1980-1999

    Entries drawn from collection & document descriptions


Public Interest Resource Center (PIRC) papers
Newsletter, 1980 (Box 1, folder 22)
1978-1993

The Public Interest Resource Center (PIRC) collection consists of the various papers, newsletters, court dockets, and publications which were housed by PIRC in an effort to organize all efforts against the restart of Three Mile Island, following the near-meltdown on March 28, 1979. The PIRC was...

Location: TMI-PIRC

Subject: Health and Medicine, Legal Affairs, Politics and Government, Three Mile Island

Format: Artifacts and Objects, Books and Pamphlets, Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Reports

Time Period: 1960-1979, 1980-1999

Collection Inventory: PDF icon TMI-PIRC.pdf

Daniel K. Richter papers
Newsclipping, 2002 (Box 1, folder 33)
1980-2002

Daniel K. Richter taught history and American studies at Dickinson College from 1985 to 1998. This collection includes papers presented by Richter at conferences, as well as book reviews and title pages of scholarly articles written by him. In addition, the collection contains reviews of books...

Location: MC 2012.8

Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Literary Pursuits

Format: Essays and Dissertations, Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines, Speeches and Sermons

Time Period: 1980-1999, 2000-2019

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2012.08.pdf

Mary Lamb Riley papers
Letter, 1926 (Box 1, folder 6)
1862-1991

This collection contains the correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings and other materials of Mary Lamb Riley. The bulk of the collection is correspondence sent to Mary Lamb Riley by her mother, Harriet Collins Lamb, and her daughter, Marjorie Lamb Riley. The collection also contains some...

Location: MC 2003.5

Subject: Education, Personal and Family Life

Format: Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Photographs, Poetry and Lyrics

Time Period: 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979, 1980-1999

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2003.05.pdf

Sarah L. Rowe papers and books
Letter, 1954 (Box 1, folder 1)
1953-1992

The Sarah L. Rowe Collection is composed of books authored by Pearl S. Buck, as well as correspondence to and from both Buck and Sarah Rowe. This collection was acquired through a bequest of Rowe. The books are individually cataloged and accessible through the online library catalog; a list of...

Location: MC 2000.4

Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life

Format: Books and Pamphlets, Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1940-1959, 1960-1979, 1980-1999

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2000.04.pdf

Student Senate Records
Daily Senator - from RG 8-1 7-1-6
1908-2014

These records document the activity and structure of Dickinson's student government.

Location: RG 8/1

Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Politics and Government

Format: Financial Documents, Meeting Minutes, Newspapers and Magazines, Reports, Speeches and Sermons

Time Period: 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979, 1980-1999, 2000-2019

Collection Inventory: PDF icon RG 8/1 - Student Senate Records

Robert Swift papers
Poster, 1979 (Box 1, folder 13)
1979-c.1990

Robert Swift was a Pennsylvania statehouse reporter during the accident at Three Mile Island. As such, he not only covered the numerous press conferences held to discuss the incident, but also reported from TMI the first night of the accident. The Robert Swift collection consists primarily of...

Location: TMI-Swift

Subject: Politics and Government, Three Mile Island

Format: Legal and Government Documents, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Speeches and Sermons

Time Period: 1960-1979, 1980-1999

Collection Inventory: PDF icon TMI-Swift.pdf

Allen C. Tanner Papers
OC 2013.3, Folder 16
1890-1986

Allen C. Tanner (1898-1987) was an Illinois-born pianist. At fifteen he was awarded a scholarship to study music in Chicago. There he met Margaret Anderson, editor of the Little Review. Tanner then moved to New York City where he performed in musical salons and accompanied many musical...

Location: MC 2013.3

Subject: LGBT History, Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life, Travel and Tourism, Visual and Performing Arts

Format: Essays and Dissertations, Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Music, Newspapers and Magazines, Notes and Notebooks, Photographs

Time Period: 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979, 1980-1999

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2013.03.pdf

Three Mile Island Alert (TMIA) papers
Newsletter, 1979 (folder 1.4.3.1)
1979-1994

Three Mile Island Alert (TMIA) collection consists of the various papers, government documents, legal documents, transcripts, and publications collected and maintained by Three Mile Island Alert, a not-for-profit citizens' organization dedicated to promotion of safe-energy alternatives to...

Location: TMI-TMIA

Subject: Legal Affairs, Politics and Government, Three Mile Island

Format: Artifacts and Objects, Audio-Visual Materials, Books and Pamphlets, Financial Documents, Interviews and Oral Histories, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Photographs, Reports, Speeches and Sermons

Time Period: 1960-1979, 1980-1999

Collection Inventory: PDF icon TMI-TMIA.pdf

Ruth Trout family papers
Photograph, c1945 (Photographs, folder 52)
1860-2003

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: PDF icon mc2005.01.pdf

Morris King Udall papers
Letter, 1983 (Box 2, folder 11)
1976-1985

Morris King Udall served as a Congressman from Arizona for thirty years. From 1977 to 1991, he chaired the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs where he was instrumental in launching the investigation into the March 1979 accident at Three Mile Island. The Morris King Udall collection...

Location: TMI-Udall

Subject: Politics and Government, Three Mile Island

Format: Interviews and Oral Histories, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines, Reports

Time Period: 1960-1979, 1980-1999

Collection Inventory: PDF icon TMI-Udall.pdf

Paul R. Walker papers
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...

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: PDF icon mc2003.10.pdf

Zatae Longsdorff Center for Women Records
Opening of the Women's Center - RG 9/8 4-2-1
1983-2008

These records document the activity and organization of the Zatae Longsdorff's Women's Center, a feminist organization at Dickinson that included student and faculty members. 

Location: RG 9/8

Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Social Reform and Advocacy

Format: Artifacts and Objects, Broadsides and Posters, Diaries and Journals, Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Newspapers and Magazines

Time Period: 1980-1999, 2000-2019

Collection Inventory: PDF icon RG 9/8 - Women's Center records

Dickinson College Bulletin, Catalogue Issue, 1979-80
Dickinson College Bulletin, Catalogue Issue, 1979-80
1979

The Dickinson College catalog for the 1979-1980 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: 1960-1979, 1980-1999

"A Family Chronicle: The Story of Charles Nisbet and His Descendants," by R. Wallace White (Book 1)
"A Family Chronicle: The Story of Charles Nisbet and His Descendants," by R. Wallace White (Book 1)
1980

A description of this item is not currently available.

Location: DC 1929 W587 Bk. 1

Subject: Genealogy and Family History, Personal and Family Life

Format: Books and Pamphlets

Time Period: 1980-1999

"A Family Chronicle: The Story of Charles Nisbet and His Descendants," by R. Wallace White (Book 2)
"A Family Chronicle: The Story of Charles Nisbet and His Descendants," by R. Wallace White (Book 1)
1980

A description of this item is not currently available.

Location: DC 1929 W587 Bk. 2

Subject: Genealogy and Family History, Personal and Family Life

Format: Books and Pamphlets

Time Period: 1980-1999

Project Grant for Black Arts Festival
Project Grant for Black Arts Festival
1980

The Congress of African Students (CAS) requests grant funds from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts to support their 11th Annual Black Arts Festival. The CAS argues that the festival is their "means of culturally expressing [themselves] to the entire Central Pennsylvania community." This grant...

Location: RG 8/93, B1, F3

Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Economics and Finance, Education, Social Reform and Advocacy

Format: Financial Documents

Time Period: 1980-1999

Letter from Melvin Calvin to Barry Fortson
Letter from Melvin Calvin to Barry Fortson
January 23, 1980

Chemist and 1979 Priestley Award recipient Melvin Calvin responds to an inquiry from Barry Fortson, explaining that the "most exciting moment in my life in chemistry" was "clos[ing] the carbon cycle one day in my head."

Location: I-Friends-1983-3

Subject: Science and Technology

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1980-1999

"Versatility in Blackness": Black Arts Festival 1980

"Versatility in Blackness": Black Arts Festival 1980
March 30-April 5, 1980

The 1980 Annual Black Arts Festival is presented by Dickinson College's Congress of African Students. The program for this festival highlights its theme, "Versatility in Blackness,” as the schedule includes a workshop with Gwendolyn Bradley, a recital with Raymond Jackson, a talk with Benjamin...

Location: RG 8/93, B1, F3

Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Social Reform and Advocacy

Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera

Time Period: 1980-1999

Black Arts Festival 1980

Black Arts Festival 1980
March 30-April 5, 1980

The Black Arts Festival is presented by Dickinson College's Congress of African Students. This brochure highlights major events at the festival, including a talk by author Claude Brown, and a lecture by Benjamin Hooks, the executive director of the NAACP.

Location: RG 8/93, B1, F3

Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Social Reform and Advocacy

Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera

Time Period: 1980-1999

Letter from Judith B. Jones to Allen Tanner
Letter from Judith B. Jones to Allen Tanner
May 9, 1980

Judith B. Jones writes to Allen Tanner regarding a biography of Edith Sitwell written by Victoria Glendinning.

Location: MC 2013.3, B1, F43

Subject: Literary Pursuits

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1980-1999

Letter from Allen Tanner to Victoria Glendinning
Letter from Allen Tanner to Victoria Glendinning
May 26, 1980

Allen Tanner writes to Victoria Glendinning regarding her biography on Edith Sitwell, and expresses his disappointment that Glendinning did not contact him for information on Sitwell.

Location: MC 2013.3, B1, F43

Subject: Literary Pursuits

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1980-1999

Letter from Allen Tanner to Victoria Glendinning
Letter from Allen Tanner to Victoria Glendinning
July 30, 1980

In this letter to author Victoria Glendinning, Allen Tanner writes about his and Pavel Tchelitchew's friendship with English poet Edith Sitwell, as well as the end of their friendship with Gertrude Stein.

Location: MC 2013.3, B1, F44

Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1980-1999

Letter from Allen Tanner to Victoria Glendinning
Letter from Allen Tanner to Victoria Glendinning
December 2, 1980

In this letter, Allen Tanner writes that he is displeased with how author Victoria Glendinning has characterized him in her biography of English poet Edith Sitwell.

Location: MC 2013.3, B1, F44

Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1980-1999

"Genealogy of the Descendants of Charles Nisbet: First President of Dickinson College," by R. Wallace White
"Genealogy of the Descendants of Charles Nisbet: First President of Dickinson College," by R. Wallace White
1981

Ralph Wallace White provides 21 charts that trace the genealogy of Charles Nisbet's descendants.

Location: DC 1929 W587g

Subject: Genealogy and Family History

Format: Books and Pamphlets

Time Period: 1980-1999

Dickinson College Bulletin, Annual Catalogue Issue, 1981-82
Dickinson College Bulletin, Annual Catalogue Issue, 1981-82
1981

The Dickinson College catalog for the 1981-1982 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: 1980-1999

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