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Archives and Special Collections: Personal Papers
Impressive collections of personal and organizational papers can be found in the Special Collections, demonstrating the institution's interest in providing Dickinson students, faculty members, and other researchers access to important primary resource materials. These collections of papers focus largely on personalities and organizations associated with the college. The papers of nationally and internationally prominent individuals like James Buchanan, Joseph Priestley, and Roger Brooke Taney sit among the papers of local figures such as Charles Francis Himes, James Henry Morgan, and Leon Cushing Prince. Also of local interest are several collections of Carlisle religious institutions and Dickinson social clubs.
For the convenience of our researchers, we have compiled and indexed online registers for some of the manuscript collections housed in the Special Collections. The index of online registers is arranged alphabetically; collections are usually named for the person or organization of whose documents and materials the collection is comprised. To search the index, click on the corresponding letter of the subject for which you are searching. To contact us: Archives and Special Collections staff.
Click here to view our Primary Source Citation Guide for materials from Dickinson's Archives and Special Collections.
A / B / C / D / E / F / G / H / I / J / K / L / M / N / O / P / Q / R / S / T / U / V / W / X / Y / Z
A
Albertson, Josiah - family papers, 1805-1855.
Allen Brooks, Hazelle Myra - diaries, 1928-1970.
Appleton, Nathan - scrapbook, 1867-1898.
Armstrong, John - business papers, 1755-1783.
Ayer, Dr. Joseph Cullen - family papers, 1836-1918.
B
Baird, Spencer Fullerton - papers, 1868-1873.
Bancroft, Robert Hale - scrapbook 1864-1901.
Beetem, Charles Gilbert - papers, 1846-1968.
Bell, Ricardo Maria - family papers, 1830-1856.
Besant, Dr. Annie (Wood) - papers, 1873-1974.
Black, John, Jr. - papers, 1855-1917.
Blair, Andrew - family papers, 1803-1861.
Blodget, Arba - family papers, 1859-1919.
Blum, Scott - papers, 1977-1981.
Bogojavlensky, Marianna - papers, 1967-1984.
Bond, Thomas Emerson - family papers, 1778-1865.
Bowdle, Daniel - family papers, 1762-1932.
Bowman, George W. - family papers, 1854-1932.
Bridges, Robert - papers, 1865-1930.
Brooks, Hazelle Myra Allen - diaries, 1928-1970.
Buchanan, James - papers, 1808-1991.
Burd, Edward Shippen - family papers, 1792-1870.
C
Carlisle (Pa.), First Presbyterian Church - records, 1734-1983.
Carlisle (Pa.) Herald - scrapbook, 1857-1861.
Carlisle (Pa.) Indian School - papers, 1876-2007.
Carlisle (Pa.) Metzger Institute - records, 1881-1912.
Carlisle (Pa.), St. John's Episcopal Church - records, 1760-present.
Carlisle (Pa.), Second Presbyterian Church - records, 1833-1977.
Chamberlain, Marcia - papers and photographs, 1931-1955.
Chapman, John - papers, 1833-1854.
Clarke, Elizabeth H. - dance cards, 1915-1932
Clemens, Joseph - diaries, 1892-1921.
Collins, Charles - family papers, 1831-1890.
Conway, Moncure D. - family papers, 1729-1955.
Creigh, Thomas - papers, 1824-1872.
Creswell, John A. J. - papers, 1818-1889.
Crowding, Walter L. - papers, 1921-1975.
Cuddy, John T. - papers, 1861-1864.
Curtin, Andrew Gregg - photograph albums and photographs, c1870.
D
Dashiell, Robert Laurenson - papers, 1843-1846.
Demaree, Albert Lowther - papers, 1896-1977.
Dick, Thomas William - papers, 1861-1864.
Dickinson, John - papers, 1762-1807.
Diven Daihl, Velva - papers, 1912-2009.
Dum family - papers, 1906-1968.
Dum, George - business and estate papers, 1906-1955.
E
Emory, Robert - papers, 1836-47.
Episcopal Church, St. John's (Carlisle, PA) - records, 1760-present.
F
Fergusson, Elizabeth Graeme - commonplace book, 1770-1787
First Presbyterian Church (Carlisle, PA) - records, 1734-1983.
Fisher, Thomas - family papers, 1776-1857.
Fisher, William Righter - family papers, 1874-1959.
Frey, J. William - photograph album, 1937-1938.
G
Gale, Wakefield - family papers, 1816-1860.
Gilbert, Zenanah - diaries, 1805-1898.
Grier, Isaac - papers, 1796-1813.
Griffith, Thomas Miller - papers, 1834-1898
Gurney, Francis - papers, 1773-1812.
H
Hamilton, Thomas - papers, 1789-1830.
Hanley, Eleanor T. Waugh - papers, 1926-1934
Hardesty, Ethelyn Merriken - papers and scrapbook, 1899-c1905.
Hargis, James Hepburn - papers, 1861-1874.
Harnish, Walter E. - diaries and ledgers, 1911-1920.
Hartigan, John D. - papers and photographs, 1926, 1948-1949.
Hays, John, II - family papers, 1748-1963.
Himes, Charles Francis - family papers, 1797-1934.
Hood, John B. - papers, 1859-1864.
I
Irvine, William - family papers, 1785-1811.
International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations - records, 1968-present.
J
Johnson, Herman Merrills - papers, 1852-1868.
Johnson, Herman Merrills - scrapbook, c1860-c1890.
K
Kassovic, Julius S. - folkore archive, 1979-1984
Kellogg, Charles Flint - papers, 1946-1977
King, Horatio Collins - papers, 1854-1933.
L
Learned, Marion Dexter - papers, 1897-1916.
Lincoln, George Burt - family papers, 1802-1890.
Low, Elizabeth Anna - artifacts and photographic plates, c1890-1895.
Lyon, George Armstrong - papers, 1784-1855.
M
Masland, Frank E. Jr - papers, 1915-1993.
McClintock, J. Emory - family papers, 1853-1918.
Miller, Edgar - scrapbook and artifact collection, c1955-1984.
Minker, Ralph L., Jr. - papers (copies), 1943-1998.
Modder, Montagu Frank - papers, c1930-1958.
Mohler, Fred Loomis - papers, 1917-1966.
Moore, Marianne Craig - papers, 1913-1983.
Morgan, Julia - correspondence and photographs, 1869-1934.
Mosher, Jacob Simmons and Samuel L. Southard papers, 1809-1956
Motter, Thomas Hubbard Vail - papers, c1915-1970.
Muhlenberg, Hiester Henry - papers, 1828-1840.
Munce, T. Edward Jr. - papers, 1785-1980 (bulk 1935-1959)
N
Nisbet, Charles - family papers, 1769-1865.
Norcross, George - papers, 1870-1904.
O
P
Potter, Henry Cardwell - family papers, 1858-1943.
Poulson, Charles Augustus, Sr.- family papers, 1809-1918, bulk 1824-1867.
Presbyterian Church, First (Carlisle, PA) - records, 1734-1983.
Presbyterian Church, Second (Carlisle, PA) - records, 1833-1977.
Price, Eli Kirk - family papers, 1797-1937.
Priestley, Joseph - family papers, 1717-1964.
Priestley, Joseph - miscellaneous papers, 1833-1994.
Prince, Leon Cushing - papers, 1790-1937.
Proeschel, Julius N. - family papers, 1865-1926.
Q
R
Rawle, William - family papers, 1786-1896.
Read, John Meredith - papers, 1818-1870.
Reed, George Edward II - war journals, 1941-1945.
Reed, William Charles Ford - papers and books, 1832-1861.
Rich, Robert Fleming - papers, 1932-1951.
Riley, Mary Lamb - family papers, 1862-1991.
Rowe, Sarah L. - papers and books, 1953-1992.
S
St. John's Episcopal Church (Carlisle, PA) - records, 1760-present.
Second Presbyterian Church (Carlisle, PA) - records, 1833-1977.
Sellers, Charles Coleman - papers, c1940-1980.
Sharp, Alexander - papers, 1874-1880.
Sharp, William Howard - papers, 1906-1961.
Slifer, Eli - papers, 1849-1871.
Smith, Spencer Bauman - papers, 1927-1934.
Southard, Samuel L. and Jacob Simmons Mosher papers, 1809-1956.
Steese, James Gordon - family papers, 1882-1958.
Stine, Wilbur Morris - papers, 1889-1913.
Straw, Zatae Longsdorff - papers, 1874-1952.
Streams, James Alexander - papers, 1862-1908.
T
Taney, Roger Brooke - legal papers, 1770-1834.
Thomas, Craig Robert - papers and photographs, 1951-1956.
Thomas, Craig Robert - papers and photographs, 1952-1957.
Three Mile Island - Charles papers, 1978-1989.
Three Mile Island - Hess papers, 1978-1990.
Three Mile Island - Lee papers, 1972-1988.
Three Mile Island - Malmsheimer interviews, 1979.
Three Mile Island - Murdoch papers, 1978-1986.
Three Mile Island - Public Interest Resource Center (PIRC) papers, 1978-1993.
Three Mile Island - Swift papers, 1979-c1990
Three Mile Island - Three Mile Island Alert (TMIA) papers, 1965-2002.
Three Mile Island - Udall papers, 1976-1985.
Trout, Ruth - family papers, 1860-2003.
Tudor, William Van Bergen - papers, 1880-1938.
U
United Ministries in Higher Education (Pennsylvania Commmission) - records, 1947-1998.
V
Vanderbilt, Cornelius - family papers, 1766-1897.
W
Walker, Paul R. - papers, 1914-1985.
Ward, Ferdinand De Wilton - family papers, 1837-1890.
Wayne, Anthony - notebooks, 1762-1817.
Wayne, Isaac - papers, 1797-1841.
Wentzel, Emma Catherine - correspondence, 1924-1934.
Wood, John Perry - family scrapbooks, 1880-1925.
X
Y
Young, William - papers, 1786-1801.