2017 - Commencement

Boyd Lee Spahr Academic Regalia, c.1930

Black hoods, gown, and caps worn by Boyd Lee Spahr as President of the Board of Trustees of Dickinson College, a position he held from 1931 to 1961.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00007

Location: RR 03

Subject: Academic Regalia, Hood, Gown, Cap

Format: Clothing, Hats

Commencement Buttons, 1929

White round commencement buttons and one oval commencement buttons with,“My Name is James A. Strite, ’29.”

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00476

Location: Shelf 16 (housed with AC 00209-00215, etc.)

Subject: Commencement, Buttons, College Traditions

Format: Pins/Buttons

Commencement button, 1949

White round button with college seal and name, and “Commencement” in red, with “My Name is Dean Hoffman,” a member of the Class of 1949.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00211

Location: Shelf 16 (housed with AC 00209-00215, etc.)

Subject: Commencement, Buttons, College Traditions

Format: Pins/Buttons

Dickinson Pennant (black), c.2005

A black felt Dickinson pennant with red trim and tassels. The pennant features a large Dickinson red and white “D” with the text “DICKINSON COLLEGE” in red.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00802

Location: RR 08 (housed with AC 00518-519, AC 00676, AC 00798-800)

Subject: Pennants

Format: Flags/Pennants/Banners

Dickinson Stein, c.1910

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

Frank Elmer Masland Jr. Regalia, c.1945

Black cap and hood and red gown belonging to Frank Elmer Masland, Jr., class of 1918 and a member of the Dickinson College Board of Trustees from 1946-1965.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00014