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Red and white felt banner with college seal and "Dickinson College" on one side.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: College Flags
Format: Flags/Pennants/Banners
Red cotton cap with slight brim and "36" in white made in honor of the class of 1936's reunion.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Reunion Beanie, Dink, Reunion
Format: Hats
Zeta Tau Alpha sorority pin awarded to Dorothy Harpster.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Sorority Pin, Greek Life, Pins
Format: Pins/Buttons
Gold Masonic symbol pin which belonged to Mervin Grant Filler.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Pins
Format: Pins/Buttons
White round button with college seal and name, and “Commencement” in red, with “My Name is Whitfield J. Bell, Jr.”
Decade: 1950-1959
Subject: Commencement, Buttons, College Traditions
Format: Pins/Buttons
A black iron embosser featuring a stamp of an owl, "Dickinson College" and a caduceus.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Embosser
Format: Miscellaneous
Maroon felt banner with "AXP" and a border in white felt, which belonged to Bob Keuch, class of 1953.
Decade: 1950-1959
Subject: Greek Life
Format: Flags/Pennants/Banners
A square, glass ashtray with the college seal in red on the bottom.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Ashtray
Format: Glassware/Ceramics
A red, felt beanie with “’53” in white felt on the front. Donor describes this hat as a replacement for one that he received as a Freshman. On the tag inside the hat "J. P." is written in black marker.
Decade: 1950-1959
Subject: Freshman Beanies, Dink, College Traditions
Format: Hats
Gold circle pin with college seal trimmed in red and white enamel which belonged to Forrest Eugene Craver.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: College Seal
Format: Pins/Buttons
Tintype of a family, with hand-painted colors in a green display box.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Photography, Tintype
Format: Artwork/Photography
Gold metallic ornament containing college seal encircled by wreath.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: College Seal, Christmas Decorations
Format: Ornaments
Two flat metal bookmarks with the College seal printed on them.
Decade: 1950-1959
Subject: College Seal, Bookmark
Format: Miscellaneous
Miniature portrait in watercolor set in a gold frame, of Dickinson College President John Mitchell Mason.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Portraits
Format: Artwork/Photography
A collapsible wooden fan with the slats connected by white fabric. On each slat there is a signature from a member of the Class of 1870.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Folding Fans
Format: Miscellaneous
Flat glass ornament with printed gold College seal.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: College Seal
Format: Ornaments
Red plastic pin with “Dickinson” and plastic charms in shape of football and helmet, which belonged to Robert Faddis.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Athletics
Format: Pins/Buttons
A bronze shield featuring Phi Kappa Sigma insignia and motto “Stellis Aequus Durando.”
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Plaque
Format: Plaques/Trophies
Small oval daguerreotype of unidentified woman in a brown carved box with red velvet interior.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Photography, Daguerreotype
Format: Artwork/Photography
Round red patch with a red border and the seal in white. History Professor and soccer coach John Osborne designed the patch for the men’s team.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: College Seal, Athletics, Patches
Format: Textiles
A black iron embosser with red and yellow painted designs featuring a stamp of the college seal.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Embosser
Format: Miscellaneous
Red and white button with “Dickinson Beat Gettysburg” printed in black. Belonged to James A. Strite, class of 1929.
Decade: Unknown
Format: Pins/Buttons
One football shaped golden pin with a white ribbon. One football shaped button with "Dickinson Get Gettysburg" in black lettering with a red ribbon.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Button
Format: Pins/Buttons
Round white pin with red lettering, “Dickinson College Orientation Committee FRIEND.”
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Buttons, Orientation
Format: Pins/Buttons
Two pin and ribbon sets of silver pendants with black silk ribbons, and a set of cufflinks from the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. These sets belonged to Flint Kellogg.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Pins
Format: Pins/Buttons