Entries drawn from collection & document descriptions
The papers of the Board of Trustees of Dickinson College, 1833-1879, include correspondence, reports, financial statements, printed materials, and legal documents, and have been arranged into thirteen series.
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Location: RG 1/2
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Student Life, Economics and Finance, Education, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Certificates and Diplomas, Engravings and Illustrations, Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Reports
Time Period: 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919
Collection Inventory: 
RG 1-002.pdf
The records contained in the President Jesse Truesdell Peck record group pertain only to his time and affairs as president of Dickinson College. As such, no personal papers or papers pertaining to Peck’s tenure as a faculty member are included in this record group. For records concerning Peck’s...
Location: RG 2/4
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1840-1859
Collection Inventory: RG 2/4 - Jesse Truesdell Peck
In the nineteenth century, the activities pertaining to admissions and student affairs were performed by the President of the College, with some assistance from the other faculty members. Inquiries concerning admissions were generally made directly to the President of the College. Members of the...
Location: RG 5/1
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Miscellaneous, Notes and Notebooks, Reports
Time Period: 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919
Collection Inventory: RG 5/1 - Student Affairs/Registrar
Marcus Junius Parrott records his thoughts and activities as a college student in Ohio, then in Pennsylvania at Dickinson College (graduating in 1849), as a law student thereafter at Cambridge Law School, and a few entries from 1857 when Parrott serves as delegate to Congress from the Kansas...
Location: I-Friends-2004-3
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Legal Affairs, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Diaries and Journals
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
Charles Collins writes two letters to his wife, Harriet, regarding his trip to Portland, Maine, and shares news of their family and friends. Collins also mentions watching a doctor perform an operation with chloroform and listening to a lecture on temperance by John B. Gough. "[Gough] is a...
Location: I-EwigC-1990-1
Subject: Health and Medicine, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality, Social Reform and Advocacy, Travel and Tourism
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1840-1859
Jesse Peck, President of Dickinson College, responds to A. W. Foote's request for an autograph.
Location: I-SpahrB-1963-6
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1840-1859
Thompson Prettyman Ege writes to his father, Oliver Ege, with updates on his life as a student and interactions with people in Carlisle. While "we will commence to review for [end of term] examination" in less than a month, Thompson assures his father that "I am very well and I am trying to get...
Location: I-StokesM-1964-3
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1840-1859
