McMahon
Item set
- Title
- McMahon
- Date
- 5/25/20
- Description
- Items for HIST8 exhibit
Items
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Dartmouth Sports Logo 2020
Big Green Dartmouth sports logo -
Dartmouth Indian Logo
Dartmouth D logo with Indian Head in center -
Class of 1927 40 Year Reunion
Class of 1927 at their 40th Reunion breaking peace pipes and dressed as Eleazar Wheelock and Native American student. -
Aegis 1905
Agis Yearbook Cover 1905 -
1940 Winter Carnival Snow Sculpture
A student carves a snow sculpture, “Indian Reads Book,” in preparation for Winter Carnival outside of the Chi Phi fraternity house. -
Indian Head Canes
Account of origin of Indian Head Canes -
Dartmouth Alumni 1932 Magazine Article on Changing the Indian Symbol
Dartmouth Alumni Magazine 1932 Article on Walter Beach Humphrey proposing a new official Dartmouth Indian insignia. -
Dartmouth Archivist Letter on Origin of Indian Head Insignia
This letter, written by a Dartmouth Archivist in 1948, explains that although the first uses of the Indian insignia may date back as early 1860, no “definite proof” could be established until 1909. However, the use of the “Wah-Hoo-Wah” chant, the archivist notes, began in 1879. -
Lacrosse Players in Uniform from 1937
Lacrosse Players in Uniform from 1937 -
Eleazar Wheelock Tombstone
Erected in 1949, the tombstone of Eleazar Wheelock is stamped with the Indian head symbol that was adopted by the College.