Charles Edward Williams's Lion's Paw certificates and photographs, 1945-1947.

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Charles Edward Williams's Lion's Paw certificates and photographs, 1945-1947.

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The collection contains a certificate for Charles Edward Williams initiating him into the Lion's Paw senior society, a black-and-white photograph of six male students in caps and gowns seated around a small table, a 5-1/4 x 4-3/4 inch blue and white Lion's Paw card with the name Ed Williams printed in ink, a mimeographed receipt acknowledging the financial gift of Lion's Paw members to purchase Mount Nittany, a black-and-white photograph of Mount Nittany as photographed October 16, 1947 by Robert Beese, and an accompanying card noting this is print no. 152 of a special reproduction of Mt. Nittany awarded to H. Edward Williams, a member of Lion's Paw, Class of 1944.

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Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Lion's Paw Senior Society

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Lion's Paw Senior Society, the oldest student leadership honorary dedicated to serving the University, was formally founded in 1908. In 1945 Lion's Paw alumni purchased 500 plus acres on Mount Nittany and in 1981 created the non-profit, tax-exempt organization, Mount Nittany Conservancy Incorporated, to keep Mount Nittany in its original natural state. From the description of Lion's Paw Senior Society records, 1905-2006 (bulk 1980-2006). (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). Wor...

Williams, Charles Edward

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Charles Edward Williams, of Stroudsburg, Pa., Penn State class of 1944 (agricultural engineering), was a member of the Lion's Paw senior society. Lion's Paw was founded in 1908 by 10 male seniors. Since 1945 the Lion's Paw Alumni Society has been working to preserve Mount Nittany and now owns 525 acres. The Mount Nittany Conservancy, a non-profit corporation, was initiated in 1981 by a 700-member alumni branch of Lion's Paw -- one of three secret societies on campus -- to protect Mount Nittany f...

Beese, Robert S.

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From 1942 until his retirement in 1977, Robert S. Beese served as photographer for the College of Agricultural Sciences at Penn State, advised the Penn State Camera Club, and was active with the Color Slide Club. Beese began his photographic career while growing up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was an active member of his high school's camera club, and even set up a dark room in his parents' basement, equipped with an enlarger he made himself. Shortly after graduation, he began an apprenticeship w...

Pennsylvania State College

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