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1860-1869
An ambrotype of Dickinson College President Charles Collins in a leather-bound, embossed case. Inside the case, the photograph is framed in a gold vignette, red cloth, and gold trim. The text on the gold frame reads “OUTTINGS PAT. JULY 4 & 1_ 1854” and “AMBROTYPE BY R. ADAMS”.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00796
Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00335)
Subject: Photography, Ambrotype
Format: Artwork/Photography
Faded pink silk roses and ribbon given to William Halbert (Class of 1865) upon his election to Belles Lettres Society in October 1861.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00134
Location: Shelf 25
Subject: Literary Societies, Student Life
Format: Miscellaneous
Smaller copper medal featuring West College on obverse with Susanna Wesley and son John on reverse; larger copper medal featuring John Wesley and inscriptions, both produced for centennial of the Methodist Church in 1866.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00084
Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00084 - AC 00088, AC 00507)
Subject: Commemorative Medal, Methodist Church, West College (Old West)
Format: Currency/Medallions
Cut glass pen holder and inkwell with pewter cap, reportedly given to J. Foullerout by James Buchanan in 1867.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00407
Location: Shelf 24
Subject: Inkwell
Format: Glassware/Ceramics
Larger silver medal featuring John Wesley and inscriptions, produced for centennial of the Methodist Church in 1866.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00085
Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00084 - AC 00088, AC 00507)
Subject: Commemorative Medal, Methodist Church, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Currency/Medallions
Five silver medallions housed in small round cases, which were produced for the Methodist Church in 1866 by Warner & Sons.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00087
Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00084 - AC 00088, AC 00507)
Subject: Methodist Church, Religion and Spirituality, Commemorative Medal
Format: Currency/Medallions
Thirty six silver medals all featuring West College on obverse with Susanna Wesley and son John Wesley on reverse. Produced for the centennial of the Methodist Church in 1866.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00088
Location: Shelf 3 (housed with 00058-00087, 00507, 00590, 00607, 00735)
Subject: Religion and Spirituality, Commemorative Medal
Format: Currency/Medallions
Small silver medal featuring West College on obverse with Susanna Wesley and son, John Wesley, on reverse. The medal was produced for centennial of the Methodist Church in 1866.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00086
Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00084 - AC 00088, AC 00507)
Subject: Commemorative Medal, Methodist Church, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Currency/Medallions
Copper key inscribed with name of Alexander Dallas Bache Smead as a member of Phi Beta Kappa in 1868.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00151
Location: Shelf 26 (housed with AC 00141 - AC 00160)
Subject: Honor Societies, Key
Format: Miscellaneous
Shield of black and gold with fraternity symbols attached to stick pin with small chain, which belonged to James L. Norris.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00153
Location: Shelf 26 (housed with AC 00141 - AC 00160)
Subject: Greek Life, Fraternity Pin
Format: Pins/Buttons
Gold stick pin with fraternity symbol and 13-star flag, which belonged to John Franklin Goucher (Class of 1868).
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00154
Location: Shelf 26 (housed with AC 00141 - AC 00160)
Subject: Greek Life, Fraternity Pin, Pins
Format: Pins/Buttons
Sigma Chi cross painted black and white with small chains, inscribed with name of John Franklin Goucher (Class of 1868).
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00156
Location: Shelf 26 (housed with AC 00141 - AC 00160)
Subject: Fraternity Pin, Greek Life, Pins
Format: Pins/Buttons
Iron spurs with leather straps and braided gold hat cord, c.1865, worn by Horatio C. King, class of 1858, who served in the Union Calvary during the U.S. Civil War.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00442
Location: Shelf 25
Format: Miscellaneous
Blue, black, and gold shield with diamond chips in the stars which belonged to Charles String and Gordon Atkinson.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00159
Location: Shelf 26 (housed with AC 00141 - AC 00160)
Subject: Fraternity Pin, Greek Life
Format: Pins/Buttons
Gold shield with name of Charles Granville Biggs engraved on the reverse.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00160
Location: Shelf 26 (housed with AC 00141 - AC 00159)
Subject: Fraternity Pin, Greek Life
Format: Pins/Buttons
Jewel-encrusted black and gold shield which belonged to William James Dale.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00158
Location: Shelf 26 (housed with AC 00141 - AC 00160)
Subject: Fraternity Pin, Greek Life
Format: Pins/Buttons
Oval tintype of David Davidson Stone, class of 1859, wearing a Confederate uniform, in a gold-tone frame, 1863.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00320
Location: Shelf 25
Subject: Tintype, Photography, Civil War
Format: Artwork/Photography
A tintype photograph of John Taylor Cuddy wearing a Union uniform around 1862. The photograph is framed in a gold vignette frame and housed in a carved wooden case embossed with intricate floral designs.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 2001.9_1
Location: Shelf 32
Subject: Photography, Tintype, Civil War
Format: Artwork/Photography
Gold pin shaped like Union Philosophical Society symbol which belonged to Samuel Bean as a member.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00180
Location: Shelf 26 (housed with AC 00161 - AC 00180)
Subject: Honor Societies, Pins
Format: Pins/Buttons
