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June 18, 1891
Thomas Miller Griffith (Class of 1858) receives this Honorary Doctor of Divinity Diploma from Dickinson College on June 18, 1891.
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Location: OC 2005.4, F1
Subject: Education
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Honorary Doctor of Divinity Diploma - Thomas Griffith
November 21, [1891?]
Alfred Sinnett responds to Mrs. Esther Windust's question regarding a portrait of Madame Blavatsky. While he does "not possess any portraits of Madame Blavatsky taken during her youth," Sinnett suggests that Annie Besant, Bertram Keightley, and Mrs. Cooper-Oakley are "the people most likely to have such a portrait."
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Friends-1973-8
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Visual and Performing Arts
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Alfred Sinnett to Esther Windust
1892
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1891-1892 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:
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May 10, 1892
Harriet Beecher Stowe writes Essie King and thanks her for sending her pictures of King's daughter. "God bless them and you and your husband," as Stowe notes.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: MC 1999.9, B1, F4
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Time Period: 1880-1899
May 13, 1892
Charles Force Deems , writes Mr. Miller to discuss Miller's lecture, "Love, Courtship, and Marriage" as well as Deem's lecture, "Before Marriage and After." Deems, a member of the Class of 1839, also notes that "the book has arrived" and has "been written in."
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Purchase-1954-18
Subject: Literary Pursuits
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Charles Deems to Mr. Miller
August 6, 1892
Annie Besant reassures Clara Bayliss that one does not have to leave their Church when they join the Theosophical Society. However, Besant also explains that “as the Theosophical teachings flow into the life and thought, they tend to widen the thought, and gradually lead the student to see that many esoteric dogmas are travesties of truth.”
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Friends-2001-4
Subject: Religion and Spirituality
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Annie Besant to Clara Bayliss
1893
Professor Charles F. Himes' photograph album from 1893.
Format: Photographs
Location: MC 2000.1, B26, F2
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Charles F. Himes Photograph Album (1893)
January 24, 1893
Harriet Beecher Stowe discusses her feelings about life in her old age, stating "I tell you that life to me now is but an afterglow. My sun has set. The time of work for me is over. I have written all my words, and thought all my thoughts." She also reminisces about her deceased brother, and lists the number of bible verse representative of his character.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: MC 1999.9, B1, F4
Subject: Health and Medicine, Personal and Family Life
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe to Unknown Recipient
June 14, 1893
Montgomery P. Sellers prepared this oration, entitled “The Scarlet Letter," for the commencement ceremonies held June 14, 1893. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Location: Orations-1893-S467s
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict
Time Period: 1880-1899
June 14, 1893
Robert Emmet MacAlarney prepared this oration, entitled “The Rise of the Modern Short Story," for the commencement ceremonies held June 14, 1893. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Location: Orations-1893-M114r
Subject: Literary Pursuits
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: "The Rise of the Modern Short Story," by Robert E. MacAlarney
June 14, 1893
Mary Ann Humrich prepared this oration, entitled “The Achievements of Our Age," for the commencement ceremonies held June 14, 1893. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Location: Orations-1893-H929a
Subject: Science and Technology
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: "The Achievements of Our Age," by Mary A. Humrich
June 14, 1893
Francis Baker Harvey prepared this oration, entitled “Student Conventions at Northfield," for the commencement ceremonies held June 14, 1893. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Location: Orations-1893-H341s
Subject: Education, Religion and Spirituality
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: "Students Convention at Northfield," by Francis B. Harvey
June 14, 1893
Thomas H. Evans prepared this oration, entitled “The Bering Sea Controversy," for the commencement ceremonies held June 14, 1893. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Location: Orations-1893-E92b
Subject: International Affairs, Politics and Government
Time Period: 1880-1899
June 14, 1893
Clarence Balentine prepared this oration, entitled “The World's Fair," for the commencement ceremonies held June 14, 1893. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Location: Orations-1893-B183w
Subject: Education, Social Reform and Advocacy
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: "The World’s Fair," by Clarence Balentine
June 14, 1893
Chester N. Ames prepared this oration, entitled “United Germany ," for the commencement ceremonies held June 14, 1893. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Location: Orations-1893-A513u
Subject: Education, International Affairs
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: "United Germany," by Chester N. Ames
June 6, 1894
Laura May Horn receives her Bachelor of Arts Diploma from Dickinson College on June 6, 1894.
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Bachelor of Arts Diploma - Laura Horn
June 6, 1894
C. Grant Cleaver prepared this oration, entitled “Influence of the World's Fair," for the commencement ceremonies held June 6, 1894. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Location: Orations-1894-C623i
Subject: International Affairs, Travel and Tourism, Visual and Performing Arts
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: "Influence of the World’s Fair," by C. Grant Cleaver
June 6, 1894
Joseph Alexander Bennett prepared this oration, entitled “Co-education, a barrier," for the commencement ceremonies held June 6, 1894. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Location: Orations-1894-B471c
Subject: Education, Social Reform and Advocacy
Time Period: 1880-1899
June 8, 1894
Clarence Grant Cleaver receives his Bachelor of Philosophy Diploma from Dickinson College on June 8, 1894.
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Bachelor of Philosophy Diploma - Clarence Cleaver
November 10, 1894
Laura Windust writes to her sister, Esther Windust, about George Mead's departure to the Northern Federation. Laura also comments on the division and notes that only time will heal it.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Friends-1973-11
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Laura Windust to Esther Windust
1895
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1894-1895 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 1895
Charles Granville Biggs recounts the Quarto-Centennial reunion of the Class of 1870 after commencement in June 1895. "Although we graduated only sixteen members," Biggs notes that "thirteen were present on this auspicious occasion." Biggs explains their shared comradery and describes the events they attended.
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Location: I-Original-1895-2
Subject: Dickinson College Alumni Affairs, Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Education
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: "Twenty-Five Years After: Quarto-Centennial of the Class of '70," by Charles Biggs
June 5, 1895
Paul Peyton Appenzellar prepared this oration, entitled "Urban Growth at Expense of Rural," for the commencement ceremonies held June 5, 1895. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Location: Orations-1895-A646u
Subject: Science and Technology, Social Reform and Advocacy
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: "Urban Growth at Expense of Rural," by Paul P. Appenzellar
July 21, [1895?]
John Goucher thanks Dr. Huekel for sending a copy of Mental Medicine. Transcript included.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-BeachW-1978-2
Subject: Health and Medicine
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from John Goucher to Dr. Huekel
December 18, 1895
The Dickinson Quarterly, an anonymous satirical single-page broadside, discusses the students' rejection of an honor system favored by the professors. The students propose an Exemption system as an alternative solution. This post also includes a clipping from the November 1, 1895 edition of the Carlisle Sentinel that mentions the proposal for the honor system.
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Location: I-Original-1895-1
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Dickinson Quarterly (Vol. 1, No. 1)