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1971

Coach Wilbur J. Gobrecht's history of football at Dickinson College from 1885 to 1969. Gobrecht is a member of the Class of 1952.

Format: Books and Pamphlets

Location: DC 1952 G575f

Subject: Dickinson College History, Sport and Recreation

Time Period: 1960-1979

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1971

Pierce Bounds, a member of the Class of 1971, receives this diploma as a member of the Belles Lettres Society in 1971.

Format: Certificates and Diplomas

Location: Diploma Collection

Subject: Education

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: Belles Lettres Society Diploma - Pierce Bounds

Spring 1971

The Senator is a weekly newsletter that covers Student Senate news, sports, social events and club meetings, and announces upcoming events to the student body.

Format: Newspapers and Magazines

Location: RG 8/1 - 7.2.4

Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: The Senator (Spring 1971)

March 4, 1971

This spoof edition of The Senator offers a satirical look at college groups and individuals.

Format: Newspapers and Magazines

Location: RG 8/1 - 7.2.4

Subject: Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: The Senator (Spoof Issue)

July 1971

The Dickinson College catalog for the 1971-1972 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.

Format: Books and Pamphlets

Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals

Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education

Time Period: 1960-1979

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August 3, 1971

United States House of Representatives Minority Leader Gerald Ford writes to Paul R. Walker (Class of 1921), a longtime contributing editor and columnist for the Harrisburg Patriot-News. Ford thanks Walker for lunch during a recent visit to Harrisburg.

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Location: I-Friends-1982-6

Subject: Politics and Government

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: Letter from Gerald Ford to Paul Walker

Fall 1971

The Senator is a weekly newsletter that covers Student Senate news, sports, social events and club meetings, and announces upcoming events to the student body.

Format: Newspapers and Magazines

Location: RG 8/1 - 7.2.5

Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: The Senator (Fall 1971)

Fall 1971

The Kol Hillel newsletter is produced by Hillel Council of Dickinson College:

Selected highlights from this issue include:

  • The start of the Judaic Studies Program at Dickinson College.
  • Professor Herbert Alexander helps the Hillel Council conduct High Holyday services.
  • Rabbi Meir Kahane, Chair of the Jewish Defense League, speaks to a crowd of 1,000 students.
  • Hillel Council builds the first Sukkah on campus.
  • Reprint of an article “A Critique of Secular Jewish Contributions to Modern Society.”

Format: Newspapers and Magazines

Location: RG 9/9, Series 5

Subject: Dickinson College History, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Religion and Spirituality

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: Kol Hillel (Fall 1971)

Spring 1972

The Senator is a weekly newsletter that covers Student Senate news, sports, social events and club meetings, and announces upcoming events to the student body.

Format: Newspapers and Magazines

Location: RG 8/1 - 7.2.6

Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: The Senator (Spring 1972)

Fall 1972

The Senator is a weekly newsletter that covers Student Senate news, sports, social events and club meetings, and announces upcoming events to the student body.

Format: Newspapers and Magazines

Location: RG 8/1 - 7.2.7

Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: The Senator (Fall 1972)

September 15, 1972

The Carlisle Evening Sentinel publishes this supplement as part of the celebration of Dickinson College's 200th Anniversary. Articles list the scheduled anniversary events and explore how much progress Dickinson has made in 200 years.

Format: Newspapers and Magazines

Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals

Subject: Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: "Dickinson College 200th Anniversary 1972-1973," by the Evening Sentinel

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.

Format: Books and Pamphlets

Location: DC 378.748 DESe

Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Alumni Affairs, Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education

Time Period: 1960-1979

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Spring 1973

The Senator is a weekly newsletter that covers Student Senate news, sports, social events and club meetings, and announces upcoming events to the student body.

Format: Newspapers and Magazines

Location: RG 8/1 - 7.2.8

Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: The Senator (Spring 1973)

March 29-April 1, 1973

This flier for Dickinson College's Congress of African Students' "A Black Arts Festival" announces the festival's schedule, which includes film screenings and a lecture by Jeffrey Holder. 

Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera

Location: RG 8/93, B1, F2

Subject: Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Social Reform and Advocacy

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: Black Arts Festival 1973

Summer 1973

The Kol Hillel newsletter is produced by Hillel Council of Dickinson College:

Selected highlights from this issue include:

  • Danny Siegel, a Jewish poet, visits the Hillel Council.
  • Hillel enters intramurals with a six man basketball team.
  • Hillel raises the second annual Sukkah. 
  • Dickinson offers a course that includes a trip to Israel.
  • Hillel celebrates the 25th anniversary of Israeli independence in “dance and song, as well as in verse.”

Format: Newspapers and Magazines

Location: RG 9/9, Series 5

Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Religion and Spirituality

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: Kol Hillel (Summer 1973)

June 13, 1973

Guy Brunt receives his Bachelor of Arts Diploma from Dickinson College on June 13, 1973.

Format: Certificates and Diplomas

Location: Diploma Collection

Subject: Education

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: Bachelor of Arts Diploma - Guy Brunt

June 13, 1973

Constance Anne Pifer receives her Bachelor of Arts Diploma from Dickinson College on June 13, 1973.

Format: Certificates and Diplomas

Location: Diploma Collection

Subject: Education

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: Bachelor of Arts Diploma - Constance Pifer

Fall 1973

The Dickinson Women’s Newsletter is produced by the Advisory and Planning Committee on Women's Programs and provides details on upcoming events, including Dr. Barbara Varchol’s talk on human sexuality and a workshop on career exploration. 

Format: Newspapers and Magazines

Location: RG 8/203, B1, F1

Subject: Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, LGBT History, Social Reform and Advocacy

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: Dickinson Woman's Newsletter (Fall 1973)

January 1974

The Dickinson Women’s Newsletter is produced by the Advisory and Planning Committee on Women's Programs.

Selected highlights from this issue include:

  • "W.O.W.EE: What Do After Graduation," by Karen Kenahan and Karen Faulds.
  • Commentary on female ministers by Barbara Chaapel. 
  • "Women: The Law Wants You," by Pam McFarland. 
  • Interview with Katherine W. Barber, assistant professor of physical education. 

Format: Newspapers and Magazines

Location: RG 5/99, S11, B8, F36

Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Religion and Spirituality, Social Reform and Advocacy

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: Dickinson Women's Newsletter (Jan. 1974)

Spring 1974

The Senator is a weekly newsletter that covers Student Senate news, sports, social events and club meetings, and announces upcoming events to the student body.

Format: Newspapers and Magazines

Location: RG 8/1 - 7.2.9

Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: The Senator (Spring 1974)

1974

The Dickinson College catalog for the 1974-1975 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.

Format: Books and Pamphlets

Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals

Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education

Time Period: 1960-1979

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1974

Catalog for "Leonard Baskin in Massachusetts," an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Springfield, Massachusetts. Baskin received the Dickinson College Arts Award in 1963.

Format: Books and Pamphlets

Location: I-Friends-1979-1

Subject: Visual and Performing Arts

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: Catalog for "Leonard Baskin in Massachusetts"

April 1974

The Dickinson Women's Newsletter is produced by the Advisory and Planning Committee on Women's Programs.

Selected highlights from this issue include:

  • "Having Options as a Women: H. O. W?," by Pamelee McFarland. 
  • Schedule for the Spring Film Festival, which include Elia Kazan's Splendor in the Grass (1961). 
  • Editorial on the draft and women serving in the military. "Women in the Army?" 
  • Review of the Dickinson production of The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds. 
  • "Women and Medicine," by Kathy Rosen. 
  • "Women Grow Through Scouting," by Gail Tyson. 
  • "Dickinson Women Volunteer at Family Planning," by Doneby Smith.

Format: Newspapers and Magazines

Location: RG 5/99, S11, B8, F36

Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Health and Medicine, Social Reform and Advocacy, Visual and Performing Arts

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: Dickinson Women's Newsletter (Apr. 1974)

May 1974

The Dickinson Women’s Newsletter is produced by the Advisory and Planning Committee on Women's Programs.

Selected highlights from this issue include:

  • Article on a panel hosted by the women's honorary society discussing women as leaders. 
  • "Meanderings," by Barbara Chaapel. 
  • "[Florynce] Kennedy to Speak," by Pamelee McFarland. 
  • "Reflections on the Women at Dickinson," by Joan Eltonhead. 
  • A piece detailing the schedule and intent of the Spring Festival of Films and the Community Feminist Theater. 
  • "Two Generations," by S. J. and G. J. O’ Neill. 
  • "Dialogue with Terry White," by Patricia Torres.

Format: Newspapers and Magazines

Location: RG 8/203, B1, F1

Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Social Reform and Advocacy

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: Dickinson Women's Newsletter (May 1974)

Summer 1974

The Kol Hillel newsletter is produced by Hillel Council of Dickinson College:

Selected highlights from this issue include:

  • Hillel is named Dickinson's organization of the year.
  • The "nameless Israeli Dance Troupe" makes its debut during Dickinson Songfest.
  • Hillel participates in intramurals and makes a "fine showing."

Format: Newspapers and Magazines

Location: RG 9/9, Series 5

Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Religion and Spirituality

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: Kol Hillel (Summer 1974)