Dosh, S. Homer

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Letter from S. Homer Dosh to Mrs. J. H. C. Dosh
Letter from S. Homer Dosh to Mrs. J. H. C. Dosh
February 2, 1876

S. Homer Dosh writes to his mother, Mrs. J. H. C. Dosh, about life in Carlisle as a student at Dickinson College. He comments on the Presbyterian church, saying that the ministers are boring and that there "is not fire enough in the meetings." In addition, Dosh expresses an interest in possibly...

Location: I-BaconJ-1961-1

Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1860-1879

Letter from James McCauley to Daniel Gilman

Letter from James McCauley to Daniel Gilman
April 10, 1876

Dickinson College President James McCauley writes Daniel Gilman, President of Johns Hopkins University, in order to recommend S. Homer Dosh, a senior at Dickinson. Dosh is an excellent student and is a "young man of excellent character – is a professing Christian, and has, during his stay with...

Location: I-BaconJ-2001-1

Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Education

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1860-1879

"Some Experiments in Taking Transparencies," by S. Homer Dosh
"Some Experiments in Taking Transparencies," by S. Homer Dosh
[1876?]

S. Homer Dosh writes his thesis, titled "Some Experiments in Taking Transparencies," about developing photographs while a student at Dickinson College. While using a piece of ground glass behind the negative film is the most satisfactory method, Dosh admits that the method is "inconvenient, and...

Location: I-BaconJ-2001-2

Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Science and Technology

Format: Essays and Dissertations, Photographs

Time Period: 1860-1879

Letter from Joshua Lippincott to Daniel Gilman

Letter from Joshua Lippincott to Daniel Gilman
May 29, 1876

Professor Joshua Lippincott writes Daniel Gilman, President of Johns Hopkins University, in order to recommend S. Homer Dosh, a senior at Dickinson, for a program at that institution. "[Dosh] has proved himself both industrious and successful" at Dickinson, as Lippincott explains. Transcript...

Location: I-BaconJ-2001-1

Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Education

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1860-1879

Letter from Charles Himes to Daniel Gilman
Letter from Charles Himes to Daniel Gilman
May 30, 1876

Professor Charles F. Himes writes Daniel Gilman, President of Johns Hopkins University, in order to recommend S. Homer Dosh, a senior at Dickinson, for a program at that institution. Himes discusses Dosh's thesis, "Some Experiments in Taking Transparencies," and assures Gilman that the thesis is...

Location: I-BaconJ-2001-1

Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Education

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1860-1879
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