A. Pierce Bounds Image Archive

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The A. Pierce Bounds Image Archive contains images representing the full life and history of Dickinson College and its personalities.  Its creation and launch was funded in part by a gift in honor of A. Pierce Bounds, class of 1971, who served as the college photographer for nearly thirty years before retiring in 2010.

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Cadet Band, 1881 Physical education class for women, 1888 Banjo club, c.1890 Belles Lettres Society debate team, 1902 Dickinson Club of Harrisburg banquet, 1922 Class of 1903 reunion, 1923 Women's Basketball team, 1932 Class of 1906 Gateway, 1937 History class, 1952 Tome Scientific Building, c.1955 Geology class, 1958 View of John Dickinson Campus, 1959 Bosler Hall, 1959 Conway Hall, 1966 Combined Collegium and Choir concert, 1973 Spahr Library, c.1975 Student studying in dorm room, c.1980 Aerial view of campus, 1980 Protest against Edwin Meese, 1985 Anti-Apartheid rally, 1986 Class meeting outside, 1990 Orchestra and Choir concert, 1993 Weiss Center, 1994 Old West and East College, 1996

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Homecoming spirit display, 1970

Homecoming spirit display, 1970

A team spirit display for the Homecoming football game against Lebanon Valley in September 1970. The display features a devil driving a trunk with the words "Dump the Dutchmen" on the side.

Homecoming spirit display by Alpha Chi Rho, 1949

Homecoming spirit display by Alpha Chi Rho, 1949

Alpha Chi Rho fraternity brothers create this team spirit display for the Homecoming game against Johns Hopkins on November 12, 1949.

Homecoming spirit display by Alpha Chi Rho, 1951

Homecoming spirit display by Alpha Chi Rho, 1951

Alpha Chi Rho fraternity brothers create this team spirit display for the Homecoming game against Johns Hopkins on November 10, 1951.  The display depicts a large red devil rolling a die that is about to crush the Johns Hopkins mascot (a blue jay...

Homecoming spirit display by Commons Club, 1949

Homecoming spirit display by Commons Club, 1949

Members of the Commons Club create this team spirit display for the Homecoming game against Johns Hopkins on November 12, 1949. The display features a car labeled "Johns Hopkins" crashing into a football player.

Homecoming spirit display by Kappa Sigma, 1951

Homecoming spirit display by Kappa Sigma, 1951

A team spirit display created by the Kappa Sigma fraternity for the Homecoming game against Johns Hopkins on November 10, 1951. The display depicts a man in an academic robe holding the college mace chasing a football player with an "H" on the...

Homecoming spirit display by Phi Delta Theta, 1949

Homecoming spirit display by Phi Delta Theta, 1949

A team spirit display created by the Phi Delta Theta fraternity for the Homecoming game against Johns Hopkins in fall 1949. The headline on the poster is "Johns Hopkins Wrecked By D'Son Devils: Open Season Declared on Jays."

Homecoming spirit display by Phi Epsilon Pi, 1949

Homecoming spirit display by Phi Epsilon Pi, 1949

The Phi Epsilon Pi fraternity creates this team spirit display for the Homecoming game against Johns Hopkins on November 12, 1949. The main banner says "You raze Hopkins, we'll raise the devil."

Homecoming spirit display by Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1951

Homecoming spirit display by Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1951

The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity creates this team spirit display for the Homecoming game against Johns Hopkins on November 10, 1951. The display depicts the Johns Hopkins mascot, a blue jay, caught in the middle of a maze. The title for the...

Homecoming spirit display by Sigma Alpha Epsilon, c.1960

Homecoming spirit display by Sigma Alpha Epsilon, c.1960

The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity creates this team spirit display for a Homecoming game around 1960. The display features a large featherless chicken and a sign that reads "Pluck 'em!".

Homecoming spirit display by Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1962

Homecoming spirit display by Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1962

Sigma Alpha Epsilon brothers create this team spirit display for the Homecoming game against Haverford in fall 1962. The display features a sign that reads "Have-r-Ford won't travel, Wire D'son."

Homecoming spirit display by Sigma Alpha Epsilon, c.1965

Homecoming spirit display by Sigma Alpha Epsilon, c.1965

Sigma Alpha Epsilon brothers create this Homecoming spirit display that features a large can of Campbell's Cream of Chicken Soup and a sign saying "Cream Haverford."

Homecoming spirit display by Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1968

Homecoming spirit display by Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1968

The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity creates a spirit display for the 1968 Homecoming game. The display features a Dickinson player crushing a member of the opposing team.

Homecoming spirit display by Sigma Chi, 1949

Homecoming spirit display by Sigma Chi, 1949

The Sigma Chi fraternity creates this team spirit display for the Homecoming game against Johns Hopkins on November 12, 1949. One of the headlines on the poster is "Omicron Sigs Celebrate 90th Anniversary"

Homecoming spirit display by Sigma Chi, 1960

Homecoming spirit display by Sigma Chi, 1960

Sigma Chi fraternity brothers create this team spirit display, with a sign that reads "Yogi says pop the kernels!", for the Homecoming football game in fall 1960. 

Homecoming spirit display by Theta Chi, 1970

Homecoming spirit display by Theta Chi, 1970

The Theta Chi fraternity creates this team spirit display for the Homecoming football game against Lebanon Valley in fall 1970. The display features a large toilet with the words "Dunk the Dutchmen" on the side.

Homecoming tailgate, 1998

Homecoming tailgate, 1998

Dickinsonians tailgate on Biddle field before the Homecoming football game in October 1998.

Homecoming weekend, 1951

Homecoming weekend, 1951

View as a crowd eats a meal inside the Alumni Gymnasium during Homecoming weekend in fall 1951.

Homecoming weekend, 1991

Homecoming weekend, 1991

A group of students and alumni walk through the academic quad during Homecoming weekend in October 1991.

Center: Chris Bombaro ('93)

Homecoming welcome banner, 1951

Homecoming welcome banner, 1951

Two women stand on either side of a banner welcoming alumni to Homecoming on November 10, 1951.  

The banner reads: "Four seasons are past and gone, And Homecoming is here. We welcome back to Dickinson Alums from far and near."

Honorary Degree recipients, 1951

Honorary Degree recipients, 1951

President William Edel '15 (center) and Honorary Degree recipients pose for a group photograph at Commencement on June 3, 1951.

Honorary Degree recipients, 1961

Honorary Degree recipients, 1961

The honorary degree recipients and their sponsors at Commencement on June 4, 1961.

Honorary degree recipients are sitting in the front row and they are, from left to right, Rev. Dr. John W. Mckelvey, Colonel Richard H. Ellis, Bishop W....

Honorary Degree recipients, 1964

Honorary Degree recipients, 1964

A group shot inside of Old West of the honorary degree recipients and their sponsors at Commencement on June 7, 1964. 

Seated from left to right: Charles Law McCabe, C.D. Jackson, Marchette Chute, President Howard L. Rubendall,...

Honorary Degree recipients, 1965

Honorary Degree recipients, 1965

A group photograph of honorary degree recipients (sitting) and their sponsors at Commencement on June 6, 1965. 

Seated from left to right:  John M. Hoerner ('31), Dr. Mary D. Ames, President Howard L. Rubendall ('31), Nathan M....

Honorary Degree recipients, 1968

Honorary Degree recipients, 1968

A group photo of the honorary degree recipients and their sponsors at Commencement on June 2, 1968.

Seated from left to right: John H. Franklin, James B. Reston, Myron F. Wicke, President Howard Lane Rubendall ('31), Germaine Bree...

Honorary Degree recipients, 1967

Honorary Degree recipients, 1967

A group photo of the honorary degree recipients and their sponsors at Commencement on June 4, 1967.

Seated from left to right: Frederick K. Miller, John H Sibben Jr., President Howard Lane Rubendall ('31), Prince Albert Taylor,...

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