Entries drawn from collection & document descriptions
John B. Hood was an educator and writer from Mount Airy, Maryland. He graduated from Dickinson College in 1864, and earned a master's degree from that institution in 1867. The John B. Hood Collection is housed in one document box and contains papers and notes taken by Hood while he was an...
Location: MC 2001.8
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Notes and Notebooks, Speeches and Sermons
Collection Inventory: 
mc2001.08.pdf
William C. Wilson prepared this oration, entitled “What is the True Progress of the Age?," for the commencement ceremonies held July 11, 1850. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: Orations-1850-W754w
Subject: Education, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1840-1859
Thomas Miller Griffith writes to his brother and sister and describes the scenes in Carlisle as the Confederates occupied and shelled the town in the days before the Battle of Gettysburg. As the Confederates first approached Carlisle in late June 1863, Griffith recalls the expedited Commencement...
Location: MC 2005.4, B1, F2
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Education, Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
