Entries drawn from collection & document descriptions
The collection consists of student notes, correspondence, speeches and commissions related to John A. J. Creswell, Dickinson College class of 1848 and Postmaster General, 1869-1874. The collection also includes an account book kept by Creswell's father, John Creswell.
Location: MC 2010.2
Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Economics and Finance, Education, Legal Affairs, Politics and Government
Format: Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Notes and Notebooks, Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899
Collection Inventory: 
mc2010.02.pdf
Albert L. Demaree (1894-1964) graduated from Dickinson College in 1923. This collection contains materials from his service in the U.S. Navy during both World Wars, including certificates, medals, and photographs. The collection also includes materials pertaining to his academic credentials as a...
Location: MC 2010.4
Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Certificates and Diplomas, Letters/Correspondence, Photographs, Scrapbooks
Time Period: 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979
Collection Inventory: mc2010.04.pdf
John Price Durbin served as president of Dickinson College from 1834 to 1845. From 1842 to 1843 he toured across Europe and the Middle East, and he later published books about his travels. This collection includes a scrapbook that contains an autobiographical memoir as well as items Durbin...
Location: MC 2016.5
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality, Travel and Tourism
Format: Books and Pamphlets, Engravings and Illustrations, Newspapers and Magazines, Scrapbooks
Collection Inventory: mc2016.05.pdf
The collection includes correspondence and manuscripts of William Righter Fisher, a Dickinson alumnus (class of 1870) and professor of modern languages (1874-1876). These papers reflect Fisher's graduate study in Germany, teaching at Dickinson, business and law, and the writings of Mrs. Fisher...
Location: MC 2000.12
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Business and Industry, Legal Affairs, Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life
Format: Fiction and Drama, Letters/Correspondence, Poetry and Lyrics
Time Period: 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959
Collection Inventory: mc2000.12.pdf
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....
Location: MC 1998.9
Subject: Education, Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality, Sport and Recreation
Format: Diaries and Journals
Collection Inventory: mc1998.09.pdf
Thomas Miller Griffith (1834-1898) graduated from Dickinson College in 1858 and received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from the college in 1891. He was a member of the Philadelphia conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and served Pennsylvania congregations in Carlisle, Chestnut...
Location: MC 2005.4
Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Genealogy and Family History, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Certificates and Diplomas, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Scrapbooks, Speeches and Sermons
Collection Inventory: mc2005.04.pdf
The collection consists of materials relating to Ethelyn Hardesty's student days at Dickinson College, including a scrapbook, 1899-1902, class and lecture notes, grade reports, and a diary. After graduating in 1902, Hardesty taught high school in Lock Haven, PA. She married Dr. C. Grant Cleaver...
Location: MC 2002.9
Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Personal and Family Life
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Diaries and Journals, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Notes and Notebooks, Photographs, Scrapbooks
Collection Inventory: mc2002.09.pdf
The Hays family papers include correspondence, deeds, and memorabilia of six generations of this prominent Carlisle, Pa. family whose scions include General Ephraim Blaine (1741-1804), Commissary-General in the American Revolution and charter trustee of Dickinson College, and James G. Blaine (...
Location: MC 2001.1
Subject: Carlisle Indian School, Genealogy and Family History, Legal Affairs, Literary Pursuits, Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Essays and Dissertations, Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Photographs, Poetry and Lyrics
Time Period: Before 1760, 1760-1779, 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979
Collection Inventory: mc2001.01.pdf
These images are a sample of the photographs taken by Charles Francis Himes, a pioneer amateur photographer of the 19th century. Himes took this particular set of photographs while at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.
The photographs are from the Charles Francis Himes...
Location: MC 2000.1, B27, F3
Subject: Business and Industry, International Affairs, Personal and Family Life, Travel and Tourism
Format: Photographs
Time Period: 1880-1899
This collection primarily provides evidence of the personal and professional life of Charles Francis Himes, student, photographer, scientist, teacher, administrator, amateur historian and father. Also found in this collection is evidence of the lives of family members including, most notably, C...
Location: MC 2000.1
Subject: Business and Industry, Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Student Life, Genealogy and Family History, Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life, Science and Technology, Travel and Tourism
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Books and Pamphlets, Certificates and Diplomas, Diaries and Journals, Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Notes and Notebooks, Photographs, Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939
Collection Inventory: mc2000.01.pdf
These images are a sample of the photographs taken by Charles Francis Himes, a pioneer amateur photographer of the 19th century. Himes took this particular set of photographs while on a family vacation in Europe in 1890. Most of the photographs are from the family's stay in Giessen, Germany....
Location: MC 2000.1, B27, F1-2
Subject: International Affairs, Travel and Tourism
Format: Photographs
Time Period: 1880-1899
This Herman Merrills Johnson collection consists of a scrapbook believed to have been kept by the former college president Herman Merrills Johnson throughout his lifetime and continued by his son Theodore. The collection is housed in one document box. Newspaper clippings from the New York...
Location: MC 2000.9
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Religion and Spirituality, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Newspapers and Magazines, Scrapbooks
Collection Inventory: mc2000.09.pdf
Horatio Collins King was the son of Postmaster General Horatio King and the nephew of Dickinson College President Charles Collins. A graduate of Dickinson College, class of 1858, King was admitted to the bar in 1861 and saw active service in the Civil War from 1862 until 1865. A songwriter, King...
Location: MC 1999.9
Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Legal Affairs, Literary Pursuits, Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government, Travel and Tourism, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Diaries and Journals, Essays and Dissertations, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Poetry and Lyrics, Scrapbooks, Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939
Collection Inventory: mc1999.09.pdf
The collection consists of correspondence, genealogical materials, legal materials, printed and scrapbook materials relating to George Burt Lincoln. Correspondents include Abner Doubleday, Horace Greeley, Julia Ward Howe, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Of particular note is a letter from Julia Ward...
Location: MC 2000.3
Subject: Education, Genealogy and Family History, Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines, Photographs, Poetry and Lyrics
Time Period: 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899
Collection Inventory: mc2000.03.pdf
Zatae Longsdorff Straw (1866-1955) was the first woman graduate of Dickinson College as a member of the class of 1887; she went on to a successful career as a doctor and politician. The collection of her papers includes correspondence, printed and manuscript materials, scrapbooks and scrapbook...
Location: MC 2002.2
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Carlisle Indian School, Dickinson College Alumni Affairs, Dickinson College Student Life, Health and Medicine, Native Americans, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Books and Pamphlets, Certificates and Diplomas, Diaries and Journals, Engravings and Illustrations, Fiction and Drama, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Photographs, Poetry and Lyrics, Scrapbooks, Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959
Collection Inventory: mc2002.02.pdf
The Elizabeth Anna Low collection contains fine china, glass plate positive photographs and other items donated by Elizabeth Anna Low, class of 1891.
Location: MC 2002.8
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Photographs
Time Period: 1880-1899
Collection Inventory: mc2002.08.pdf
The records contained in the President James Andrew McCauley record group pertain only to his time and affairs as president of Dickinson College. As such, no personal papers or papers pertaining to McCauley’s time as a student are included in this record group. For records concerning McCauley’s...
Location: RG 2/8
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Collection Inventory: RG 2/8 - James Andrew McCauley
The collection consists of genealogical, financial, and scrapbook materials related to the McClintock and Wakeman families. Four ledgers concern research notes on George Washington. Also included in the collection are correspondence related to the Proeschel family. Julius N. Proeschel was...
Location: MC 1999.12
Subject: Economics and Finance, Genealogy and Family History, Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life
Format: Books and Pamphlets, Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Maps and Diagrams, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Notes and Notebooks, Photographs, Poetry and Lyrics, Scrapbooks
Collection Inventory: mc1999.12.pdf
The records of Metzger Institute (Carlisle, PA) date from 1881 to 1913. They include catalogs and promotional materials, documentation of student grades and deportment, financial records, library circulation records, ephemera, and scrapbooks.
Location: EA 04
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Education
Format: Financial Documents, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Miscellaneous, Scrapbooks
Collection Inventory: ea04-MetzgerInstitute.pdf
Julia Morgan (1891-1948), Class of 1911, served as a medical missionary in China from approximately 1924 to 1941. This collection contains correspondence written primarily by Julia to her father, James Henry Morgan, during her time in China. These materials also include photographs of members of...
Location: MC 2008.2
Subject: Health and Medicine, International Affairs, Personal and Family Life, Travel and Tourism
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
Collection Inventory: mc2008.02.pdf
Jacob Simmons Mosher (1834-1883) was a prominent physician and professor of medicine in Albany, New York. Samuel L. Southard (1787-1842) was a lawyer, politician, and cabinet member from New Jersey. These papers contain correspondence and other materials that reflect the professional and...
Location: MC 2008.5
Subject: Genealogy and Family History, Legal Affairs, Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Engravings and Illustrations, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959
Collection Inventory: mc2008.05.pdf
These images were taken from a number of books housed in the Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections.
The sources include:
Thomas Pennant's History of Quadrupeds. Vols. 1 and 2 (1793)
William P. C. Barton's Vegetable Materia Medica of the United States...
Location: Special Collections
Subject: Science and Technology
Format: Engravings and Illustrations
Time Period: 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899
The Carlisle and Local Newspaper Collection consists of various newspapers that were produced in south central Pennsylvania, or feature articles which concern local events. The newspapers are arranged alphabetically by title and then chronologically; a description of the contents and donor...
Location: Carlisle and Local - Newspaper Collection 1769-2001
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Military Affairs and Conflict, Native Americans, Politics and Government
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1760-1779, 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1960-1979, 2000-2019
Collection Inventory: Carlisle and Local - Annotated Newspaper List
Collection Inventory: Carlisle and Local - Subject Index
The Dickinsoniana Newspaper Collection consists of various newspapers acquired by the Library over the years. These items feature articles which concern mainly Dickinson College: happenings on campus, curriculum offerings, and doings of famous alumni such as James Buchanan and Roger Brooke Taney...
Location: Dickinsoniana – Newspaper Collection 1769-2001
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College History, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979, 1980-1999, 2000-2019
Collection Inventory: Dickinsoniana - Annotated Newspaper List
Collection Inventory: Dickinsoniana - Subject Index
George Norcross (1838-1915) graduated from Monmouth College in 1861 and Princeton Theological Seminary in 1864. He served as minister of the Second Presbyterian Church in Carlisle, Pa., from 1869 until 1909. This collection contains seven sermons given by Norcross between 1870 and 1904. Norcross...
Location: MC 2005.6
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Collection Inventory: mc2005.06.pdf
