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1980-1989
A bond from the Carlisle Borough Municipal Authority featuring the Dickinson College Project mounted on a black and gold lacquered wooden plaque.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00111
Location: Shelf 20 (housed with 00109-00112)
Subject: Plaque
Format: Plaques/Trophies
A red cotton fleece hoodless pullover sweatshirt with the college seal and "Dickinson" in white with a black outline.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00028
Location: Shelf 17
Subject: Sweatshirt
Format: Clothing
Letter opener in the shape of a sword with "DC" on the front and "Dickinson College" on the back.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00845
Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00181-188, AC 00230-231, AC 00471, AC00673)
Subject: Letter Opener
Format: Miscellaneous
Two reunion name tags, both belonging to Ruth Trout, class of 1936. Both name tags are rectangular pins with ribbons attached to them, one with yellow ribbons with "Golden Alumni" in black text and the other has a white ribbon with "50th Reunion" in black and red text. The tag with the yellow ribbons features a tag with a gold trim and the text "Ruth Trout 1936" handwritten in black ink and "Dickinson College" in black typed text. The other tag features a picture of Ruth Trout and her name hand written in black ink.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 2005.1_5
Location: Shelf 34 Box 1
Subject: Pins, Nametag, Reunion, Golden Alumni
Format: Pins/Buttons
Red cotton and acrylic Dickinson sweatshirt with white letters and the college seal.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00733
Location: Shelf 10 (housed with AC 00734)
Subject: Sweatshirt, College Seal
Format: Clothing
Three black latex swim team caps. Two caps have a design with a red “D” with a black devil’s tail running through it with the text “Red Devils” in white. The other cap features the text “DICKINSON SWIMMING” in white and red.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00799
Location: RR 08 (housed with AC 00800, AC 00518-519, and AC 00676)
Subject: Athletics
Format: Athletic Equipment
Photo of the 1988 Red Devil Football Team and plate mounted on a wood plaque commemorating the team’s Centennial Conference championship and participation in the E.C.A.C. South Bowl in 1988.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00115
Location: Shelf 3 (housed with 00113-00117, 00538-00539)
Subject: Honors and Awards, Athletics, Centennial Conference
Format: Plaques/Trophies
Small shield-shaped plaque with a gold-toned placard and “With Love, the Pledge Class, of, 1982” engraved on it.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00532
Location: Shelf 2 (housed with 00529-00532)
Subject: Greek Life
Format: Plaques/Trophies
Brown felt banner with “Gamma Phi Beta”, “1980” and stars sewn on in yellow felt. Sorority members' names are stitched on the stars.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00528
Location: Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00423)
Subject: Greek Life, Banner
Format: Flags/Pennants/Banners
Merit certificate in a gold-tone frame awarded to Gamma Phi Beta by the Panhellenic Executive in recognition of the sorority’s philanthropic projects, awarded on April 16, 1984.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00530
Location: Shelf 2 (housed with AC 00529-00532)
Subject: Greek Life
Format: Plaques/Trophies
Wooden plaque from the founding year of Gamma Phi Beta sorority, with “ΓΦΒ, Spring/Fall 1980, ΔΡ Chapter” hand painted in gold. Gamma Phi Beta was a sorority active on campus from 1980 to 1986.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00529
Location: Shelf 2 (housed with 00529-00532)
Subject: Greek Life
Format: Plaques/Trophies
Stained wooden plaque with coated paper bearing a message to the Gamma Phi Beta sorority from the Alpha Delta Epsilon Sorority, given by the class of 1982.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00107
Location: Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00104-00107)
Subject: Greek Life
Format: Plaques/Trophies
Shield-shaped wooden plaque with gold-tone placard inscribed with “Gamma Phi Beta, Award for Scholastic Excellence” and two names listed: Kathleen Boyle received the award in 1984, and Maria Webb in 1985.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00531
Location: Shelf 2 (housed with 00529-00532)
Subject: Greek Life, Honors and Awards
Format: Plaques/Trophies
A rectangular paper name tag in a plastic sleeve with two attached golden ribbons with the text "GOLDEN" on the left ribbon and "ALUMNI" on the right ribbon. The name tag has a gold trim which frames the hand written name "Velva Diven Daihl, 1927" and "DICKINSON COLLEGE" typed in black. This object belonged to Velva Diven Daihl, class of 1927.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 2012.6_3
Location: Shelf 34
Subject: Nametag, Golden Alumni, Reunion, Alumni Weekend
Format: Miscellaneous
A gold medallion in a wooden case with an English and French inscription. Opposite the medallion is a note indicating that Raphael Farber, Director General of the Israel Ministry of Tourism, presented this award to Philip Capice (Class of 1952) in 1982.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 2016.4_14
Location: Shelf 40 (Box 4)
Subject: Honors and Awards, Medallion
Format: Currency/Medallions
A red polo shirt with "Dickinson Jazz Ensemble" in white lettering.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00035
Location: Shelf 9 (housed with 00033-00041, 00467)
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts, T-shirt
Format: Clothing
A metal cup with the inscription "John Dickinson Society 1988" on it. It was given to Philip Capice (Class of 1952).
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 2016.4_16
Location: Shelf 40 (Box 4)
Subject: Cup
Format: Glassware/Ceramics
A plastic block with beveled edges containing a piece of limestone. An engraved plate with the text "The John Dickinson Society 1984" is situated on the top of the block.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00295
Location: Shelf 21 (housed with AC 00291-94, AC 00296)
Subject: Paperweight
Format: Miscellaneous
A plastic block with beveled edges containing a piece of limestone. An engraved plate with the text "The John Dickinson Society 1984" is on the top of the block.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00296
Location: Shelf 21 (housed with AC 00291-00295)
Subject: Paperweight
Format: Miscellaneous
A prism of glass with a rock in it and a panel on the front with the words "The John Dickinson Society Paperweight, 1984" on the front. It was given to Philip Capice (Class of 1952).
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 2016.4_11
Location: Shelf 40 (Box 3)
Subject: Paperweight
Format: Miscellaneous
Two lacrosse sticks and the text "LEE LACROSSE CLUB STATE SIDE 1980" inscribed plate mounted on a red background to commemorate a game between Dickinson and the Lee Lacrosse Club of southern England on April 27, 1980.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00110
Location: Shelf 20 (housed with AC 00109-00112)
Subject: Commemorative Plaque
Format: Plaques/Trophies
A Beta Theta Pi mason jar from spring formal, April 12, 1980. On the front is the organization's crest in red with the text "Beta Theta Pi Spring Formal April 12, 1980".
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00480
Location: Shelf 21 (housed with 00479, 00481)
Subject: jar, Greek Life
Format: Glassware/Ceramics
Philip Capice, a television producer, received this medallion after the 200th episode of the soap opera Dallas. "The 200th Episode of Dallas Lorimar November 15, 1985 - CBS" is written on both sides of the medallion in front of a radio tower.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 2016.04_13
Location: Shelf 40 (Box 4)
Subject: Medal, Commemorative Medal
Format: Currency/Medallions
A mug with the red text "DICKINSON COLLEGE Congratulations Seniors" and a design of Old West celebrating the graduation of the class of 1983.
Artifact/Collection Number: Ac 00479
Location: Shelf 21 (housed with AC 00480-00481)
Subject: Mug, Commencement
Format: Glassware/Ceramics