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Tag Archives: artifacts
A Spoonful of Fun!
I recently posted about a souvenir spoon held by the Institute Archives and Special Collections department at RPI. Well, it’s not the only one! The first one was produced at the very beginning of a spoon collecting craze in the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged artifacts, Carnegie Building, cool stuff, RPI memorabilia, silver, spoons
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A Silver Spoon at RPI
RPI’s Institute Archives and Special Collections department has a lot of cool things that you might not expect to find among our rare books, manuscripts, and Institute records. We also have a variety of artifacts, some of which are well … Continue reading
Posted in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute History, Troy NY, Uncategorized
Tagged artifacts, cool stuff, RPI memorabilia, silver, spoons, transit, Troy NY
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Lacrosse Redux
With the 2018 Winter Olympic Games underway, this is a good time to highlight a recent acquisition in the Institute Archives and Special Collections: a lacrosse uniform worn in the XIV Olympiad in the summer of 1948! A few months … Continue reading
Posted in Sports, Student Life
Tagged 1948 Olympics, artifacts, Lacrosse, RPI athletics, RPI students
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A Symbol of the Office: GM 1884
It’s no secret that the Grand Marshal is symbolized by a top hat – the GM even writes a column by that title in the Polytechnic. But other symbols of the office are less well known, such as the cane … Continue reading
Posted in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute History, Student Life
Tagged artifacts, GM pin, Grand Marshal
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former club & curious artifact
This topic combines two of my archival curiosities — RPI artifacts and former RPI clubs. The artifact is a molded plastic triangle with circuit symbols in relief and a black inset triangle with the gold letters L/R/C. The former club … Continue reading
Posted in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute History, RPI Trivia
Tagged artifacts, cool stuff, LCR, RPI clubs, RPI Trivia
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