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Alfred Sinnett responds to Mrs. Esther Windust's question regarding a portrait of Madame Blavatsky. While he does "not possess any portraits of Madame Blavatsky taken during her youth," Sinnett suggests that Annie Besant, Bertram Keightley, and...
Location: I-Friends-1973-8
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
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Letter from Alfred Sinnett to Esther Windust
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1891-1892 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...
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.
Location: MC 1999.9, B1, F4
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
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 "...
Location: I-Purchase-1954-18
Subject: Literary Pursuits
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Charles Deems to Mr. Miller
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...
Location: I-Friends-2001-4
Subject: Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Annie Besant to Clara Bayliss
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
View Item: Charles F. Himes Photograph Album (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...
Location: MC 1999.9, B1, F4
Subject: Health and Medicine, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe to Unknown Recipient
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...
Location: Orations-1893-A513u
Subject: Education, International Affairs
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: "United Germany," by Chester N. Ames
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...
Location: Orations-1893-B183w
Subject: Education, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: "The World’s Fair," by Clarence Balentine
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....
Location: Orations-1893-E92b
Subject: International Affairs, Politics and Government
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1880-1899
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...
Location: Orations-1893-H341s
Subject: Education, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: "Students Convention at Northfield," by Francis B. Harvey
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....
Location: Orations-1893-H929a
Subject: Science and Technology
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: "The Achievements of Our Age," by Mary A. Humrich
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...
Location: Orations-1893-M114r
Subject: Literary Pursuits
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: "The Rise of the Modern Short Story," by Robert E. MacAlarney
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....
Location: Orations-1893-S467s
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1880-1899
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....
Location: Orations-1894-B471c
Subject: Education, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1880-1899
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....
Location: Orations-1894-C623i
Subject: International Affairs, Travel and Tourism, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: "Influence of the World’s Fair," by C. Grant Cleaver
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
View Item: Bachelor of Arts Diploma - Laura Horn
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
View Item: Bachelor of Philosophy Diploma - Clarence Cleaver
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
View Item: Letter from Laura Windust to Esther Windust
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...
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1880-1899
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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...
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
View Item: "Twenty-Five Years After: Quarto-Centennial of the Class of '70," by Charles Biggs
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...
Location: Orations-1895-A646u
Subject: Science and Technology, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: "Urban Growth at Expense of Rural," by Paul P. Appenzellar
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
View Item: Letter from John Goucher to Dr. Huekel
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...
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
View Item: Dickinson Quarterly (Vol. 1, No. 1)
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,...
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
View Item: Extracts from the Laws and Regulations of Dickinson College, 1896