This box contains two scrapbooks:
Scrapbook of John A. Dyer, with date 1883 on the cover.
Second scrapbook of John A. Dyer, 1884 - 1886
Scrapbooks 1 and 2:
Author: John A. Dyer, Pennsylvania Military Academy class of 1886
Date Scrapbook 1: 1883
Date Scrapbook 2: 1884-1886
Condition Scrapbook 1:
Binding- loose pages
Paper- brittle
Materials- some loose, some attached
Condition Scrapbook 2:
Binding- pages attached
Paper- intact
Materials- some loose, some attached
Size Scrapbook 1: 6.5 inches x 8.5 inches
Size Scrapbook 2: 8.25 inches x 11 inches
Number of Pages Scrapbook 1: 46
Number of Pages Scrapbook 2: 64
Contents Scrapbook 1:
Front cover- decorative, Pennsylvania Military Academy
Inside front cover- photograph of unidentified woman
Pg 1- analytic geometry problems, 1901
Pg 2- draft of a locomotive, done by cadet Dyer in Third Class year
Pg 3- registry receipt from Chester post office; Trigonometry problems
Pg 4- 1888 PMA Closing Exercises program; newspaper cartoon clippings
Pg 5- program from “Plain Talks on Interesting Subjects” by the YMCA
Pg 6- handwritten note by cadet Layer, December 13, 1883; handwritten note from cadet Oglisbie, December 20, 1883
Pg 7- orders from First Regiment of Infantry, Ohio National Guard, June 27, 1883
Pg 8- PMA envelope
Pg 9- newspaper clippings- PMA loses in football to Princeton; list of cadets in prayer meeting, December 2, 1883
Pg 10- draft done by cadet Dyer while in Third Class; Capt. A.L. Gilberts’ Ten Commandments; name card- Lt. Frank Krug, PMA
Pg 11- program from “Entertainment at the PMA for the Benefit of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union,” November 16, 1883; torn ticket to a party, November 18, 1883; reserved seat coupon for unknown event, November 26, 1883
Pg 12- ticket to the Fair for the benefit of the hospital fund, November 26, 1883; lectures given by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, December 4, 1883, and Hon. William I. Marshall, December 14, 1883
Pg 13- program from 1884 commencement season; newspaper clippings- PMA notes, fire in Annapolis; bill (?) from PMA
Pg 14- newspaper clippings- stories
Pg 15- program from PMA Athletic Association Fourth Annual Meet, May 18, 1883
Pg 16- blank report card from PMA
Pg 17- catalogue from PMA library; newspaper clippings- PMA Notes
Pg 18- blank leave of absence sheet from PMA
Pg 19- clippings- list of all Military Staff and the Committee on the Military Department; required texts in all subjects for each class
Pg 20- detail for April 22, April 24, May 21, and May 22, 1883
Pg 21- card (?) with poem, November 30, 1883
Pg 22- newspaper clippings- program from M.B. Leavitt’s Gigantean Minstrels, November 14, 188(?); hospital bazaar in the Armory
Pg 23- leave of absence for cadet Dyer, October 20- July 20, signed by Theodore Hyatt; pass for Dyer from 12:00 – 6:30 pm on November 20, 188(?)
Pg 24- handwritten passes, October 13 and 14, 1883; coupon for a shave, October 13, 1883; newspaper ad from Chester National Bank
Pg 25- note passed in class, November 29, 188(?); rhetoric examination paper, December 20, 188(?)
Pg 26- “Woman’s Work for the Woman” magazine, given to cadet Dyer by Mrs. Theodore Hyatt, November 24, 1883
Pg 27- Memoranda for Church Record from the Madison St. Methodist Episcopal church, October 1883; newspaper clippings- burglary at the Chester home of Col. Samuel A. Dyer, president of Chester National Bank
Pg 28- extract from regulations of PMA
Pg 29- blank
Pg 30- Company B Reveille; line assignments at 9am, 2pm, 6pm, 7pm; newspaper clippings- PMA appointments, November 8, 1883
Pg 31- French examination paper; PMA envelope with copy of rhetoric lesson for December 7, 1883
Pg 32- ticket to the First Regiment Infantry, Ohio National Guard Officers Dress Ball, February 22, 1882
Pg 33- blank
Pg 34- pass for Frank Krug from Ohio National Guard, July 10, 1883; newspaper clipping- Chester baseball game
Pg 35- blank
Pg 36- essay on novels written by cadet Dyer
Pg 37- blank
Pg 38- essay on novels
Pg 39- blank
Pgs 40-41- writing entitled “Forgive and Forget”
Pgs 42- 46- essays written by cadet Dyer
Contents Scrapbook 2:
Decorative cover
Pg 1- compositions, one on the advantages of education, November 9, 1883
Pg 2- PMA Class of ’84 (1884) ribbon; newspaper clippings- Fifth Annual Meet of the Athletic Association of the PMA
Pg 3- blank
Pg 4-7- blank
Pg 8- letter from Cadet #41 to Col. Hyatt, March 16, 188(?); PMA envelope; 1884 commencement season program
Pg 9- telegraph sent by Theodore Hyatt about deserting cadets; handwritten notes; hand sketches of cadets; newspaper clipping- ex-cadet Frederick G. Merrick sues PMA for injuries suffered by a cannon explosion in spring of 1883
Pg 10- loose- Mayor Forwood’s address; cartoon- “A Raw Recruit”; cadet Dyer’s report cards, December 22, 1882 and March 23, 1883, with handwritten comments by Theodore Hyatt
Pg 11- PMA card; envelope to Mr. J. Dyer; ticket for the Louisiana State Lottery
Pg 12- newspaper clippings- riot in South Bend, Indiana; appointments made in cadet corps at PMA, December 27, 1884
Pg 13- 3 envelopes, one to Mr. John G. Dyer
Pg 14- invitation to a party held December 26, 1884; detail for December 19, 1885; invitation to the “Colonade” (?) held December 19, 1884
Pg 15- invitation to the Second Annual County Ball held by the Cecil County Agricultural Society, December 30, 1885; letter from member of the Class of 1886 (name illegible) withdrawing from PMA
Pg 16- report card, December 13, 1884; newspaper clippings- Chester woman slandered; program from the Class of 1885 Literary Exercises, December 8, 1884
Pg 17- appointments made to the cadet corps, December 24, 1884; report card, December 21, 1885
Pg 18- newspaper clippings- PMA Notes; report of the PMA Mounted Guard on March 16, 1884
Pg 19- invitation to John A. Dyer and sisters
Pg 20- blank
Pg 21- invitation to entertainment provided by the Class of 1886, March 20, 1885; inspection letters
Pg 22- program from Institute Lectures, February 20, 1885; bill from Horstmann Brothers and Co., September 30, 1885; temperance leaflet
Pg 23- invitation to the First Annual Reception of the Ridley Park Club, October 12, 1885
Pg 24- invitation to the Hunt Ball at Chestnut Grove House, January 18, 1886; newspaper clipping- orations exercises by the Class of 1886
Pg 25- letter from Swarthmore College class of 1886 to PMA class of 1886
Pg 26- invitation to the wedding of Henrietta Dyer and Mr. Samuel A. Seeds
Pgs 27-29- blank
Pg 30- invitation to opening day of the Ridley Park Club, May 15, 1886
Pg 31- blank
Pg 32- letter (purpose and writer illegible) from Chester National Bank, May 31, 1886; letter from USMA in West Point, class of 1885, respectfully declining invitation made by PMA corps, April 8, 1885
Pg 33-63- blank and stuck together
Pg 64- 1886 commencement season program; Class of 1886 Literary Exercises, December 10, 1885; programs from PMA Athletic Association Sixth Annual Meet, May 27, 1885, and PMA Athletic Association Seventh Annual Meet, June 2, 1886; program from PMA Athletic Association Winter Sports, March 10, 1886
Rest of the pages stuck together
Loose- newspaper clipping- PMA Notes