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Commencement
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
White round button with college seal and name, and “Commencement” in red, with “My Name is Whitfield J. Bell, Jr.”
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00210
Location: Shelf 16 (housed with AC 00209-00215, etc.)
Subject: Commencement, Buttons, College Traditions
Format: Pins/Buttons
White round buttons with college seal and name, and “Commencement” in red, with “My Name is E. R. Heckman, ’97.”
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00213
Location: Shelf 16 (housed with AC 00209-00215, etc.)
Subject: Commencement, Buttons, College Traditions
Format: Pins/Buttons
White round buttons with college seal and name, and “Commencement” in red, with “My Name is C. B. Stoner, '23.”
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00214
Location: Shelf 16 (housed with AC 00209-00215, etc.)
Subject: Commencement, Buttons, College Traditions
Format: Pins/Buttons
White round button with college seal and name, and “Commencement” in red, with “My Name is Robert E. Faddis, ’24.”
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00212
Location: Shelf 16 (housed with AC 00209-00215, etc.)
Subject: Commencement, Buttons, College Traditions
Format: Pins/Buttons
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
A tall beer mug made of glass. It has a red design of the doors of Old West and the words "Dickinson College Congratulations Class of 1993" on one side.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00903
Location: Shelf 27
Subject: Class of 1993, Commencement, Beer Mug
Format: Glassware/Ceramics
A circular white metal button featuring the college seal and the text "DICKINSON COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT" in red. Written across the center of the button is the name "Sam L. Daihl, Guest" in blue ink. This object belonged to Velva Diven Daihl, class of 1927.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 2012.6_4
Location: Shelf 34
Subject: Button, Commencement
Format: Pins/Buttons
A folded American Flag accompanied by a United States Marine Corps certificate addressed to William G. Durden and a pamphlet with flag care instructions. The flag was given to President Bill Durden by ROTC after he delivered a speech during the commissioning ceremonies in 2011.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00780
Location: Shelf 18 (housed with AC 00025)
Subject: American flag, Commencement
Format: Flags/Pennants/Banners
Buttons worn as name tags by Lewis Gobrecht '55 while attending Dickinson College Commencement and Dickinson College Guest Day as a student. Gobrecht majored in Political Science and History 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 00433
Location: Shelf 2 (housed with 00432-00436, 00443, 00459, 00470)
Subject: Commencement, Guest Day, Buttons
Format: Pins/Buttons
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
