Greenwood Library Archives and Special Collections
Longwood College Mace
LU.285
1 Object
Mace is displayed in case in Greenwood Library Atrium
2 Folder
1974
Mace was actively used from 1974-2011
From the press release published October 23, 1974 "The top and base of the mace are electroformed silver, with gold-plated interior. The shaft is carved acrylic (plexiglass), frosted by sandblasting. The three medallions are the Longwood College Seal, the seal of the commonwealth of Virginia, and Joan of Arc. The lily was the chosen form because it appears in the coat of Arms of Joan of Arc. The 38-inch mace took seven months to sculpt.
English
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Display Case
Multi-Collection Box 02
Biographical / Historical
The Longwood College mace was presented to the college by Zeta Tau Alpha in 1974 in commemoration of the silver anniversary of the sorority's founding at teh college in 1898. The mace is designed in the form of a lily and was designed by Stanley Lechtzin, a goldsmith and jewler in Philadelphia.
Custodial History
The mace was put on permanent display in Greenwood Library in 1997, and then in 2007 it was transfered from the collection of the Longwood Center for Visual Arts to the Greenwood Library Archives.
Scope and Contents
Collection includes the college mace as well as paperwork detailing the mace's design process and purchase.
Conditions Governing Access
The mace is on permanent display in the Greenwood Library atrium. There are no restrictions to access or use for research purposes
Ceremonial maces
Longwood University -- History
Longwood College MaceDisplay CaseDesign and Committee Records1973-1975Multi-Collection Box 02Paperwork of Longwood Center for Visual Arts related to maceMulti-Collection Box 02Scope and Contentsincludes deaccession form and database information for mace when managed by the Longwood Center for Visual Arts. Additionally the folder inlcudes information about the mace being loaned to the Southern Alleghenies Musuem of Art.