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Learned collection, 1897-1916.

The collection consists of letters, manuscripts, and bills mostly for Marion Dexter Learned (1857-1917), Dickinson College class of 1880. The majority of the documents refer to German American culture, particularly in Pennsylvania. The collection also includes interesting documents pertaining to the early days of World War I. Some of the papers are in German, some in English, and a few in "Pennsylvania Dutch."

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George Burt Lincoln family papers, 1802-1890.

The collection consists of correspondence, genealogical materials, legal materials, printed and scrapbook materials relating to George Burt Lincoln. Correspondents include Abner Doubleday, Horace Greeley, Julia Ward Howe, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Of particular note is a letter from Julia Ward Howe discussing women's study clubs.

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Elizabeth Anna Low artificats and photographic plates, c1890-1895.

The Elizabeth Anna Low collection contains fine china, glass plate positive photographs and other items donated by Elizabeth Anna Low, class of 1891.

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George Armstrong Lyon collection, 1784-1855.

George Armstrong Lyon was a Carlisle lawyer, bank president, Presbyterian elder, and a trustee of Dickinson College. Church affairs are the central concern of these papers, which include accounts of Lyon's hostile view of the Rev. George Duffield's theology and of Lyon's part in the founding of the Second Presbyterian Church in Carlisle in 1832. The collection consists primarily of correspondence, notes, and other documents pertaining to the governmental and financial affairs of Carlisle's First and Second Presbyterian Churches. The collection also contains some items related to Lyon's position as a Dickinson College trustee, specifically in regard to his role in a conflict between College President Samuel Blanchard How, Rev. George Duffield, and Professor Alexander McFarlane. For more on the founding of the Second Presbyterian Church, see also the Andrew Blair collection and the First Presbyterian Church records. See the Charles Francis Himes collection for related Dickinson College materials.

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