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Circle Serve Lunch Tray

For 33 years, the Circle Serve was a staple of the Lovett dining experience. Installed in 1978, the system became an immediate success, featuring a large circular conveyor belt that spanned three-quarters of the serving area. Students would place their trays on small counters at various stations, selecting items directly from the moving belt before heading to their tables. The Circle Serve was decommissioned in 2011 due to increasing maintenance challenges.

Our Town

While dramatic performances have been part of Lovett’s history since its founding, the tradition of formal theater took root in February 1962, when Upper School students first performed Our Town. It was a landmark event launched by the newly formed Dramatics Club and introduced a play that would be performed seven more times over the next 60 years, more than any other play. 

That first production was a collaborative experiment; while most roles—from George Gibbs to the "Dead Man"—were shared by different actors across two nights, Headmaster Dr. Kellett anchored the show as the Stage Manager for both performances. 

Little Lovett Student Desk

Locked away for years after Lovett closed its West Wesley Road campus in 1973, this student desk was nearly lost to history. Fortunately, when the property was purchased for redevelopment in the late 1970s, alumnus and trustee Rob Settle ’65 recognized its value and saved it from demolition.

Now part of the Lovett Archives, the desk features a classic wrought iron frame and a flip-top seat. Its desktop, which served the student seated behind it, even offers a personal glimpse into the past with a built-in inkwell and the initials "WH" carved into the wood by a former student.

1758 Book of Prayers from the Church of England

This 1758 Book of Common Prayer, donated to Lovett by Caro duBignon Alston, is a remarkable piece of history that represents a specific window into the pre-Revolutionary era of the Church of England, printed during the reign of King George II. While the Book of Common Prayer had been largely stabilized by the 1662 revision, this 1758 edition is significant because it contains State Prayers for King George II and the Royal Family, just years before the American Revolution changed the colonial liturgical landscape. In the mid-18th century, these books were often imported from England to serve Anglican parishes in the American colonies, specifically in Georgia and South Carolina.

The donor's name, Caro duBignon Alston, links two prominent Southern families with deep roots in the Georgia coast and the Sea Islands. The duBignon family is famous for owning Jekyll Island, Georgia, after French aristocrat Christophe duBignon purchased it in the late 1700s, while the Alston family was a massive dynastic lineage in the Carolinas and Georgia associated with rice planting and leadership in the Episcopal Church. As an intersection of these two lineages, "Caro" (likely Caroline) duBignon Alston's donation of this 1758 prayer book suggests a family heirloom that survived the Civil War and the transition of the duBignon estate.

Ultimately, this artifact serves as a primary link to the Anglican roots of the Georgia colony. Such books were often more than religious texts, frequently serving as family registers with handwritten records of births, deaths, and marriages in their flyleaves.