Financial Documents

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Robert Fleming Rich papers
Letter, 1946 (Box 1, folder 7)
1932-1951

Robert Fleming Rich attended Dickinson College from 1903-1906 before withdrawing to take up a position in the family business, the Woolrich Woolen Mills. He later became active in Republican politics, serving in the United States House of Representatives from 1930-43 and 1945-51. This collection...

Location: MC 2010.3

Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Alumni Affairs

Format: Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Photographs

Time Period: 1920-1939, 1940-1959

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2010.03.pdf

Charles Arthur Robinson family papers
Charles Arthur Robinson, c1915 (PC 2012.1, folder 11)
1905-1973

The Charles Arthur Robinson Collection was donated by Charles L. Robinson on January 14, 2012. The collection is housed in two document boxes, one oversized box, 57 photograph folders, and one small artifact box. The collection contains materials related to Charles A. Robinson ('20) and Reba M....

Location: MC 2012.1

Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Economics and Finance, Education, Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Science and Technology

Format: Artifacts and Objects, Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Notes and Notebooks, Photographs, Reports, Scrapbooks

Time Period: 1900-1919, 1920-1939

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2012.01.pdf

Eli Slifer papers
Letter, 1859 (Box 3, folder 10)
1849-1871

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

Time Period: 1840-1859, 1860-1879

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2003.04.pdf

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Collection Inventory: PDF icon Appendix A - Civil War Units

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Collection Inventory: PDF icon Appendix B - Military Affairs

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Collection Inventory: PDF icon Appendix C- Political Affairs

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Collection Inventory: PDF icon Appendix D - Business Affairs

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Collection Inventory: PDF icon Appendix E - Miscellaneous Affairs

Student Affairs / Registrar papers, 1783-1914
Matriculation book, 1849-1853 (RG 5/1 - 2.1.4)
1783-1914

In the nineteenth century, the activities pertaining to admissions and student affairs were performed by the President of the College, with some assistance from the other faculty members. Inquiries concerning admissions were generally made directly to the President of the College. Members of the...

Location: RG 5/1

Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education

Format: Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Miscellaneous, Notes and Notebooks, Reports

Time Period: 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919

Collection Inventory: PDF icon RG 5/1 - Student Affairs/Registrar

Student Senate Records
Daily Senator - from RG 8-1 7-1-6
1908-2014

These records document the activity and structure of Dickinson's student government.

Location: RG 8/1

Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Politics and Government

Format: Financial Documents, Meeting Minutes, Newspapers and Magazines, Reports, Speeches and Sermons

Time Period: 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979, 1980-1999, 2000-2019

Collection Inventory: PDF icon RG 8/1 - Student Senate Records

Allen C. Tanner Papers
OC 2013.3, Folder 16
1890-1986

Allen C. Tanner (1898-1987) was an Illinois-born pianist. At fifteen he was awarded a scholarship to study music in Chicago. There he met Margaret Anderson, editor of the Little Review. Tanner then moved to New York City where he performed in musical salons and accompanied many musical...

Location: MC 2013.3

Subject: LGBT History, Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life, Travel and Tourism, Visual and Performing Arts

Format: Essays and Dissertations, Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Music, Newspapers and Magazines, Notes and Notebooks, Photographs

Time Period: 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979, 1980-1999

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2013.03.pdf

Three Mile Island Alert (TMIA) papers
Newsletter, 1979 (folder 1.4.3.1)
1979-1994

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

Time Period: 1960-1979, 1980-1999

Collection Inventory: PDF icon TMI-TMIA.pdf

Ruth Trout family papers
Photograph, c1945 (Photographs, folder 52)
1860-2003

Ruth Agnes Trout graduated from Dickinson College with the class of 1936. In 1983, she and her sister, Helen Elizabeth Trout, established the Trout Gallery at the college in honor of their parents, Brook and Mary Agnes Cook Trout. This collection of papers documents Trout's relationship with the...

Location: MC 2005.1

Subject: Dickinson College Alumni Affairs, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Genealogy and Family History, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality, Travel and Tourism

Format: Artifacts and Objects, Certificates and Diplomas, Diaries and Journals, Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Photographs

Time Period: 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979, 1980-1999, 2000-2019

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2005.01.pdf

Cornelius Vanderbilt Family papers
Letter, 1809 (Box 2, folder 12)
1766-1897

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: PDF icon mc2001.14.pdf

Ferdinand De Wilton Ward family papers
Sermon, 1877 (Box 1, folder 17)
1837-1890

The collection contains papers of Ferdinand de Wilton Ward (1812-1891) concerning the Central Church in Geneseo, New York, the American Bible Society, and the genealogy of the Ward family. Also in the collection are a journal of Ward's voyage to India in 1837 and a letter book of the Indian...

Location: MC 2000.6

Subject: Economics and Finance, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality, Travel and Tourism

Format: Diaries and Journals, Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Maps and Diagrams, Newspapers and Magazines, Notes and Notebooks, Reports, Speeches and Sermons

Time Period: 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2000.06.pdf

Zatae Longsdorff Center for Women Records
Opening of the Women's Center - RG 9/8 4-2-1
1983-2008

These records document the activity and organization of the Zatae Longsdorff's Women's Center, a feminist organization at Dickinson that included student and faculty members. 

Location: RG 9/8

Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Social Reform and Advocacy

Format: Artifacts and Objects, Broadsides and Posters, Diaries and Journals, Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Newspapers and Magazines

Time Period: 1980-1999, 2000-2019

Collection Inventory: PDF icon RG 9/8 - Women's Center records

Bill of Exchange from John Dickinson to John Osgood
Bill of Exchange from John Dickinson to John Osgood
November 23, 1772

Philadelphia attorney John Dickinson sends this bill of exchange for 100 pounds to pay John Hanbury Osgood, who is in London.

Location: I-SpahrB-1965-24

Subject: Business and Industry, Economics and Finance

Format: Financial Documents

Time Period: 1760-1779

Letter from George Wood to Jasper Yeates
Letter from George Wood to Jasper Yeates
October 10, 1774

George Wood sends an order to Jasper Yeates to pay a debt to John Montgomery.  Includes Montgomery's receipt dated October 19, 1774.

Location: I-SpahrB-1958-24

Subject: Economics and Finance, Military Affairs and Conflict

Format: Financial Documents

Time Period: 1760-1779

Receipt for Wheat from John Montgomery to Curtis and Peter Grubb
Receipt for Wheat from John Montgomery to Curtis and Peter Grubb
October 27, 1774

John Montgomery issues a receipt for wheat to Curtis and Peter Grubb.

Location: I-SpahrB-1958-24

Subject: Economics and Finance, Military Affairs and Conflict

Format: Financial Documents

Time Period: 1760-1779

Four Receipts Issued to Jasper Yeates
Four Receipts Issued to Jasper Yeates
June 11 - June 20, 1776

John Montgomery, Hugh Patrick, George Newberry and Paul Zantzinger issue receipts for various items between June 11 and June 20, 1776 to Jasper Yeates.

Location: I-SpahrB-1958-23

Subject: Economics and Finance, Military Affairs and Conflict

Format: Financial Documents

Time Period: 1760-1779

Receipt Signed by John Montgomery
Receipt Signed by John Montgomery
December 4, 1776

John Montgomery issues this receipt to John Harvie and Jasper Yeates for the sum borrowed from Frederick Ferree by the Commission of Indian Affairs.

Location: I-SpahrB-1966-18

Subject: Economics and Finance, Native Americans

Format: Financial Documents

Time Period: 1760-1779

Receipt Signed by John Montgomery
Receipt Signed by John Montgomery
December 4, 1776

Continental Congress delegate John Montgomery issues this receipt to John Harvie and Jasper Yeates for ninety pounds paid to messenger William Wilson.

Location: I-Original-1776-2

Subject: Business and Industry, Economics and Finance, Native Americans

Format: Financial Documents

Time Period: 1760-1779

Receipt for Militia Account between Jasper Yates and the Continental Congress
Receipt for Militia Account between Jasper Yates and the Continental Congress
February 7, 1777

John Montgomery issues a receipt for funds paid by the Continental Congress to Jasper Yeates and himself for militia pay and allowance.

Location: I-SpahrB-1958-22

Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict

Format: Financial Documents

Time Period: 1760-1779

Receipt for Return of a Slave from James A. Wilson
Receipt for Return of a Slave from James A. Wilson
October 27, 1780

James A. Wilson of Middleton Township signs this receipt for the return of an eight year old male slave.

Location: I-BeetemC-1968-1

Subject: Economics and Finance, Personal and Family Life

Format: Financial Documents

Time Period: 1780-1799

Paycheck from John Dickinson to Jacob Bower
Paycheck from John Dickinson to Jacob Bower
July 14, 1783

Dickinson College founder John Dickinson signs a paycheck to Captain Jacob Bower of the 6th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line.

Location: I-AsbellY-2005-2

Subject: Economics and Finance, Military Affairs and Conflict

Format: Financial Documents

Time Period: 1780-1799

Warrant for Wages from John Dickinson for Frederick Snider
Warrant for Wages from John Dickinson for Frederick Snider
September 1, 1783

Warrant for wages from John Dickinson for Frederick Sneider's service as door keeper. Transcript included.

Location: I-SpahrB-undated-51

Subject: Economics and Finance

Format: Financial Documents

Time Period: 1780-1799

Warrant for Soldier's Pay from John Dickinson for John Hays
Warrant for Soldier's Pay from John Dickinson for John Hays
October 8, 1783

President of Pennsylvania John Dickinson signs this warrant to pay John Hays for his service as a soldier during the Revolutionary War. David Rittenhouse, Esquire, is listed on the document as the treasurer.

Location: I-SpahrB-undated-50

Subject: Economics and Finance, Military Affairs and Conflict

Format: Financial Documents

Time Period: 1780-1799

Page from an Account Book of a Philadelphia Hatter
Page from an Account Book of a Philadelphia Hatter
August - November 1785

This page from an account book of a hatter based in Philadelphia includes purchases by John Dickinson, John Montgomery, and Stephen Duncan.

Location: I-SpahrB-1954-10

Subject: Business and Industry, Economics and Finance, Personal and Family Life

Format: Financial Documents

Time Period: 1780-1799

Customs Declaration and Receipt Form Signed by Benjamin Rush
Customs Declaration and Receipt Form Signed by Benjamin Rush
September 27, 1785

This customs declaration and receipt form, sworn and signed by Benjamin Rush, is for "One Box Books a present for Dickinson College."

Location: I-Friends-1984-2

Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Economics and Finance, International Affairs

Format: Financial Documents

Time Period: 1780-1799

Promissory Note from Charles Biddle to the Trustees of Dickinson College
Promissory Note from Charles Biddle to the Trustees of Dickinson College
April 11, 1786

Vice-President of Pennsylvania Charles Biddle writes this note, which orders the Treasurer of Pennsylvania to pay £500 to the Trustees of Dickinson College. Benjamin Rush acknowledges the receipt of this note on behalf of the trustees.

Location: I-SpahrB-1966-19

Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Economics and Finance

Format: Financial Documents

Time Period: 1780-1799

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