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This copy of the printed program for the commencement exercises held on June 23, 1919 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. A separate...
Location: Dickinsoniana Programs
Subject: Dickinson College Events
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1900-1919
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1919 Commencement Program
Publisher: Carlisle: Hamilton Library Association
Edward W. Biddle, President of the Board of Trustees of Dickinson College and a graduate of the class of 1870, delivers a talk on the first grammar school and college...
Location: DC 1870 B584o
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College History, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: "The Old College Lot," by Edward W. Biddle
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1919-1920 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: 1900-1919
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Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1920-1939
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This program is for Allen Tanner and Harold Barton's joint recital at the Provincetown Players' Theatre-Club on February 2nd. The year is unknown, but approximated.
Location: MC 2013.3, B4, F58
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: Provincetown Players’ Theatre-Club program
This program is for the Grand Ballet on March 18th. The year is unknown, but approximated. Pavel Tchelitchew is listed as the decor and costume designer.
Location: MC 2013.3, B4, F60
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: Grand Ballet program
This program is for a song recital by Marguerite d'Alvarez, accompanied by Allen Tanner, at the Provincetown Theatre on March 28th. The year is unknown, but approximated.
Location: MC 2013.3, B4, F59
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: Provincetown Theatre recital program
This program is for a concert in which Allen Tanner, Marguerite Namara, and others performed at the Globe Music Club in New York City.
Location: MC 2013.3, B4, F51
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: Globe Music Club concert program
The Extracts from the Laws and Regulations of Dickinson College lists important information and guidelines regarding the administration of the college, admissions, instruction, honor courses, absences, student behavior, the academic...
Location: RG 1/3 10.1.7
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: Extracts from the Laws and Regulations of Dickinson College, 1921
Wilda Smith Shope receives her Bachelor of Arts Diploma from Dickinson College on June 6, 1921.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: Bachelor of Arts Diploma - Wilda Shope
This partial newspaper clipping offers a brief biography of singer Alice Miriam.
Location: MC 2013.3, B5, F15
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: "whole story, either, although…" clipping from unknown newspaper
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1921-1922 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: 1920-1939
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This is an obituary for Alice Miriam of the Metropolitan Opera.
Location: MC 2013.3, B5, F22
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: "Miss Alice Miriam, Opera Singer, Dies" clipping from unknown newspaper
This is an obituary for Alice Miriam, Metropolitan Opera soprano.
Location: MC 2013.3, B5, F15
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: "Opera Singer Dies After Operations" clipping from unknown newspaper
Edwin Elliot Willoughby (Class of 1922) writes to Mrs. Spears, his former instructor, in which he discusses his time at Dickinson, his career at the Newberry Library afterwards, and his future goals of continuing his education at the University...
Location: I-DawsonG-1981-1
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: Letter from Edwin Willoughby to Mrs. Spears
This is a brief obituary, with photo, of soprano Alice Miriam.
Location: MC 2013.3, B5, F15
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: Alice Miriam obituary clipping from unknown newspaper
This item is pianist Allen Tanner's passport.
Location: MC 2013.3, B5, F55
Subject: Travel and Tourism
Format: Legal and Government Documents
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: Allen Tanner passport
Publisher: Salem, MA: Newcomb & Gauss
Charles W. Super, a graduate of the class of 1866, authors a somewhat wandering history of Dickinson College while making comparisons to The Ohio University, a history of which he...
Location: DC 378.748 DES
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College History, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: "A Pioneer College and its Background (Dickinson)," by Charles W. Super
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1922-1923 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: 1920-1939
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M. Elizabeth Filler receives her Bachelor of Arts Diploma from Dickinson College on June 3, 1924.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: Bachelor of Arts Diploma - M. Filler
This brochure offers a brief biography of pianist Allen Tanner, and advertises his services as a piano teacher and singing coach.
Location: MC 2013.3, B4, F52
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: Allen Tanner Pianiste brochure
This advertisement is for Allen Tanner's piano lessons.
Location: MC 2013.3, B4, F52
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: Cours de Piano advertisement
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1924-1925 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: 1920-1939
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This copy of the printed program for the commencement exercises held on June 9, 1925 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
View Item: 1925 Commencement Program
Velva Diven Daihl receives this Bachelor of Arts Diploma from Dickinson College on June 8, 1927.
Location: OC 2012.6, F3
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: Bachelor of Arts Diploma - Velva Daihl
The Extracts from the Laws and Regulations of Dickinson College lists important information and guidelines regarding the administration of the college, admissions, instruction, honor courses, absences, student behavior, the academic...
Location: DC 378.748 D553s3 1928
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: Extracts from the Laws and Regulations of Dickinson College, 1928