Charles Ross, a member of the Class of 1792, receives this diploma as a member of the Belles Lettres Society in 1792.
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1792
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1780-1799
May 29, 1809
Henry F. Slaymaker, a member of the Class of 1810, receives this diploma as a member of the Belles Lettres Society on May 29, 1809.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1800-1819
August 6, 1811
William Brown, a member of the Class of 1812, receives this diploma as a member of the Belles Lettres Society on August 6, 1811.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1800-1819
August 12, 1815
George Thomas Martin, a member of the Class of 1815, receives this diploma as a member of the Belles Lettres Society on August 12, 1815.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1800-1819
1829
James King Davison, a member of the Class of 1829, receives this diploma as a member of the Belles Lettres Society in 1829.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1820-1839
July 19, 1838
Joseph Clubine Rhodes, a member of the Class of 1838, receives this diploma as a member of the Belles Lettres Society on July 19, 1838.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1820-1839
1845
James Biddle Gordon, a member of the Class of 1845, receives this diploma as a member of the Belles Lettres Society in 1845.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1840-1859
March 1849
The first issue of the Collegian, Dickinson College's first monthly literary publication. Includes "Nationality," "Machine for Grinding Poetry," "Love in College," "Translation of Cleanthe's Hymn to Jupiter," and "The Spartan Youth."
The Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical...
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Literary Pursuits
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1840-1859
April 1849
The second issue of the Collegian, Dickinson College's first monthly literary publication. Includes "The Tyrol," "Love and Scholarship," "Communings with the Departed," "The Song of the Wind," "War," and "Ernest Maltravers."
The Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical Societies...
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Literary Pursuits
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1840-1859
May 1849
The third issue of the Collegian, Dickinson College's first monthly literary publication. Includes "Reflections on the Coats-of-Arms of the States," "The Indian Maiden," "Philosophy of Fashion," "Epidemic Sympathy," "Last Verses of Voltaire," "The Germans of Pennsylvania," and "A Leaf...
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Literary Pursuits
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1840-1859
June 1849
The fourth issue of the Collegian, Dickinson College's first monthly literary publication. Includes "The Power of Sacrifice," "The 'Me'," "Logan's Revenge," "True Estimate of Self," and "Extract - Prometheus Chained."
The Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical Societies created a...
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Literary Pursuits
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1840-1859
July 1849
The final issue of the Collegian, Dickinson College's first monthly literary publication. Includes "Gregory VII," "The Breakers," "A Thunder Storm," "The European Crisis," "The College of the Magii," "American Prejudices," "Recollections," "College Reminiscences," and "Letters from the...
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Literary Pursuits, Politics and Government
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1840-1859
1851
William Charles Ford Reed, a member of the Class of 1851, receives this diploma as a member of the Belles Lettres Society in 1851.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1840-1859
1868
George Durbin Chenoweth receives this diploma as a member of the Belles Lettres Society in 1868.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1860-1879
1868
William Potter Davis, a member of the Class of 1868, receives this diploma as a member of the Belles Lettres Society in 1868.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1860-1879
1971
Pierce Bounds, a member of the Class of 1971, receives this diploma as a member of the Belles Lettres Society in 1971.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1960-1979
Unknown
This sample Belles Lettres Society Diploma is undated.
