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1910-1919
A black cap and a red and black hood worn by Edgar Rohrer Heckman (Class of 1897) upon receiving an honorary degree from Dickinson College in 1917.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00004
Location: Shelf 20
Subject: Academic Regalia, Hood, Cap
Format: Clothing
Round, sterling silver medal on black ribbon engraved with image of basketball player and “Dickinson College Champions 1917.”
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00561
Location: Shelf 16 (housed with AC 0022-00225, etc.)
Subject: Athletics, Award Medals
Format: Currency/Medallions
Blue and white plate featuring “New Denny Hall” and images of other landmarks in Carlisle and at the Carlisle Indian School.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00580
Location: Shelf 28
Subject: Commemorative Plates, Carlisle, Denny Hall
Format: Glassware/Ceramics
Gold ring with sorority letters in black setting which belonged to Beatrice Carmitchell and her daughter, Nan Stover.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00179
Location: Shelf 26 (housed with AC 00161 - AC 00180)
Subject: Greek Life
Format: Jewelry
A collector's card distributed by Murad Cigarette company as a part of the College Series still in its original plastic packaging. The front of the card features a colored drawing of a Dickinson male athlete along with a white pennant banner with "Dickinson" in red and the college's insignia in red and white and gold details. A border with "Murad" printed in red and gold goes around the drawing. On the back is a list of all the colleges featured in the College Series with a title of 'Murad Cigarettes, "The Metropolitan Standard", College Series 26-50 2nd Edition' printed in black. "S. Anargyros. A corporation factory No. 7. 3rd Dist. N. Y." is printed in black on the bottom.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00566
Location: Shelf 17 (housed with AC 00542-3, AC 00562-4)
Subject: Collector Card
Format: Miscellaneous
White cardboard pin for the Class of 1911's 50th reunion.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00215
Location: Shelf 16 (housed with AC 00209-00215, etc.)
Subject: Cardboard Pin, Reunion, Nametag
Format: Pins/Buttons
A gold metal class ring with the college seal and the text “19” and “DC” engraved on either side of the seal. The initials “B.E.C.” are engraved on the inside of the band. Given by donor’s mother (Beatrice Earle Carmitchell) to donor (her daughter) at her graduation from Dickinson in 1951.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00771
Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00770, 00776 and 00794-795)
Subject: Class Ring
Format: Jewelry
Reddish-orange felt banner, which hung in Conway Hall from 1914 to 1917, made by the class of 1917.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00026
Location: Shelf 16
Subject: Conway Hall, Banner, Preparatory School
Format: Flags/Pennants/Banners
9.5” copper cup with 3 handles and inscribed with title and the winning class years for track, 1909-1913.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00130
Location: Shelf 15
Subject: Conway Hall Inter-Class Track
Format: Plaques/Trophies
Brass letters "C" and "H" and "1914" mounted on a dark wooden shield, made for Conway Hall. Donated by Florence Hutchison Baker in 1971.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00101
Location: Shelf 2
Subject: Residence Halls, Campus Buildings, Commemorative Plaque, Conway Hall
Format: Plaques/Trophies
White button with red lettering, “Dickinson College 1910.”
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00199
Location: Shelf 16 (housed with AC 00209-00215, etc.)
Subject: Buttons
Format: Pins/Buttons
Brown leather wallet with club symbol, created for 5th annual banquet of the Contemporary Club in 1912.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00226
Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00227 - AC 00229)
Subject: Wallet, Greek Life
Format: Miscellaneous
A cream ceramic stein with a handle and a silver metal lid. The Dickinson College seal is printed in read on the front and a pennant is printed in red and white on the back.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00720
Location: Shelf 19 (housed with 00722)
Subject: Stein
Format: Glassware/Ceramics
Egyptienne Luxury red tobacco silk with Dickinson College seal and name.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00745
Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00740, AC 00741, AC 00744)
Subject: Tobacco Souvenir, College Seal
Format: Ephemera
A brown leather football helmet worn by Frank E. Masland during the 1914 and 1915 football seasons.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00057
Location: RR 01 (housed with AC 00054-00056)
Format: Athletic Equipment
White cotton "dink" with gold button and "18." Worn by Frank Masland (Class of 1918) as a freshman in 1914.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00046
Location: Shelf 9 (housed with AC 00046-00048)
Subject: Freshman Beanies
Format: Hats
Silver chain bracelet with name and rank of Donald Beitzel Filler as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00176
Location: Shelf 26 (housed with AC 00161 - AC 00180)
Subject: World War I, Military, Bracelet, Dog Tags
Format: Jewelry
A silver tarnished trophy cup with two handles and engraving on the front that reads "Inter Collegiate Debating League of Pennsylvania". On the back the engraving reads "RECORD 1911 Dickinson aff. from State College Dickinson Neg. from Franklin & Marshall".
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00450
Location: Shelf 15
Subject: Trophy
Format: Plaques/Trophies
A tarnished metal cup trophy with three handles and engraving on the front that reads "DICKINSON COLLEGE INTERSCHOLASTIC RELAY RACES FIRST PRIZE". The trophy belonged to Franklin Mt. Pleasant from the Class of 1910.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00454
Location: Shelf 15
Subject: Trophy
Format: Plaques/Trophies
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
Maroon football pennant with the word "Dickinson" and an image of a man with a football under his arm on it. "Wallace '15" has been written on the back. The pennant originally belonged to David McKee Wallace, Class of 1915.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00897
Location: RR 07
Format: Flags/Pennants/Banners
A small gold metal necklace charm of a Phi Beta Kappa key with “Beatrice Carmitchel, Dickinson ’19, December 5, 1776” engraved on the back. Given by donor’s mother (Beatrice Earle Carmitchell) to donor (her daughter) at her graduation from Dickinson in 1951.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00770
Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00771, AC 00776 and AC 00794-795)
Subject: necklace charm, Honor Societies
Format: Jewelry
Two small (approximately 2" x 4") felt rugs. There is a picture of a Dickinson pennant in the middle of the pink, blue, and orange pattern.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00931
Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00932-4)
Subject: Cigarette Rug, Tobacco Souvenir, Pennants
Format: Ephemera, Miscellaneous
This 12K gold pocket watch is engraved with the monogram H.L.P. The watch is attached by a chain to a Phi Beta Kappa key with the fraternity letters on one side with "Henry L. Price Dickinson 1917" and "December 5, 1770," the fraternity's founding, on the other. It is also attached to a monogrammed pocket knife kit.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00844
Location: Shelf 25
Subject: Watch, Knife, Honor Societies
Format: Miscellaneous