Harriet Beecher Stowe writes Essie King and thanks her for sending her pictures of King's daughter. "God bless them and you and your husband," as Stowe notes.
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1880-1899
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May 10, 1892
Location: MC 1999.9, B1, F4
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
May 13, 1892
Charles Force Deems , writes Mr. Miller to discuss Miller's lecture, "Love, Courtship, and Marriage" as well as Deem's lecture, "Before Marriage and After." Deems, a member of the Class of 1839, also notes that "the book has arrived" and has "been written in."
Location: I-Purchase-1954-18
Subject: Literary Pursuits
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
August 6, 1892
Annie Besant reassures Clara Bayliss that one does not have to leave their Church when they join the Theosophical Society. However, Besant also explains that “as the Theosophical teachings flow into the life and thought, they tend to widen the thought, and gradually lead the student to see that...
Location: I-Friends-2001-4
Subject: Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
1893
Professor Charles F. Himes' photograph album from 1893.
Location: MC 2000.1, B26, F2
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Photographs
Time Period: 1880-1899
January 24, 1893
Harriet Beecher Stowe discusses her feelings about life in her old age, stating "I tell you that life to me now is but an afterglow. My sun has set. The time of work for me is over. I have written all my words, and thought all my thoughts." She also reminisces about her deceased brother, and...
Location: MC 1999.9, B1, F4
Subject: Health and Medicine, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
June 14, 1893
Francis Baker Harvey prepared this oration, entitled “Student Conventions at Northfield," for the commencement ceremonies held June 14, 1893. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: Orations-1893-H341s
Subject: Education, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1880-1899
June 14, 1893
Mary Ann Humrich prepared this oration, entitled “The Achievements of Our Age," for the commencement ceremonies held June 14, 1893. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: Orations-1893-H929a
Subject: Science and Technology
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1880-1899
June 14, 1893
Thomas H. Evans prepared this oration, entitled “The Bering Sea Controversy," for the commencement ceremonies held June 14, 1893. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: Orations-1893-E92b
Subject: International Affairs, Politics and Government
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1880-1899
June 14, 1893
Robert Emmet MacAlarney prepared this oration, entitled “The Rise of the Modern Short Story," for the commencement ceremonies held June 14, 1893. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: Orations-1893-M114r
Subject: Literary Pursuits
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1880-1899
June 14, 1893
Montgomery P. Sellers prepared this oration, entitled “The Scarlet Letter," for the commencement ceremonies held June 14, 1893. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: Orations-1893-S467s
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1880-1899
June 14, 1893
Clarence Balentine prepared this oration, entitled “The World's Fair," for the commencement ceremonies held June 14, 1893. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: Orations-1893-B183w
Subject: Education, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1880-1899
June 14, 1893
Chester N. Ames prepared this oration, entitled “United Germany ," for the commencement ceremonies held June 14, 1893. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: Orations-1893-A513u
Subject: Education, International Affairs
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1880-1899
June 6, 1894
Joseph Alexander Bennett prepared this oration, entitled “Co-education, a barrier," for the commencement ceremonies held June 6, 1894. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: Orations-1894-B471c
Subject: Education, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1880-1899
June 6, 1894
C. Grant Cleaver prepared this oration, entitled “Influence of the World's Fair," for the commencement ceremonies held June 6, 1894. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: Orations-1894-C623i
Subject: International Affairs, Travel and Tourism, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1880-1899
June 6, 1894
Laura May Horn receives her Bachelor of Arts Diploma from Dickinson College on June 6, 1894.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1880-1899
June 8, 1894
Clarence Grant Cleaver receives his Bachelor of Philosophy Diploma from Dickinson College on June 8, 1894.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1880-1899
November 10, 1894
Laura Windust writes to her sister, Esther Windust, about George Mead's departure to the Northern Federation. Laura also comments on the division and notes that only time will heal it.
Location: I-Friends-1973-11
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
1895
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1894-1895 academic year. Through the years, the annual catalog was variously titled "The Bulletin," "Catalogue and Register," "Course Catalog," and similar variants. The catalog typically includes the list of courses offered, requirements for enrollment,...
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1880-1899
June 1895
Charles Granville Biggs recounts the Quarto-Centennial reunion of the Class of 1870 after commencement in June 1895. "Although we graduated only sixteen members," Biggs notes that "thirteen were present on this auspicious occasion." Biggs explains their shared comradery and describes the events...
Location: I-Original-1895-2
Subject: Dickinson College Alumni Affairs, Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Education
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1880-1899
June 5, 1895
Paul Peyton Appenzellar prepared this oration, entitled "Urban Growth at Expense of Rural," for the commencement ceremonies held June 5, 1895. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: Orations-1895-A646u
Subject: Science and Technology, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1880-1899
July 21, [1895?]
John Goucher thanks Dr. Huekel for sending a copy of Mental Medicine. Transcript included.
Location: I-BeachW-1978-2
Subject: Health and Medicine
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
December 18, 1895
The Dickinson Quarterly, an anonymous satirical single-page broadside, discusses the students' rejection of an honor system favored by the professors. The students propose an Exemption system as an alternative solution. This post also includes a clipping from the November 1, 1895...
Location: I-Original-1895-1
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1880-1899
1896
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
March 27, 1896
Horatio King writes to J. H. Weeks, Jr., and explains why Weeks will not receive President James Buchanan's autograph. "I regret that I have no autographed letter of President Buchanan that I am willing to part with," as King notes. In addition, King tells Weeks that "you apparently [have]...
Location: I-Purchase-1955-17
Subject: Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
April 3, 1896
Horatio King writes a personal letter to his son, Horatio Collins King (Class of 1858), and comments on a Mr. Phelps, "John Bull" and the Monroe Doctrine, President Grover Cleveland, as well as events in Mexico and Oregon.
Location: I-SpahrB-1958-35
Subject: International Affairs, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
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