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Fall 1964

The Daily Senator newsletter 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 - 7.1.15

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

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: The Daily Senator (Fall 1964)

1964-1965

A Pocketful of Rules is produced by the Women’s Inter-Dormitory Council of Dickinson College. The guidebook contains a general summary of dormitory and campus procedures for female students. It includes guidelines and laws for the women’s dormitory government, honor code rules, and general information.

Format: Books and Pamphlets

Location: RG 8/103, B1, F10

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

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: A Pocketful of Rules, 1964-65

circa 1965

Poet Marianne Moore writes to editor John Hunt to "hazard a specimen or two;" she includes a variety of poetic fragments.

Format: Letters/Correspondence, Poetry and Lyrics

Location: I-AsbellY-2002-73

Subject: Literary Pursuits

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: Letter from Marianne Moore to John Hunt

circa 1965

Poet Marianne Moore writes to an unspecified "kind, kind Don." Moore thanks Don for "taking [his] time to help [her], and send for a taxi;" she is also grateful for his gift of "The Adoration of the Magi, the one true message for the days." Finally, Moore hopes that Christmas will help "lift [Don's] burdens."

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Location: I-AsbellY-2002-34

Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: Postcard from Marianne Moore to “Don”

1965-1966

A Pocketful of Rules is produced by the Women’s Inter-Dormitory Council of Dickinson College. The guidebook contains a general summary of dormitory and campus procedures for female students. It includes guidelines and laws for the women’s dormitory government, honor code rules, and general information.

Format: Books and Pamphlets

Location: RG 2/103, B1, F11

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

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: A Pocketful of Rules, 1965-66

Spring 1965

The Daily Senator newsletter 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 - 7.1.16

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

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: The Daily Senator (Spring 1965)

June 6, 1965

This copy of the printed program for the commencement exercises held on June 6, 1965 shows the order of exercises and lists the members of the graduating class from the college.

Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera

Location: Dickinsoniana Programs

Subject: Dickinson College Events

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: 1965 Commencement Program

Fall 1965

The Daily Senator newsletter 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 - 7.1.17

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

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: The Daily Senator (Fall 1965)

1966-1967

A Pocketful of Rules is produced by the Women’s Inter-Dormitory Council of Dickinson College. The guidebook contains a general summary of dormitory and campus procedures for female students. It includes guidelines and laws for the women’s dormitory government, honor code rules, and general information.

Format: Books and Pamphlets

Location: RG 8/103, B1, F12

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

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: A Pocketful of Rules, 1966-67

Fall 1966

The Daily Senator, which becomes The Senator during this semester, 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 - 7.2.1

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

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: The Senator (Fall 1966)

October 1966

The Dickinson College catalog for the 1966-1967 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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1967

Allen Tanner writes a brief autobiography for the liner notes of his 1967 album Allen Tanner Plays Bach, Debussy, Scriabin, Granados, Rachmaninoff, Liszt, and Steinert.

Format: Essays and Dissertations

Location: MC 2013.13 B4, F39

Subject: Visual and Performing Arts

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: "About the Pianist" by Allen Tanner

1967

This postcard is an advertisement for Allen Tanner's 1967 album Allen Tanner Plays Bach, Debussy, Scriabin, Granados, Rachmaninoff, Steinert.

Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera

Location: MC 2013.3, B4, F56

Subject: Visual and Performing Arts

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: Postcard advertisement for Allen Tanner Plays Bach, Debussy, Scriabin, Granados, Rachmaninoff, Steinert

1967-1968

A Pocketful of Rules is produced by the Women’s Inter-Dormitory Council of Dickinson College. The guidebook contains a general summary of dormitory and campus procedures for female students. It includes guidelines and laws for the women’s dormitory government, honor code rules, and general information.

Format: Books and Pamphlets

Location: RG 8/103, B1, F13

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

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: A Pocketful of Rules, 1967-68

May 16, 1968

This is a carbon copy of a letter from Roy Wilkins to Democratic National Committee Chairman Ray C. Bliss, in which Wilkins implores the Party to ensure integrated delegations. Wilkins writes to Chairman John M. Bailey on the same subject (posted here).

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Location: I-Friends-1986-11

Subject: Politics and Government

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: Letter from Roy Wilkins to Ray Bliss

May 16, 1968

Roy Wilkins writes to John M. Bailey, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, asking how the Convention intends to implement the 1964 commitment to fully representative delegations. Wilkins includes a copy of a letter to Chairman Ray Bliss on the same subject (posted here).

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Location: I-Friends-1986-11

Subject: Politics and Government

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: Letter from Roy Wilkins to John Bailey

Summer 1968

A program for Project Africa, an organization that provides vital experience living and working with African counterparts in an African nation. Founded by Judy Rogers '65, this program promotes various activities associated with the program, such as discussions concerning the dynamics of continental Africa with students from Africa.

Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera

Location: RG 5/2 7.6.2

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

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: Project Africa

October 1968

The Dickinson College catalog for the 1968-1969 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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April 24, 1969

Typescript of "Moncure Conway and German Philosophy," a speech given by Loyd D. Easton of Ohio Wesleyan University for the Boyd Lee Spahr Lecture at Dickinson College on April 24, 1969.

Format: Speeches and Sermons

Location: I-Original-1969-1

Subject: Religion and Spirituality, Social Reform and Advocacy

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: "Moncure Conway and German Philosophy," by Loyd D. Easton

Fall 1969

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 - 7.2.2

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

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: The Senator (Fall 1969)

October 1969

The Dickinson College catalog for the 1969-1970 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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1970

Publisher: York, PA: York Composition Company, Inc.

Volume 4 of the Boyd Lee Spahr Lectures in Americana series includes essays from scholars that focus on various aspects of Dickinson College's history.

Table of Contents:

-- "Liberal Education: What Is It?" by Saul Sack
-- "The Free, or Not So Free, Air of Pennsylvania" by Irving Brant
-- "Benjamin Rush, America's Philosopher of Revolutionary Education" by Donald J. D'Elia
-- "We Have Aimed Honestly at Doing Good: Trusteeship at Dickinson, 1783-1816" by James A. Bonar
-- "Johnny Reb and Billy Yank" by Bell Irvin Wiley
-- "Captain Conrad's Spy Nest" by John Bakeless
-- "The Loyal Opposition in Civil War Philadelphia" by Nicholas B. Wainwright
-- "Moncure Conway and German Philosophy" by Loyd D. Eaton
-- "Moncure Conway's Journey Back to Earthy" by Warren Sylvester Smith

Format: Books and Pamphlets

Location: SC 378.748 D553b

Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College History, Education, Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government

Time Period: 1960-1979

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c.1970

Mabel Abbott provides an overview of Joseph Priestley and his house in central Pennsylvania in "The Story of Joseph Priestley House" by Mabel Abbott.

Format: Essays and Dissertations

Location: I-ShentonJ-1970-1

Subject: Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality, Science and Technology

Time Period: 1960-1979

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Fall 1970

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 - 7.2.3

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

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: The Senator (Fall 1970)

September 1970

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

Selected highlights from this issue include:

  • The recently renovated Durbin Oratory in Old West will be ready for full operations soon.
  • Students and faculty attend annual Passover Seder.
  • Jewish Christian Dialogue Weekend’s guest speaker Rabbi Solomon S. Bernards “exchanged views” with Professor Daniel Bechtel.
  • Dickinson College’s Religion department hires Ned Rosenbaum as a Hebrew scholar.

Format: Newspapers and Magazines

Location: RG 9/9, Series 5

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

Time Period: 1960-1979

View Item: Kol Hillel (Sep. 1970)