Entries drawn from collection & document descriptions
Treasury Secretary Roger Brooke Taney writes this report in response to a request from the United States Senate. Secretary Taney's report includes the amount of duties on foreign imports accrued in the first quarter of 1834, how those numbers compare to previous years, and whether the initial...
Location: I-SpahrB-1970-2
Subject: Economics and Finance, Politics and Government
Format: Reports
Time Period: 1820-1839
Dickinson College President John P. Durbin sends Rev. John Rhodes a report on the conduct of Joseph Clubine Rhodes (Class of 1838). The report lists the number of times that Joseph has been absent from his literary exercises, prayers, and public worship. Durbin also adds a note about a bill for...
Location: I-SpahrB-undated-8
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Reports
Time Period: 1820-1839
"Synopsis of the Birds of Pennsylvania" compiled by Spencer F. Baird from John James Audubon, Alexander Wilson, and Nuttal in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Includes sections on land and water birds.
Spencer Fullerton Baird compiles a "List of the Birds of the United States (from Aububon), prefixed to which is a List of the Birds found near Carlisle, Pennsylvania" The document contains the type of bird, time when first shot, and "when known."
Location: I-Original-1840-2
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Science and Technology
Format: Reports
Time Period: 1840-1859
This report by an unknown author discusses and provides a summary of the key points in Senator Henry Clay's speech on the Webster-Ashburton Treaty. This report notes how "[Clay] believed in the sincerity of the professions of the British Govt" and that "nothing but the greatest evil could result...
Location: I-SpahrB-1950-2
Subject: International Affairs, Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Reports
Time Period: 1840-1859
Spencer F. Baird (Class of 1840), the Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, publishes "General Directions for Collection and Preserving Objects of Natural History" in 1848. Baird, who is responsible for the Natural History Department, also includes an overview ("Special Desiderata...
Location: I-Friends-1975-18
Subject: Science and Technology
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
Time Period: 1840-1859
The report for John L. Harding, a member of the Class of 1849, includes an account of his expenses, notes on his "attention to study" and absences from classes while at Dickinson College in January 1848. Harding is taking Moral Philosophy, Mental Philosophy, Natural Sciences, Ancient Languages,...
Location: I-DavidsonR-1975-1
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Student Life, Economics and Finance, Education
Format: Reports
Time Period: 1840-1859
John L. Harding's (Class of 1849) report from Dickinson College in December 1848 includes details about his financial account, his grades, and a message from President Jesse T. Peck. Thomas E Sudler, who serves as Harding's patron, signed the report. This report is addressed to a Col. George M...
Location: I-Friends-1993-1
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Economics and Finance, Education
Format: Reports
Time Period: 1840-1859
“An Assessment of the GPU Nuclear Corporation Organization and Senior Management and Its Competence to Operate TMI-1” by Admiral H. G. Rickover. The report provides an assessment of and recommendations for Three Mile Island following the accident at the nuclear reactor.
Location: Three Mile Island Alert Collection - 4.9.9.14
Subject: Three Mile Island
Format: Reports
Time Period: 1980-1999
The Women's Center Executive Committee writes President Samuel A. Banks and reports on the activities of the Women's Center during the 1984-85 academic year. This report highlights the discussions on the role of Women's Studies in the liberal arts curriculum, collaboration with other on-campus...
Location: RG 9/8 - 2.1.1
Subject: Dickinson College History, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Reports
Time Period: 1980-1999
