Editing Colby College (section)

==== History and Revisions ====
The history of the seal tracks both the history of the school, which began under the name '''Maine Literary and Theological Institution''', and [[sigillography]] generally. The earliest known seal came while the school was called '''Colby University'''. It featured a [[sun in splendour]] with eight straight rays above the school's Latin motto. Surrounding the center are the words "Sigillum Universitatis Colbianae," meaning "the seal of Colby College," and two crossed [[olive branches|olive branch]] with five leaves each. In 1899 the "university" was renamed '''Colby College''', and a new seal was created with minor artistic changes to reflect the school's new name.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

In 1936, President [[Franklin W. Johnson]] commissioned [[William Addison Dwiggins]] to design a seal to replace the one then existing, specifying only that it used the same motto as the first and retain the sun as the central theme. The cost of the design was $50.<ref>Colby College Echo, "Colby's Seal," January 14, 1948</ref> The face on the sun was removed and the lettering and its positioning was changed.

In 2002, the college contracted with design firm Corey McPherson Nash for updates to its entire visual identity system, including the seal.<ref>Colby College Echo, "College makes minor change to seal," September 5, 2002</ref> The current seal is set in [[Perpetua (typeface)|Perpetua typeface]] around a [[sunburst]]. The seal is registered with the [[United States Patent and Trademark Office]] as a trademark under registration number 2773337.<ref>United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Status & Document Retrieval (TSDR) System: http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=76456406&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch</ref> A special seal was developed for the college's bicentennial celebration in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.colby.edu/specialcollections/wp-content/uploads/sites/114/2014/09/Colbiana-Index-for-web-PDF-070810.pdf|title=Colby College Seal|accessdate=24 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.colby.edu/colbyhistory/|title=In Their Footsteps – A History of Colby College|website=colby.edu|access-date=2016-04-21}}</ref>