In 1979, a library assistant stole an Egyptian pectoral from the college's special archives, which had been in the college's possession since 1873. The pectoral, dated to the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt (1783–1550 B.C.) was sold in 1981 to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts for $165,000. A law suit against the museum was dropped in 1992 after an undisclosed settlement and transfer of title to the museum.