Doctor of Laws Hood (Hampden-Sydney College or Virginia Union University)

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Artifact Name	Doctor of Laws Hood (Hampden-Sydney College or Virginia Union University)
Type of Object	Academic regalia
Manufacturer	Collegiate Cap and Gown Company
Date of Manufacture	1926
Time Period	Twentieth century
Dimensions	1.5 cm. x 114 cm. x 59 cm.
Physical Details	Hood presented to Dr. William Sanger in concert with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree, likely from either Hampden-Sydney College in 1926 or Virginia Union University in 1956. Hood is sewn from heavy fabric. Velvet trim is purple, the traditional color associated with law degrees. The rear of the hood is largely a bright orange, with rich blue stripes through the middle and meeting in the center to make a "V" formation. Under the name of the maker are sewn in three blocks of fabric with Dr. Sanger's initials in large, stylized block capitals, "W" "T" and "S."
Other Subject	Academic costume
Accession Number	1983.119.10f
Type	Stillimage
Format	image/jp2
Rights Management	© VCU. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection	Medical Artifacts Collection
Contributor	Tompkins-McCaw Library. Special Collections & Archives
Digital Publisher	VCU Libraries
Local genre	medical artifact

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