All Items 3 Collection 2 Archives & Special Collections 3 Emily Dickinson Collection 1 Contributor 9 Amherst College 2 Amherst College. Class of 1860 1 Collegiate Institution (Amherst, Mass.) 1 Dartmouth College 1 Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 1 H.A. Marsh (Firm) 1 Lord, Nathan, 1792-1870 1 Wilbur, H. B. (Hervey Backus), 1820-1883 1 Wilbur, Hervey, 1786-1852 1 show more 4 show fewer Location 2 Amherst 1 Massachusetts 1 Topic 6 American poetry 1 Commencement ceremonies 1 History 1 Knowledge and learning 1 Students 1 Women poets, American 1 show more 1 show fewer Part Of 3 Amherst College Early History Collection 1 Amherst College Early History Manuscripts and Pamphlets Collection 1 Emily Dickinson Collection 1 Genre 4 Certification 1 Correspondence 1 Poems 1 Programs 1 mods.shelfLocator 1 Box 1 Folder 68 3 Amherst College Commencement program, 1860 August 9 Amherst College The program for the 39th Amherst College Commencement. Beginning with the program for the first Commencement in August 1822, commencement programs contain the order of exercises for commencement ceremonies. Since 1826, most programs also provide a list of candidates receiving their bachelor of arts degrees. Other information contained in programs has varied over the years. Amherst College Commencement program, 1860 August 9 Nathan Lord certification regarding Harvey Backus Wilbur, 1835 June 23 Lord, Nathan, 1792-1870 Nathan Lord, President of Dartmouth College, letter to Hervey Wilbur in which Lord certifies that Wilbur's son, Hervey B. Wilbur of the freshman class at Dartmouth, is dismissed per his father's request. Lord states that Wilbur's habits of study have been somewhat exceptionable, and the faculty will throw no objection in the way of his admission to another institution. He writes that the faculty feel they should make this statement, and they express their hope that Wilbur will have opportunity to execute the purpose of greater diligence which they understand him to have formed. Nathan Lord certification regarding Harvey Backus Wilbur, 1835 June 23 He showed me hights I never saw Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 He showed me hights I never saw
