Lewis Gobrecht's Freshman Beanie and Sign, 1951

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00436
Location
Shelf 2 (housed with AC 00432-00436, AC 00443, AC 00459, AC 00470)

Red felt “dink” beanie, and a brown cardboard sign worn by Lewis Gobrecht '55 as a freshman at Dickinson College in 1951. The front of the sign reads "Lewis D. Gobrecht" in large red letters and "AXP" penciled in smaller letters, with a list of names on the back written in pencil, likely the names of the other members of the Alpha Chi Rho pledge class.

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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.

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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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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