Dates

• Majority of material found within 1875 - 2013

Extent

7 boxes Linear Feet (This collection contains commencement caps and gowns worn by IUP faculty, and Indiana Normal School and IUP pennants. See also Record Group 53. Container List: Box 1 (1 item) 1. Burwell, Sandra: Traditional Amish Quilt Samples; Box 2 (3 items) 1. Banner, IUP "World Congress of Poets"; 2. Board of Trustees; 3. Commencement Cap and Gown; Box 3 (2 items) 1. Commencement Gown; 2. Ph.D. and Masters Boards of P.A. Risheberger; Box 4 (3 items) 1. Commencement Gown, Miss Mary Alice St. Clair, 1879; 2. Commencement Gown and Hood, E.S. Parnell; 3. Commencement Hood, Ramona Hull (see Manuscript Group 110); Box 5 (3 items) 1. Mortar Boards, Jane Leonard, E.S. Parnell, Mary Esch; 2. Hood, Jane Leonard (see Manuscript Group 24); 3. Banner, School of Continuing Education (accessioned 1996); Box 6 (8 items) 1. Commencement Gown and Two Caps, Mary Esch; 2. Two Commencement Caps, Two Commencement Gowns, and 1 collar, Nat and Noel Simeone; Box 7 (6 items) 1. Band jacket, pants, and 2 beanies, Mike Jones; 2. Keith School Band Uniforms; 3. Keith School Banner; 4. Phi Mu beanie; 5. (10) IUP pennants (3 small, 4 medium, 1 square with old IUP Native American logo); and 6. (3) Indiana Normal School pennants from David and Sally Naylon a. (2) Class pennants, 1910 (maroon and gray) and 1915 (yellow and black) b. Indiana Normal School pennant (crimson and gray); and Box 8 (3 items) Commencement Cap and Gown with Master’s hood worn by Daniel C. Shively, 1963-2013 during his fifty-year tenure as an IUP faculty member (Cataloging Librarian). Mr. Shively led the IUP Commencement procession carrying the ceremonial mace from 1998 to 2013. )

Language of Materials

English