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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.
Decade: 1920-1929
Subject: Academic Regalia
Format: Textiles
Black and red hood worn by Ulysses Grant Simpson Wright, member of the class of 1902 and 1923 honorary degree recipient.
Decade: 1920-1929
Subject: Academic Regalia, Hood
Format: Clothing
A gold metal medallion featuring the embossed portrait of Woodrow Wilson on the front. On the back reads the text "WOODROW WILSON 28th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BORN DECEMBER 28 1856 DIED February 3 1924. The text is then surrounded by an...
Decade: 1920-1929
Subject: Medallion
Format: Currency/Medallions
Two small gold arrow-shaped pins with sorority letters which belonged to M. Elizabeth Filler.
Decade: 1920-1929
Subject: Sorority Pin, Greek Life
Format: Pins/Buttons
White round button with college seal and name, and “Commencement” in red, with “My Name is Robert E. Faddis, ’24.”
Decade: 1920-1929
Subject: Commencement, Buttons, College Traditions
Format: Pins/Buttons
Green knit wool cap with yellow pom pom worn by Donald McIntyre as a freshman in 1924.
Decade: 1920-1929
Subject: Freshman Beanies
Format: Hats
The pin has white stones (unclear whether they are precious stones) are made in the shape of a shepherd's crook and the red stones (unclear whether they are precious stones) an in the shape of an "X" - to the left of the "X" is a hand which is...
Decade: 1920-1929
Subject: Greek Life, Pins, Tie
Format: Clothing, Jewelry, Pins/Buttons
Bronze college seal mounted on a cherry wood shield-shaped plaque.
Decade: 1920-1929
Subject: Commemorative Plaque, College Seal
Format: Plaques/Trophies
Bronze medal featuring an image of William Wood Gerhard and his birth and death dates on the front, with the words "THE PHILADELPHIA PATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY HONORS ZEAL IN RESEARCH" on the back.
Decade: 1920-1929
Subject: Health and Medicine, Honors and Awards, Commemorative Medal
Format: Currency/Medallions
Three piece silver communion kit donated in honor of John Wesley and Annie Wilcox Edel for use in the Durbin Oratory.
Decade: 1920-1929
Subject: Religion and Spirituality
Format: Miscellaneous
Gray and red striped wool blazer worn by Victor B. Hann '28 during his student days at Dickinson.
Decade: 1920-1929
Subject: Class Blazer, Blazer
Format: Clothing
Felt armbands, beret and pin for the Dickinson class of 1926 and a Carlisle High School pennant.
Decade: 1920-1929
Subject: Buttons, Carlisle High School
Format: Flags/Pennants/Banners, Hats
Copper key and staff belonging to Mervin Grant Filler as a member of Omicron Delta Kappa in 1927.
Decade: 1920-1929
Subject: Key, Honor Societies
Format: Pins/Buttons
Silver pocket watch given to John W. McConnell as the first recipient of the Class of 1902 Award in 1928. Endowed by the class of 1902, the award is given annually to a member of the junior class who has contributed the most good to the college....
Decade: 1920-1929
Subject: Honors and Awards, Class of 1902 Award, Watch
Format: Jewelry
Very small gold pin with "28" in a center triangle and the letters “N,” “E,” and “M” around the outside. The organization behind the pin is unknown.
Decade: 1920-1929
Subject: Sorority Pin
Format: Pins/Buttons
White round commencement buttons and one oval commencement buttons with,“My Name is James A. Strite, ’29.”
Decade: 1920-1929
Subject: Commencement, Buttons, College Traditions
Format: Pins/Buttons
Plaster cast of medal with President Woodrow Wilson, produced in 1929 for the 50th anniversary of Wilson's graduation from Princeton University.
Decade: 1920-1929
Subject: Commemorative Medal
Format: Currency/Medallions
Four member pins belonging to Leon Cushing Prince as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1929 to 1936. Three of the pins are gold with blue enamel and the state seal from 1930-1931, 1933-1934, and 1935-1936. The last pin is a gold...
Decade: 1930-1939
Format: Pins/Buttons
Black and yellow hood worn by Walter Buckington Carver upon receiving an honorary degree from Dickinson in 1929
Decade: 1920-1929
Subject: Academic Regalia, Hood
Format: Clothing
Four silk Dickinson ribbons and one felt banner for the class of 1909 . Produced for the 20th reunion in 1929.
Decade: 1920-1929
Subject: Class Flags, Reunion
Format: Flags/Pennants/Banners
A gold metal high school class ring with the school's seal engraved on the front of the ring. On either side are designs featuring "WP" and "30" for the class of 1930. This item belonged to Helen Trout, sister of Ruth Trout, class of 1936.
Decade: 1930-1939
Subject: Class Ring
Format: Jewelry
Twenty two engraving blocks from "Theophilus, the Battle Axe" by Charles C. Sellers.
Decade: 1930-1939
Subject: Printing
Format: Artwork/Photography
A sorority pin made of wood featuring the greek letters of the Pi Beta Phi Fraternity. This item was owned by Ruth Trout, class of 1936.
Decade: 1930-1939
Subject: Sorority Pin
Format: Pins/Buttons
Gold pin featuring sorority seal and motto which belonged to Sarah Rowe, class of 1934, as a member of Phi Mu.
Decade: 1930-1939
Subject: Greek Life, Sorority Pin
Format: Pins/Buttons