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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
Karl Tinsley Waugh ws born in 1879 in Cawnpore, India. His family moved back to the U.S. when he was a teenager, and he later received degrees from Ohio Wesleyan University and Harvard. He served in teaching and administrative positions at numerous colleges and universities, and he served as...
Location: MC 2017.4
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Economics and Finance, Education, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality, Travel and Tourism
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Miscellaneous, Notes and Notebooks, Photographs
Collection Inventory: mc2017.04.pdf
This collection is comprised of letters written to Isaac Wayne, Dickinson College Class of 1792 and Pennsylvania statesman, on various subjects ranging from biographical information on his father (General Anthony Wayne) to Wayne's service in Congress. Also included are a few letters written by...
Location: MC 2001.11
Subject: Land and Real Estate, Legal Affairs, Literary Pursuits, Politics and Government
Format: Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Maps and Diagrams
Collection Inventory: mc2001.11.pdf
Emma Catherine Wentzel graduated from Dickinson College in 1934. This collection contains correspondence received during her high school and college years.
Location: MC 2007.1
Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1920-1939
Collection Inventory: mc2007.01.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 Ravi D. Goel collection of Herbert Wing, Jr. Papers has been organized into one series, Correspondence, and further divided into subseries by recipient. It contains letters, both handwritten and typewritten, and postcards. The collection documents family relationships, and correspondence...
Collection Inventory: Ravi D. Goel collection of Herbert Wing, Jr. (1889-1972) Papers
This collection consists of nine scrapbooks relating to John Perry Wood (1879-1959), Dickinson College class of 1901 and Yale University School of Law class of 1902, and his family. Most of the scrapbooks deal with aspects of family life: correspondence between family members, and memorials to...
Location: MC 2009.3
Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Legal Affairs, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality, Travel and Tourism
Format: Diaries and Journals, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Photographs, Scrapbooks, Speeches and Sermons
Collection Inventory: mc2009.03.pdf
This collection is mostly comprised of correspondence received by Philadelphia printer William Young from Charles Nisbet, President of Dickinson College. Young was a scotsman who settled in Philadelphia and set up a bookshop, a printing press, and later, a paper mill. As the president of a...
Location: MC 2001.5
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Administration, International Affairs, Literary Pursuits, Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Collection Inventory: mc2001.05.pdf
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.
Collection Inventory: RG 9/8 - Women's Center records
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
Captain John Montgomery writes Richard Peters to recommend John Hadden for a commission as ensign. Montgomery explains that his “Company are Desireous that no other person should have the commission but [Hadden].” Transcript included.
Location: I-SpahrB-1965-25
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: Before 1760
Captain John Montgomery writes to Major Thomas Lloyd in reply to letter received on June 3rd. "I will not be able to march to Lancaster of Friday next as you have requested as I am still raising men for my company." Transcript included.
Location: I-SpahrB-1964-3
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: Before 1760
Joseph Priestley writes to John Seddon regarding Seddon's invitation to Liverpool, recent books, work, and news regarding lectures at the Academy. Transcript included.
Location: I-BeachW-1966-1
Subject: Education, Religion and Spirituality, Science and Technology
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1760-1779
John Dickinson writes two letters to attorney George Read concerning legal matters. The first expresses his unwillingness to engage Mr. Gooding in a chancery suit. The second concerns the examination of a witness, Mrs. Mary Allmond, to a deed for land in which Dickinson is interested....
Location: MC 2001.13, B1, F1-2
Subject: Land and Real Estate, Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Isaac Norris, the Speaker of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly, writes to Governor John Penn regarding legislation and the taxation of property. "And as these Objections do not appear to use justly founded," Norris notes that "we have returned the Bill and request your Honour would give your...
Location: I-SpahrB-1963-8
Subject: Economics and Finance, Legal Affairs, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1760-1779
Joseph Priestley writes to John Seddon, the secretary and librarian of Warrington Academy, regarding a divinity tutor at Warrington and new students.
Location: I-BeachW-1982-2
Subject: Education, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1760-1779
Joseph Priestley writes to the Duke of Northumberland, Hugh Percy, and asks for the Duke's patronage in order to write a history of experimental philosophy, continuing his previous work. Transcript included.
Location: MC 1998.1, B1, F11
Subject: Politics and Government, Science and Technology
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1760-1779
Charles Nisbet writes to the Minister of Drumelzier and inquires about various events since his visit three months ago. Nisbet also requests updates on several ministers as well as a few other individuals. "Does [Mr. Plummer] continue his nightly Engagements with the Devil & Sir David Murray...
Location: I-TurnbullM-undated-4
Subject: Health and Medicine, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1760-1779
John Dickinson writes to Mr. Baynton and Wharton, a Philadelphia mercantile firm, on the issue of settling a disagreement over an unnamed policy. Dickinson mentions Mr. Philips as the identity of one of the parties involved. Transcript included.
Location: MC 2001.13, B1, F1
Subject: Economics and Finance
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1760-1779
Joseph Priestley writes to Anna L. Aikin of Warrington Academy about her poetry on Corsica for James Boswell and Samuel Johnson. Priestley also provides Aikin with an update on his own writing. "My piece on Perspective is nearly ready for the press," as Priestley explains. Aikin, as Anna...
Location: I-Friends-2010-1
Subject: Literary Pursuits
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1760-1779
Charles Nisbet writes to Selina Hastings, the Countess of Huntingdon, about Methodist leader John Wesley's success in England and other related religious issues. Wesley "has been but too successful in seducing many of the ignorant and unwary into his Notions," as Nisbet explains. Transcript...
Location: I-TurnbullM-undated-2
Subject: Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1760-1779
John Dickinson writes to Samuel Cadwalader Morris and a Mr. Cadwalader to request the payment of eight pounds and six pence to Mr. Henry Maag. This letter is a copy of the original. Transcript included.
Location: MC 2001.13, B1, F1
Subject: Economics and Finance
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1760-1779
John Armstrong writes to his son James about his attempt to seek his fortune in the West Indies. Armstrong also discusses news of General William Irvine, Dr. McCoskry, Dr. Benjamin Rush, and Mr. Waddell. Transcript included.
Location: I-SpahrB-1968-4
Subject: Business and Industry, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1760-1779
Attorney James Wilson writes to Jasper Yeates and discusses upcoming cases he will try in Cumberland, York, and Northumberland counties. Wilson also announces the birth of his son.
Location: I-SpahrB-1966-21
Subject: Legal Affairs, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1760-1779
John Dickinson writes Samuel Cadwalader Morris to confirm a financial matter and asks Morris to forward the enclosed letters. Transcript included.
Location: MC 2001.13, B1, F1
Subject: Economics and Finance
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1760-1779
