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October 14, 1886
Harriet Beecher Stowe writes several months after her husband's, Calvin Ellis Stowe, death and declines Susie Howard's invitation for a visit Stowe also shares other family news.
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
November 3, 1886
Rev. Edward Young Buchanan writes to his friend Rev. Clement Moore Butler. Buchanan mentions one of his brothers, who Butler is growing more fond of: "time and the subsidence of party spirit...have begun to do him justice."
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Friends-1986-1
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Time Period: 1880-1899
May 30, 1887
Civil War veteran William S. Harvey writes to Horatio Collins King, declining the latter's invitation to attend the reunion of the Society of the Army of the Potomac. "Advanced age must plead my excuse from undertaking such a long journey," Harvey writes.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-BeachW-1975-7
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from William Harvey to Horatio Collins King
June 16, 1887
Civil War veteran John Murray Corse writes to Horatio Collins King (Class of 1858), sending regrets that he cannot attend the annual reunion of the Society of the Army of the Potomac due to a prior engagement.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-BeachW-1974-2
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life
Time Period: 1880-1899
June 30, 1887
Franklin Smiley receives his Bachelor of Philosophy Diploma from Dickinson College on June 30, 1887.
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Time Period: 1880-1899
1888
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1887-1888 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
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June 28, 1888
Admiral David Dixon Porter acknowledges an invitation and tells Brevet Colonel Horatio Collins King (Class of 1858) that he will attend a reunion of the Society of the Army of the Potomac in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on July 1-3, 1888.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-AsbellY-2002-32
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict
Time Period: 1880-1899
December 13, 1888
Philanthropist Andrew Carnegie writes Mr. Hitchcock to support the plan to build a music hall in New York City at Madison Square. Carnegie also provides advice on the site, size, and income yield of the proposed music hall. In addition, Carnegie notes that he discussed the plans with other organizations like the New York Philharmonic and the Oratorio Society of New York.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-AsbellY-1976-3
Subject: Business and Industry, Visual and Performing Arts
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Andrew Carnegie to Mr. Hitchcock
1889
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1889-1890 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 the Law School and 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
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January 26, 1889
Horatio King writes Postmaster General Donald McDonald Dickinson and thanks him for sending a copy of his annual report. King comments that he "had the great honor of occupying that position [of Postmaster General], for a short time, under that able and faithful old Statesman, President [James] Buchanan."
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Purchase-1963-2
Subject: Politics and Government
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Horatio King to Donald Dickinson
June 27, 1889
Jennie May Taylor prepared this oration, entitled “Chaldni," for the commencement ceremonies held June 27, 1889. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Location: Orations-1889-T238c
Subject: Education, Science and Technology
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: "Chladni," by Jennie M. Taylor
August 14, 1889
Harriet Lane Johnston writes to Lily Macalester while on holiday in England. Addressed to "Dear Lily", Harriet chronicles her travels through the English countryside; encountering acquaintances from home, seeing icebergs, and attending a royal wedding. Transcript included.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: MC 1998.10, B4, F16
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Travel and Tourism
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Harriet Lane Johnston to Lily Macalester
August 19, 1889
Susan Howard, wife of John T. Howard, writes to her son-in-law Horatio Collins King regarding family and church affairs.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-HartC-1981-2
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality
Time Period: 1880-1899
circa 1890
Professor Charles F. Himes' photograph album from around 1890.
Format: Photographs
Location: MC 2000.1, B26, F1
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Time Period: 1880-1899
circa 1890
Professor Charles F. Himes' photograph album from around 1890.
Format: Photographs
Location: MC 2000.1, B26, F1
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Time Period: 1880-1899
May 15, 1890
Moncure D. Conway (class of 1849) thanks a friend for the "encouraging letter" regarding Conway's deliberation on whether "to print the discourse" or to wait and publish "a more complete statement" at a later date.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Friends-2001-1
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life
Time Period: 1880-1899
June 19, 1890
This copy of the printed program for the commencement exercises held on June 19, 1890 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: 1890 Commencement Program
1891
The Extracts from the Laws and Regulations of Dickinson College lists important information and guidelines regarding the administration of the college, faculty, admissions, instruction, student behavior, the academic calendar, commencement, religious duties, student bills, literary societies, and student records.
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Location: RG 1/3 10.1.3
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Extracts from the Laws and Regulations of Dickinson College, 1891
February 11, 1891
Horatio Collins King writes to Frank Hamlin, declining the latter's invitation to a Sons of Maine banquet. Collins reminisces of his days as editor of The Jeffersonian and of his old friends, most of who are no longer living. Transcript included.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-BeachW-1975-8
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life
Time Period: 1880-1899
March 20, 1891
Annie Besant thanks a Mrs. [Mawsou?] from Ashfield, Gateshead-on-Tyne in England for sending a pamphlet. "I am so busy [that] I am afraid I cannot find time to read the larger work of which you speak," as Besant explains.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Friends-2001-4
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Religion and Spirituality
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Annie Besant to Mrs. Mawsou
June 7, 1891
Scholar Charles Janeway Stille writes to clergyman George Edward Ellis about Stille's biography of John Dickinson. Stille is having difficulty getting access to sources held by private collectors.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Original-1891-3
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Literary Pursuits
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Charles Stille to George Ellis
June 16, 1891
Jessica Dale Longsdorff prepared this oration, entitled “Shall Women Enter the Law ," for the commencement ceremonies held June 18, 1891. Longsdorff delivered her oration before commencement, on June 16, 1891. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Location: Orations-1891-L857s
Subject: Education, Legal Affairs, Social Reform and Advocacy
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: "Shall Women Enter the Law," by Jessica D. Longsdorff
June 18, 1891
Frank Moore prepared this oration, entitled “Co-Education in American Colleges ," for the commencement ceremonies held June 18, 1891. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Location: Orations-1891-M821c
Subject: Education, Social Reform and Advocacy
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: "Co-Education in American Colleges," by Frank Moore
June 18, 1891
Elizabeth A. Low prepared this oration, entitled “The Development of Science from Superstition," for the commencement ceremonies held June 18, 1891. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Location: Orations-1891-L912d
Subject: Education, Science and Technology
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: "The Development of Science from Superstition," by Elizabeth A. Low
June 18, 1891
C. W. Prettyman prepared this oration, entitled “Collegiate Education," for the commencement ceremonies held June 18, 1891. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Location: Orations-1891-P942c
Subject: Education
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: "Collegiate Education," by C. W. Prettyman