“Heraldry in America is commonly misunderstood as its singular purpose is to provide identification.” MacDonald added, “the School of Theology was selected by a majority vote of our ...

The controversial former seal featured the family crest of Isaac Royall, Jr., a founding donor of the school who made his wealth through the labor of enslaved people in the mid-1700s.

FORREST D. PASS, Strange Whims of Crest Fiends: Marketing Heraldry in the United States, 1880—1980, Journal of American Studies, Vol. 50, No. 3 (AUGUST 2016), pp. 587-611 ...