John Glover Award Medal, 1962

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00069
Location
Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00058-00068, AC 00070-00071, AC 00073-00083, AC 00088, AC 00507, AC 00590, AC 00607, AC 00735, AC 00887)

Gold medal featuring inscriptions and laurels, produced for the John Glover Award by the Royal Mint, 1959. This medal presented to Edward Uhler Condon in 1962. It was returned to the college by the American Philosophical Society in 1974 after Edward Condon's death. The Glover Memorial Lectures are usually presented in alternate years. This lectureship in science was established in 1958 in memory of John Glover of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, the inventor of the Glover Tower, and in memory of his son and grandson, Henry and Lester Glover, by the late Dr. John D. Yeagley and Mrs. Yeagley of York, Pennsylvania.

John Glover Award Medal, 1959

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00068
Location
Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00058-00067, AC 00069-00071, AC 00073-00083, AC 00088, AC 00507, AC 00590, AC 00607, AC 00735, AC 00887)

Gold medal featuring inscriptions and laurels, produced for the John Glover Award by the Royal Mint, 1959. This gold plated replica medal was presented to the college, along with an original solid gold medal and 17 other gold plated replica medals, by John Yeagley. The replicas were meant to be presented to future Glover Lecturers. The Glover Memorial Lectures are usually presented in alternate years. This lectureship in science was established in 1958 in memory of John Glover of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, the inventor of the Glover Tower, and in memory of his son and grandson, Henry and Lester Glover, by the late Dr. John D. Yeagley and Mrs. Yeagley of York, Pennsylvania.

John Glover Award Medal, 1959

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00067
Location
Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00058-00066, AC 00068-00071, AC 00073-00083, AC 00088, AC 00507, AC 00590, AC 00607, AC 00735, AC 00887)

Gold medal featuring inscriptions and laurels, produced for the John Glover Award by the Royal Mint, 1959. This original solid gold medal was presented to the college, along with 18 gold plated replica medals, by John Yeagley. The replicas were meant to be presented to future Glover Lecturers. The Glover Memorial Lectures are usually presented in alternate years. This lectureship in science was established in 1958 in memory of John Glover of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, the inventor of the Glover Tower, and in memory of his son and grandson, Henry and Lester Glover, by the late Dr. John D. Yeagley and Mrs. Yeagley of York, Pennsylvania.

Walt Whitman Commemorative Medal, 1919

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00070
Location
Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00058-00069, AC 00071, AC 00073-00083, AC 00088, AC 00507, AC 00590, AC 00607, AC 00735, AC 00887)

Bronze medal featuring relief portrait of Walt Whitman.  Produced by the Franklin Inn Club to commemorate Whitman's 100th birthday.

Harry S. Truman Commemorative Medal

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00071
Location
Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00058-00070, AC 00073-00083, AC 00088, AC 00507, AC 00590, AC 00607, AC 00735, AC 00887)

Bronze medal with President Harry S. Truman on obverse and the White House on the reverse.  Produced by the U.S. Mint in honor of his presidency. 

Penn Family Seal, c.1700

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00066
Location
Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00058-00065, AC 00067-00071, AC 00073-00083, AC 00088, AC 00507, AC 00590, AC 00607, AC 00735, AC 00887)

Round seal of reddish plaster with proprietary emblem of the Penn family.

Format

John W. Snyder Commemorative Medal, c.1945

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00073
Location
Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00058-00071, AC 00072-00083, AC 00088, AC 00507, AC 00590, AC 00607, AC 00735, AC 00887)

Bronze Medal with bust of John W. Snyder, inscription, and treasury seal. Produced by the U.S. Mint. John W. Snyder was the United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Harry S. Truman. Snyder delivered an address during the 1949 commencement exercises and was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.

Silver Benjamin Rush Commemorative Medal, c.1970

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00064
Location
Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00058-00063, AC 00065-00071, AC 00073-00083, AC 00088, AC 00507, AC 00590, AC 00607, AC 00735, AC 00887)

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.