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Achievement Certificate

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

dated 1/19/1904

GUSN

GUSN-12626

Description

Certificate sealed with red wax. Framed under glass in a plain black frame.

Details

Descriptive Terms

certificates
glass (material)
paper (fiber product)
wax
wood (plant material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
seals (animals)
Unidentified Paper
Wax
Glass
Seal
CERTIFICATE, ACHIEVEMENT

Inscription

It reads: The Harvard Memorial Society,/Ralph May/Was this day elected an active member.

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

People and Organizations

The Harvard Memorial Society

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

13.125 x 10.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1745

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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