"John and Mary's College" (Spahr Lectures Vol. 2)

"John and Mary's College" (Spahr Lectures Vol. 2)
Date
1956

Publisher: New York: Fleming H. Revell Company

Volume 2 of the Boyd Lee Spahr Lectures in Americana series includes essays from scholars that focus on various aspects of Dickinson College's history.

Location
SC 378.748 D553b
Time Period

Letters from Charles Collins to Harriet Collins (Jul. - Aug. 1853)

Letters from Charles Collins to Harriet Collins (Jul. - Aug. 1853)
Date
July - August 1853

Dickinson College President Charles Collins writes five letters to his wife, Harriet Collins, while on a trip. Collins describes his travel experience as well as the various meetings he attended.

Location
I-EwigC-1990-1
Time Period

Letters from Charles Collins to Harriet Collins (Mar. 1853)

Letters from Charles Collins to Harriet Collins (Mar. 1853)
Date
March 7-8, 1853

Dickinson College President Charles Collins writes two letters to his wife, Harriet Collins, while at a Methodist church conference in Hagerstown, Maryland. Collins also spoke at a missionary meeting along with Abel Stevens.

Location
I-EwigC-1990-1
Time Period

Letter from Leonard Blakey to Jane Perkins (Draft)

Letter from Leonard Blakey to Jane Perkins (Draft)
Date
1915

Professor Leonard Blakey writes to Jane Perkins regarding Dickinson's commencement, the political stir behind selecting Professor James Henry Morgan as President Eugene Allen Noble's successor.

Location
I-Original-1911-1
Time Period

Letters from Thomas Dick (May - Aug. 1862)

Letters from Thomas Dick (May - Aug. 1862)
Date
May - August 1862

Thomas William Dick writes five letters to his family describing his experience as a soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War. Dick discusses daily life in the military camp, in addition to his own thoughts on the war.

Location
MC 2001.10, B1, F4
Time Period

Letters from Thomas Dick (Jan. - Mar. 1862)

Letters from Thomas Dick (Jan. - Mar. 1862)
Date
January - March 1862

Thomas William Dick writes five letters to his friends and family describing his experience as a soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War. Dick discusses daily life in the military camp, in addition to encounters with the "rebel" army.

Location
MC 2001.10, B1, F3
Time Period

Letter from David Erskine to Charles Nisbet

Letter from David Erskine to Charles Nisbet
Date
circa 1784

David Erskine, the Earl of Buchan, writes a letter to Charles Nisbet expressing that he does not sympathize with Nisbet's disappointment at being prevented "by the Calvinist party in Pennsylvania" from leaving Scotland to accept "your appointment

Location
MC 2001.7, B1, F1
Time Period

Letters from Wilhelmina Nisbet to Charles Nisbet

Letters from Wilhelmina Nisbet to Charles Nisbet
Date
1789-1792

Wilhelmina Nisbet, the Countess of Leven, writes three letters to Charles Nisbet a series of letters regarding religious affairs in the United States and Great Britain as well as Nisbet's position at President of Dickinson College.

Location
MC 2001.7, B1, F38-40
Time Period

Letters from Wilhelmina Nisbet to Charles Nisbet

Letters from Wilhelmina Nisbet to Charles Nisbet
Date
1785-1788

Wilhelmina Nisbet, the Countess of Leven, writes five letters to Dickinson President Charles Nisbet in which she speaks of the health of her family and disapproves of Nisbet's new position at Dickinson College.

Location
MC 2001.7, B1, F33-37
Time Period

Letters from Wilhelmina Nisbet to Charles Nisbet

Letters from Wilhelmina Nisbet to Charles Nisbet
Date
1779-1784

Wilhelmina Nisbet, the Countess of Leven, writes six letters to Charles Nisbet on a number of different issues, including commenting on contemporary religious movements and arguing that Nisbet should not accept the position as President of Dickin

Location
MC 2001.7, B1, F27-32
Time Period

Letters from Charles Nisbet to William Young, 1796-99

Letters from Charles Nisbet to William Young, 1796-99
Date
1796-1799

Dickinson President Charles Nisbet writes eight letters to William Young, a bookseller and printer in Philadelphia, that mostly regard the political state of affairs in America and Europe, particularly the French Revolution.

Location
MC 2001.5, B1, F9-11
Time Period

Letters from Charles Nisbet to William Young, 1792-93

Letters from Charles Nisbet to William Young, 1792-93
Date
1792-1793

Charles Nisbet writes a seven letters to William Young from 1792 to 1793 that mostly focus on Nisbet’s transactions with Young as a printer and book dealer.

Location
MC 2001.5, B1, F5-6
Time Period

Letters from Charles Nisbet to William Young, 1790-91

Letters from Charles Nisbet to William Young, 1790-91
Date
1790-1791

Dickinson President Charles Nisbet writes a series of five letters to William Young that mostly focus on Nisbet's transactions with Young as a printer and book dealer.

Location
MC 2001.5, B1, F3-4
Time Period

Letter from Benjamin Rush to Charles Nisbet

Letter from Benjamin Rush to Charles Nisbet
Date
August 30, 1784

Benjamin Rush writes a letter to Charles Nisbet discussing various religious and political parties in Pennsylvania and their relative support for the endowment of Dickinson College.

Location
MC 2001.7, B1, F41
Time Period