About Full-Text Documents
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.
Search Document Descriptions
Browse Document Descriptions
November 27, 1879
Jacob Thompson, Secretary of the Interior in President James Buchanan's administration, writes Jeremiah Sullivan Black and asks for advice on what to do about the slander in John Bonner's Child's History of the United States. Black also served in President Buchanan's administration as Attorney General and later as Secretary of State.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Friends-1991-12
Subject: Legal Affairs, Politics and Government
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from Jacob Thompson to Jeremiah Black
1880
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 courses offered, requirements for enrollment, requirements for graduation, tuition and other fees, and campus facilities, college policies, and lists of teaching faculty, college trustees, and various administrators. Information about programs at Conway Hall, Dickinson College's Preparatory School, was also included in this edition.
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Time Period: 1860-1879, 1880-1899
View Item:
February 7, 1880
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," as Johnston explains, is "that if he had an office, it was not given to him as 'a reward' for having written a 'campaign biography of Mr. Buchanan.'" Transcript included.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: MC 1998.10, B4, F16
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Harriet Lane Johnston to Jeremiah Black
May 2, 1880
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 can't be everywhere at once," as Stowe explains.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: MC 1999.9, B2, F5
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Travel and Tourism
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe to Susie Howard
May 18, 1880
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 matter finally in my own mind."
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-SpahrB-1966-9
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Spencer Baird to Horatio Storer
June 14, 1880
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 asks Howard to "reply immediately." "I want to go at once if you are ready," as Stowe notes.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: MC 1999.9, B2, F5
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Travel and Tourism
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe to Susie Howard
June 16, 1880
Harriet Beecher Stowe writes Susie Howard and discusses plans for their trip to Saco, Maine.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: MC 1999.9, B2, F5
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Travel and Tourism
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe to Susie Howard
September 20, 1880
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 will not arrive in time for Stearns's purposes. Baird recommends an alternative preservation technique involving arsenic.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Friends-1989-1
Subject: Science and Technology
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Spencer Baird to Winfrid Stearns
May 10, 1881
Moncure D. Conway writes Mr. Woolner to clarify his request for a photograph of Mr. Woolner's "bust of [Thomas] Carlyle."
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Friends-2001-1
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Moncure Conway to Mr. Woolner
June 30, 1881
William M. Beetem Glanding (Class of 1878) receives his Master of Arts from Dickinson College on June 30, 1881.
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Master of Arts Diploma - William Glanding
October 17, 1881
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 written, on the subject of his engagement to Miss Coleman." The engagement, as Barlow explains, "was finally broken by the death of the lady" and that Buchanan "never spoke of this matter." Barlow also describes Harriet Lane as "a model gentlewoman, the peer in grace, beauty & manner" and "truly, the first Lady in the land." Curtis eventually published a two volume biography, the Life of James Buchanan, fifteenth president of the United States, in 1883. Transcript included.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Original-1881-1
Subject: Genealogy and Family History, Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Samuel Barlow to George Curtis
1882
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 courses offered, requirements for enrollment, requirements for graduation, tuition and other fees, and campus facilities, college policies, and lists of teaching faculty, college trustees, and various administrators. Information about programs at Conway Hall, Dickinson College's Preparatory School, was also included in this edition.
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item:
June 29, 1882
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.
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Location: Dickinsoniana Programs
Subject: Dickinson College Events
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: 1882 Commencement Program
July 5, 1882
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 zoology."
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Friends-1989-1
Subject: Science and Technology
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Spencer Baird to Winfrid Stearns
December 11, 1882
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."
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Friends-1990-1
Subject: Legal Affairs, Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Horatio Collins King to Grover Cleveland
December 21, 1882
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 the mail.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: MC 1999.9, B2, F5
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe to Susie Howard
January 22, 1883
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).
Format: Essays and Dissertations
Location: I-Original-1883-1
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Literary Pursuits
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Hugh Brackenridge's Memoir of Charles Nisbet
February 5, 1883
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 friends are gone and that she believes that she is older than Susie. In addition, Stowe shares that her son, Charles, has a new parish in Hartford and that she and her husband sing hymns about Canaan and Jordan.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: MC 1999.9, B2, F5
Subject: Health and Medicine, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe to Susie Howard
March 6, 1883
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 Stearns the use of one, nor can they afford to rent one for him.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Friends-1989-1
Subject: Science and Technology
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Spencer Baird to Winfrid Stearns
May 3, 1883
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. Verrill's "papers on [Stearns'] invertebrates" to be published soon and sends "the latest Fish Commission Report."
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Friends-1989-1
Subject: Science and Technology
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Spencer Baird to Winfrid Stearns
June 16, 1883
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 Queen's College, McGill University, the Peter Redpath Museum, and the Museum of the Geological Survey to "the list of recipients of [the] series of marine invertebrates."
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Friends-1987-5
Subject: Science and Technology
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Spencer Baird to Robert Bell
June 19, 1883
Harriet Beecher Stowe writes Susie Howard and discusses her acceptance of a invitation by a "Mrs. White."
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: MC 1999.9, B2, F5
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe to Susie Howard
June 23, 1883
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 about eighteen jars of alcohol." Baird anticipates that Stearns will have some trouble with the alcohol because of the duty for importing it.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Friends-1989-1
Subject: Science and Technology
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Spencer Baird to Winfrid Stearns
June 28, 1883
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 included.
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Location: OrationsX-1883-G738j
Subject: Dickinson College History, Education, Politics and Government
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: "John Dickinson," by Frank G. Graham
June 28, 1883
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.
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Location: OrationsX-1883-B711c
Subject: Education, Science and Technology
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: "The Choice," by Franklin F. Bond