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1960-1969
A red felt Freshman Beanie ("dink") with "71" on the back in white and a Dickinson College Name Tag with the name "Michael Trachtman" typed in black under the college seal and "Dickinson College" in red. Trachtman is a member of the Class of 1971.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00453
Location: Shelf 18 (housed with AC 00451, 00452)
Subject: Dink, Nametag, Student Life
Format: Hats, Pins/Buttons
A red felt "dink" with a white button from around 1965.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00048
Location: Shelf 9 (housed with AC 00046-00049)
Subject: Freshman Beanies, Dink, College Traditions
Format: Hats
President William Durden's Dickinson College Freshman red beanie (“dink”) with "71" on the back in white and "A-1" written in black marker on the front. A name tag with the college seal and "Dickinson College" in red and "William Durden" in black, and a red and white student ID with a student photo on the back, all from 1967.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00462
Location: Shelf 19
Subject: Dink, Nametag, Student ID, ID Card
Format: Clothing, Miscellaneous, Pins/Buttons
An all red, cotton dink belonging to Marilyn Detweiler (Class of 1964).
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00938
Location: Reading Room Shelf 1 (housed with AC 00925, AC 00936-7)
Subject: Freshman Beanies, Dink
Format: Hats
All red, cotton dink.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00825
Location: Shelf 20 (housed with AC 00825)
Subject: Dink, Student Life, Freshman Beanies
Format: Hats
Award bowl given by the General Alumni Association to Gilbert “Red” Malcolm, electing him as honorary president.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00611
Location: Shelf 15
Subject: Honorary President Award
Format: Plaques/Trophies
Large bronze medal featuring James Buchanan's profile and “1857” on obverse, issued by the U. S. Mint. The reverse side of the medal features a farmer leaning on a plow, talking with a Native American Chief while an American flag flies in the background. Gift of Dan Bechtel, class of 1975.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00060
Location: Shelf 3 (housed with 00058-00088, 00507, 00590, 00607, 00735)
Subject: Commemorative Medal
Format: Currency/Medallions
Gold medal featuring inscriptions and laurels, produced for the John Glover Award by the Royal Mint, 1959. This medal presented to Edward Uhler Condon in 1962. It was returned to the college by the American Philosophical Society in 1974 after Edward Condon's death. The Glover Memorial Lectures are usually presented in alternate years. This lectureship in science was established in 1958 in memory of John Glover of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, the inventor of the Glover Tower, and in memory of his son and grandson, Henry and Lester Glover, by the late Dr. John D. Yeagley and Mrs. Yeagley of York, Pennsylvania.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00069
Location: Shelf 3 (housed with 00058-00088, 00507)
Subject: Honors and Awards, John Glover Award
Format: Currency/Medallions
Dark brown, 3.5 foot long, wooden Kappa Sigma fraternity paddle. On the front a Dickinson flag, Dickinson Seal, and Devil sitting on a "D" can be found. "What M[image of a hat]E worry?" can be seen across the top. On the back "Al 1963, "KΣ", and "Joe 1964" are shown around the fraternity seal. This paddle was given to Joe Icenhower when he pledged Kappa Sigma.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00758
Location: RR 01 (housed with AC 000248, AC 00249, AC 00412, AC 00598)
Subject: Greek Life, Paddle, Red Devil
Format: Ephemera
A wooden Makra idol representing the reconciliation of opposites. This artifact was brought back from Nepal by Drs. Edgar and Elizabeth Bucke Miller, Class of 1920 and 1923 respectively.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 1999.3_36
Location: Shelf 31 Box 2
Subject: Nepal
Format: Artwork/Photography, Miscellaneous
A metla statue of Ganesha, Remover of Obstacles. This artifact was brought back from Nepal by Drs. Edgar and Elizabeth Bucke Miller, Class of 1920 and 1923 respectively.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 1999.3_11
Location: Shelf 31 Box 1
Format: Artwork/Photography, Miscellaneous
A metal statue of Vajarasattva, the culmination of all the positive qualities of Buddha. This artifact was brought back from Nepal by Drs. Edgar and Elizabeth Bucke Miller, Class of 1920 and 1923 respectively.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 1999.3_10
Location: Shelf 31 Box 1
Subject: Nepal
Format: Artwork/Photography, Miscellaneous
Pins and medals designating Church rank, worn by Newell Snow Booth at various conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church from 1952 to 1972.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00093
Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00089 - AC 00092)
Subject: Medal, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Currency/Medallions
Bronze medal featuring 4 Methodist Church bishops Otterbein, Albright, Asbury, and Wesley under a cross with inscription.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00092
Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00089 - AC 00093)
Subject: Religion and Spirituality
Format: Currency/Medallions
Medium size, wooden Sigma Chi paddle from the Military Ball of 1961.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00813
Location: Shelf 11 (housed with AC 00814, AC 00815)
Subject: Greek Life, Military Ball, Paddle
Format: Ephemera
A white ceramic mug belonging to Herbert Ornstein. It features the Phi Epsilon Pi fraternity symbol and the text "Dickinson College, Iota Chapter 1964" in black on the front and the text “Ornette” in black on the black.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00138
Location: Shelf 21 (housed with 00137)
Subject: Mug
Format: Glassware/Ceramics
A small wooden shield shaped plaque with a golden plate inscribed with " OΔK Songfest, Best Small Group, 1964 Kappa Sigma, 1965 The Seldom Singers, 1966 The Seldom Singers".
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00097
Location: Shelf 18 (housed with AC 00095, AC 00096)
Subject: Plaque, Greek Life
Format: Plaques/Trophies
Phi Delta Theta pledge paddle used by John Wallace Herold, Class of 1968.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00602
Location: Shelf 14 (housed with AC 00245 - AC 00247)
Subject: Greek Life, Paddle
Format: Ephemera
A three foot long wooden paddle with handle. On one side is a list of the pledge’s names written in ink below a decal of the Phi Kappa Psi crest. On the other side is the continued list of the pledge’s names in ink above the decal of the Dickinson Red Devil sitting on the Greek letters of Phi Kappa Psi (ΦΚΨ) in gold and black.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00792
Location: Shelf 11 (housed with AC 00584)
Subject: Paddle, Greek Life
Format: Ephemera
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
A wooden Durqa plaque of a Hindu Goddess standing astride a lion and a lotus throne. This artifact was brought back from Nepal by Drs. Edgar and Elizabeth Bucke Miller, Class of 1920 and 1923 respectively.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 1999.3_33
Location: Shelf 31 Box 2
Subject: Nepal
Format: Artwork/Photography, Miscellaneous, Plaques/Trophies
A white china plate with gold and black trim with a crest in gray, red and yellow above a design in the center of the plate. The design features the text "Lord Mayor's Challenge The Absent Guest The War on Want" within a black circle. On the back is the maker's information in red that reads "LIVERPOOL ROAD ENGLAND POTTERY LTD. STOKE ON TRENT". This item belonged to Thomas Edward Munce, Jr., class of 1939.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 2005.5_1
Location: Shelf 34
Format: Glassware/Ceramics
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