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White circle with red college seal, lettering, and space to write a name, created for Guest Day on April 24, 1937.
Decade: 1930-1939
Format: Pins/Buttons
Murad Tobacco card featuring a Dickinson athlete on the front with the college seal. On reverse side a list of schools is featured.
Decade: 1930-1939
Subject: Tobacco Souvenir, Athletics
Format: Ephemera
Gold linked band with black centerpiece bearing the Phi Kappa Sigma symbol in gold metal.
Decade: 1940-1949
Subject: Greek Life
Format: Jewelry
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"....
Decade: 1940-1949
Subject: Commemorative Medal
Format: Currency/Medallions
A small silver pocket watch given to the recipient of “The 1902 Award”. The watch has a silver clock-face with black numbers and text and is housed in a small green pouch with the text “Tahys Watch Cases” in blue. The award was given to Dean Meck...
Decade: 1940-1949
Subject: Honors and Awards, Class of 1902 Award
Format: Jewelry
The American flag with 48 stars, folded in a military fashion. Slightly faded.
Decade: 1940-1949
Subject: American flag, Military
Format: Flags/Pennants/Banners
Raven's Claw cloth hat with insignia, belonging to James Prescott, III, class of 1944. Prescott wore the hat to show his affiliation with the honor society. Raven's Claw is an honor society consisting of seven senior Dickinson males.
Decade: 1940-1949
Subject: Honor Societies
Format: Hats
Gold ring with college seal in black setting which belonged to Elizabeth Faddis Cunliffe.
Decade: 1940-1949
Subject: Class Ring
Format: Jewelry
This Wheel and Chain hat from 1945 was worn by Christine Myers Crist, class of 1946. The hat was donated by Jane Myers Seller, class of 1955, in 2012.
Decade: 1940-1949
Subject: Honor Societies
Format: Hats
A black iron embosser with the stamp of the Dickinson College seal.
Decade: 1940-1949
Subject: Embosser
Format: Miscellaneous
A hand-held gray metal embosser for the stamp of the Dickinson College seal.
Decade: 1940-1949
Subject: Embosser
Format: Miscellaneous
A gold medal attached to a rainbow and red colored ribbon pin. On the front there is an image of woman holding a broken sword in each hand and one foot standing on a helmet and the text "WORLD WAR II". On the reverse is the image of a piece of...
Decade: 1940-1949
Subject: Award Medals, Military, World War II
Format: Currency/Medallions
A certificate mounted in a gold frame listing the date, medals and position awarded to Thomas Edward Munce, Jr. for his service in World War II. Under the crest printed in orange, the text reads "The Under-Secretary of State for War presents his...
Decade: 1940-1949
Subject: certificate, Award Medals, Military, World War II
Format: Currency/Medallions, Ephemera
A piece of reddish wood with a circular silver disk inserted on one side. The disk reads, "U. S. S. MISSOURI, Over this spot on 2 September 1945 the instrument of formal surrender of Japan to the Allied Powers was signed thus bringing to a close...
Decade: 1940-1949
Subject: U.S.S. Missouri, World War II, Military
Format: Miscellaneous
Bronze Medal with bust of John W. Snyder, inscription, and treasury seal. Produced by the U.S. Mint. John W. Snyder was the United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Harry S. Truman. Snyder delivered an address during the 1949...
Decade: 1940-1949
Subject: Commemorative Medal
Format: Currency/Medallions
A white ceramic mug with the college name, date, and Chi Omega insignia on the front. The name “Marion V. Bell" is printed on the back in black.
Decade: 1940-1949
Subject: Mug
Format: Glassware/Ceramics
Metal engraving plate used to produce the invitations to President William W. Edel's inauguration on October 26, 1946.
Decade: 1940-1949
Subject: Engraving Plate, Inauguration, Presidents
Format: Miscellaneous
Fifty-nine engraving blocks from "Fifty Printer's Marks" by Edwin Elliot Willoughby, Class of 1922.
Decade: 1940-1949
Subject: Printing
Format: Artwork/Photography
Alpha Chi Rho fraternity key. The text on the attached paper reads "AXP 'Monte Carlo' March 20, 1948."
Decade: 1940-1949
Subject: Key, Greek Life
Format: Miscellaneous
A bronze medallion on a wooden plaque with the inscription, "1949, Red Devils, Dickinson College, George Shuman Jr.", honoring George Shuman, Jr. for his performance in football in 1949.
Decade: 1940-1949
Subject: Athletics, Athletic plaque
Format: Plaques/Trophies
The dink is made out of red felt with a white button on top. The button is made out of metal which has "Dickinson College Freshman", along with the old college seal and on a piece of paper in the middle "Jim Pritchard" is written.
Decade: 1940-1949
Subject: Student Life, Freshman Beanies, Dink, Nametag
Format: Clothing, Hats, Pins/Buttons, Textiles
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.
Decade: 1940-1949
Subject: Commencement, Buttons, College Traditions
Format: Pins/Buttons