and Family History, Land and Real Estate, Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Books and Pamphlets, Essays and Dissertations, Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
Time Period: Before 1760, 1760-1779, 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899
Collection Inventory: mc2001.14.pdf
Eleanor T. Waugh Hanley (19??-1940) was the daughter of Karl Tinsley Waugh, who served as president of Dickinson College from 1932 to 1933. Hanley enrolled in the Dickinson class of 1935 and participated in numerous campus activities, although she did not graduate from Dickinson. Hanley died...
Location: MC 2005.3
Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets, Essays and Dissertations, Letters/Correspondence, Notes and Notebooks, Poetry and Lyrics, Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1920-1939
Collection Inventory: mc2005.03.pdf
The Willoughby collection is divided into three series and housed in four document boxes. It is comprised mostly of drafts of literary works, contained in the Literary Productions series, as well as correspondence, mostly relating to his librarian work, and miscellaneous other materials. The...
Collection Inventory: mc2011.05.pdf
The collection includes correspondence, speeches, essays, notebooks, bills, printed materials, and notes on debates and other such topics as the Light Street Institute and the Washington Temperance Society. The collection spans three main time periods in Zug's life: his enrollment at Dickinson...
Location: MC 2000.10
Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Literary Pursuits, Religion and Spirituality, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Books and Pamphlets, Certificates and Diplomas, Essays and Dissertations, Letters/Correspondence, Notes and Notebooks, Poetry and Lyrics, Speeches and Sermons
Collection Inventory: mc2000.10.pdf
Charles Keith publishes this item a year after the death of Dr. Charles Nisbet.
Note: See Related Entries for a link to Keith's letter to Anne Nisbet on July 11, 1805.
Location: DC P N723K
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1800-1819
A six page bibliography of 75 books written by Dr. Joseph Priestley.
Location: MC 1998.1, B1, F1
Subject: Education, Science and Technology
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1800-1819
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1822-1823 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: 1820-1839
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1827-1828 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: 1820-1839
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1834-1835 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: 1820-1839
The Statutes of Dickinson College lists important information and guidelines regarding the administration of the college, faculty, stewards, admissions, instruction, student behavior, the academic calendar, commencement, religious duties, student bills, literary societies, and student...
Location: RG 1/2 10.1.10
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1820-1839
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1839-1840 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 Administration, Dickinson College Alumni Affairs, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1841-1842 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: 1840-1859
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1844-1845 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: 1840-1859
