Entries drawn from collection & document descriptions
The collection contains correspondence, pamphlets, and photographs of Dr. Annie (Wood) Besant (1847-1933), a prominent and revolutionary freethinker of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Besant was a Christian wife and mother who later in life became an Atheist doctor and...
Location: MC 1999.7
Subject: Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Books and Pamphlets, Engravings and Illustrations, Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
Time Period: 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979
Collection Inventory: 
mc1999.07.pdf
The papers of the Board of Trustees of Dickinson College, 1783-1833, include correspondence, reports, financial statements, printed materials, and legal documents, and have been arranged into seven series.
Series 1 – Membership contains...
Location: RG 1/1
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College History, Dickinson College Student Life, Economics and Finance, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets, Engravings and Illustrations, Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Reports
Collection Inventory: RG 1-001.pdf
The papers of the Board of Trustees of Dickinson College, 1833-1879, include correspondence, reports, financial statements, printed materials, and legal documents, and have been arranged into thirteen series.
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Location: RG 1/2
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Student Life, Economics and Finance, Education, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Certificates and Diplomas, Engravings and Illustrations, Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Reports
Time Period: 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919
Collection Inventory: RG 1-002.pdf
Thomas Emerson Bond, Sr., was a well-known Methodist Episcopal minister and author who served as a trustee of Dickinson College from 1833 until 1835. The collection includes correspondence to and from Bond dating mostly from 1840-1848, as well as journals and records of the Methodist ministry of...
Location: MC 1999.2
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education, Religion and Spirituality, Travel and Tourism
Format: Diaries and Journals, Engravings and Illustrations, Essays and Dissertations, Letters/Correspondence, Reports, Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879
Collection Inventory: mc1999.02.pdf
James Buchanan was a graduate of Dickinson College, Class of 1809, who went on to become the fifteenth president of the United States. The majority of this collection is comprised of correspondence between Buchanan and his business and political associates; over four hundred letters penned by...
Location: MC 1998.10
Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Economics and Finance, Education, International Affairs, Legal Affairs, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Books and Pamphlets, Engravings and Illustrations, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Reports, Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979, 1980-1999
Collection Inventory: mc1998.10.pdf
These artifacts and oversized items about the Carlisle Indian School were acquired by the Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections individually and are not part of any larger collection.
Location: See Collection Inventory
Subject: Carlisle Indian School, Education, Native Americans
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Broadsides and Posters, Certificates and Diplomas, Engravings and Illustrations, Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979
Collection Inventory: CIS-Individual-Artifacts-Oversized.pdf
These items about the Carlisle Indian School were acquired by the Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections individually and are not part of any larger collection.
Location: See Collection Inventory for Call Number
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Carlisle Indian School, Education, Genealogy and Family History, Native Americans, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Books and Pamphlets, Broadsides and Posters, Engravings and Illustrations, Interviews and Oral Histories, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Miscellaneous, Newspapers and Magazines, Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979, 1980-1999
Collection Inventory: Carlisle Indian School Individual Items
John Price Durbin served as president of Dickinson College from 1834 to 1845. From 1842 to 1843 he toured across Europe and the Middle East, and he later published books about his travels. This collection includes a scrapbook that contains an autobiographical memoir as well as items Durbin...
Location: MC 2016.5
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality, Travel and Tourism
Format: Books and Pamphlets, Engravings and Illustrations, Newspapers and Magazines, Scrapbooks
Collection Inventory: mc2016.05.pdf
Lewis Daniel Gobrecht graduated from Dickinson College in 1955. This collection primarily represents his academic and extracurricular life as a student, with particular emphasis on his involvement in theatre and music activities.
Location: MC 2012.5
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Student Life, Economics and Finance, Education, Personal and Family Life, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Engravings and Illustrations, Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Music, Notes and Notebooks, Poetry and Lyrics, Speeches and Sermons
Collection Inventory: mc2012.05.pdf
The images in this collection are from Milton’s Paradise Lost. Illustrated by Gustave Doré. Edited, with Notes and a Life of Milton, by Robert Vaughan, D.D. London: Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1879.
Location: SC-OVER 821 M662p 1879
Subject: Literary Pursuits
Format: Engravings and Illustrations
Time Period: 1860-1879
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 and manuscript materials, scrapbooks and scrapbook...
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: mc2002.02.pdf
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
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 materials that reflect the professional and...
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: mc2008.05.pdf
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 Muhlenberg's immediate family. These letters reflect...
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
Collection Inventory: mc2012.03.pdf
These images were taken from a number of books housed in the Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections.
The sources include:
Thomas Pennant's History of Quadrupeds. Vols. 1 and 2 (1793)
William P. C. Barton's Vegetable Materia Medica of the United States...
Location: Special Collections
Subject: Science and Technology
Format: Engravings and Illustrations
Time Period: 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899
This collection includes letters, documents, clippings, pamphlets, and photographs relating to Joseph Priestley and his descendants. It was presented to the college by Mrs. Temple Fay.
Location: MC 1998.1
Subject: Health and Medicine, Politics and Government, Science and Technology
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Engravings and Illustrations, Essays and Dissertations, Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines, Photographs, Scrapbooks
Time Period: Before 1760, 1760-1779, 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979
Collection Inventory: mc1998.01.pdf
Collection Inventory: Priestley Family Collection Pamphlet
This collection consists of folders in 13 manuscript boxes relating to correspondence and papers of Eli Slifer (1818-1888), an active figure in Pennsylvania politics and the Secretary of the Commonwealth under Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin, 1861-1867. Most of the letters were written during the...
Location: MC 2003.4
Subject: Business and Industry, Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Engravings and Illustrations, Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
Collection Inventory: mc2003.04.pdf
Collection Inventory: Appendix A - Civil War Units
Collection Inventory: Appendix B - Military Affairs
Collection Inventory: Appendix C- Political Affairs
Collection Inventory: Appendix D - Business Affairs
Collection Inventory: Appendix E - Miscellaneous Affairs
James Alexander Streams fought for three years with Company A of the Sixty-First Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, which recruited its members from Indiana County. This collection contains 41 letters, most of which were received by Streams while he was fighting with the Union Army. They...
Location: MC 2004.3
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life
Format: Engravings and Illustrations, Letters/Correspondence
Collection Inventory: mc2004.03.pdf
Charles Lowe Swift enrolled at Dickinson College in 1900 with the class of 1904, but left in Fall 1903 to become a journalist for the Baltimore Herald. He taught English at Dickinson's Conway Hall and later at the Hill School in Pottstown, PA before joining Dickinson's English Dept....
Location: MC 2018.6
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Engravings and Illustrations, Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
Collection Inventory: mc2018.06.pdf
The Craig Robert Thomas collection is housed in two document boxes, one oversized box, and 893 photograph folders, and is arranged into the following three categories: Correspondence, Photographs, and Miscellaneous. The collection consists almost entirely of the letters and photographs from the...
Location: MC 2000.7
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Engravings and Illustrations, Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
Time Period: 1940-1959
Collection Inventory: mc2000.07.pdf
Two engravings of Dickinson College founder John Dickinson. The engravings, by B.B.E., are published by R. Wilkinson in London.
Location: I-SpahrB-1959-14
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Engravings and Illustrations
Time Period: 1780-1799
Statesman William Bingham writes Benjamin Rush and compares the conditions in England with those in the United States in terms of government, economics, and immigration. "Whilst the United States have the pleasing Prospect of daily increasing in Power and political Importance," Bingham explains...
Location: I-BonisteelR-1958-3
Subject: Economics and Finance, International Affairs, Politics and Government, Science and Technology
Format: Engravings and Illustrations, Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
An anonymous author writes this essay on the history of Dickinson College, which is published in The Port Folio, vol. 5 (March 1811): 239-246. This essay is published with B. Tanner's engraving of West College, which was created from a sketch by A. Brackenridge.
Location: RG 1/1 - 7.3.2
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College History, Education
Format: Engravings and Illustrations, Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1800-1819
A hand-colored engraving of the Public Square in Carlisle in 1838. The caption reads: "As seen on entering from the east. On the left are the Court House, Town Hall, and Methodist Church, on the main street. On the right, in the foreground, is St. John's Episcopal Church, and on the other corner...
Location: I-Original-1838-1
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County
Format: Engravings and Illustrations, Maps and Diagrams
Time Period: 1820-1839
Roger Brooke Taney, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, writes to Mr. William Prescott Smith: "Accept my thanks for the 'Scientific American,' and the two pamphlets.... I was so much impressed with what I saw in my brief visit to the Institute a few evenings ago...." An engraving...
Location: I-Friends-1978-6
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Science and Technology
Format: Engravings and Illustrations, Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1840-1859
