"D" Felt Letter, 1963

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00791
Location
Reading Room Shelf 4 (housed with AC 00768-69, AC 00781-85, AC 00788-89)
A large Dickinson “D” made of red and white felt material with a small felt baseball sewed onto the bottom of the “D”. On the back “Dave Chapin 1963 Captain” is written in black marker next to the manufacturer’s sticker.
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Nepalese Fabric, c.1960

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 1999.3_59
Location
Shelf 31 Box 3

A piece of Nepalese fabric with an orange, gold, black, and white design.  This artifact was brought back from Nepal by Drs. Edgar and Elizabeth Miller, Class of 1920 and 1923 respectively.

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Dickinson College 45th Reunion Hat, 1999

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00870
Location
Reading Room Shelf 1 (housed with AC 00851, AC 00858, AC 00859, and AC 00860)

The hat, which is made out of red polyester, is for the Class of 1954's 45th Reunion in June 1999.  In the first row on the front of the hat is "Dickinson College" embroidered, in the next line is "1954 D 1999", and in the final row are the words "45th Reunion, June 11 - 13".

Cheerleading Letter, c.1950

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00861
Location
Shelf 22

Made out of red and white felt-like material.  The overall shape of the cheerleading letter is the shape of a "D" with a megaphone through it.

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Alpha Chi Rho Baseball Cap, c.1955

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00860
Location
Reading Room 1 (housed with AC 00851, AC 00858, and AC 00859)

James Lewis Pritchard's (Class of 1953) Alpha Chi Rho hat is made of white polyester in the front with "AXP" in maroon lettering.  There is white mesh surrounding the white polyester.

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Fabric Letters and Numbers, 1965

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00812
Location
RR 02 (housed with AC 00465-466, AC 00811)

Six red and white fabric "D"'s and four numbers (1, 5, 6 and 9) worn on athletic apparel. Two of the "D"'s feature the lacrosse symbol, two feature the symbol for track, and the last two have "Squash" embroidered in white. These items belonged to Jim Hatch.

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Quilt of Dickinson Buildings, 2010

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00603
Location
Shelf 34

A hand-crafted and cross-stitched quilt by members of the Class of 1961 for their 50th Class Reunion in June, 2011. The quilt features eight campus buildings and the college seal surrounded by two red borders.On the back the text "Designed and Created by Members of the Class of '61" is embroidered in black.

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Class of 1948 Friendship Quilt, 1993

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00798
Location
RR 08 (housed with AC 00518-519, AC 00676, AC 00800, AC 00797)

A large rectangular red and white quilt made by Regina Vath Smythe from cloth patches signed by the attendees of the 50th Reunion for the Class of 1948. Across the center of the quilt reads “DICKINSON CLASS OF ‘48” in red letters. Around the center there is a border made up of the signed patches.

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Fabric Swatch

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00022
Location
Shelf 18

A reproduction by Scalamandre of an 18th century red and white printed fabric featuring the profile of John Dickinson.

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Clothing from Cameroon

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00346
Location
Shelf 16

A four piece set of clothing and textiles given to President A. Lee Fritschler in Cameroon. Two textiles are white with red and blue stripes with a thick strip of navy cloth running through the center. The other textiles include a hat and a large shirt.

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Striped Scarf

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00437
Location
Shelf 16

Maroon and white striped scarf with fringed edges, worn by Lewis Gobrecht.

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Swim Team patch, 1931

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00224
Location
Shelf 16 (housed with AC 0022-00225, etc.)

Round white felt patch with blue trim, featuring female swimmer and “Dickinson 1931” in white.

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Dickinson College patch

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00223
Location
Shelf 16 (housed with AC 00222-00225, etc.)

Round red felt patch with white border and intertwined “DC” in center.

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Department of Public Safety patches

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00750
Location
Shelf 22 (housed with AC 00752 and AC 00753)

Six patches used by the Department of Public Safety on uniforms. One patch uses Dickinson's compass rose logo while the others incorporate the college seal. The patches range from 1964 to 2013. 

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Blanket

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00271
Location
RR 03 (housed with AC 00268 - AC 00270)

Brown wool blanket with brown paisley trim.

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Dickinson Blanket

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00270
Location
RR 03 (housed with AC 00268 - AC 00271)

Dark blue-gray wool blanket with a large red "D" centered on a white diamond.

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