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November 6, 1876
Naturalist and Smithsonian administrator Spencer Fullerton Baird writes to Professor Robert Bell of the Canadian Geological Survey. Baird is anxious to receive geological specimens from someone at the Survey. He also thanks Bell for his "intervention with the private exhibition" and answers a question about identifying a particular kind of fish.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Friends-1987-3
Subject: Education, Science and Technology
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from Spencer Baird to Robert Bell
November 20, 1876
Naturalist and Smithsonian administrator Spencer Fullerton Baird writes to Professor Robert Bell of the Canadian Geological Survey. Baird is grateful to have received Professor Selwyer's stratigraphical series of American rocks, but he is disappointed at not being able to obtain other collections he was interested in.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Friends-1987-3
Subject: Education, Science and Technology
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from Spencer Baird to Robert Bell
1877
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1876-1877 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 Administration, Dickinson College Alumni Affairs, Education
Time Period: 1860-1879
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1877
Engraving based on a daguerreotype of James Buchanan by New York's H. B. Hall & Sons.
Format: Engravings and Illustrations
Location: I-AsbellY-2002-36
Subject: Politics and Government
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Engraving of James Buchanan
1877
Engraving by G. Stodart from the Dr. Joseph Priestley statue by J. F. Williamson, from The Art Journal (New York: D. Appleton & Co.), 3: 57.
Format: Engravings and Illustrations
Location: I-BassertD-2004-1
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Engraving of Joseph Priestley Statue
May 12, 1877
Naturalist and Smithsonian administrator Spencer Fullerton Baird writes to Professor Robert Bell of the Geological Survey of Canada, regarding a paper Bell ordered that was lost in the mail. Baird writes that he will send another and adds: "Any other Smithsonian publications you desire, you shall have, if we have them to spare."
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Friends-1987-4
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Science and Technology
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from Spencer Baird to Robert Bell
May 21, 1877
Naturalist and Smithsonian administrator Spencer Fullerton Baird writes to Professor Robert Bell of the Geological Survey of Canada, regarding books that were lost in the mail.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Friends-1987-4
Subject: Science and Technology
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from Spencer Baird to Robert Bell
October 26, 1877
Amy A. Carothers writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew regarding the delayed admittance of some of Carothers' students to the Hampton Normal School. Carothers also requests financial support from Agnew to pay for the students' fees. Transcript included.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: CIS-MC-001, B1, F2
Subject: Education, Native Americans
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from Amy A. Carothers to Cornelius R. Agnew
January 7, 1878
Charles F. Deems thanks Mrs. Lausing Thurber for her "kind note" and asks for her attention "to Frank Leslie Sunday Magazine." Deems, a member of the Class of 1839, explains how he is "now editing" that publication. Transcript included.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-AsbellY-2005-4
Subject: Business and Industry, Literary Pursuits
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from Charles Deems to Mrs. Lausing Thurber
April 9, 1878
Spencer F. Baird writes to Horatio R. Storer about collecting specimens of fish. Baird describes how to outfit a boat with trawls, dredges, and nets to collect fish for study. He thanks him for his help and explains that "although by the kind assistance of our Samuel Powel, we have most of the Newport fishes" they do not have specimens of all of them. Baird also writes about the work that Storer's father [David H. Storer] and assures him "I have always had the kindest feelings towards your father, & fully recognize the eminent & extraordinary service rendered by him to the science of ichthyology."
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-SpahrB-1966-10
Subject: Science and Technology
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from Spencer Baird to Horatio Storer
May 11, 1878
Commanding General of the United States Army William Tecumseh Sherman writes Horatio Collins King to discuss the military's political tensions with Congress that exist despite the fact that US Army "Regulars... are surrounded by Indians and dangers of the most unpleasant kind." Sherman, who describes a "war of Congress against our Army," warns King about pending legislation that could "strip our profession of all claim to respect." Transcript included.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-SpahrB-1965-22
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Native Americans, Politics and Government
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from William Sherman to Horatio Collins King
May 24, 1878
Raphael Benham prepared this oration, entitled "Dante," for the Union Philosophical Society's Sophomore Contest held May 24, 1878. Transcript included.
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Location: OrationsX-1878-B466d
Subject: Literary Pursuits
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: "Dante," by Raphael Benham
June 13, 1878
This broadside announces that Professor Charles F. Himes will deliver a lecture on "The Telephone" in Carlisle on June 13, 1878.
Format: Broadsides and Posters
Location: OC 2000.1, F5
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Science and Technology
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Broadside of "Lecture on the Telephone"
June 20, 1878
The Carlisle Herald describes Dickinson College Professor Charles F. Himes' lecture on the telephone, held the previous week on June 13, 1878, in this report.
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Location: MC 2000.1, B22, F4
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Events, Education, Science and Technology
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Carlisle Herald, "Telephonic Entertainment"
June 27, 1878
James Henry Morgan receives his Bachelor of Arts Diploma from Dickinson College on June 27, 1878.
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Bachelor of Arts Diploma - James Morgan
June 27, 1878
William M. Beetem Glanding receives his Bachelor of Arts from Dickinson College on June 27, 1878.
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Bachelor of Arts Diploma - William Glanding
June 27, 1878
John Henderson Ahl (Class of 1875) receives his Master of Arts Diploma from Dickinson College on June 27, 1878.
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Master of Arts Diploma - John Ahl
August 3, 1878
Spencer F. Baird asks Brantz Mayer to consider "turning over" his collections to the Smithsonian Institution. Baird, who is particularly interested in the "Mexican Collection," promises Mayer that the items would be on exhibit in "the finest class of walnut case, with plate glass."
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-SpahrB-1963-3
Subject: Education, Science and Technology
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from Spencer Baird to Brantz Mayer
1879
Publisher: Harrisburg: Lane's Hart
In this first comprehensive history of the school, Charles F. Himes details the first century of Dickinson College, giving the science program particular attention. Himes, a member of the Class of 1855, works as a science Professor at Dickinson from 1865 to 1896.
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Location: DC 378.748 DEH
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College History, Education
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: "A Sketch of Dickinson College," by Charles F. Himes
1879
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1878-1879 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
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1879
The Extracts from the Laws and Regulations of Dickinson College lists important information and guidelines regarding admissions, instruction, student behavior, the academic calendar, commencement, religious duties, student bills, literary societies, and student records.
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Location: RG 1/2 10.1.13
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Extracts from the Laws and Regulations of Dickinson College, 1879
February 18, 1879
This broadside announces that Professor Charles F. Himes will deliver a lecture on Thomas Edison's phonograph and the "speaking telephone" at Rheem's Hall in Carlisle on February 18, 1879.
Format: Broadsides and Posters
Location: OC 2000.1, F5
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Science and Technology
Time Period: 1860-1879
June 23, 1879
Civil engineer Montgomery C. Meigs writes to Smithsonian Secretary Spencer Fullterton Baird, regarding building plans with offices for science professors, laboratories, a library, and a museum.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Original-1879-1
Subject: Education, Science and Technology
Time Period: 1860-1879
August 13, 1879
Edwin Austin Abbey writes to George Henry Boughton apologizing for not having said goodbye before leaving. Abbey further seeks forgiveness for having disliked Moncure Conway prior to formally meeting him with Boughton. Abbey describes the time he has spent traveling with Conway and reflects on his character. In addition, Abbey mentions that Conway has left for St. Malo. Abbey also notes that Conway has preemptively laid claim to write an article on an unnamed Whistler for Harper's Magazine. Transcript included.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Purchase-1954-2
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from Edwin Abbey to George Boughton
October 1879
An anonymous author writes this obituary for Marcus J. Parrott soon after his death in Dayton, Ohio on October 4, 1879. "Mr. Parrott," as the author observes, "was known all over Kansas as one of the most eloquent men in the state and when announced to speak at any point tremendous crowds gathered to hear him and were charmed by his reason and the force of his logic." Parrot, a member of the Class of 1849, represented Kansas Territory in Congress and "came within one vote of being elected Senator of Kansas [but] lost the election by treachery." Transcript included.
Format: Miscellaneous
Location: I-Friends-2004-3
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: "Death of Hon. M. J. Parrott," by Anonymous