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This paddle is from the 1966 class of the Black Hat society. The front has the skull and key written on it with Dickinson College below it. The back has a list of members from that year as well as the member's Greek names with a picture of the…
Decade: 1960-1969
Subject: Student Life, Paddle
Format: Ephemera
Soccer ball from the 1966 Dickinson team signed by all the members of the team with their names and nicknames.
Decade: 1960-1969
Subject: Athletics
Format: Athletic Equipment
Ceramic beer stein with the "Dickinson College, 1966" printed on the front and "Jerry" printed on the back.
Decade: 1960-1969
Subject: Stein
Format: Glassware/Ceramics
An inscribed silver bowl commemorating Dickinson College’s undefeated College Bowl team of 1966. The inscription reads "DICKINSON COLLEGE UNDEFEATED CHAMPIONS G. E. COLLEGE BOWL".
Decade: 1960-1969
Subject: Trophy
Format: Plaques/Trophies
A red felt Freshman Beanie ("dink") with "71" on the back in white and a Dickinson College Name Tag with the name "Michael Trachtman" typed in black under the college seal and "Dickinson College" in red. Trachtman is a member of the Class of 1971…
Decade: 1960-1969
Subject: Dink, Nametag, Student Life
Format: Hats, Pins/Buttons
Red felt "dink" with "71" in white felt on the back. Attached is a nametag worn by A. Pierce Bounds as a freshman in 1967.
Decade: 1960-1969
Subject: Freshman Beanies, Dink, Nametag
Format: Hats
Large wooden plaque with gold-tone placards inscribed with “Scholarship Award” and the names of the award winners from each semester between Fall, 1967 and Fall, 1969. Alpha Delta Epsilon was a local sorority that left the national Phi Mu…
Decade: 1960-1969
Subject: Greek Life, Honors and Awards
Format: Plaques/Trophies
A white china plate with gold and black trim with a crest in gray, red and yellow above a design in the center of the plate. The design features the text "Lord Mayor's Challenge The Absent Guest The War on Want" within a black circle. On the back…
Decade: 1960-1969
Format: Glassware/Ceramics
President William Durden's Dickinson College Freshman red beanie (“dink”) with "71" on the back in white and "A-1" written in black marker on the front. A name tag with the college seal and "Dickinson College" in red and "William Durden" in black…
Decade: 1960-1969
Subject: Dink, Nametag, Student ID, ID Card
Format: Clothing, Miscellaneous, Pins/Buttons
Bronze medal featuring 4 Methodist Church bishops Otterbein, Albright, Asbury, and Wesley under a cross with inscription.
Decade: 1960-1969
Subject: Religion and Spirituality
Format: Currency/Medallions
Wooden trophy topped with chess piece and inscribed with league title and winners; Dickinson won in 1968 and 1971.
Decade: 1960-1969
Subject: Student Life, Trophy
Format: Plaques/Trophies
Silver medal featuring Roger Brooke Taney on the obverse side and his estate on the reverse, issued for the re-dedication of the estate in 1969.
Decade: 1960-1969
Subject: Commemorative Medal
Format: Currency/Medallions
Two identical gold medals featuring Roger Taney on obverse and his estate on reverse, issued for the re-dedication of the estate in 1969.
Decade: 1960-1969
Subject: Commemorative Medal
Format: Currency/Medallions
Bronze medal with views of Dickinson and Lycoming College and St. Paul’s and Old Stone Churches produced in commemoration of the centennial of the Methodist Church in 1969.
Decade: 1960-1969
Subject: Methodist Church, Medal, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Currency/Medallions
Brass plaque mounted on stained wooden shield honoring Sigma Chi with the 5th annual Derby Day “Spirit Award” in Spring, 1969.
Decade: 1960-1969
Subject: Greek Life, Honors and Awards, Plaque
Format: Plaques/Trophies
Cherry wood plaque with bronze medallion and plates bearing names of Hall of Fame inductees from 1969 to 1973. Athletes recognized are Francis A. Dunn, Samuel Padjen, and Hyman Goldstein in 1969; Forrest E. Craver, Francis C. Bayley, and Fred E.…
Decade: 1960-1969
Subject: Athletics, Honors and Awards, Athletic plaque
Format: Plaques/Trophies
A wavy oval-shaped metal strip attached to a square plastic base with the text engraved "UNITED STATES STEEL FOUNDATION DICKINSON COLLEGE FOR IMPROVEMENT ALUMNI GIVING INCENTIVE AWARD AMERICAN ALUMNI COUNCIL". In 1970 it was awarded to the…
Decade: 1970-1979
Subject: Honors and Awards, Trophy, Donor Relations
Format: Plaques/Trophies
Cardboard and felt handmade pentagonal plaque with “ΑΔΕ” spelled out in a stylized manner in green cord. Alpha Delta Epsilon was a local sorority that left the national Phi Mu organization in 1967 and was active until 1980.
Decade: 1970-1979
Subject: Greek Life
Format: Plaques/Trophies
Wooden sign with “ΑΔΕ” spelled out in raised wooden letters. Alpha Delta Epsilon was a local sorority that left the national Phi Mu organization in 1967 and was active until 1980.
Decade: 1970-1979
Subject: Greek Life
Format: Plaques/Trophies
Large, red, vinyl banner from the Athletics Department with the words "Dickinson College, Carlisle Penna" on it. There is a picture of the Red Devil mascot in the center.
Decade: 1970-1979
Subject: Athletics, College Banners, Banner, Red Devil
Format: Flags/Pennants/Banners
Silver and red Dickinson College football helmet with red devil cartoon. Donated in 2003 by Wilbur Gobrecht, class of 1952 and Red Devils football coach during the seventies and eighties.
Decade: 1970-1979
Format: Athletic Equipment
White tea cups/small mugs from Dining Services. The Dickinson seal is on the front.
Decade: 1970-1979
Subject: Dining Services, Mug
Format: Glassware/Ceramics
Pledge paddle used by Guy Brunt, Class of 1973, when he was pledging Theta Chi.
Decade: 1970-1979
Subject: Greek Life, Paddle
Format: Ephemera
Sterling silver medal featuring Benjamin Rush, name, and dates on obverse, and image of Rush at his desk with inscription on reverse, issued by Abbott Laboratories.
Decade: 1970-1979
Subject: Commemorative Medal
Format: Currency/Medallions
