{"id":2299,"date":"2016-09-22T00:52:32","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T00:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/?p=2299"},"modified":"2016-10-25T15:35:54","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T15:35:54","slug":"charles-himes-and-william-fisher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/2016\/09\/22\/charles-himes-and-william-fisher\/","title":{"rendered":"Into the Archives: Charles Himes and William Fisher"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liam Donahue<\/span><\/p>\n

Professor Pinsker<\/span><\/p>\n

9\/23\/16<\/span><\/p>\n

History 204<\/span><\/p>\n

Charles Himes and William Fisher<\/span><\/p>\n

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Collections Search:<\/b> The archives assignment relating to the class of 1870 provided a good jumping off point for this assignment. The document I was provided with was a letter to none other than <\/span>William R. Fisher<\/span><\/a>, a graduate of the class of 1870 that I researched for my previous journal. The letter discussed the death of Charles Francis Himes, an apparent acquaintance of Fisher\u2019s. It turns out that Himes had <\/span>taught at Dickinson <\/span>for many years, and had been there<\/span><\/a> while Fisher had taught there from 1874-76. The online archives also listed a series of letters from Himes to Fisher during this period. I was interested in knowing more about Fisher, and about his relationship with Charles Himes, so I went to the archives with the call number of the letters, MC 2000.12, Box1, Folder 3. \u00a0I was rewarded with a file of seven letters, more than I had expected. Three of them were transcribed. I read all of these letters, successfully transcribing one of them. However, I was unsure of two of the words at the end of the note, so I asked one of the archivists, Malinda Triller Doran, who helped me decipher Himes\u2019 handwriting. The two words are underlined in the transcription. Malinda also helped out by giving me a few tips for transcribing, as well as a field guide to 19th century handwriting.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t