Entries drawn from collection & document descriptions
Mary Logan writes to William White regarding Charles Wilson Peale's portrait of John Dickinson. Logan explains that her husband left the portrait to the Pennsylvania Historical Society in his will.
Location: I-Original-1929-1
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1920-1939
Lawyer William White writes to Dickinson College Trustee Edward W. Biddle regarding Charles Wilson Peale's portrait of John Dickinson, housed at the Pennsylvania Historical Society. "The enclosed letter has sad news and I am very sorry that it will probably be impossible for Dickinson College...
Location: I-Original-1929-1
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1920-1939
This brochure advertises Russian ballet dancer Laurent Novikoff's services as a coach for classes and private lessons in ballet training, improvisation, rhythmics, and modern dance forms.
Location: MC 2013.3, B5, F4
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1920-1939
Hazelle Myra Allen's diary documents her experience with classes, student life, social events, and personal matters as an undergraduate at Dickinson College. Allen, a member of the class of 1934, is a sophomore in spring 1932 and a junior in fall 1932. Transcript included.
Location: MC 2011.3, B1, F1
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Personal and Family Life
Format: Diaries and Journals
Time Period: 1920-1939
William Rose Benet writes to an unspecified "Albert" concerning the publication details of a book of poems by an unspecified "Sara." Benet also discusses details of payment.
Location: I-Friends-1979 -2
Subject: Business and Industry, Literary Pursuits
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1920-1939
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1931-1932 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: 1920-1939
Elizabeth Horn Clarke receives her Bachelor of Arts Diploma from Dickinson College on June 6, 1932.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1920-1939
Robert Allen Waidner receives his Bachelor of Arts Diploma from Dickinson College on June 23, 1932.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1920-1939
Publisher: Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College
James H. Morgan, alumnus and former president of Dickinson College, authors a history of his alma mater in celebration of its sesquicentennial.
Location: DC 378.748 DEMo
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College History, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1920-1939
Hazelle Myra Allen's diary documents her experience with classes, student life, social events, and personal matters as an undergraduate at Dickinson College. Allen, a member of the class of 1934, is a junior in spring 1933 and a senior in fall 1933. Transcript included.
Location: MC 2011.3, B1, F1
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Personal and Family Life
Format: Diaries and Journals
Time Period: 1920-1939
Publisher: Washington, DC: Privately Printed
A selection of Esther Popel's poetry.
Location: DC 1919 S534fo
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life
Format: Poetry and Lyrics
Time Period: 1920-1939
Hazelle Myra Allen's diary documents her experience with classes, student life, social events, and personal matters as an undergraduate at Dickinson College. Allen is a senior and graduates with the class of 1934. Allen did not write any entries in her diary between August 27 and December 31,...
Location: MC 2011.3, B1, F2
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Personal and Family Life
Format: Diaries and Journals
Time Period: 1920-1939
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1934-1935 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: 1920-1939
"Rain After a Vaudeville Show," a 30 line poem by Stephen Vincent Benet.
Location: I-Friends-1991-13
Subject: Literary Pursuits
Format: Poetry and Lyrics
Time Period: 1920-1939
Stephen Vincent Benet thanks a Miss Adlard for her letter describing the performance of Miss Locke. "It was extremely interesting to hear about it and I know that Miss Locke must have given a beautiful and unusual performance," as Benet observes.
Location: I-Friends-1975-3
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1920-1939
Stephen Vincent Benet's introduction of Florence Locke before her pageant recital in New York City of Benet's "John Brown's Body" on January 10, 1935. Benet states the need for poetry to be a living thing, spoken aloud and lauds Locke as an interpreter. The recital program as well as a clipping...
Location: O-Friends-1975-1
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Miscellaneous
Time Period: 1920-1939
This news clipping describes a recital by Allen Tanner after his return from Europe.
Location: MC 2013.3, B5, F23
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1920-1939
This copy of the printed program for the commencement exercises held on June 10, 1935 shows the order of exercises, lists the members of the graduating class from the college, and also lists graduates from the Dickinson School of Law.
Location: Dickinsoniana Programs
Subject: Dickinson College Events
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1920-1939
Ruth Agnes Trout receives her Bachelor of Arts Diploma from Dickinson College on June 6, 1936.
Edward S. Delaplaine addresses the Forty-First Annual Meeting of the Maryland State Bar Association with a paper titled "The Home of Taney." Delaplaine, a member of the Frederick Bar and the President of the Roger Brooke Taney Home, Inc., discusses Taney's home and family life.
Location: I-Delaplaine-1967-1
Subject: Legal Affairs, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1920-1939
Stephen Vincent Benét writes to his sister, Laura Benét, on the slowness of his writing and distress over news from abroad. Includes envelope.
Location: I-Friends-1982-2
Subject: International Affairs, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1920-1939
William H. Vastine, a member of the Class of 1937, writes to Dr. Hartman regarding his experience taking classes at State College during the summer as well as preaching in local churches. "State College is a very lovely place but," as Vastine explains, "the school is so large and the student...
Location: I-Original-1936-2
Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1920-1939
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
Newton Tarkington writes to Charles Sellers with advice on the attribution of a portrait of painter Benjamin West.
Location: I-SellersC-1955-1
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1920-1939
Marianne Moore responds to Miss McGlade's request for copies of Moore's published work. While Moore states that she will request copies of The Egoist for McGlade and a friend, Moore dissuades McGlade from purchasing a copy of her most recent book, The Pangolin. "Our high duty...
Location: I-AsbellY-2002-55
Subject: Literary Pursuits
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1920-1939
