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Hats
Two black academic hoods and mortorboard cap worn by George Shuman, Jr. as treasurer of Dickinson College.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00003
Location: Shelf 3
Subject: Academic Regalia, Hood
Black hood, gown, and cap worn by James Henry Morgan as president of Dickinson College in the early twentieth century.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00002
Location: RR 02
Subject: Academic Regalia, Presidents, Hood, Gown, Cap
Red felt “dink” beanie, and a brown cardboard sign worn by Lewis Gobrecht '55 as a freshman at Dickinson College in 1951. The front of the sign reads "Lewis D. Gobrecht" in large red letters and "AXP" penciled in smaller letters, with a list of names on the back written in pencil, likely the names of the other members of the Alpha Chi Rho pledge class.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00436
Location: Shelf 2 (housed with AC 00432-00436, AC 00443, AC 00459, AC 00470)
Subject: Greek Life, Freshman Beanies, Dink, Student Life
Format: Hats
A white painter's cap with an image of Old West's doorway pictured in red. These caps were given to Dickinson Fund volunteers in 1985. The Archives has two caps.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00053
Location: RR 01
Subject: Donor Relations
Format: Hats
Red felt "dink" with "71" in white felt on the back. Attached is a nametag worn by A. Pierce Bounds as a freshman in 1967.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00051
Location: Shelf 9 (housed with AC 00046-00048)
Subject: Freshman Beanies, Dink, Nametag
Format: Hats
Cloth hat with “08” stitched to rim. Probably worn by Ray Dum, Dickinson College Class of 1921, Preparatory School Class of 1911.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00578
Location: RR 01 (housed with AC 00456, AC 00548, AC 00578)
Subject: Preparatory School
Format: Hats
Raven's Claw cap belonging to George Shuman, Jr. This cap would have been work by Shuman to represent his affiliation with the honor society. Raven's Claw is made up of seven senior Dickinson males.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00052
Location: RR 01 (housed with 00053, 00460-00461)
Subject: Honor Societies
Format: Hats
This hat belonged to Raven's Claw member John Christian Arndt III, Class of 1931 and was worn to symbolize his affiliation with the honor society. Raven's Claw is an all male senior honor society that admits seven male members of the Dickinson campus.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00601
Location: RR 01 (housed with AC 00606, AC 00708, AC 00675)
Subject: Honor Societies
Format: Hats
Raven's Claw cloth hat with insignia, belonging to James Prescott, III, class of 1944. Prescott wore the hat to show his affiliation with the honor society. Raven's Claw is an honor society consisting of seven senior Dickinson males.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00577
Location: RR 01 (housed with AC 00456, AC 00548, AC 00578)
Subject: Honor Societies
Format: Hats
A red, felt beanie with “’53” in white felt on the front. Donor describes this hat as a replacement for one that he received as a Freshman. On the tag inside the hat "J. P." is written in black marker.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00769
Location: RR 04 (housed with AC 00768, 00781-85, 00788-89, 00791)
Subject: Freshman Beanies, Dink, College Traditions
Format: Hats
A red felt dink with no class year on it. It was worn by Paul M. Showalter (class of 1964) in the fall of 1960 of his Freshman year.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00789
Location: Reading Room Shelf 4 (housed with AC 00768-69, AC 00781-85, AC 00788, AC 00791)
Subject: Dink, Freshman Beanies, College Traditions, Student Life
Format: Hats
Red felt "dink" with white button worn by Richard Herb as a freshman in 1957.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00047
Location: Shelf 9 (housed with 00046-00048)
Subject: Freshman Beanies, Dink
Format: Hats
Two white heavy duty plastic hard hats, one belonging to Richard Krick, used during construction of the Waidner-Spahr Library in 1998.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00056
Location: RR 01 (housed with AC 00054 - AC 00057)
Subject: Campus Buildings, Construction
Format: Hats
This Wheel and Chain hat from 1945 was worn by Christine Myers Crist, class of 1946. The hat was donated by Jane Myers Seller, class of 1955, in 2012.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00708
Location: RR 01 (housed with AC 00601, AC 00708, AC 00675)
Subject: Honor Societies
Format: Hats
Marlene Detweiler's navy blue Wheel and Chain Hat. Detweiler is a member of the Class of 1964.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00936
Location: Reading Room Shelf 12 (housed with AC 00925, AC 00937-8)
Subject: Honor Societies, hat
Format: Hats
This Wheel and Chain hat from 1965 was worn by Pamela Searles Miller, class of 1965. The hat was donated by Pamela Searles Miller and Albert Miller, class of 1963, in 2003.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00460
Location: RR 01 (housed with AC 00052-00053, AC 00461)
Subject: Honor Societies, hat
Format: Hats
A navy blue Wheel and Chain hat given to Doris Detweiler (Class of 1966).
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00937
Location: Reading Room Shelf 12 (housed with AC 00925, AC 00936, AC 00938)
Subject: Honor Societies
Format: Hats
Wheel and Chain hat belonging to Dr. Mary Moser, Class of 1972. Dr. Moser would wear this hat to symbolize her affiliation with the Wheel and Chain honorary Society. Wheel and Chain is an honor society that consists of women from Dickinson's senior class.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00606
Location: RR 01 (housed with AC 00601, AC 00708, AC 00675)
Subject: Honor Societies
Format: Hats
A navy blue sailor hat with a leather band and embroidery of a wheel and chain. It was worn by an honorary member Marge Brubaker who was tapped in 1973.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00925
Location: Reading Room Shelf 12 (housed with AC 00936-8)
Subject: Honor Societies, hat
Format: Hats
Wheel and Chain "blue hat" with ship's wheel on patch.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00686
Location: RR 01 (housed with AC 00708 and AC 00606)
Subject: Honor Societies
Format: Hats
A white canvas fishing hat featuring the college seal in red. A name tag button with the name "Cummings, Wallace J." is pinned to the brim of the hat just below the college seal. This item belonged to Velva Diven Daihl, class of 1927.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 2012.6_5
Location: Shelf 34
Format: Hats
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