West Virginia University, Jacket from Cadet Uniform

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Restrictions:

No special access restriction applies.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia University, Jacket from Cadet Uniform, A&M 5253, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
.4 Linear Feet 5 in. (1 newspaper box)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia University, Jacket from Cadet Uniform, A&M 5253, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

One jacket that was part of a cadet uniform likely for a student at West Virginia University. It includes buttons with the inscriptions "West Virginia" and "montani semper liberi." The collar manufacturer is Arrow-Cluett, Peabody and Company, Inc., a popular manufacturer of detachable collars in the early twentieth century. The uniform's tag, "Columbus Society Good," could refer to M. C. Lilley, Military and Secret Society Goods, Columbus, Ohio, which produced military and college uniforms from 1864-1931.

Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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