Academic costumes and textiles collection, 1820s-2000s

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Series II: Textiles



Box F06 Bicentennial of Columbia Charter flag, 1987



Box F21 Bicentennial of Columbia Charter flag, 1987



Box F09 Columbia College flag



Box F02 Columbia College flag

(Image of Crown surrounded by CC with 1754 below) (4 flags)



Box F03 Columbia College flag

(Image of Crown surrounded by CC with 1754 below) (2 flags)



Box F06 Columbia College flag

(Image of Crown surrounded by CC with 1754 below)



Box F10 Columbia College flag

(Image of Crown surrounded by CC with 1754 below)



Box F02 Columbia College 250th Anniversary flag



Box F03 Columbia College 250th Anniversary flag


Columbia College alumni banners



Box 41 Columbia College banner (with yellow crown and white writing and with white fringe at bottom)


Box 41 Columbia College banner (with white crown and writing, very long and narrow)


Box 41 Columbia College Alumni Reunion Weekend banner (white stitched writing and yellow stitched crown)



Box 44 Columbia College banner, 1932



Box 47 Columbia College "C" sweaters, circa 1939, 2 items

(Arthur K. Dolittle, CC 1918)



Box F05 Columbia College Society of Graduates flag



Box 42 Columbia Crew Sweaters, 1907



Box F19 Columbia Football flag with crown



Box F01 Columbia Law Class of 1905 flag


Mamie Eisenhower's gowns

To access the gowns, you will need to make an appointment. For more information, please contact the University Archives at uarchives@columbia.edu.



Item T15 Mamie Eisenhower's gown worn for Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Inaugural Ball, 1948


Item T15 Mamie Eisenhower's gown worn for her Columbia University Portrait, 1950s

(Mrs. Eisenhower also wore this gown (her "Columbia" gown) when President Eisenhower was presented with the Alexander Hamilton Award, November 21, 1963.)



Box 43 John Erskine's World War I military uniforms

(2 jackets, 1 pair of pants, 1 soft cap. "Educational Corps" patch on arm of each jacket.)



Box F15 King's Crown flag



Box F20 King's Crown flag



Box 49 Navy Wool Blazer

Columbia shield patch is stitced on breast pocket. Box also contains royal blue braid to be pinned to a garment.



Box 48 ROLM Phone jacket, 1980s

Commemorative jacket presented to Neil Sachnoff who headed up the selection and installation of what was then the first large scale IBM/ROLM college telecommunications installation in the country. Donated in Summer 2022.



Box 47 School of Engineering cardigan, 1960s-1980s

(Light blue with school logo stitched in navy blue.)



Box 45 and 46 Women's Banner or Butler Library Banner Project, 1989, 2 items

To access the banner, you will need to make an appointment in advance to ensure that the conservation staff will be available to assist with transportation, unrolling and re-rolling. For more information, please contact the University Archives at uarchives@columbia.edu.

Laura Hotchkiss Brown GS 1989