Entries drawn from collection & document descriptions
This collection documents several members of the Dum family of Carlisle, PA, particularly Annie Spotts Dum, Blanche L. Dum (Class of 1910), George B. Dum, Miriam Dum Frey (Class of 1913), and ...
Location: MC 2017.3
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Education, Genealogy and Family History, Personal and Family Life
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Miscellaneous, Music
Time Period: 1800-1819, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979
Collection Inventory: 
mc2017.03.pdf
Ruth Agnes Trout graduated from Dickinson College with the class of 1936. In 1983, she and her sister, Helen Elizabeth Trout, established the Trout Gallery at the college in honor of their parents, Brook and Mary Agnes Cook Trout. This collection of papers documents Trout's relationship with the...
Location: MC 2005.1
Subject: Dickinson College Alumni Affairs, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Genealogy and Family History, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality, Travel and Tourism
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Certificates and Diplomas, Diaries and Journals, Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Photographs
Time Period: 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979, 1980-1999, 2000-2019
Collection Inventory: mc2005.01.pdf
Thomas W. Troxell (1874-1947) graduated from Dickinson College in 1898. He taught at schools in North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia before finishing his career as principal at Gaithersburg High School in Maryland. This small collection contains materials related to Troxell’s...
Location: MC 2012.7
Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Science and Technology
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Notes and Notebooks
Collection Inventory: mc2012.07.pdf
William Van Bergen Tudor (1832-1916) graduated from Dickinson College in 1850 and earned a Doctor of Divinity degree from Centenary College in Louisiana in 1872. He served as a minister in the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as well as in the St. Louis and Virginia...
Location: MC 2005.2
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Essays and Dissertations, Notes and Notebooks, Poetry and Lyrics, Speeches and Sermons
Collection Inventory: mc2005.02.pdf
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...
Location: MC 2003.10
Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Carlisle and Cumberland County, Genealogy and Family History, Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life, Sport and Recreation
Format: Diaries and Journals, Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines, Photographs
Time Period: 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979, 1980-1999
Collection Inventory: mc2003.10.pdf
Karl Tinsley Waugh ws born in 1879 in Cawnpore, India. His family moved back to the U.S. when he was a teenager, and he later received degrees from Ohio Wesleyan University and Harvard. He served in teaching and administrative positions at numerous colleges and universities, and he served as...
Location: MC 2017.4
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Economics and Finance, Education, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality, Travel and Tourism
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Miscellaneous, Notes and Notebooks, Photographs
Collection Inventory: mc2017.04.pdf
The Ravi D. Goel collection of Herbert Wing, Jr. Papers has been organized into one series, Correspondence, and further divided into subseries by recipient. It contains letters, both handwritten and typewritten, and postcards. The collection documents family relationships, and correspondence...
Collection Inventory: Ravi D. Goel collection of Herbert Wing, Jr. (1889-1972) Papers
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
Professor Charles F. Himes, a member of the Class of 1855, describes the collection of Joseph Priestley's equipment held at Dickinson College.
Location: DC 1855 H657ap
Subject: Science and Technology
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1900-1919
Horatio Collins King, a member of the Class of 1858, edited this collection of songs related to Dickinson College.
Location: DC 784.622 D553s
Subject: Dickinson College History, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1900-1919
Leon Cushing Prince receives his Bachelor of Law Diploma from the Dickinson School of Law in 1900.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education, Legal Affairs
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
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 10.1.5
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Alumni Affairs, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1900-1919
Horatio Collins King (Class of 1858) shares a poem with Luther R. Marsh to celebrate his 88th birthday.
Location: I-SpahrB-1962-4
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1900-1919
Caleb E. Burchenal prepared this oration, entitled “Evolution vs Special Creation," for the commencement ceremonies held June 6, 1900. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: Orations-1900-B947e
Subject: Religion and Spirituality, Science and Technology
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1900-1919
James M. Brennan prepared this oration, entitled “The Free Coinage of Silver," for the commencement ceremonies held June 6, 1900. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: Orations-1900-B838f
Subject: Economics and Finance, Politics and Government
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1900-1919
Weldon Brubaker prepared this oration, entitled “The Income Tax," for the commencement ceremonies held June 6, 1900. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: Orations-1900-B886i
Subject: Economics and Finance, International Affairs, Politics and Government
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1900-1919
Henry W. Mulhollan prepared this oration, entitled “The Need of Forest Reservations in Pennsylvania," for the commencement ceremonies held June 6, 1900. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: Orations-1900-M956n
Subject: Education, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1900-1919
George V. Metzel prepared this oration, entitled “The Open Door Policy in China," for the commencement ceremonies held June 6, 1900. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: Orations-1900-M596o
Subject: International Affairs, Politics and Government
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1900-1919
Olive C. Taylor prepared this oration, entitled “The Protestant Sisterhood," for the commencement ceremonies held June 6, 1900. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: Orations-1900-T244p
Subject: Religion and Spirituality
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1900-1919
Jessie Woodward Hargis prepared this oration, entitled “The Value of International Expositions in the Culture of Art," for the commencement ceremonies held June 6, 1900. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript...
Location: Orations-1900-H279v
Subject: Education, Social Reform and Advocacy, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1900-1919
This copy of the printed program for the commencement exercises held on June 6, 1900 shows the order of exercises and lists the members of the graduating class from the college.
Location: Dickinsoniana Programs
Subject: Dickinson College Events
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1900-1919
Leon Cushing Prince (Class of 1898) receives his Master of Arts Diploma from Dickinson College on June 8, 1900.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1900-1919
Horatio Collins King (Class of 1858) shares with Luther R. Marsh thoughts on aging.
Location: I-SpahrB-1962-4
Subject: Health and Medicine, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1900-1919
Countess Constance Wachtmeister writes Mrs. Esther Windust and discuses photos of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and describes a successful speaking engagement in Edinburgh.
Location: I-Friends-1973-10
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
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
