Academic costumes and textiles collection, 1820s-2000s

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Series I: Academic Costumes



Box 1 Dr. Wyndham B. Blanton - Hood (green and black)


Benjamin Cardozo



Box 7 Hoods (9)



Box 23 Gown (Albany gown)



Box 24 Gown (Supreme Court gown)


Andrew Cordier



Box 2 Gown (Columbia University), 1969 December 19


Box 2 Hoods (2) (blue/white inside; purple outside)


Lorenzo Da Ponte



Box 5 Hood (white velvet border)


Box 5 Gown (black, torn at shoulders)



Box 16 Robe (black)


Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother

(Honorary Degree, Columbia University)



Box 13 Hood (black/light blue/white w/purple velvet trim), 1954 October 31


Box 13 Robe (black w/purple velvet trim), 1954 October 31



Box 21 Cap, 1954 October 31


John Erskine



Box 16 Hood (orange/purple/black w/ white velvet trim)


Box 16 Hood (black/red/ w/ white velvet trim)


Box 16 Hood (black/light blue/yellow velvet trim)


Box 16 Hood (black/white/light blue w/ royal blue velvet trim)


Box 16 Hood (black/white/ w/cream colored velvet trim)


Box 16 Hood (black/brown-gold/white w/pink velvet trim)



Box 17 Sash (light blue and yellow w/ white fur trim and red button)


Box 17 Hood (black/purple/white w/salmon pink velvet trim)


Box 17 Hood (black/purple/yellow w/light blue velvet trim)


Box 17 Hood (black/royal blue w/salmon pink velvet trim)



Box 11 Elbridge T. Gerry CC 1857 - Gown worn in Columbia College


Gilbert Highet



Box 1 Hood and Gown (red)


Box 1 Hood and Gown (Columbia University)



Box 14 Hood


Box 14 Hood (black/orange/white velvet trim)


Box 14 Hood (yellow/black w/ white velvet trim)


Box 14 Hood (University of Massachusetts)



Box 15 Robe (red w/ greyish purple satin sleeves and front panels, Oxford University)



Box 21 Cap (black velvet square, 2 gold buttons, and short gold tassel)


Box 21 Cap (black velvet square, 2 gold buttons, and short gold tassel)


Box 21 Cap (black wool square w/ black tassel, red interior)



Box 1 Frank S. Hogan - Hood (gold and purple, Suffolk University), 1955 June 4



Box 8 Roger Howson - Hoods (2) (black and white)


Grayson Kirk



Box 17 Hood (black/pink/dark green w/white velvet trim, University of North Dakota)


Box 17 Hood (black/purple w/purple velvet trim, Williams College)



Box 18 Hood (black, burgundy silk w/purple velvet trim, Waseda University, Tokyo)


Box 18 Hood (black/burgundy/ w/purple velvet trim, Union College)


Box 18 Hood (red and white/black w/ purple velvet trim, University of Wisconsin)


Box 18 Hood (black/orange w/purple velvet trim, Waynesburg University)


Box 18 Hood (black/orange and white w/purple velvet trim, Princeton University)


Box 18 Hood (black/cardinal red w/purple velvet trim)



Box 19 Hood (gold/white/black w/purple velvet trim, University of Tennessee)


Box 19 Hood (purple/black w/ purple velvet trim, Northwestern University)


Box 19 Hood (orange/black w/ purple velvet trim, Syracuse University)


Box 19 Hood (burgundy/green/black w/ purple velvet trim, Washington University St. Louis)


Box 19 Hood (purple/gold/black w/ purple velvet trim, Notre Dame University)


Box 19 Hood (pink/black w/ burgundy velvet trim)



Box 20 Hood (red/black w/ purple velvet trim, University of Pennsylvania)


Box 20 Hood (yellow/light blue/black w/ purple velvet trim, University of Michigan), 1966


Box 20 Hood (orange/black w/ purple velvet trim, Princeton University)


Box 20 Hood (red/black w/ purple velvet trim, St. Lawrence University)


Box 20 Hood (black/yellow w/ purple velvet trim, Johns Hopkins or Clark University)


Box 20 Hood (white/green/black w/ purple velvet trim, Johns Hopkins or Clark University)



Box 22 Hood (purple/black w/ purple velvet trim, New York University), 1953


Box 22 Hood (white/light blue/black w/ purple velvet trim, Jewish Theological Seminary)


Box 22 Hood (red/yellow/black w/ purple velvet trim, Denver University)


Box 22 Hood (red, King's College - Halifax University)


Box 22 Hood (brown/black w/ purple velvet trim, Brown University)


Box 22 Hood (dark Green/black w/ purple velvet trim, Dartmouth College)



Box 23 Hood (purple/black w/ purple velvet trim, Amherst College)


Box 23 Hood (red/black w/ purple velvet trim, Bates College)



Box 25 Gerry Lenfest - Hood


Seth Low



Box 9 Hoods (2) (Yale)


Box 9 Hood (University of Pennsylvania)


Box 9 Hood (Princeton)


Brander Matthews



Box 7 Gown (black)


Box 7 Hood (white/black/purple)


Dr. W. McDermott



Box 3 Hood (olive green/black)


Box 3 Gown (Columbia University)


Box 3 Gown (red)

(Estate of Arthur Jeffery)



Box 2 H.F. McGuire - Hood and Gown (Columbia University, initials in hood)



Box 7 Rudolph P. Miller CE 1888 - Hood

(Gift of Mary M. Miller)


John Bassett Moore



Box 9 Hoods (5)



Box 25 Gown


Allan Nevins



Box 2 Hood (green/white/black - Dartmouth College), 1936



Box 4 Hood (Miami University, Ohio), 1937



Box 11 Hood (University of Illinois), 1953


Box 11 Hood (University of Rochester), 1955



Box 9 Hood (Columbia University), 1960



Box 11 Hood (Loyola University), 1961



Box 4 Hood (University of California), 1963


Box 4 Hood (Oxford University), 1965



Box 2 Hood (orange/black/white - Occidental College), 1967



Box 9 Hood (Columbia University)



Box 10 Hoods (7)



Box 11 Hood (Knox College, Illinois)


Box 11 Hood (Union College)


Elizabeth Reynard, Barnard College



Box 7 Hood and Cap (blue/white/with fur)



Box 6 Hood and Gown (Oxford University, blue and red)



Box 10 James T. Shotwell - Hoods (5)


Edmund Clarence Stedman



Box 8 Hoods (2)


Box 8 Gowns (black)


Box 8 Hood (blue/black/white)


Harlan Fiske Stone



Box 5 Hood (Illinois College), 1953


Box 5 Hood (University of Southern California), 1961



Box 4 Percy Uris - Gown (Columbia University)


John Van Amringe



Box 12 Gown (black with purple velvet edging on sleeves and front of robe)


Box 12 Hood (black/cream/pink)


Box 12 Hood (black/white/light blue w/ royal blue velvet trim)


Unidentified owners



Box 6 B.I. - Cap (bronze tassel)


Box 6 R.A.L. - Gown (blue)



Box 4 G.F.R. - Hood and Gown (Columbia University)



Box 6 Hood (purple and gold)


Box 6 Hood (white and light blue)