An Expanded Version of an Address Delivered at the Dedication of Ashmun Institute's First Building in 1856, First Published in 1857 in the Presbyterian Magazine and Republished in 1859 in "Home, the School, and the Church". This Printing...
Ashmun Institute; Lincoln University (PA); Founding
Printed Document Describing the Meeting of the Presbytery of New Castle on October 5, 1853, When the Decision Was Made to Found The Ashmun Institute. Verso Contains Unsigned Handwritten Note, Dated 12-17-1853, Attributed to Sarah Emlen Cresson...
Ashmun Institute; Lincoln University; Board of Trustees; Minutes; Charter
Ledger Book Containing Records of Ashmun Institute (1853-1866) and Lincoln University (1866-1875). Microfilming and Digitization Funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC).
Sketch of First Two Buildings Erected for Ashmun Institute. Location of Original Sketch Unkown. Reproduced from Education for Freedom: A History of Lincoln University by Horace Mann Bond (1976).
Scanned From Photocopies From Pages in Newspaper Clipping File in Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, PA, Which Also Has Clipping Files in Microfilm.
Handwritten in a (Larger Format) Ledger Book. Some Blank Pages. Some Bleedthrough Obscures Text in Spots. Name Changes From Ashmun Institute to Lincoln University on April 4, 1866. Title Changes From "Summary of Operations" to...
Handwritten and Hand-Paginated in a (smaller format) Ledger Book. Contains Blank Pages. "Lincoln University" is Used Starting in Mid-1866. Microfilming and Digitization Funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC).
Ashmun Institute, Lincoln University (PA), Nineteenth Century African American Higher Education
Notebook Containing Handwritten Notes About Ashmun Institute and Lincoln University Events, Personnel and Students (in Isaac Norton Rendall's Handwriting) From 1853 Through 1879; Back Cover Has Information About Graduates Through 1907. Date...
Leather Bound, Title on Spine: Library Lincoln University. 288-Page Ledger Book Containing Library Catalogue of Ashmun Institute and Lincoln University, signed by Wm. H. Miller of Lexington, KY (105 pages), With Additions Made to His Lists, and...
Handwritten and Hand-Paginated in a Ledger Book. Contains Blank Pages. Larger Format Than LU Book 1. 13 Pages in the Back of the Book are Written Upside Down -- Apparently Book Was Turned Upside Down and Notes Started From Back (pages 328-340 in...
On May 3, 1946 Albert Einstein Visited Lincoln University, Where He Received an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Laws), Lectured Students on the Theory or Relativity, and Had Tea With Faculty Children.
1. Albert Einstein's Letter of 6 Jan., 1946 Accepting an Invitation to Visit Lincoln University, in German, Signed by AE; 2. Translation of Einstein's Letter By LU Registrar and Faculty Member, Dr. Paul Kuehner; 3. Cover Letter From Dean of the...
Print Pamphlet Reporting on Student Senate; Contains List of Student Senators; Letter From Student President; Renovation of the Old Gym; Bonfire Fiasco; Inflation at McCauley (the Refectory); Cooperative House (Village Residence); Bringing Town to...
Two Notebook Leaves, 5.5" x 9", Containing Hand-Written List of Professors and Dates (of hire?), 1857-1903 on Three Pages; Fourth Page Has List of Truestees Elected June, 1871.
Lincoln University (PA); Garnet OR Garnett Literary Society OR Literary Association OR Lyceum
Invitation Booklet and Program. Date of event: Frday, May 31st, 1907, "To Be Held In The Oratory". Lists Senior Essay, Junior Oration, Sophomore Contest.
