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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Beta Epsilon Phi, Campus Day, 1900
Beta Epsilon Phi, Campus Day, 1900
Students, Celebrations, Recreation
Students pose outdoors on Beta Epsilon Phi, Campus Day, 1900. This is the same group as in 77WDS, but wearing hats. Photo 79WDS, 'Contestants in Expression Class,' is on the back.
Campus Cleaning Day, 1897
Campus Cleaning Day, 1897
Students, Cleaning, Recreation
Three males and three females sit on the lawn in front of Bradley Hall. Photo is from Campus Cleaning Day, 1897. On back: 'Campus day April 30 '97; 1. Mr. Thomas Hooven '97; 2. Miss E.B. Horning '98; 3. Mr.J. Perry Wood '97; 4. Miss Hanna Bowman '97; 5. Miss Mary Olive Parlette '97; 6. Mr. William W. Mearkle '97, Williamsport Seme.'
Campus Day, 1896
Campus Day, 1896
Students, Celebrations, Recreation
Students pose for an informal outdoor photo. On back: 'Campus day '96. Mr. Allen, Mr. Yount, Mr. Rounsley, Mr. Brenneman, Mr. Mearkle, Miss Benscoter, Mr. Dickson, Miss Bartch, Miss Taylor, Mr. [Thomas] Hooven [leaning against tree], Miss Bashore, Mr. Fausdale, Miss Wilson.'
Campus Day, 1900
Campus Day, 1900
Students, Celebrations, Recreation
Students pose outdoors for a photo on Campus Day, 1900. Same group is in WDS78, minus hats. Photo 76WDS is on back.
Campus Day, 1902
Campus Day, 1902
Students, Celebrations, Recreation
Two students pose with an older gentleman on Campus Day, 1902. On back, l-r: 'Charles Woodward, Elizabeth Rue Helmbold, Jimmy Holy.'
Chestnut Party, 1902
Chestnut Party, 1902
Students, Recreation, Leisure
A group of students poses in a wooded area. On back: 'Chestnut Party, 1902.'
Cleaning Day, 1889
Cleaning Day, 1889
Brooms and brushes, Cleaning, Ladders, Porches, Recreation, Students, Trees
Cleaning Day, 1889. Identified on back as: 'Cart Crew: Prof. William Wilson, Prof. George G. Brower, Carl Pickens, Flemming, Kinsel, Frank Hartsock, Shaffer, Miller, Clemmens, Thomas McKenty, Shoemaker, Hartman, Miss Helen Heckman, Miss Stevens, Miss Rutter, Miss Creveling, Miss Ball, Miss Koch, Miss Millard, Miss Blanche Hicks, Miss Meek, Miss Cooper, Miss Heaffer, Miss Tracey, Miss Black and Miss Robbins. May 1889.'
Cleaning Day, 1889
Cleaning Day, 1889
Students, Cleaning, Recreation
Photo shows four male and four female students posing outside. One of the males sits atop a ladder. Photo is from Cleaning Day, Monday, May 1889.
Cleaning Day, 1892
Cleaning Day, 1892
Students, Cleaning, Leisure, Recreation
A man and woman appear to be sawing boards as a group poses on a stoop. Photo is from Cleaning Day, 1892.
Cleaning Day, 1892
Cleaning Day, 1892
Students, Cleaning, Recreation
On back: 'Campus Cleaning June 1892.'
Cleaning Day, 1892
Cleaning Day, 1892
Students, Cleaning, Recreation
Cleaning Day, 1892; On back: '1. Harry Schanbacher, 2. Mr. [James] Richards, 3. Mr. Schwartz, 4. Miss [Annie or Emily] Arrowsmith, 5. Charlie Freck, 6. Tom Williams, 7. Will Correll, 8. Carrie Wanamaker.' June 1892.
Cleaning Day, 1893
Cleaning Day, 1893
Students, Cleaning, Leisure, Recreation
Four couples are seated on the ground in a shaded area as one man holds a sun umbrella. Photo is from Cleaning Day, 1893. Names on back: 'Mary Howland, Mr. Wallis, Mary Whitney, Mr. Leonard, Minnie Larud, Mr. Estefi, Alice Dann, Mr. Rosenberry.' Duplicate of 436WDS.
Cleaning Day, 1893
Cleaning Day, 1893
Students, Cleaning, Recreation
Two males and two females pose, seated on the ground. One gentleman holds a sun umbrella. Photo is from Cleaning Day, 1893. On back: Mr. Pyles and Myrtle Gray, Maud Thomas and Mr. McMorris. Part of the tree committee.' June 1893.
Cleaning Day, 1893
Cleaning Day, 1893
Students, Cleaning, Leisure, Musical instruments, Recreation
Two men and one woman with guitars, one woman with a mandolin, a man with a violin, and six others are seated on the front steps of a building. On back: 'Mr. Anderson, Mr. Merkel, Daisy Mills, Minnie Menges, Myrtle Gray, Mr. Pyles, Mr. Schoff, Anna ______, Lizzie Minds, Julia Riddle.'
Cleaning Day, 1906
Cleaning Day, 1906
Students, Cleaning, Leisure, Recreation
Twelve unidentified students pose, seated on the ground. Those in the front row are holding some kind of rope. Photo is from Cleaning Day, 1906. The male student second from right in the front row also appears in 628WDS, and in the second row, fourth from left in the Dickinson Seminary group portrait, 391WDS. These individuals also appear in 391WDS: male student, third from left in the back row is the first male in the second row; male 5th froml eft in back row is 5th from rt. in the second row; male to the far right in the back row is at the very top of the pillar on the left. The male student third from left in the back row is 2nd from left in the back row of Kappa Delta Pi fraternity photo, 435WDS.
Cleaning Day, c. 1892
Cleaning Day, c. 1892
Students, Cleaning, Leisure, Recreation
Candid photo of four male students who have climbed a tree, two female students on ladder rungs, and other students grouped informally around them on the ground. Photo is from Cleaning Day, c. 1892. Names on back: 'Lizzie Minds, Myrtle Gray, Minnie Hooven, Mr. Swartz, Minnie Menges, Ida Hunter, Ruth Chamberalin, Mr. Minds, Mr. Rounsley, Mr. Houck, Mr. Worthington, Mr. Merrell, Julia Riddle, Miss Arrowsmith, Mr. Miller.'
Delta Delta Campus Day, 1902
Delta Delta Campus Day, 1902
Students, Celebrations, Recreation
Seven female students pose on the bank behind Bradley Hall on Delta Delta Campus Day, 1902. On back: 'Rue, Delta -Delta. Campus Day 1902. Rear l. to r.: Kit Rich, Jessie Truman, Althia Mundenhall. Front row: Mary Shaner, Blanche Harcourt, Elizabeth Rue, Angela West.'
Female Football Fans on the Bleachers
Female Football Fans on the Bleachers
Students, Celebrations, Recreation
Female students pose on the bleachers. On back: 'Girls Bleachers at Football game. 1900 Elizabeth Rue Helmbold.'
Female Students
Female Students
Students, Leisure, Recreation
Three female students sit outdoors on a bench, with two other students sitting on the ground in front of it, and three standing behind it. On back: '1st l. to r.: standing Mary L. Campbell; 2nd row: Anna Blanch Slate, Jane LeVan Green (end); 3rd, on ground: Florence Slate Lyon.' Four of the women are not identified.
Junior Class Picnic at Indian Park, 1916
Junior Class Picnic at Indian Park, 1916
Students, Recreation
'Ethel Ralston and Don Remley walk along a trail at the Junior Class Picnic at Indian Park, 1916. On back: 'Ethel Ralston and Don Remley.'