Sport and Recreation

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Postcard of the Carlisle Indian School
1879-1918

This collection contains a number of items purchased as a group from Robert Rowe in 2014, and features the business papers of Milton I. Zeigler, postcards, ephemera, and publications from the Carlisle Indian School. Zeigler served as the industrial instructor for the shoe and harness department...

Collection Inventory: PDF icon CIS-MC-002.pdf

Carlisle Indian School Individual Photographs
1880-1993

These photographs about the Carlisle Indian School were acquired by the Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections individually and are not part of any larger collection.

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. ...

Collection Inventory: PDF icon sb2018.01.pdf

Diary, 1805-1809 (Box 1, folder 1)
1805-1898

The collection consists of the diaries of Zenanah Gilbert and Dora Gilbert Tompkins; very little else is known about either woman. Gilbert was born in Rome, New York on January 31, 1784; her family ran a guest house in town. Tompkins was born in Knoxville, Illinois, and was a schoolteacher....

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc1998.09.pdf

Account book, 1911-1915 (Box 1, folder 5)
1911-1920

The bulk of the diaries is a day by day account of Harnish's life in Carlisle - what he did, whom he saw, etc. Four diaries contain accounts of his years at Dickinson College: accounts of the social life, (Theta Chi fraternity), and academic information - not greatly detailed. Also included are...

Death certificate, 1902 (Box 2, folder 17)
1858-1943

The collection documents the lives of the members of the Potter, Guererro, James, and Lord families from the 1850s to the 1940s, beginning with Henry Cardwell Potter (1822-1902), a Philadelphia businessman who through his business dealings became Consul of Nicaragua for the city. Potter's...

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc1998.08.pdf

Journal, 1950 (Box 10, folder 5)
1914-1985

Paul Walker (1896-1985) was a 1921 graduate of Dickinson College and a longtime contributing editor and columnist with the Harrisburg Patriot-News; his column "Roundabout" appeared for over ten years. This collection is comprised of diaries, commonplace books, newspaper articles and...

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2003.10.pdf

Letter from Leonard Blakey to Jane Perkins (Draft)
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. "So many petty men are busy having their interests pushed by their little groups of friends," as...

Southern Illinois Interscholastic Athletic Contest program
May 7, 1915

This brochure contains the roster of participants and the order of track and field events for the seventh Southern Illinois Interscholastic athletic contest held in Carbondale, Illinois.

Location: MC 2013.3, B6, F14

Subject: Sport and Recreation

Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera

Time Period: 1900-1919

Dickinson vs Swarthmore Football Program (Oct. 1936)
October 24, 1936

The program for Dickinson's football game against Swarthmore College at Biddle field on October 24, 1936.

Location: Dickinsoniana Programs

Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Sport and Recreation

Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera

Time Period: 1920-1939

Dickinson vs Gettysburg Basketball Program (Feb. 1937)
February 24, 1937

The program for Dickinson's basketball game against Gettysburg College in the Alumni Gymnasium on February 24, 1937.

Location: Dickinsoniana Programs

Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Sport and Recreation

Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera

Time Period: 1920-1939

Dickinson vs Susquehanna Football Program (Nov. 1938)
November 12, 1938

The program for Dickinson's football game against Susquehanna University at Biddle field on November 12, 1938.

Location: Dickinsoniana Programs

Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Sport and Recreation

Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera

Time Period: 1920-1939

"The History of Football at Dickinson College 1885-1969," by Wilbur Gobrecht
1971

Coach Wilbur J. Gobrecht's history of football at Dickinson College from 1885 to 1969. Gobrecht is a member of the Class of 1952.

Location: DC 1952 G575f

Subject: Dickinson College History, Sport and Recreation

Format: Books and Pamphlets

Time Period: 1960-1979

"A History of Red Devil Basketball 1899-1985," by Wilbur Gobrecht
1986

Coach Wilbur J. Gobrecht's history of basketball at Dickinson between 1899 and 1985. Gobrecht is a member of the Class of 1952.

Location: DC 1952 G575ba

Subject: Dickinson College History, Sport and Recreation

Format: Books and Pamphlets

Time Period: 1980-1999

"Red Devil Football Update: 1970-1986," by Wilbur Gobrecht
1987

Coach Wilber J. Gobrecht's history of football at Dickinson College from 1970 to 1986.

Location: DC 1952 G575f2

Subject: Dickinson College History, Sport and Recreation

Format: Books and Pamphlets

Time Period: 1980-1999

"A History of Red Devil Lacrosse 1950-1986," by Wilbur Gobrecht
[1988?]

Coach Wilber J. Gobrecht's history of men's track and field at Dickinson College from 1950 to 1986.

Location: DC 1952 G575la

Subject: Dickinson College History, Sport and Recreation

Format: Books and Pamphlets

Time Period: 1980-1999

"125 Years of Dickinson Baseball History," by Wilbur Gobrecht
1993

Coach Wilbur J. Gobrecht's history of baseball at Dickinson College.

Location: DC 1952 G575b

Subject: Dickinson College History, Sport and Recreation

Format: Books and Pamphlets

Time Period: 1980-1999

"History of Men's Track and Field Dickinson College 1899-1996," by Wilbur Gobrecht
1997

Coach Wilber J. Gobrecht's history of men's track and field at Dickinson College from 1899 to 1996.

Location: DC 1952 G575t

Subject: Dickinson College History, Sport and Recreation

Format: Books and Pamphlets

Time Period: 1980-1999

Dickinson Basketball vs. Georgetown - 1973, by Jeff Thompson
2024

Jeff Thompson (class of 1973) recounts Dickinson's basketball game against Georgetown University, held on February 10, 1973 in the Alumni Gymnasium. The game, which Georgetown won 66-65, is part of the celebration of Dickinson's 200th Anniversary.

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