Tolliver

Display note · Mascot, 1974–2002 · Case outside Drover Court

The mounted head of Tolliver, the College’s mascot from 1974 to 2002, is displayed in the case outside Drover Court. The mount was prepared in 1974 by a taxidermist in Carroll County whose name does not appear in the College’s records.

The body did not survive. The College’s records do not indicate what became of it.

Condition

The mount is deteriorating. The nose has been repaired twice — in 2009 and in 2024, the latter at a cost of $310 — as a consequence of students touching it before examinations. A front panel was fitted to the case in January 2025. Students now touch the glass, which the College considers an acceptable resolution and asks remain the practice.

A conservation assessment was obtained in 2025. The assessor found active hide slippage, insect damage in two areas, and failing stitching at the neck, and recommended full remedial treatment at $4,800, with a note that the mount would require environmental control that the case does not provide.

The assessment was received and filed. It appears in the FY2028 capital equipment request at rank 11 of 11.

Custody

The mount is carried on the College’s insured schedule of non-instructional fixed assets, alongside the escalator installation.