200th Anniversary Patches, 1973
Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00434
Location
Shelf 2 (housed with 00432-00436, 00443, 00459, 00470)
Three shield shaped black and white patches featuring the devil mascot and banner reading "Dickinson College 200th Anniversary."
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Lewis Gobrecht's Name Buttons, 1955
Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00433
Location
Shelf 2 (housed with 00432-00436, 00443, 00459, 00470)
Buttons worn as name tags by Lewis Gobrecht '55 while attending Dickinson College Commencement and Dickinson College Guest Day as a student. Gobrecht majored in Political Science and History and was an active member of the College Choir, Glee Club, and the Dickinson Follies theater group. Gobrecht went on to have a long career teaching middle-school history in Carlisle.
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Lewis Gobrecht's Academic Tassel, 1955
Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00432
Location
Shelf 2 (housed with 00433-00436, 00443, 00459, 00470)
Academic tassel of black braided cord worn by Lewis Gobrecht, class of 1955. Gobrecht majored in Political Science and History at Dickinson and was an active member of the College Choir, Glee Club, and the Dickinson Follies theater group. Gobrecht went on to have a long career teaching middle-school history in Carlisle.
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Beta Delta Plaque, c.1960
Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00103
Location
Shelf 2
Silver platter with ornate trim inscribed with the recipients for the “Highest Scholarship on campus, Beta Delta, 1958-1960". This is possibly referring to the Beta Delta chapter of the Phi Mu sorority, which existed at Dickinson at that time.
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Football Helmet, c.1970
Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00456
Location
RR 01 (housed with AC 00548)
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.
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Preparatory School Class of 1908 Hat, c.1910
Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00578
Location
RR 01 (housed with AC 00456, AC 00548, AC 00578)
Cloth hat with “08” stitched to rim. Probably worn by Ray Dum, Dickinson College Class of 1921, Preparatory School Class of 1911.
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Raven’s Claw Hat, 1943
Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00577
Location
RR 01 (housed with AC 00456, AC 00548, AC 00578)
Raven's Claw cloth hat with insignia, belonging to James Prescott, III, class of 1944. Prescott wore the hat to show his affiliation with the honor society. Raven's Claw is an honor society consisting of seven senior Dickinson males.
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Waidner-Spahr Hard Hats, 1998
Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00056
Location
RR 01 (housed with AC 00054 - AC 00057)
Two white heavy duty plastic hard hats, one belonging to Richard Krick, used during construction of the Waidner-Spahr Library in 1998.
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Band Uniform Cap, c.1955
Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00055
Location
RR 01 (housed with AC 00054 - AC 00057)
White flat-top style band cap with wide red band, red cord, and Dickinson embroidered in red. The cap was donated in 2000 by Lewis Gobrecht and is thought to have originally been used in the mid 1950's.
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