Freshman Buttons

Freshman Pin, 1951

A white pin with "Dickinson College Freshman" in red and "Jane Myers" in pencil on both the back and front. Buttons were distributed to freshman women to be worn during new student initiation. Myers was a member of the Class of 1955. 

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00706

Location: Shelf 17 (housed with AC 00190-00193)

Subject: Freshman Buttons, Orientation, Nametag

Format: Pins/Buttons

Lewis Gobrecht's Freshman Button, 1951

Freshman button worn as name tag by Lewis Gobrecht '55 while attending Dickinson College as a student. Gobrecht majored in Political Science and History at Dickinson and was an active member of the College Choir, Glee Club, and the Dickinson Follies theater group. Gobrecht went on to have a long career teaching middle-school history in Carlisle.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00470

Location: Shelf 2 (housed with 00432-00436, 00443, 00459)

Subject: Freshman Buttons, Buttons

Format: Pins/Buttons

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