Gavel

Item

Identifier: Coll.115.003.Artifact

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Nominations, as shown on the stubs of the book of records, appear in 5 volumes, 1817-1929. Two books of proposals, possibly a duplication of entries in the nomination book also record the names from Feb. 15, 1814 to Dec. 27, 1853.

Also Two ballot boxes, one gavel, one plastic box containing seven white balls and four black balls. One folder containing two notes that accompanied the ballot box and gavel. Another box containing sixty-eight white balls and fourteen black balls.

Dates

1817-1929

Extent

From the Collection: 2 linear feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

The gavel was accessioned along with the ballot box in 1978 when it was found in the library. A note accompanied the gavel, written by Carol Spawn: According to S.S Roback, Bill Day, and other American Entomological Society members to whom he described it, This gavel is not the one considered lost by the American Entomological Society. The note was dated 2/16/1984. There was a small hand written note in the bottom left hand corner of the large note that reads: Handle wrong, too large all over. The handle is black and the head of the gavel is made of Ivory.