Box 56: University Medals, Commemorations, and Office Decorations, 1917 - 2000

Box contains historic medals in custom cases or encased in plastic from the:

Federation Interalliee des Anciens Combattants 15th Annual FIDAC Congress (1934)

Republique Francaise, reading Catherine B. Clark University of Denver Class of 1935 and offered by the minister of foreign affairs (1935)

French Educational Mission, awarded to Chancellor Buchtel (1918)

Universita Degli Studi Bologna, awarded to the University of Denver (1997)

Charles University (1948)

Freedom's Foundation Valley Forge, PA (1951)

Soka University of America (a medal and a small commemorative plaque in a custom case)

UAE Table Tennis Association

Hashemite University

Ningbo University of Technology

University of Guadalajara

Also contains:

The Great Seal of the Southern Ute Tribe, a gold medal encased in plastic

A gold medal from Founders Day 1983

A wooden plaque deocrated with a ceramic horse reading National Yunlin University of Science & Technology, Taiwan

A wooden plinth reading With the "Compliments of the Ministry of Education, P.R. China"

A commemorative Kaleidoscope and explanatory poster from Mina Jamali in a wooden box patterned with tesselations

A Pi Beta Kappa pin in a case

A historic desk bell

A chunk of wood with a metal DU seal and a plaque reading "Hilltop Stadium 1926-1971" riveted to it

A bronze-coated piece of wood reading I helped "COmpose" CWC's Fine Arts Center

A large metal key reading "Curtils Hall Dedicatory Key Presented October 20, 1956"

A translated thank you note from the Charles University awarding DU the medal

Two (2) DU pennants

A small metal trophy engraved with "Virginia Bennett Childrens Prize Red Cross Membership Campaign 1917"; according to the February 4, 1917 edition of the Rocky Mountain News, Bennett came in fourth place by enrolled 173 new Red Cross members.

A child's drawing with the note "The children of Asbury, their parents, staff, and the community would like ot thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your kind contribution towards the improvement of our playground."

A deframed photograph of University Hall from 1994

A deframed text excerpt written in an Arabic script on wax paper

A small framed watercolor of the Chamberlin Observatory



Materials were previously held in former chancellor Ritchie's office. Many items have inventory numbers.