Academic Hood

Object/Artifact

-

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Academic Hood

Entry/Object ID

1971.47.2

Description

Academic hood. The outer fabric is grey, and the lining is grey with a yellow stripe. The lining has discolored to pink toward the bottom. The opening edge is bound with purple velvet.

Context

Worn by Senator Winston Lewis Prouty when Lafayette College conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, June 3, 1966.

Acquisition

Accession

1971.47

Source or Donor

Prouty, Jeanette Hall (1913-2002)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1966

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Hood, Academic

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Costume, Academic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Regalia

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Status Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Material

Nylon

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Prouty, Winston Lewis (1906-1971)

Person or Organization

Lafayette College