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Currency/Medallions
Bronze medallion' with the profile of Joseph Priestley and the words "Joseph Priestley Award Dickinson College" with the medallion holder that is distributed annually to the Joseph Priestly award winners
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00846
Location: Shelf 28 (housed with AC 00847- AC 00850)
Subject: Award Medals, Priestley Award, Medallion
Format: Currency/Medallions
Gold metal pendant awarded to Horatio Collins King by Governor Grover Cleveland in 1883, which appointed King to Judge Advocate General of New York.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00416
Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00415 and AC 00441)
Subject: Medal, Honors and Awards, Military
Format: Currency/Medallions
A large bronze medal featuring a relief of various decorative bands which form a large circle. The outer band has the text “MẶT TRỐNG DỒNG CỔ VIỆT NAM”. It is housed in a decorative red box.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00778
Location: Shelf 18 (housed with AC 00777)
Format: Currency/Medallions
Gold metal cross with diamonds depicting scientific apparatus on the arms and center, presented to William M. B. Glandig (Class of 1878) in 1876.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00350
Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00348, AC 00349)
Subject: Oratorical Contests, Medal, Honors and Awards
Format: Currency/Medallions
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
Bronze medal commemorating the Mendeleev Institute featuring a bust of Dmitri Mendeleev against a table of elements on one side, and an inscription in Russian on the other which says "Order of Lenin and Order of the Red Banner of Labor" which the Institute was awarded by the Soviet Union. The medal was given to the College by the Institute, where Dickinson sent students to study during the early years of the Dickinson in Moscow Program.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00078
Location: Shelf 3 (housed with 00058-00088, 00507, 00590, 00607, 00735)
Subject: Commemorative Medal, Study Abroad
Format: Currency/Medallions
Larger silver medal featuring John Wesley and inscriptions, produced for centennial of the Methodist Church in 1866.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00085
Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00084 - AC 00088, AC 00507)
Subject: Commemorative Medal, Methodist Church, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Currency/Medallions
Five silver medallions housed in small round cases, which were produced for the Methodist Church in 1866 by Warner & Sons.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00087
Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00084 - AC 00088, AC 00507)
Subject: Methodist Church, Religion and Spirituality, Commemorative Medal
Format: Currency/Medallions
Thirty six silver medals all featuring West College on obverse with Susanna Wesley and son John Wesley on reverse. Produced for the centennial of the Methodist Church in 1866.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00088
Location: Shelf 3 (housed with 00058-00087, 00507, 00590, 00607, 00735)
Subject: Religion and Spirituality, Commemorative Medal
Format: Currency/Medallions
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
Small silver medal featuring West College on obverse with Susanna Wesley and son, John Wesley, on reverse. The medal was produced for centennial of the Methodist Church in 1866.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00086
Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00084 - AC 00088, AC 00507)
Subject: Commemorative Medal, Methodist Church, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Currency/Medallions
Four gold medal featuring Francis Asbury and Matthew Simpson, produced for the centennial of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1884.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00090
Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00090 - AC 00093)
Subject: Medal, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Currency/Medallions
A gold medal attached to a red, yellow and blue ribbon pin. On the front there is an image of an eagle spreading its wings. On the reverse side there is engraved text that reads "FAITHFUL SERVICE UNITED STATE NAVAL RESERVE". This object was owned by Albert Louther Demaree, class of 1923.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 2010.4_2
Location: Shelf 34 Box 1
Subject: Award Medals, Military
Format: Currency/Medallions
A small gold metal pendent featuring a stamped seal of the New Hampshire Medical Society celebrating fifty years. "New Hampshire Medical Society" is engraved around the seal. On the back is a name and date engraved "Zatae L. Straw 1892-1942". This object belonged to Zatae Longsdorff, class of 1887.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 2002.2_3
Location: Shelf 32 Box 2
Subject: Commemorative Medal
Format: Currency/Medallions
A gold metal and white enamel medallion in the shape of a cross attached to a red and white stripped ribbon. In the center there is a dark blue circle with gold crown, representing the Order of the Crown of Italy. This medallion purportedly belonged to Flint Kellogg.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00233
Location: Shelf 24 (housed with AC 00234-00237)
Subject: Award Medals
Format: Currency/Medallions
A gold medallion given to Philip Capice (Class of 1952) for his winning of the 1976 George Foster Peabody Broadcasting Award. It was awarded for his work on Sybil and has inscriptions on front and back.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 2016.4_18
Location: Shelf 40 (Box 4)
Subject: Honors and Awards, Peabody Award, Film Award
Format: Currency/Medallions
Bronze medallion, the George Foster Peabody Broadcasting Award that Philip Capice received for Green Eyes in 1977. It has inscriptions on the front and back.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 2016.4_12
Location: Shelf 40 (Box 4)
Subject: Honors and Awards, Peabody Award, Medallion
Format: Currency/Medallions
Round gold pendant inscribed with contest details and the name of the winner for 1877, James Henry Morgan.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00166
Location: Shelf 26 (housed with AC 00162 - AC 00180)
Subject: Pierson Prize, Oratorical Contests, Medal, Honors and Awards
Format: Currency/Medallions
A round gold pendant with oratorical contest details inscribed on both the front and the back. On the front the name of the winner for 1887, "AWARDED TO MARY R. CURRAN AS A PRIZE FOR ORATORY", is inscribed in the center of the medallion, around which reads "FOUNDED BY DANIEL PIERSON MDCCIXXXVII". On the back it reads "COLLEGIUM DICKINSONIENSE DETUR DIGNIORI".
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00165
Location: Shelf 26 (housed with AC 00161-00180)
Subject: Award Medals, Oratorical Contests, Pierson Prize
Format: Currency/Medallions
Silver pendant medal presented to William M. B. Glanding (Class of 1878) for winning the Pierson Prize for Oratory in 1877.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00349
Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00348, AC 00350)
Subject: Pierson Prize, Honors and Awards, Medal
Format: Currency/Medallions
Peirson Prize medal awarded to William H. Davenport in 1907 for his performance at the annual Junior Oratorical Contest
Front: "Founded by Daniel Pierson MDCCCCVII" on the rim of the medal and "Awarded to William H. Davenport as a Prize for Oratory" in the center of the medal.
Back: "Collegium Dickinsoniense" on the rim of the medal and "Detur Digniori" written on a banner in the center of the medal.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00886
Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00348, AC 00049, AC 00050)
Subject: Pierson Prize, Honors and Awards, Award Medals
Format: Currency/Medallions
A gold medallion attached to a red ribbon. On the front the engraving reads "COLLEGIUM DICKINSONIENSE DETUR DIONIORI" and on the back "AWARDED TO Zatae Longsdorff AS A PRIZE FOR ORATORY FOUNDED BY DANIEL PIERSON MDCCCLXXXVI"
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 2002.2
Location: Shelf 33
Subject: Award Medals, Oratorical Contests, Pierson Prize
Format: Currency/Medallions
Wedgwood plaque of Joseph Priestley medallion.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00586
Location: Shelf 27
Subject: Commemorative Plaque, Priestley Award
Format: Currency/Medallions
A gold metal and purple enamel heart shaped medallion attached to a purple and white striped ribbon. In the center features the obverse profile of President George Washington. Charles M. Steese, a member of the Class of 1907, received this award during World War I.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 2002.4_1
Location: Shelf 32
Subject: Award Medals, Military, World War I
Format: Currency/Medallions
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