"Jacob Tome Scientific Building," by Charles F. Himes

"Jacob Tome Scientific Building," by Charles F. Himes
Date
June 24, 1885
Natural Science Professor Charles F. Himes (Class of 1855) delivers this address at the opening of the Jacob Tome Scientific Building at Dickinson College on June 24, 1885.
Location
MC 2000.1, B251, F11
Time Period

Address after a Vacation by Charles Nisbet

Address after a Vacation by Charles Nisbet
Date
October 1787

President Charles Nisbet delivers this address to students in October after "a short interval of vacation." John Young, a member of the Class of 1788, transcribed the address. Transcript included.

Location
SC Vault Nisbet 37
Time Period

Address after a "Short Vacation" by Charles Nisbet

Address after a “Short Vacation” by Charles Nisbet
Date
November 2, 1789

President Charles Nisbet delivers this address to students on May 13, 1787 after a "short vacation." John Young, a member of the Class of 1788, transcribed the address. Transcript included.

Location
SC Vault Nisbet 37
Time Period

Address after a Vacation by Charles Nisbet

Address after a Vacation by Charles Nisbet
Date
May 13, 1787

President Charles Nisbet delivers this address to students after a "late recess & intermission" on May 13, 1787. John Young, a member of the Class of 1788, transcribed the address. Transcript included.

Location
SC Vault Nisbet 37
Time Period

Address from the Third Commencement by Charles Nisbet

Address from the Third Commencement by Charles Nisbet
Date
June 2, 1789

President Charles Nisbet delivers this address to the third graduating class of Dickinson College at commencement on June 2, 1789. John Young, a member of the Class of 1788, transcribed the address. Transcript included.

Location
SC Vault Nisbet 37
Time Period

Address from the Second Commencement by Charles Nisbet

Address from the Second Commencement by Charles Nisbet
Date
May 7, 1788

President Charles Nisbet delivers this address to the second graduating class of Dickinson College at commencement on May 7, 1788. John Young, a member of the Class of 1788, transcribed the address. Transcript included.

Location
SC Vault Nisbet 37
Time Period

Letter from Thomas M. Griffith to His Siblings

Letter from Thomas M. Griffith to His Siblings
Date
July 3, 1863

Thomas Miller Griffith writes to his brother and sister and describes the scenes in Carlisle as the Confederates occupied and shelled the town in the days before the Battle of Gettysburg.

Location
MC 2005.4, B1, F2
Time Period

Letter from James Buchanan to John McClintock

Letter from James Buchanan to John McClintock
Date
July 21, 1842

Senator James Buchanan asks Dickinson College Professor John McClintock to thank the Board of Trustees for granting him an honorary Doctor of Laws. "I feel conscious that I do not deserve so distinguished a literary honor," Buchanan notes.

Location
MC 1998.10, B2, F1
Time Period

"Dickinson College: A History," by Charles C. Sellers

"Dickinson College: A History," by Charles C. Sellers
Date
1973

Publisher: Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press

Charles C. Sellers, retired librarian and curator of special collections, authors a history of Dickinson College in celebration of its bicentennial.

Location
DC 378.748 DESe
Time Period