Collections of college and personal papers, as well as a select number of individual documents, have been briefly described in entries available for browsing and searching on this site. All collection and document descriptions contain a representative image and a summary of the contents.
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Aviation cadets from the 32nd College Training Detachment produce the Quintillion "to serve as an honest, revealing record of the time we spent at Dickinson College." The magazine provides an overview of cadets' life at Dickinson during...
Location: I-Original-1943-2
Subject: Dickinson College History, Education, Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1940-1959
View Item: 
Quintillion - Seventh Quintile
Army Air Corps Cadets from the 32nd College Training Detachment published the Eager Eagle while stationed at Dickinson College in 1943.
Location: O-Original-1943-3
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College History, Education, Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1940-1959
View Item: Eager Eagle (Vol. 1, No. 21)
Army Air Corps Cadets from the 32nd College Training Detachment published the Eager Eagle while stationed at Dickinson College in 1943.
Location: O-Original-1943-3
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College History, Education, Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1940-1959
View Item: Eager Eagle (Vol. 1, No. 22)
Army Air Corps Cadets from the 32nd College Training Detachment published the Eager Eagle while stationed at Dickinson College in 1943.
Location: O-Original-1943-3
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College History, Education, Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1940-1959
View Item: Eager Eagle (Vol. 1, No. 23)
Army Air Corps Cadets from the 32nd College Training Detachment published the Eager Eagle while stationed at Dickinson College in 1943.
Location: O-Original-1943-3
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College History, Education, Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1940-1959
View Item: Eager Eagle (Vol. 1, No. 24)
Army Air Corps Cadets from the 32nd College Training Detachment published the Eager Eagle while stationed at Dickinson College in 1943.
Location: O-Original-1943-3
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College History, Education, Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1940-1959
View Item: Eager Eagle (Vol. 1, No. 25)
Robert Evans Faddis receives his Bachelor of Science Diploma from Dickinson College on June 3, 1944.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1940-1959
View Item: Bachelor of Science Diploma - Robert Faddis
This program is for the launch of the S.S. Dickinson Victory on February 9, 1945.
Location: Dickinson Victory Dropfile
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1940-1959
View Item: S.S. Dickinson Victory, Launch Program
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1944-1945 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: 1940-1959
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Whitfield Jenks Bell Jr. writes to Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Potter from Belsen Concentration Camp in Germany about some of his experiences during World War II and the current conditions in Europe. "There is no peace in Europe today; and from everyone...
Location: I-BellW-2000-1
Subject: International Affairs, Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1940-1959
View Item: Letter from Whitfield Bell Jr. to Mr. & Mrs. J. Wesley Potter
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1946-1947 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: 1940-1959
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Retired Professor Forrest Eugene Craver, a member of the Class of 1899, receives his Honorary Doctor of Science in Education Diploma from Dickinson College on June 8, 1947.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1940-1959
View Item: Honorary Doctor of Science in Education Diploma - Forrest Craver
Publisher: New York: The Woman's Press
Esther Popel discusses some of her experience regarding race in the United States.
Location: DC 1919 S534p
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1940-1959
View Item: "Personal Adventures in Race Relations," by Esther Popel
Two letters from William Rose Benét to Lawton Mackall: the first asking for details about a play Mackall has written; the second explaining that he has no room to publish a piece by one of Mackall's friends.
Location: I-Friends-1982-3
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1940-1959
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1949-1950 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: 1940-1959
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William Rose Benét writes to his sister, Laura Benét, with a clipping about the family from the Cape Ann Summer Sun.
Location: I-Friends-1982-4
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1940-1959
In this unfinished draft, Montagu Frank Modder traces the history of Great Britain from the fifteenth century up through the mid-nineteenth century. Elaborate illustrations, often in full color, accompany the text on every page.
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Location: MC 2002.1
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Engravings and Illustrations
Time Period: 1940-1959
View Item: "The Spirit of Britain" Section 01, by Montagu F. Modder
In this unfinished draft, Montagu Frank Modder traces the history of Great Britain from the fifteenth century up through the mid-nineteenth century. Elaborate illustrations, often in full color, accompany the text on every page. This section is...
Location: MC 2002.1
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Engravings and Illustrations
Time Period: 1940-1959
View Item: "The Spirit of Britain" Section 02, by Montagu F. Modder
In this unfinished draft, Montagu Frank Modder traces the history of Great Britain from the fifteenth century up through the mid-nineteenth century. Elaborate illustrations, often in full color, accompany the text on every page. This section is...
Location: MC 2002.1
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Engravings and Illustrations
Time Period: 1940-1959
View Item: "The Spirit of Britain" Section 03, by Montagu F. Modder
In this unfinished draft, Montagu Frank Modder traces the history of Great Britain from the fifteenth century up through the mid-nineteenth century. Elaborate illustrations, often in full color, accompany the text on every page. This section is...
Location: MC 2002.1
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Engravings and Illustrations
Time Period: 1940-1959
View Item: "The Spirit of Britain" Section 04, by Montagu F. Modder
In this unfinished draft, Montagu Frank Modder traces the history of Great Britain from the fifteenth century up through the mid-nineteenth century. Elaborate illustrations, often in full color, accompany the text on every page. This section is...
Location: MC 2002.1
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Engravings and Illustrations
Time Period: 1940-1959
View Item: "The Spirit of Britain" Section 05, by Montagu F. Modder
In this unfinished draft, Montagu Frank Modder traces the history of Great Britain from the fifteenth century up through the mid-nineteenth century. Elaborate illustrations, often in full color, accompany the text on every page. This section is...
Location: MC 2002.1
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Engravings and Illustrations
Time Period: 1940-1959
View Item: "The Spirit of Britain" Section 06, by Montagu F. Modder
In this unfinished draft, Montagu Frank Modder traces the history of Great Britain from the fifteenth century up through the mid-nineteenth century. Elaborate illustrations, often in full color, accompany the text on every page. This section is...
Location: MC 2002.1
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Engravings and Illustrations
Time Period: 1940-1959
View Item: "The Spirit of Britain" Section 07, by Montagu F. Modder
In this unfinished draft, Montagu Frank Modder traces the history of Great Britain from the fifteenth century up through the mid-nineteenth century. Elaborate illustrations, often in full color, accompany the text on every page. This section is...
Location: MC 2002.1
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Engravings and Illustrations
Time Period: 1940-1959
View Item: "The Spirit of Britain" Section 08, by Montagu F. Modder
In this unfinished draft, Montagu Frank Modder traces the history of Great Britain from the fifteenth century up through the mid-nineteenth century. Elaborate illustrations, often in full color, accompany the text on every page. This section is...
Location: MC 2002.1
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Engravings and Illustrations
Time Period: 1940-1959
View Item: "The Spirit of Britain" Section 09, by Montagu F. Modder