Atwater, Jeremiah

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Presidents, 1783-1833
Charles Nisbet
1783-1831

The Presidents 1783-1833 Record Group contains papers related the presidency of the seven men who served at Dickinson from 1783 to 1833. This Record Group corresponds with that of RG 1/1, the Trustees 1783-1833, which also documents the first fifty years of the college. The materials in this...

Location: RG 2/1

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

Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports

Time Period: 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839

Collection Inventory: PDF icon RG 2/1 - Presidents

"A Sketch of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of Dickinson College in Carlisle," by Anonymous
"A Sketch of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of Dickinson College in Carlisle," by Anonymous
March 1811

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

Letter from Cyrus Trimble to John Trimble
Letter from Cyrus Trimble to John Trimble
August 27, 1817

Cyrus W. Trimble writes to his brother, John A. Trimble about his daily schedule at Dickinson and the two different literary societies at Dickinson, the Union Philosophical Society and the Belles Lettres Society. Cyrus, who is a member of UPS, explains that "you can’t conceive the emulation that...

Location: I-DavidsonR-1975-2

Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Student Life, Education

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1800-1819
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