Dickinson College Events

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Arts Award papers
Arts Award program - John Cage, 1969-70
1959-present

The Arts Award was established by Dickinson College in order to recognize achievements in the Arts and Humanities. Honoring Dr. William Wilcox Edel, alumnus and former president of the college, the Arts Award is bestowed upon an individual who has made an outstanding contribution in the...

Location: RG 9/3

Subject: Dickinson College Events, Visual and Performing Arts

Format: Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1940-1959, 1960-1979, 1980-1999, 2000-2019

Collection Inventory: PDF icon RG 9/3 - Arts Award papers

Carlisle Herald scrapbook
Scrapbook, 1857-1861 (Box 1)
1857-1861

The collection consists of a scrapbook of clippings from both the Carlisle Herald and the Mechanicsburg Weekly Gazette. The scrapbook was kept by William M. Porter, who succeeded Captain E. Beatty as editor, 1857-1860. Porter served as editor until January 11, 1860, when Albert...

Location: MC 1998.6

Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Events, Education

Format: Newspapers and Magazines, Scrapbooks

Time Period: 1840-1859, 1860-1879

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc1998.06.pdf

Carlyle Reede Earp scrapbook
Image of Carlyle Reede Earp Scrapbook
1910-1914

Carlyle Reede Earp attended Conway Hall from 1908 to 1910 and graduated from Dickinson College in 1914. While at Dickinson, he was a member of the Union Philosophical Society, the YMCA, the track team, and the student volunteer band.  Earp served as an officer in World War I and World War II. ...

Location: SB 2018.1

Subject: Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Sport and Recreation

Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera, Photographs, Scrapbooks

Time Period: 1900-1919

Collection Inventory: PDF icon sb2018.01.pdf

M. Margaret Eslinger scrapbook
Scrapbook, pages 42-43 (Box 1)
1919-1925

M. Margaret Eslinger graduated from Dickinson College in 1923.  This scrapbook contains a variety of items from her time at Dickinson College and as a graduate student at Ohio State University between 1919 and 1925. Materials include letters, grade slips, school bulletins, event programs,...

Location: MC 2013.6

Subject: Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Personal and Family Life, Travel and Tourism, Visual and Performing Arts

Format: Artifacts and Objects, Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Miscellaneous, Newspapers and Magazines, Photographs, Scrapbooks

Time Period: 1900-1919, 1920-1939

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2013.06.pdf

Virginia Irene Meyers scrapbook
Virginia Irene Meyers Scrapbook
1928-1932

Virginia Irene Meyers graduated from Dickinson in 1932. This scrapbook documents her college experience from 1928-32. It includes coursework and grades, academic awards, Dickinson memorabilia, campus event programs, Pan-Hellenic rushing information, personal letters and cards, notices from the...

Location: MC 2013.2

Subject: Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College Student Life, Education

Format: Scrapbooks

Time Period: 1920-1939

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2013.02.pdf

Priestley Award papers
Joseph Priestley
1952-present

The Priestley Award was established by Dickinson College in honor and memory of Joseph Priestley, the eighteenth century scientist and theologian best known as the discoverer of oxygen. Every year the award is presented to a distinguished scientist for his or her discoveries or contributions to...

Location: RG 9/2

Subject: Dickinson College Events, Education, Science and Technology

Format: Broadsides and Posters, Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera

Time Period: 1960-1979, 1980-1999, 2000-2019

Collection Inventory: PDF icon RG 9/2 - Joseph Priestley Award Papers

Student Senate Records
Daily Senator - from RG 8-1 7-1-6
1908-2014

These records document the activity and structure of Dickinson's student government.

Location: RG 8/1

Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Politics and Government

Format: Financial Documents, Meeting Minutes, Newspapers and Magazines, Reports, Speeches and Sermons

Time Period: 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979, 1980-1999, 2000-2019

Collection Inventory: PDF icon RG 8/1 - Student Senate Records

Address after a Vacation by Charles Nisbet
Address after a Vacation by Charles Nisbet
May 13, 1787

President Charles Nisbet delivers this address to students after a "late recess & intermission" on May 13, 1787. John Young, a member of the Class of 1788, transcribed the address. Transcript included.

Location: SC Vault Nisbet 37

Subject: Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Dickinson College Student Life, Education

Format: Speeches and Sermons

Time Period: 1780-1799

"An Address to the First Graduates of Dickinson College," by Charles Nisbet
"An Address to the First Graduates of Dickinson College," by Charles Nisbet
September 26, 1787

President Charles Nisbet delivers this address to the first graduating class of Dickinson College at commencement on September 26, 1787. John Young, a member of the Class of 1788, transcribed the address. Transcript included.

Location: SC Vault Nisbet 37

Subject: Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Education

Format: Speeches and Sermons

Time Period: 1780-1799

Valedictory Address from the First Commencement by Robert Duncan
Valedictory Address from the First Commencement by Robert Duncan
September 26, 1787

Robert Duncan (Class of 1787) delivers this valedictory address at the first commencement of Dickinson College, which was held on September 26, 1787. John Young, a member of the Class of 1788, transcribed the address. Transcript included.

Location: SC Vault Nisbet 37

Subject: Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Dickinson College Student Life, Education

Format: Speeches and Sermons

Time Period: 1780-1799

Address after a Vacation by Charles Nisbet
Address after a Vacation by Charles Nisbet
October 1787

President Charles Nisbet delivers this address to students in October after "a short interval of vacation." John Young, a member of the Class of 1788, transcribed the address. Transcript included.

Location: SC Vault Nisbet 37

Subject: Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Dickinson College Student Life, Education

Format: Speeches and Sermons

Time Period: 1780-1799

Address from the Second Commencement by Charles Nisbet
Address from the Second Commencement by Charles Nisbet
May 7, 1788

President Charles Nisbet delivers this address to the second graduating class of Dickinson College at commencement on May 7, 1788. John Young, a member of the Class of 1788, transcribed the address. Transcript included.

Location: SC Vault Nisbet 37

Subject: Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Education

Format: Speeches and Sermons

Time Period: 1780-1799

Address after a Vacation by Charles Nisbet
Address after a Vacation by Charles Nisbet
June 19, 1788

President Charles Nisbet delivers this address to students after a vacation on June 19, 1788. John Young, a member of the Class of 1788, transcribed the address. Transcript included.

Location: SC Vault Nisbet 37

Subject: Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Dickinson College Student Life, Education

Format: Speeches and Sermons

Time Period: 1780-1799

Address from the Third Commencement by Charles Nisbet
Address from the Third Commencement by Charles Nisbet
June 2, 1789

President Charles Nisbet delivers this address to the third graduating class of Dickinson College at commencement on June 2, 1789. John Young, a member of the Class of 1788, transcribed the address. Transcript included.

Location: SC Vault Nisbet 37

Subject: Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Education

Format: Speeches and Sermons

Time Period: 1780-1799

Address after a "Short Vacation" by Charles Nisbet
Address after a “Short Vacation” by Charles Nisbet
November 2, 1789

President Charles Nisbet delivers this address to students on May 13, 1787 after a "short vacation." John Young, a member of the Class of 1788, transcribed the address. Transcript included.

Location: SC Vault Nisbet 37

Subject: Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Dickinson College Student Life, Education

Format: Speeches and Sermons

Time Period: 1780-1799

1810 Commencement Program
1810 Commencement Program
September 26, 1810

This copy of the printed program for the 1810 commencement exercises shows the members of the graduating class and the presentations that they and other speakers were scheduled to deliver.

Location: Dickinsoniana Programs

Subject: Dickinson College Events

Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera

Time Period: 1800-1819

1811 Commencement Program
1811 Commencement Program
September 25, 1811

This copy of the printed program for the 1811 commencement exercises shows the members of the graduating class and the presentations that they and other speakers were scheduled to deliver.

Location: Dickinsoniana Programs

Subject: Dickinson College Events

Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera

Time Period: 1800-1819

1812 Commencement Program
1812 Commencement Program
September 30, 1812

This copy of the printed program for the 1812 commencement exercises shows the members of the graduating class and the presentations that they and other speakers were scheduled to deliver.

Location: Dickinsoniana Programs

Subject: Dickinson College Events

Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera

Time Period: 1800-1819

1813 Commencement Program
1813 Commencement Program
September 30, 1813

This copy of the printed program for the 1813 commencement exercises shows the members of the graduating class and the presentations that they and other speakers were scheduled to deliver.

Location: Dickinsoniana Programs

Subject: Dickinson College Events

Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera

Time Period: 1800-1819

1823 Commencement Program
1823 Commencement Program
June 1823

This copy of the printed program for the commencement exercises held in June 1823 shows the members of the graduating class and the speeches that they were scheduled to deliver.

Location: Dickinsoniana Programs

Subject: Dickinson College Events

Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera

Time Period: 1820-1839

1826 Commencement Program
1826 Commencement Program
September 27, 1826

This copy of the printed program for the commencement exercises held on September 27, 1826 shows the members of the graduating class and the speeches that they were scheduled to deliver.

Location: Dickinsoniana Programs

Subject: Dickinson College Events

Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera

Time Period: 1820-1839

Letter from Charles Penrose to George Wolf
Letter from Charles Penrose to George Wolf
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

1837 Commencement Program
1837 Commencement Program
July 20, 1837

This copy of the printed program for the commencement exercises held on July 20, 1837 shows the members of the graduating class and the speeches that they were scheduled to deliver.

Location: Dickinsoniana Programs

Subject: Dickinson College Events

Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera

Time Period: 1820-1839

1838 Commencement Program
1838 Commencement Program
July 19, 1838

This copy of the printed program for the commencement exercises held on July 19, 1838 shows the members of the graduating class and the speeches that they were scheduled to deliver.

Location: Dickinsoniana Programs

Subject: Dickinson College Events

Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera

Time Period: 1820-1839

1839 Commencement Program
1839 Commencement Program
July 11, 1839

This copy of the printed program for the commencement exercises held on July 11, 1839 shows the members of the graduating class and the speeches that they were scheduled to deliver.

Location: Dickinsoniana Programs

Subject: Dickinson College Events

Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera

Time Period: 1820-1839

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