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Baird’s Report to Dickinson College as Curator of Museum (1846)

Baird reported annually to the College on the status of the museum’s growing collection. His 1846 report lists recent acquisitions and looks forward to the day when Baird’s own remarkable bird collection will become part of the Dickinson College museum … Continue reading

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James King Davidson’s Journal

James King Davidson was a senior at Dickinson College in 1829. Born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in 1810, he went on to receive his M.D. from the Jefferson Medical College. A notebook of his, now part of Dickinson College’s Special … Continue reading

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