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Dickinson Organization of Poetry Enthusiasts

DOPE is dedicated to promoting the life and poetry of Emmett Lee Dickinson, Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed (at her request).


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DOPE Board of Directors

Ms. Qwerty Lee Dickinson
Washerst, PA

Mr. Angstrom "Angst" Dickinson
Washerst, PA

Ms. Bonnie Barrow
Chagrin Falls, OH   

Mr. Jarvis MacKinnon III
Skidoo, CA 
Ms. Dorothy "Lottie" Dawe
Charlottesville, VA

Mr. Philo Remington
Ilion, NY

Mr. Tobias Hugginkhist IV
New York, NY

Ms. Eudora Ruby Dickinson
Niagra, NY    
Mr. Lemuel Stuart III
Washerst, PA

Mr. Oliver Wendell Holmes VI
Kittery, ME

Mr. Neil Patrick Harris
Bevery Hills, CA


ANNUAL EVENTS SPONSORED BY DOPE:

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Emmett Lee Dickinson's Birthday

On the weekend nearest to October 12th, DOPE sponsors the Emmett Lee Dickinson Birthday Celebration and Conference.

Click on the photograph at the right to enlarge it for details of 2012's conference -- which included Oprah Winfrey, Merl Reagle, Jackie Evancho, and more!

Info on the 2013 DOPE conference is 
HERE.
Info on the 2013 DOPE conference is  HERE
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Deja Vu Days

Deja Vu Days in beautiful and historic Washerst, PA, began in 1959 when Jedreck Wasniewski, a descendant of one of Washerst's founders, began the two-weekend event to mark the 88th anniversary of the founding of the Dickinson Organization of Poetry Enthusiasts (DOPE).

In 1871, Dickinson scholars and devotees met in Washerst on two consecutive weekends in November (once on November 2nd, and then again on November 9th) to form the Dickinson Organization of Poetry Enthusiasts.  Both meetings are shown in the two photographs on the right (the November 2, 1871 meeting is on the left; the November 9, 1871 meeting is on the right). 

To commemorate the two meetings, Wasniewski established Deja Vu Days -- and Washerstians have been celebrating the events every year since 1959.
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Click on the picture on the left to enlarge it to see information on Washerst's 2012 Deja Vu Days.
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Corn Boil

DOPE sponsors the annual Corn Boil in Washerst's Dickinson Park every Fourth of July!


Neville Head, Founder & First President of DOPE

Pictured at the right:  Neville Head, the founder and first president of DOPE.


Lil Wayne

Pictured at the right:  This portrait of Lillian "Lil" Wayne hangs in the corporate headquarters of DOPE in Washerst, PA.   Lil Wayne was DOPE's first S&M* Administrator and later became the organization's Chief Global Integration Specialist.

*Sales & Marketing
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DOPE Global Headquarters

Pictured at the left: The current global headquarters for the Dickinson Organization of Poetry Enthusiasts opened in 1903, on the 100th birthday of Emmett Lee Dickinson

    Join the ranks of DOPEs from around the world!  It's FREE!  It's easy! It's nugatory!
    The first 100 new members will receive a complimentary annual pass to the ELDickinson Museum (above the coin-op laundromat on Dickinson Blvd) in Washerst, PA, and 25 free loads of laundry.

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ACT NOW!  It's  FREE! Fill in the information above, click "Submit," and soon you'll receive your official DOPE membership card AND your  complimentary annual pass to the Emmett Lee Dickinson Museum WITH 25 LOADS OF  FREE LAUNDRY!

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