Entries drawn from collection & document descriptions
The papers of John Price Durbin contained within this record group pertain only to the years that he spent as president of Dickinson College, from 1834 to 1845. This includes the papers collected during the period of Durbin's sabbatical, during which Robert Emory served as acting president for...
Location: RG 2/2
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Notes and Notebooks, Speeches and Sermons
Collection Inventory: 
RG 2/2 - John Price Durbin
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: sb2018.01.pdf
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
Collection Inventory: mc2013.06.pdf
James Hargis, a Dickinson alum (Class of 1870) and trustee, worked in education for several years before becoming a clergyman, earning his doctorate of divinity in 1888. The collection consists of essays and orations written by Hargis and miscellaneous materials dealing with the Belles Lettres...
Location: MC 2003.2
Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Essays and Dissertations, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Notes and Notebooks, Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1860-1879
Collection Inventory: mc2003.02.pdf
The records contained in the President Herman Merrills Johnson record group pertain only to his time and affairs as president of Dickinson College. As such, no personal papers or papers pertaining to Johnson’s tenure as a faculty member are included in this record group. For records concerning...
Location: RG 2/6
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Religion and Spirituality, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Essays and Dissertations, Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
Collection Inventory: RG 2/6 - Herman Merrills Johnson
Record group 5/2 consists of both materials dating from 1962-1989 while the Office of the Chaplain existed under the leadership of a full-time chaplain, as well as materials regarding campus religious affairs functions prior to the establishment of the chaplaincy, as early as 1924. The bulk of...
Location: RG 5/2
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Books and Pamphlets, Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Music, Reports, Speeches and Sermons
Collection Inventory: RG 5/2 - Office of the Chaplain Papers
The Charles Arthur Robinson Collection was donated by Charles L. Robinson on January 14, 2012. The collection is housed in two document boxes, one oversized box, 57 photograph folders, and one small artifact box. The collection contains materials related to Charles A. Robinson ('20) and Reba M....
Location: MC 2012.1
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Economics and Finance, Education, Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Science and Technology
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Notes and Notebooks, Photographs, Reports, Scrapbooks
Collection Inventory: mc2012.01.pdf
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
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: RG 8/1 - Student Senate Records
Barbara Stevens Wishmeyer served as Dean of Women at Dickinson College from 1959-1967. She created this scrapbook that documents the lives of the first-year female students living in Metzger Hall during the 1962-1963 academic year. That was the last year...
Location: SB 2013.7
Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Scrapbooks
Time Period: 1960-1979
Collection Inventory: sb2013.07.pdf
This collection consists of nine scrapbooks relating to John Perry Wood (1879-1959), Dickinson College class of 1901 and Yale University School of Law class of 1902, and his family. Most of the scrapbooks deal with aspects of family life: correspondence between family members, and memorials to...
Location: MC 2009.3
Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Legal Affairs, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality, Travel and Tourism
Format: Diaries and Journals, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Photographs, Scrapbooks, Speeches and Sermons
Collection Inventory: mc2009.03.pdf
These records document the activity and organization of the Zatae Longsdorff's Women's Center, a feminist organization at Dickinson that included student and faculty members.
Collection Inventory: RG 9/8 - Women's Center records
The collection includes correspondence, speeches, essays, notebooks, bills, printed materials, and notes on debates and other such topics as the Light Street Institute and the Washington Temperance Society. The collection spans three main time periods in Zug's life: his enrollment at Dickinson...
Location: MC 2000.10
Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Literary Pursuits, Religion and Spirituality, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Books and Pamphlets, Certificates and Diplomas, Essays and Dissertations, Letters/Correspondence, Notes and Notebooks, Poetry and Lyrics, Speeches and Sermons
Collection Inventory: mc2000.10.pdf
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
Former President and Representative John Quincy Adams writes to members of a committee of Union Philosophical Society (UPS) members and declines an invitation to deliver an address before a joint meeting of the Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical Society at Dickinson College. The members of...
Location: I-Friends-2008-3
Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Ulysses Hobbs records his thoughts and activities as a college student at Dickinson College. Hobbs includes lists of his fellow students attending events, and details information about the running of the activities that he was involved in such as the Union Philosophical Society. He discusses...
Location: I-Purchase-1962-1
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Diaries and Journals
Time Period: 1840-1859
William Snively writes to J. S. Gordon regarding his experience as a student at Dickinson. Snively, who is preparing for the ‘April Examination,’ describes students' rowdy behavior, including an incident when "some persons tore all the seats out of Prof. Marshall’s lecture room, and made a...
Location: I-AsbellY-2002-30
Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Personal and Family Life, Travel and Tourism
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1840-1859
The Laws and Regulations 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,...
Location: RG 1/2 10.1.12
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1840-1859
The Extracts from the Laws and Regulations of Dickinson College lists important information and guidelines regarding admissions, instruction, student behavior, the academic calendar, commencement, religious duties, student bills, literary societies, and student records.
Location: RG 1/2 10.1.13
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1860-1879
The Extracts from the Laws and Regulations of Dickinson College lists important information and guidelines regarding the administration of the college, faculty, admissions, instruction, student behavior, the academic calendar, commencement, religious duties, student bills, literary...
Location: RG 1/3 10.1.3
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1880-1899
The Extracts from the Laws and Regulations of Dickinson College lists important information and guidelines regarding the administration of the college, faculty, admissions, instruction, student behavior, the academic calendar, commencement, religious duties, student bills, literary...
Location: RG 1/3 10.1.4
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1880-1899
The Extracts from the Laws and Regulations of Dickinson College lists important information and guidelines regarding the administration of the college, faculty, admissions, instruction, student behavior, the academic calendar, commencement, religious duties, student bills, literary...
Location: RG 1/3 10.1.5
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Alumni Affairs, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1900-1919
Josephine Brunyate (Class of 1901) presents this scrapbook to Jessie C. Bowers upon her graduation from Dickinson College in 1903. The scrapbook consists mostly of photographs of campus buildings and students as well as a few Commencement programs. Meredith later returns to work at Dickinson as...
Location: MC 2016.2, B6
Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Personal and Family Life
Format: Scrapbooks
Time Period: 1900-1919
The Extracts from the Laws and Regulations of Dickinson College lists important information and guidelines regarding the administration of the college, faculty, admissions, instruction, student behavior, the academic calendar, commencement, religious duties, student bills, literary...
Location: RG 1/3 10.1.6
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1900-1919
The Logbook is the yearbook of Conway Hall, Dickinson College's Preparatory School. This issue includes a tribute to Moncure D. Conway (class of 1849) on his death.
This yearbook includes a fold-out photograph of the academic quad between pages 50 and 51, which you can ...
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1900-1919
