Shelf 25


Pocket Watch and Pocket Knife, 1917

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00844
Location
Shelf 25

This 12K gold pocket watch is engraved with the monogram H.L.P. The watch is attached by a chain to a Phi Beta Kappa key with the fraternity letters on one side with "Henry L. Price Dickinson 1917" and "December 5, 1770," the fraternity's founding, on the other. It is also attached to a monogrammed pocket knife kit.

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USNR Dog Tag, 1943

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00449
Location
Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00418-422, AC 00448, AC 00484, AC 00488, AC 00541)

A United States Navy Reserve (USNR) Dog Tag with a chain necklace attached and engraved with the text "COUTTS ALAN 647 43 68 TYPE-O T/11/43 USNR-P."

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Lancet, c.1790

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00283
Location
Shelf 25

A brass medical instrument believed to have been used by Benjamin Rush to bleed his patients for medical treatments.

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Ambrotype of Charles Collins, c.1860

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00796
Location
Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00335)

An ambrotype of Dickinson College President Charles Collins in a leather-bound, embossed case. Inside the case, the photograph is framed in a gold vignette, red cloth, and gold trim. The text on the gold frame reads “OUTTINGS PAT. JULY 4 & 1_ 1854” and “AMBROTYPE BY R. ADAMS”.

Class Ring, 1919

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00771
Location
Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00770, 00776 and 00794-795)

A gold metal class ring with the college seal and the text “19” and “DC” engraved on either side of the seal. The initials “B.E.C.” are engraved on the inside of the band. Given by donor’s mother (Beatrice Earle Carmitchell) to donor (her daughter) at her graduation from Dickinson in 1951.

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Phi Beta Kappa Key, 1919

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00770
Location
Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00771, AC 00776 and AC 00794-795)

A small gold metal necklace charm of a Phi Beta Kappa key with “Beatrice Carmitchel, Dickinson ’19, December 5, 1776” engraved on the back. Given by donor’s mother (Beatrice Earle Carmitchell) to donor (her daughter) at her graduation from Dickinson in 1951.

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Weiss Christmas Ornament, 1994

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00726
Location
Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00725 and 00727)

A 2-D porcelain Christmas ornament with the façade of Weiss painted on the front. The ornament comes with an information card.

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Frances Williams’ ID card, 1966

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00609
Location
Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00226 - AC 00229)

Dickinson ID badge used by Frances Williams, a member of the Class of 1970, with her picture on the reverse.

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Academic Hood Lining, 1923

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00008
Location
Shelf 25

Red satin academic hood lining used by Isaac Franklin Russell to represent his honorary degree from Dickinson College. Russell was granted an honorary Doctor of Laws in 1893.

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Spurs and Hat Cord, c.1865

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00442
Location
Shelf 25

Iron spurs with leather straps and braided gold hat cord, c.1865, worn by Horatio C. King, class of 1858, who served in the Union Calvary during the U.S. Civil War.

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Miami Triad wallet, 1931

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00227
Location
Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00228, AC 00229)

Black leather wallet souvenir with a “D" and the  "Miami Triad 1931” embossed in gold on the front, made for the annual Miami Triad Dance held by Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Theta, and Sigma Chi.

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