Academic Regalia

Academic Hood and Cap, 1917

A black cap and a red and black hood worn by Edgar Rohrer Heckman (Class of 1897) upon receiving an honorary degree from Dickinson College in 1917.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00004

Location: Shelf 20

Subject: Academic Regalia, Hood, Cap

Format: Clothing

Academic Hood Lining

Red satin academic hood lining used by Isaac Franklin Russell to represent his honorary degree from Dickinson College. Russell was granted an honorary Doctor of Laws in 1893.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00008

Location: Shelf 25

Subject: Academic Regalia

Format: Textiles

Boyd Lee Spahr Academic Regalia, c.1930

Black hoods, gown, and caps worn by Boyd Lee Spahr as President of the Board of Trustees of Dickinson College, a position he held from 1931 to 1961.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00007

Location: RR 03

Subject: Academic Regalia, Hood, Gown, Cap

Format: Clothing, Hats

Cap and Hood, 1987

A black tam-style cap with a gold tassel and a red, yellow, and blue hood worn by Stephanie Larson, Professor of Political Science at Dickinson College.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00710

Location: Shelf 17

Subject: Academic Regalia, Hood

Format: Clothing

Flint Kellogg Academic Hood

Black and white hood worn by Flint Kellogg, professor and marshal of Dickinson College. 

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00006

Location: Shelf 10

Subject: Academic Regalia, Hood

Format: Clothing

Frank Elmer Masland, Jr. regalia

Black cap and hood and red gown belonging to Frank Elmer Masland, Jr., class of 1918 and a member of the Dickinson College Board of Trustees from 1946-1965.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00014

Location: RR 03

Subject: Academic Regalia, Cap, Gown, Hood

Format: Clothing, Hats

Academic Hood, 1958

Black and purple hood worn by George Shuman, Jr. upon receiving an honorary doctorate from Lycoming College in 1958. 

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00005

Location: Shelf 10

Subject: Academic Regalia, Hood

Format: Clothing

Academic Hoods and Cap, c.1950

Two black academic hoods and mortorboard cap worn by George Shuman, Jr. as treasurer of Dickinson College.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00003

Location: Shelf 3

Subject: Academic Regalia, Hood

Format: Clothing, Hats

James Henry Morgan Hood

Black hood, gown, and cap worn by James Henry Morgan as president of Dickinson College in the early twentieth century.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00002

Location: RR 02

Subject: Academic Regalia, Presidents, Hood, Gown, Cap

Format: Clothing, Hats

Lewis Gobrecht's Academic Tassel, 1955

Academic tassel of black braided cord worn by Lewis Gobrecht, class of 1955. Gobrecht majored in Political Science and History at Dickinson and was an active member of the College Choir, Glee Club, and the Dickinson Follies theater group. Gobrecht went on to have a long career teaching middle-school history in Carlisle.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00432

Location: Shelf 2 (housed with 00433-00436, 00443, 00459, 00470)

Subject: Academic Regalia

Format: Miscellaneous

Robert Waidner Academic Hood, 1995

Black hood lined with red and white silk with buff velvet border.  Worn by Robert Waidner (Class of 1932) when he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Finance degree by Dickinson College during commencement on May 21, 1995.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00495

Location: Shelf 13

Subject: Academic Regalia

Format: Clothing

Ulysses Wright Academic Hood, 1923

Black and red hood worn by Ulysses Grant Simpson Wright, member of the class of 1902 and 1923 honorary degree recipient. 

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00009

Location: Shelf 10

Subject: Academic Regalia, Hood

Format: Clothing

Walter Buckingham Carver Academic Hood, 1929

Black and yellow hood worn by Walter Buckington Carver upon receiving an honorary degree from Dickinson in 1929

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00010

Location: Shelf 10

Subject: Academic Regalia, Hood

Format: Clothing

Zatae Longsdorff Straw Academic Hood, 1937

A black, red, white and yellow academic hood given to Zatae Longsdorff Straw (Class of 1887) at the reception of her honorary degree in 1937. 

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 2002.2_3

Location: Shelf 33 (Box 1)

Subject: Academic Regalia, Hood

Format: Clothing

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