Lycoming College - Williamsport Dickinson Seminary of Lycoming College

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About This Collection

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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B. E. F. (Beta Epsilon Phi)
Belles Lettres Union Society, 1897
Board of Directors of Dickinson Seminary, 1898, Hastings, McCormick, Bradley
Board of Directors of Dickinson Seminary, 1898, Murray, Hipple, Bodine
Board of Directors of Dickinson Seminary, Thompson, Green, McDowell
Bradley Hall of Williamsport Dickinson Seminary
'Dickinson Union' Board of Editors
Distinguished Alumni, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary
Distinguished Alumni, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary
Editors of 'The Log Book,' 1898
Faculty Members, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary, 1898
Faculty Members, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary, 1898
Football Team, 1897-1898
Geological Expedition
Geological Expedition
Geological Expedition
Hon. John Patton, President of Board, 1884-97
Jessica TerWilliger and Nelle
Male Student Group
Orchestra