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Mermaid Players Banner

Canvas banner with a colored felt design for the Mermaid Players.

Decade: Unknown

Subject: Banner

Format: Flags/Pennants/Banners

James Henry Morgan Cane

Cane with an engraved silver top and metal cap at bottom, belonged to President James Henry Morgan (Class of 1878).

Decade: Unknown

Subject: Cane

Format: Miscellaneous

Phi Kappa Psi Paddle, front

Paddle of light stained wood with leather strap and Phi Kappa Psi letters on front, "Grievance Committee" on reverse.

Decade: Unknown

Subject: Paddle, Greek Life

Format: Ephemera

Wooden Railings

Dark wooden railings carved with names and symbols, believed to be from either West College or East College.

Decade: Unknown

Subject: Railings, West College (Old West), East College

Format: Building Materials

Bishop Beverly Waugh cane

Dark wooden cane with plain crook carved with the letter "W" and a small metal cap on bottom, owned by Bishop Beverly Waugh, a trustee from 1839 to 1858.

Decade: Unknown

Subject: Cane

Format: Miscellaneous

Wooden Cane

Wooden cane with carved knob handle and silver cap on bottom.

Decade: Unknown

Subject: Cane

Format: Miscellaneous

Masonic pin

Gold Masonic symbol pin which belonged to Mervin Grant Filler.

Decade: Unknown

Subject: Pins

Format: Pins/Buttons

College seal pin

Gold circle pin with college seal trimmed in red and white enamel which belonged to Forrest Eugene Craver.

Decade: Unknown

Subject: College Seal

Format: Pins/Buttons

Metzger Institute pin

Gold pennant-shaped pin painted in white enamel with name “Metzger” for the Metzger Institute.

Decade: Unknown

Subject: Education, Carlisle, Cumberland County

Format: Pins/Buttons

Wine Bottle

Green glass wine bottle with an image of West College on the label.

Decade: Unknown

Subject: West College (Old West)

Format: Glassware/Ceramics

Three Dickinson Pins

Three pins, two are enamel and one is cloth.  The cloth pin shows the college mascot, the Red Devil. The other two enamel are the College Seal in red and white with gold lettering and the doors of Old West.

Decade: Unknown

Subject: College Seal, Red Devil, West College (Old West), Pins

Format: Pins/Buttons

Dance Theatre Group pin

Pin for the Dance Theatre Group. Triangle shaped with three dancing stick figures.

Decade: Unknown

Subject: Visual and Performing Arts, Pins

Format: Pins/Buttons

C.O.T.E. cards

Playing Cards with the C.O.T.E. logo and "Commission on the Environment at Dickinson College" printed in black on a white background.

Decade: Unknown

Subject: Playing Cards, Sustainability

Format: Miscellaneous

Pocket Watch

White gold pocket watch engraved with initials of Mervin Grant Filler, which was a gift from Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity.

Decade: Unknown

Subject: Greek Life, Watch

Format: Miscellaneous

Dickinson College bumper sticker

Red rectangular sticker with white lettering, “Dickinson College/Carlisle, Penna.”

Decade: Unknown

Subject: bumper sticker, Decal

Format: Miscellaneous

Red Devil decals

Two decals of Red Devil sitting on a letter "D".

Decade: Unknown

Subject: Red Devil, Decal

Format: Miscellaneous

College Seal decal

Clear static cling decal printed with college seal in red and black

Decade: Unknown

Subject: College Seal, Decal

Format: Miscellaneous

Allison Memorial Church plate

China plate with oil-lamp and flower pattern, black engraving of Allison Memorial Church in center.

Decade: Unknown

Subject: Commemorative Plates, Methodist Church, Religion and Spirituality

Format: Glassware/Ceramics

Mt. Holly Springs plate

Ceramic plate with gilded edge with engraved image of Mt. Holly Springs park in black, produced by Charles F. Himes.

Decade: Unknown

Subject: Commemorative Plates, Cumberland County

Format: Glassware/Ceramics

Dickinson College plate

White stoneware plate, nine inches in diameter, with the Dickinson College Seal in red at the top.

Decade: Unknown

Subject: College Seal, Plate

Format: Glassware/Ceramics

"Natural Highs" cup

White plastic cup with "Natural Highs" listed on each side.

Decade: Unknown

Subject: Cup

Format: Miscellaneous

Masland Mug and Magnet

White ceramic mug with "Masland for the 199th" in blue, and blue magnet with white lettering of identical design.

Decade: Unknown

Subject: Magnet, Mug

Format: Glassware/Ceramics, Miscellaneous

Denny Hall ceramic jar

White ceramic jar with Denny Hall image on lid.

Decade: Unknown

Subject: Denny Hall

Format: Glassware/Ceramics

Old East door knob

Brass door knob from the west entrance to East College.

Decade: Unknown

Subject: East College, Campus Buildings

Format: Building Materials

West College fireplace brick

Clay brick removed from third floor fireplace in West College during 1980's renovations.

Decade: Unknown

Subject: West College (Old West)

Format: Building Materials

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