Lycoming College - Williamsport Dickinson Seminary of Lycoming College

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The Williamsport Dickinson Seminary Collection traces the first eighty years of the school's extensive history. Documented here is the early struggle of the founding of the school, with more prosperous years ensuing as attendance increased and the facilities expanded. The significance of the Methodist Church in the establishment and the continual funding of the school is evidenced. Records exist from six of the eight presidents that helped mold the young school. Events, both social and official, are well represented. Music played a very important role, as is apparent from the many recital playbills in the collection. Also very significant in the life of the students were the many societies and organizations, especially three of the more prominent organizations, the Belles Lettres Union Society, the Gamma Epsilon Society and the Triparite Union Society. Catalogs listing both students and faculty provide further glimpses of life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Items not specifically related to Williamsport Dickinson Seminary, such as a newspaper announcing President Lincoln's assassination and magazines covering the coronation of King George V, were most likely collected by faculty or staff, and are included to enhance the portrayal of the time period.
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Class of 1864, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary
Alumni and alumnae
Oval portrait of female members of the Class of 1864. Girls are wearing white dresses and holding bouquets or wreaths of flowers. On back: 'Dickinson Seminary Graduating Class. Of 1864, Mary Levan Green, 3rd from Left to Right ; Mary Mussina Bryan, 4th from Left to Right.' Other class members' names written: 'Edith Boynton (Mrs. William Dill), Annie Cooper, William Hammond, Abbie Howes (Mrs. H. Gilmore), Annie E. Massey (Mrs. J. T. Massey), O. B. Melick, Frank Watson, Dora Woodin (Mr. T. T. Hanley).' This is a duplicate of 648WDS. Students are identified in that photo as: Left to Right: Anna Cooper, Abbie House (Mrs. Henry Gilmore), Mary LeVan (Mrs. J. Cole Green), Mary Mussina (Mrs. E. R. Bryan), Annie Massey (Mrs. Henley), Dora Woodin, Edith Boyton (Mrs. Wm. Dill), Frances Watson.
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Class of 1871, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary
Alumni and alumnae
Class members pose for a formal portrait. On back: 'Class of 1871. Dickinson Seminary -Standing : 1. W. A. Carver, 2. Edward E.A. Deavor, 3. Jackson L. Spangler, 4. Franklin P. Dietrick, 5. Alfred M. Mark[le], Seated: 6. Benjamin C. Conner, 7. Elizabeth S. Hahn, 8. Warren J. Buckalew, 9. Bertha E. Griggs. 1, 2 and 6 were ministers, 3, 5 and 8 were lawyers, 4 and 7 were in business, 9 was house keeper at home.' Benjamin Connor later served as the president of Williamsport Dickinson Seminary from 1912-1921.
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Class of 1887, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary
Alumni and alumnae, Graduation ceremonies
Outdoor portrait of the graduating class of 1887. Third row from left: S. L. Anderson, J. H. Morgart; far right end, Ed. T. Tietsworth; Back row, second from left, Henry Trevorton. Individuals identified using photo 41WDS. Although this is the same graduating class as photo 40WDS, more males are in this photo, and also some different women.
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Class of 1891, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary
Alumni and alumnae, Graduation ceremonies
Class of 1891. Names on front: '1. Franklin E. Hartman, 2. Melville K. Speakman, 3. J. M. Drum, 4. Carrie Wallis, 5. Eugene H. Baird, 6. Margarete Chilcoat, 7. Joseph H. Dawes, 8. Lauretta Ganoe, 9. Mary Reider, 10. T. Milton Osman, 11. Bertha Waltz, 12. Lewis J. McDowell, 13. Louise Koller, 14. Cora Ball, 15. George C. Yocum, 16. Ella Ohl, 17. Benjamin F. Saxon, 18. Blanche Hicks, 19. William H. Gould, 20. L. Wallis, 21. G. M. Hillman 22. Antoinette Cooper, 23. George W. Faus, 24. William T. Betts, 25. M. V. Rhoads, 26. James Allie Eichelberger, 27. Sarah (Sallie) A. Beyer, 28. Helen B. Heckman, 29. George H. Hill.'
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Class of 1893, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary
Alumni and alumnae, Graduation ceremonies
Portrait of the Class of 1893. Attached sheet with names and positions: 'Front row l-r: Ed Pyles, Ed Kress, Esther K. Gray, Minnie Hooper, C. W. Dempsey, Aimee Wakefield, Thomas McKenty, and Albert Sydow; Second row l-r: Ann Kress, _____, Harry McMorris, Anna Lincoln, W. E. Benscoter, M. Cloyd Burnley, Julia Riddle, Myrtle Gray, Minnie Menges; Third row l-r: Grace Correll, Lucy Burnley; Fourth row [L to R]: Anna Sensenbach, J. I. Winger, Alice Dann, ______, ______, _____,______, Winifred Alexander, Jack Minds, Walter Thomas. Back row l-r: Mary Howland, Harry Leonard, Elizabeth Minds, George Johnson.'
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Class of 1898, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary
Alumni and alumnae
Members of the class of 1898 pose outdoors.
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Class of 1902, Female Students, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary
Alumni and alumnae
Portrait of fourteen female students wearing frilly, white dresses, or billowy, white blouses with dark skirts. This is from the scrapbook donated by Besse Sturgis Gramley, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary Class of 1902. On back: 'Middle row, far left, Besse Sturgis Gramley.'
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Class of 1908, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary
Alumni and alumnae, Graduation ceremonies
Members of Williamsport Dickinson Seminary class of 1908 pose on the lawn in front of a dormitory. On front: 'W.D.S. 1908, Williamsport, PA, Turner' On back: 'Hartzell.' Miss Helen Hartzell graduated from W.D.S. in 1908. Dr. Eveland is in the front row, sixth from the left.
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Class of 1912, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary
Alumni and alumnae, Graduation ceremonies
Graduation photo of the Class of 1912 taken on the lawn outside of a campus building. Students are identified as: 1st row, l. to .: Alberta Newman Bailey, Josephine Gibson, Rev. Harold H. Clemans, Genevieve Wilgus, Florence M. A. Hilbish, Lenita Daub Achard, Mary Spanogle Bergey, Genevieve Watkins Stecker; 2nd row: Ruth McMurray Clarke, John C. Kerr, Ethel Minds Lorenz, Martha Sweet Heckerman, Rev. Royston S. Cuddy, Rev Ellis B. Davidson, Mary Glass Greenlees, John Davis Sawyer, Miriam Frances Whiteley, Alfred Evans Bruner, Zula Baker, Martha Spicer Critchfield, Robert Walton Ferrell; 3rd row: Frank H. McCloskey, Ruth Drinkwater Bader, Roland Gus Whiteley, Mildred Little von Sneidern, Rachel Hayes, J. Albert Anderson, Harry Francis Babcock, Harry W. Williamson, W. Elbridge Brown, Mamie Pearson, Elias Bloxom Baker, Randolph Foster Deavor. This appears to be a print of 407WDS.
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Class of 1917, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary
Alumni and alumnae, Graduation ceremonies
Portrait of the Class of 1917, standing on the steps leading to Old Main. 'Front row, l-r: Harry Kostenbauder, Ruth Rishel Smith, [Henry Randolph] Pat Flanagan, John Morgart; Second row: Art Kostenbauder, Miriam Luke Hagerman, Frederick W. Stine, W. William Reeder, Margaret B. Kirk, Ward B. Pearson, Bruna E. Sprole; Third row: Emily Kaufman, Lillian Bloom, Kathleen Cadle, Hilda M. Stopper; Fourth row: Marion E. Fleming, Myrtle Stroup, Elizabeth Hagerman, Ethel Ralston; Fifth row l-r: Mary C. Garrett, Mary N. Stein, Margaret Cochran, Clara Webb, William F. Deppen, Kathryn M. Harpel.'
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Class of 1919, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary
Alumni and alumnae, Graduation ceremonies
Class of 1919 pose for an outdoor photo. The following have been identified: Back row: 1. V. M. Dyler; 2. Elwyn Ellis; 3. David Sloatman; 4. Monroe Hess; 5. Margaret Smith; 6. Harry Roan; 7. _ ; 8. Carlos Mendez; 9. _; 10. Ray Rachau. Third Row: Raymond Faus; Front row: 1.Edith Knight; 2. Samuel Troutman; 3. _; 4. Gertrude Parre; 5. _; 6. Lena Zecha; 7. Frances Brokaw; 8.Matylda Reed; 9. Helen McKelvey; 10. _; 11.Marion Campbell; 12.George Spence; 13.Violet Ball; 14. _; 15. James Ferrar; 16. _; 17. Ethel Whitley; Kneeling: Salutatorian, James Sterling; Valedictorian, J. Miles Phesant.
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Distinguished Alumni, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary
Alumni and alumnae
Portraits of Williamsport Dickinson Seminary distinguished alumni. J. G. Hutchison, '62, Ottumwa, Ia.; Dr. J. B. Young, '66, Editor 'Central Christian Advocate.' St. Louis, Mo.; Hon. J. E. Faunce, '63, Ex-Speaker of House, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
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John W. Long
Alumni and alumnae, College administrators
Graduation portrait of John W. Long.
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John W. Long
Alumni and alumnae, College administrators
Portrait of John W. Long. He served as President from 1921-1955, when the institution was Williamsport Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport Dickinson Junior College, and then Lycoming College.
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Michael Bond Rich, President of Board of Directors
Alumni and alumnae, Business people, College administrators
Portrait of Michael Bond Rich, President of the Board of Directors of Williamsport Dickinson Seminary. Mr. Rich died 1930 in a train accident. He was on the Board of Directors from 1912 to 1930. The President of Rich Mills, Inc., he attended WDS from 1874-76.
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