A Catalogue of the Faculty and Students of Dickinson College from August 1812.
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August 1812
Location: RG 5/1 - 7.1.3 (oversized)
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Broadsides and Posters
Time Period: 1800-1819
September 1812
While Charles Nisbet wrote "Hints on Education" around the time he became the first President of Dickinson College around 1785, it was not published in The Port Folio until 1812. Transcript included.
Charles Nisbet, "Hints on Education," The Port Folio 8, no. 3 (...
Location: Charles Nisbet Dropfile
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1800-1819
September 2, 1822
Richard M. Crain writes James Hamilton Jr. to introduce Joseph Crain, a prospective student to Dickinson College. "If you can make it convenient to yourself," Crain asks Hamilton "to give him the necessary introduction to the Professors." Transcript included.
Location: I-ValeM-1947-20
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
May 1823
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1822-1823 academic year. Through the years, the annual catalog was variously titled "The Bulletin," "Catalogue and Register," "Course Catalog," and similar variants. The catalog typically includes the list of courses offered, requirements for enrollment,...
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1820-1839
July 1828
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1827-1828 academic year. Through the years, the annual catalog was variously titled "The Bulletin," "Catalogue and Register," "Course Catalog," and similar variants. The catalog typically includes the list of courses offered, requirements for enrollment,...
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1820-1839
1834
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1834-1835 academic year. Through the years, the annual catalog was variously titled "The Bulletin," "Catalogue and Register," "Course Catalog," and similar variants. The catalog typically includes the list of courses offered, requirements for enrollment,...
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1820-1839
September 6, 1834
Charles B. Penrose, the Secretary of the Board of Trustees, invites Pennsylvania Governor George Wolf to attend the reopening of Dickinson College on September 10, 1834. Transcript included.
Location: I-Friends-1999-1
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Education
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
1835-1836
Senator James Buchanan writes three letters to Dickinson College President John Price Durbin in regard to the education and financial accounts of William Hopkins at the school. Transcripts included.
Location: MC 1998.10
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
February 15, 1836
Dickinson College President John P. Durbin sends Rev. John Rhodes a report on the conduct of Joseph Clubine Rhodes (Class of 1838). The report lists the number of times that Joseph has been absent from his literary exercises, prayers, and public worship. Durbin also adds a note about a bill for...
Location: I-SpahrB-undated-8
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Reports
Time Period: 1820-1839
October 30, 1837
Dickinson College President John Durbin writes to Board of Trustees member Samuel Harvey to discuss college finances, the new college catalogue, and the state of affairs at the college.
Location: I-Friends-2013-9
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Economics and Finance, Education
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
July 18, 1838
The Statutes of Dickinson College lists important information and guidelines regarding the administration of the college, faculty, stewards, admissions, instruction, student behavior, the academic calendar, commencement, religious duties, student bills, literary societies, and student...
Location: RG 1/2 10.1.10
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1820-1839
1839
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1839-1840 academic year. Through the years, the annual catalog was variously titled "The Bulletin," "Catalogue and Register," "Course Catalog," and similar variants. The catalog typically includes the list of courses offered, requirements for enrollment,...
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Alumni Affairs, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
April 4, 1840
Dickinson College President John P. Durbin writes John Zug (Class of 1837) and appoints him as the principal of the Dickinson College Grammar School until the Board of Trustees meeting in July. "Let us see if we cannot raise the School once more," as Durbin explains.
Location: I-StokesM-1964-2
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1840-1859
1841
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1841-1842 academic year. Through the years, the annual catalog was variously titled "The Bulletin," "Catalogue and Register," "Course Catalog," and similar variants. The catalog typically includes the list of courses offered, requirements for enrollment,...
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1840-1859
1842-1864
Charles Collins records his thoughts and activities from his time at Emory and Henry College in Emory, Virginia, to his years as president of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and then as the head of State Female College in Memphis, Tennessee. The entries from the 1860s refer to the...
Location: MC 2003.6, B1, F6
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Education, Genealogy and Family History, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Diaries and Journals
July 21, 1842
Senator James Buchanan asks Dickinson College Professor John McClintock to thank the Board of Trustees for granting him an honorary Doctor of Laws. "I feel conscious that I do not deserve so distinguished a literary honor," Buchanan notes. Transcript included.
Location: MC 1998.10, B2, F1
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Alumni Affairs, Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1840-1859
1844
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1844-1845 academic year. Through the years, the annual catalog was variously titled "The Bulletin," "Catalogue and Register," "Course Catalog," and similar variants. The catalog typically includes the list of courses offered, requirements for enrollment,...
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1840-1859
1845
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1845-1846 academic year. Through the years, the annual catalog was variously titled "The Bulletin," "Catalogue and Register," "Course Catalog," and similar variants. The catalog typically includes the list of courses offered, requirements for enrollment,...
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1840-1859
June 20, 1845
Professor John Reed responds to John Penn Brock's question on whether he can receive his diploma at Commencement. While Brock is "entitled to your diploma conferring the Degree of Bachelor of Laws," Reed notes that Brock must first send money. "Five dollars is required by the Faculty which," as...
Location: I-SpahrB-1940-1
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education, Legal Affairs, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1840-1859
1846
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1846-1847 academic year. Through the years, the annual catalog was variously titled "The Bulletin," "Catalogue and Register," "Course Catalog," and similar variants. The catalog typically includes the list of courses offered, requirements for enrollment,...
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1840-1859
January 29, 1848
The report for John L. Harding, a member of the Class of 1849, includes an account of his expenses, notes on his "attention to study" and absences from classes while at Dickinson College in January 1848. Harding is taking Moral Philosophy, Mental Philosophy, Natural Sciences, Ancient Languages,...
Location: I-DavidsonR-1975-1
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Student Life, Economics and Finance, Education
Format: Reports
Time Period: 1840-1859
December 1848
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
1850
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1849-1850 academic year. Through the years, the annual catalog was variously titled "The Bulletin," "Catalogue and Register," "Course Catalog," and similar variants. The catalog typically includes the list of courses offered, requirements for enrollment,...
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1840-1859
1852
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1851-1852 academic year. Through the years, the annual catalog was variously titled "The Bulletin," "Catalogue and Register," "Course Catalog," and similar variants. The catalog typically includes the list of courses offered, requirements for enrollment,...
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1840-1859
April 7, 1852
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
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