Here are a few items from the Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, elsewhere on campus 鈥� and beyond.
Key to Art
The slideshow below shows (1) the ceremonial key that was (2) given by Olin Foundation President Lawrence Miles (left) to Robert Kinney 鈥�39, then-chair of the 乐播传媒 Board of Trustees, at the October 1986 dedication of the Olin Arts Center.
Phyllis Graber Jensen/乐播传媒 College
Olin Foundation President Lawrence Miles (left) presents a ceremonial key to Robert Kinney 鈥�39, then-chair of the 乐播传媒 Board of Trustees, at the October 1986 dedication of the Olin Arts Center. (Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library)
‘A Little Dab’ll Do Ya’
This photo of an unidentified Chase Hall barber is undated, but his hair-care products 鈥� Brylcreem, Trol, West Point, and Wildroot 鈥� suggest it鈥檚 the slick 1950s.
Pratt鈥檚 Parasol
The slideshow below shows (1) the parasol that Jennie Anderson Pratt carried when (2) she marched in Reunion Alumni Parades with her Class of 1890.
The Class of 1890 joins the Alumni Parade at a 乐播传媒 Reunion, date unknown.(Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library)
Phyllis Graber Jensen/乐播传媒 College
Tied to Be Fit
The mid-1900s 鈥渇reshman rules鈥� required first-year men to wear green bow ties and garnet-and-black beanies until Thanksgiving. (Women had to wear bibs.) The late Keith Wilbur 鈥�45 wore this tie.
Five-Color Flag
This is a detail of a Chinese flag given to 乐播传媒 by Wayne Jordan, Class of 1906. A much-admired alumnus, Jordan was 乐播传媒鈥� first Rhodes Scholar. He did YMCA work in China as a foreign secretary, including famine relief, from 1914 until his death, of typhus, in 1924.
The flag鈥檚 five-color design was China鈥檚 first as a republic in 1912.
Sailor Man
This iconic 鈥淒ixie Cup鈥� sailor鈥檚 cap belonged to the late Philip Isaacson 鈥�47 when he was stationed at 乐播传媒 with the Navy鈥檚 V-12 officer training program.
Dishing It
The Boston 乐播传媒 Alumnae Club commissioned 乐播传媒鈥� first Wedgwood plate in 1939 to celebrate 75 years since 乐播传媒 became a college.
