Box 1

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Tools and games (circa 1775, 1882, 1915-1975) includes tools such as letter openers, a stereoscope, a wall sconce, an ashtray, a megaphone used for Float Night, a bell and stand that was used to close the library, trowels used a cornerstone laying ceremonies, a Nuclear Absorber set (likely used in the Physics Department), the gavel of the Debating Club, and a kettle. Also includes a Wellesley baseball, two jigsaw puzzles of Galen Stone Tower (sold to fundraise for the...

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Series V. Textiles and clothing (circa 1884-2000) consists of reunion clothing (class caps, a parasol, a muff), clothing and textiles from travels (fans and a silk hanging from China), and Wellesley-branded pillow cases, a handkerchief, and a banner from the 125th Anniversary of the college. Also includes a fire hat worn by Pomeroy Fire Chiefs for four decades, and a net lace collar worn at Commencement.

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Series VIII. Stone and tile (1915 and undated) consists of a fragment of the cornerstone of the Central Dormitory (with an accompanying program for the Corner Stone Ceremony), a fragment of Plymouth Rock (supposedly where the Mayflower Pilgrims landed in 1620), a tableau and a tile fragment (provenance unknown).