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Metal engraving block of the poem "The Dreamer" by Professor Leon C. Prince (Class of 1898).
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Engraving Blocks
Format: Artwork/Photography
A brass bell with a pink ribbon tied around the wooden handle. It was used at Metzger Hall.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Bell
Format: Miscellaneous
A square, glass ashtray with the college seal in red on the bottom.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Ashtray
Format: Glassware/Ceramics
White stoneware plate, nine inches in diameter, with the Dickinson College Seal in red at the top.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: College Seal, Plate
Format: Glassware/Ceramics
Round white button with “Dickinson College Democrats” and Democratic donkey in red.
Decade: 1950-1959
Subject: Buttons, Dickinson Democrats
Format: Pins/Buttons
Metal engraving block of the Scientific Society seal.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Printing
Format: Artwork/Photography
Spoon found west of 255 West Louther St. when installing handicap ramp in Fall 2004.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Silverware, Construction
Format: Miscellaneous
Gold circle pin with black center with gold entwining letters.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Initials
Format: Pins/Buttons
White Wedgwood plate with profile of Joseph Priestley in center in black.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Commemorative Plates, Wedgwood
Format: Glassware/Ceramics
Ceramic plate with gold border and center view of the John Dickinson mansion in blue.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Plate
Format: Glassware/Ceramics
Gold inverted triangle pin in red and black enamel with black triangle and white cross in center, with a chain leading to a pin in the shape of a G".
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Sorority Pin
Format: Pins/Buttons
Gold college seal with red and white enamel circle around the College motto “Sigillum Collegii Dickinsonii.”
Decade: Unknown
Subject: College Seal
Format: Pins/Buttons
Gold pin in shape of skull and crossed keys with fraternity letters and gems, with “E. A. B.” inscribed on reverse.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Greek Life, Fraternity Pin
Format: Pins/Buttons
Gold circular pin with fraternity letters in gold against black enamel.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Greek Life, Fraternity Pin
Format: Pins/Buttons
One gold pin with Dickinson College seal, one gold pin in shape of treble clef, one silver pin for Taylor School Award, one pin with gemstone, in a navy blue leather storage case.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Wallet, College Seal
Format: Pins/Buttons
Four wooden chess pieces - Two black pawns, one yellow bishop, and one smaller red knight - which purportedly belonged to Moncure Conway.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Games
Format: Miscellaneous
Five metal keys of various shapes and sizes that were used in Old West, from the early to mid-twentieth century.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Key, Campus Buildings, West College (Old West)
Format: Miscellaneous
Gold circle pin painted with blue and green enamel, featuring Chinese letters and two figures.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Chinese
Format: Pins/Buttons
Gold-tone plaque inscribed to the memory of Calvert S. Foote, a member of the class of 1944, who served and died in World War II.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Commemorative Plaque, Military, World War II
Format: Plaques/Trophies
Black leather pocket notebook with "John Dickinson Society" embossed on the cover, given to members of the society. Inside the "3 P's of Public Speaking" and "Speaker's First Aid Kit" cards can be found.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Donor Relations
Format: Miscellaneous
Playing Cards with the C.O.T.E. logo and "Commission on the Environment at Dickinson College" printed in black on a white background.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Playing Cards, Sustainability
Format: Miscellaneous
Round green and blue pin with a figure on a house bearing a shield. Perhaps an proponent of the Order of St. George.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Military, Honors and Awards
Format: Pins/Buttons
Gold key with cut-out top, with attached tag identifying it as the key to the organ in West College.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: West College (Old West), Key
Format: Miscellaneous
Two copper plates attached to blocks, with the two part Raven's Claw emblem on them.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Printing, Honor Societies
Format: Artwork/Photography
White plastic cup with "Natural Highs" listed on each side.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Cup
Format: Miscellaneous
A small, green-black leather bible that belonged to David Stone, class of 1859. On the inside of the front cover there is an inscription in pencil.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Bible, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Miscellaneous
Copper printing plate mounted to a wooden block for the personal bookplate of Flora Stichling Lynch.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Printing
Format: Artwork/Photography
Brass door knob from the west entrance to East College.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: East College, Campus Buildings
Format: Building Materials