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The Dickinson College catalog for the 1879-1880 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...
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1860-1879
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Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1880-1899
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Harriet Lane Johnston writes Judge Jeremiah Sullivan Black to defending her uncle's (President James Buchanan) motives for distribution of offices during his administration. "One thing I do know...
Location: MC 1998.10, B4, F16
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
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Letter from Harriet Lane Johnston to Jeremiah Black
Harriet Beecher Stowe writes to Susie Howard and asks for help in buying a layette for her first grandchild as well as discusses plans for their upcoming trip to Saco, Maine. Stowe also mentions how she "had to give up going" to another city. "I...
Location: MC 1999.9, B2, F5
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Travel and Tourism
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe to Susie Howard
Secretary of the Smithsonian Spencer F. Baird writes to Dr. Horatio R. Storer regarding accommodations in Newport. While Baird thanks Storer for his assistance, Baird notes that he "may have to visit Newport personally before I can settle the...
Location: I-SpahrB-1966-9
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Spencer Baird to Horatio Storer
Harriet Beecher Stowe writes Susie Howard to discuss plans for their trip to Saco, Maine. Stowe also mentions the possibility of stopping at a Mrs. Claflin's house during the trip. "She will be delighted to see you," as Stowe explains. Stowe also...
Location: MC 1999.9, B2, F5
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Travel and Tourism
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe to Susie Howard
Harriet Beecher Stowe writes Susie Howard and discusses plans for their trip to Saco, Maine.
Location: MC 1999.9, B2, F5
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Travel and Tourism
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe to Susie Howard
Naturalist and Smithsonian administrator Spencer Fullerton Baird writes to ornithologist Winfrid A. Stearns about the use of alcohol in preserving museum specimens. Unfortunately, the Smithsonian's alcohol stock has run out, and a new shipment...
Location: I-Friends-1989-1
Subject: Science and Technology
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Spencer Baird to Winfrid Stearns
Moncure D. Conway writes Mr. Woolner to clarify his request for a photograph of Mr. Woolner's "bust of [Thomas] Carlyle."
Location: I-Friends-2001-1
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Moncure Conway to Mr. Woolner
William M. Beetem Glanding (Class of 1878) receives his Master of Arts from Dickinson College on June 30, 1881.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Master of Arts Diploma - William Glanding
Samuel Barlow writes to George Ticknor Curtis about Curtis' James Buchanan manuscript that contains material on Buchanan's engagement to Miss Anna Coleman. Barlow argues that Curtis "should not print any considerable portion of what you have...
Location: I-Original-1881-1
Subject: Genealogy and Family History, Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Samuel Barlow to George Curtis
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1881-1882 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...
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1880-1899
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This copy of the printed program for the commencement exercises held on June 29, 1882 shows the members of the graduating class and the speeches that they were scheduled to deliver.
Location: Dickinsoniana Programs
Subject: Dickinson College Events
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: 1882 Commencement Program
Naturalist and Smithsonian administrator Spencer Fullerton Baird writes to his colleague Winfrid A. Stearns regarding specimen collection. The Smithsonian will send Stearns alcohol and "shall be pleased to have from [him] any collection in marine...
Location: I-Friends-1989-1
Subject: Science and Technology
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Spencer Baird to Winfrid Stearns
Horatio Collins King writes Governor Elect of New York Grover Cleveland and thanks him for the appointment as a Judge Advocate in the National Guard. King notes his "sincere thanks for... making me a member of your military family."
Location: I-Friends-1990-1
Subject: Legal Affairs, Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Horatio Collins King to Grover Cleveland
Harriet Beecher Stowe writes to Susie Howard and apologizes for "neglect." "I was so unwell and Mr. Stowe so unwell... that nobody ought to have expected any thing of me," as Stowe explains. Stowe also tells Howard that her Christmas card is in...
Location: MC 1999.9, B2, F5
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe to Susie Howard
Hugh Henry Brackenridge's memoir of Charles Nisbet, received in "The Historical Society" on January 22, 1883. This transcript was copied by Professor Joshua Allen Lippincott (class of 1858).
Location: I-Original-1883-1
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Literary Pursuits
Format: Essays and Dissertations
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Hugh Brackenridge's Memoir of Charles Nisbet
Harriet Beecher Stowe writes to Susie Howard regarding her poor health, complaining of crippling rheumatism, and family news. "Everything tires me - though I try to act as if I feel well," as Stowe explains. Stowe also mentions that all her...
Location: MC 1999.9, B2, F5
Subject: Health and Medicine, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe to Susie Howard
Naturalist and Smithsonian administrator Spencer Fullteron Baird writes to his colleague Winfrid A. Stearns regarding a request for a steamer to use in research. Despite Baird's enthusiasm for steamer technology, the Smithsonian cannot offer...
Location: I-Friends-1989-1
Subject: Science and Technology
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Spencer Baird to Winfrid Stearns
Naturalist and Smithsonian administrator Spencer Fullerton Baird writes to his colleague Winfrid A. Stearns, regretting that the Smithsonian cannot fund "a special expedition to Labrador." Additionally, Baird is expecting Professor Addison E....
Location: I-Friends-1989-1
Subject: Science and Technology
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Spencer Baird to Winfrid Stearns
Naturalist and Smithsonian administrator Spencer Fullerton Baird writes to Professor Robert Bell of the Geological Survey of Canada, thanking him for his advice on how to get alcohol to researchers in Canada. Baird also writes that he will add...
Location: I-Friends-1987-5
Subject: Science and Technology
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Spencer Baird to Robert Bell
Harriet Beecher Stowe writes Susie Howard and discusses her acceptance of a invitation by a "Mrs. White."
Location: MC 1999.9, B2, F5
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe to Susie Howard
Naturalist and Smithsonian administrator Spencer Fullerton Baird writes to his colleague Winfrid A. Stearns about sending supplies to Quebec at the address of George Tanguay. These include "one dredge; two dredge nets; one four-gallon tank, and...
Location: I-Friends-1989-1
Subject: Science and Technology
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Spencer Baird to Winfrid Stearns
Frank G. Graham prepared this oration, entitled “John Dickinson," for the commencement ceremonies held June 28, 1883. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript...
Location: OrationsX-1883-G738j
Subject: Dickinson College History, Education, Politics and Government
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: "John Dickinson," by Frank G. Graham
Franklin F. Bond prepared this oration, entitled “The Choice," for the commencement ceremonies held June 28, 1883. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included...
Location: OrationsX-1883-B711c
Subject: Education, Science and Technology
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: "The Choice," by Franklin F. Bond
Jeremiah Sullivan Black writes Alexander Kelly McClure and criticizes George Ticknor Curtis' 2 volume biography of President James Buchanan, Life of Buchanan (1883). Black, who served as Attorney General and Secretary of State during...
Location: I-BeachW-2003-1
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899