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March 4-10, 1984
The 1984 Annual Black Arts Festival is presented by Dickinson College's Congress of African Students. The program for this festival highlights its theme, "Reflections on a Culture,” as the schedule includes numerous lectures and performance from prominent members of the African-American community, including United States Senator Julian Bond.
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Location: RG 8/93, B1, F5
Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Social Reform and Advocacy, Visual and Performing Arts
Time Period: 1980-1999
View Item: "Reflections on a Culture": Black Arts Festival 1984
March 28, 1984
The Women's Center Newsletter is produced by the Women's Center of Dickinson College.
Selected highlights from this issue include:
- "Greetings from the Women's Center"
- Schedule of upcoming activities.
- Information on pre-registration for classes.
- Updates on the progress of the Women's Center's "Book Corner."
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Location: RG 9/8, 2.5.3
Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Social Reform and Advocacy
Time Period: 1980-1999
View Item: Women's Center Newsletter (Mar. 1984)
Fall 1984
The Women's Center Executive Committee welcomes students back to campus and asks anyone interested in joining the Board of Directors for the Women's Center to attend a meeting.
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Location: RG 9/8 - 2.5.1
Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life
Time Period: 1980-1999
View Item: Women's Center Newsletter (Fall 1984)
Fall 1984
This flier announces upcoming events for the 100th Anniversary of Women at Dickinson, including lectures like "A History of Women at Dickinson," seminars like "American Understandings of College Reunions As Seen In Literature and Film," panel presentation such as " Title IX Legislation and the College Campus: What Lies Ahead?" and a presentation by Professor Ellen Rosenman entitled "Women's Work and Modern Art, or, What Do a California Housewife and a Bulgarian Avant-Garde Sculptor Have In Common?"
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Location: RG 9/8 - 2.5.2
Subject: Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Dickinson College Organizations, Education, Social Reform and Advocacy
Time Period: 1980-1999
View Item: 100th Anniversary of Women at Dickinson
November 9, 1984
In this letter to his Uncle Allen Tanner, Robert Tanner describes his genealogical research and reconnection with distant family members. Transcript included.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: MC 2013.3, B1, F82
Subject: Genealogy and Family History, Personal and Family Life
Time Period: 1980-1999
View Item: Letter from Robert Tanner to Allen Tanner
1985
This notebook details the process of scheduling and planning the 1985 Black Arts Festival, including information on budget allocations, questions for lecturers, and the formulation of an advertising campaign.
Format: Notes and Notebooks
Location: RG 8/93, B1, F6
Subject: Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Social Reform and Advocacy
Time Period: 1980-1999
View Item: Notebook for Black Arts Festival 1985
March 3-9, 1985
The 1985 Annual Black Arts Festival is presented by Dickinson College's Congress of African Students. The program for this festival highlights its theme, "A Cultural Celebration,” as the schedule includes numerous lectures and performance from prominent members of the African-American community and a musical production of Ain't Misbehavin'.
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Location: RG 8/93, B1, F5
Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Social Reform and Advocacy, Visual and Performing Arts
Time Period: 1980-1999
View Item: "A Cultural Celebration": Black Arts Festival 1985
March 8, 1985
A program for a the Tony Award winning musical Ain’t Misbehavin’, which is performed in Mathers Theatre as part of the 1985 Black Arts Festival.
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Location: RG 8/93, B1, F6
Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Visual and Performing Arts
Time Period: 1980-1999
View Item: Black Arts Festival: Ain't Misbehavin'
May 30, 1985
The Women's Center Executive Committee writes President Samuel A. Banks and reports on the activities of the Women's Center during the 1984-85 academic year. This report highlights the discussions on the role of Women's Studies in the liberal arts curriculum, collaboration with other on-campus groups, and the Women's Center's drive to present program to the campus, including Elisabeth Griffith lecture on her widely-acclaimed biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Format: Reports
Location: RG 9/8 - 2.1.1
Subject: Dickinson College History, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Social Reform and Advocacy
Time Period: 1980-1999
View Item: Report on Activities of the Women’s Center, 1984-85
September 6, 1985
The Women's Center Newsletter is produced by the Women's Center of Dickinson College, this short issue welcomes new students, calls for student feminists for a feminist support group on campus, and informs the student body to watch for new bulletins.
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Location: RG 9/8 - 2.5.4
Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Social Reform and Advocacy
Time Period: 1980-1999
View Item: Women's Center Newsletter (Sep. 1985)
October 30, 1985
The Hillel Newsletter is produced by the Hillel Council of Dickinson College:
Selected highlights from this issue include:
- Updates on a summer study abroad opportunity in "Study in Israel."
- Shabbat dinner with Rabbi Leah Wald (Class of 1981) conducting services.
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Location: RG 9/9, Series 5
Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Religion and Spirituality
Time Period: 1980-1999
View Item: Hillel Newsletter (Oct. 1985)
1986
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1986-1987 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: 1980-1999
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1986
Coach Wilbur J. Gobrecht's history of basketball at Dickinson between 1899 and 1985. Gobrecht is a member of the Class of 1952.
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Location: DC 1952 G575ba
Subject: Dickinson College History, Sport and Recreation
Time Period: 1980-1999
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March 3-March 9, 1986
This brochure outlines the schedule for the Dickinson College's Congress of African Students' 18th Black Arts Festival. Events include lectures and workshops by three artists, a jazz ensemble, a disc jockey show, and a “program of gospel music.”
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Location: RG 8/93, B1, F6
Subject: Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Social Reform and Advocacy, Visual and Performing Arts
Time Period: 1980-1999
View Item: Black Arts Festival 1986
March 3- April 10, 1986
The 18th Annual Black Artists Festival program highlights the three artists - Willie Birch, Vincent Smith, and Gilberto Wilson - whose work is on display in the Emil R. Weiss Center of the Arts as part of the “Black Artists Living in the Mid-Atlantic States” exhibition. These artists' are selected because of their themes and motivation towards raising “sensitivity” within their community. This program includes a short biography, personal statement, and paintings for each artist.
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Location: RG 8/93, B1, F6
Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Social Reform and Advocacy, Visual and Performing Arts
Time Period: 1980-1999
View Item: "Black Artists Living in the Mid-Atlantic States": Black Arts Festival 1986
1987
Coach Wilber J. Gobrecht's history of football at Dickinson College from 1970 to 1986.
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Location: DC 1952 G575f2
Subject: Dickinson College History, Sport and Recreation
Time Period: 1980-1999
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March 5-March 8, 1987
This brochure outlines the schedule for the Dickinson College's Congress of African Students' 19th Black Arts Festival. Events include a comedy show, a film festival, a production of the musical One Mo’ Time, and a Catholic mass.
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Location: RG 8/93, B1, F6
Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Social Reform and Advocacy, Visual and Performing Arts
Time Period: 1980-1999
View Item: Black Arts Festival 1987
March 17, 1987
The cover of a keepsake book produced for "Form and Content: The Art of the Book in the Pioneer Valley," an exhibition at the Northampton Center for the Arts including works by Weiss Prize recipient Leonard Baskin.
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Location: I-Friends-1987-1
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Time Period: 1980-1999
View Item: Cover of “Form and Content: The Art of the Book in Pioneer Valley”
Undated
In this draft essay, Allen Tanner describes Pavel Tchelitchew's artistic style, comparing his style with neo-romanticism and surrealism. Transcript included.
Format: Essays and Dissertations
Location: MC 2013.3, B4, F44
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Time Period:
Undated
In this draft, Allen Tanner describes in great detail his relationship with his partner of 12 years, Russian artist Pavel Tchelitchew. Tanner also discusses Tchelitchew's relationship with English poet Edith Sitwell. Transcript included.
Format: Essays and Dissertations
Location: MC 2013.3, B4, F48
Subject: LGBT History, Personal and Family Life
Time Period:
View Item: Life with Tchelitchew by Allen Tanner
Undated
In this draft Allen Tanner describes his trip to Algeria with Pavel Tchelitchew in 1927. Transcript included.
Format: Essays and Dissertations
Location: MC 2013.3, B4, F46
Subject: Travel and Tourism
Time Period:
View Item: Trip to Algeria in 1927 by Allen Tanner
Undated
In this draft Allen Tanner describes his trip to Tunisia with Pavel Tchelitchew in 1926. Transcript included.
Format: Essays and Dissertations
Location: MC 2013.3, B4, F45
Subject: Travel and Tourism
Time Period:
View Item: Trip to Tunisia in 1926 by Allen Tanner
Undated
In this brief essay draft, Allen Tanner describes the ballet "Ode," which Pavel Tchelitchew designed the sets for. Transcript included.
Format: Essays and Dissertations
Location: MC 2013.3, B4, F44
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Time Period:
View Item: "Les Ballet Russes-'Ode'" by Allen Tanner
Undated
With this letter to his mother, Robert Tanner includes a photocopy of a newspaper article about his Uncle Allen Tanner's musical accomplishments. Transcript included.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: MC 2013.3, B1, F82
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Visual and Performing Arts
Time Period:
View Item: Letter from Robert Tanner to Mother
Undated
In this draft essay, Allen Tanner writes about the women with whom Pavel Tchelitchew associated, including Hadley Hemingway, Russian ballerina Catherine Devilliers, and artist Stella Bowen. Transcript included.
Format: Essays and Dissertations
Location: MC 2013.3, B4, F43
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Visual and Performing Arts
Time Period:
View Item: "Women in Tschelitcheff’s Life: Reverences, Infatuations, Admirations," by Allen Tanner