Bishop's College jacket (purple with crest) and trousers (cream) having belonged to Randolph Farley, B.A. 1937.
Academic gown, hood and mortar board having belonged to Phyllis Home (VanVliet) (B.A. 1929)
Academic hood having belonged to Peter A.H. Meggs
Peter A.H. MeggsMortar board having belonged to Jean Pearton (B.A. 1930)
Academic gown having belonged to J. Ray Stokes, Class of 1958
J. Raymond StokesHood having belonged to J. Gordon Holmes (L.S.T. 1925)
Flag of South Africa (pre-Apartheid). Transferred to the archives at the time of Archbishop Desmond Tutu's visit to Bishop's University to receive an honourary degree, November 1998
Academic cap and gown having belonged to E. Joan Halls, (B.A. 1929).
Halls, E. JoanAcademic gown having belonged to Doris Bishop Mulcahy, (B.A. 1943).
Mulcahy, Doris BishopAcademic hood having belonged to C.M. Jones B.A. 1957
Cap. Purple and white. Issued by the Alumni Office for the Class of 1962-63 30th Reunion held in 1993
Academic gown, colours cap (won through playing football for Bishop's) and Sherbrooke pennant having belonged to Charles Hampden Hobart, L.S.T. 1914.
Hobart, Charles HampdenMessage on masking tape which arrived with the accession reads: “woven from the sheep that grazed on the land where Bishop’s University now stands” (on the brown blanket). The accompanying blue blanket is assumed to have the same or similar provenance. The donor's husband Thomas Farnsworth’s father was Raymond Harrington Farnsworth. His parents were Benjamin Farnsworth and Ella French. They lived in the Cookshire area; Ella lived in Quebec City with Raymond and his wife Constance Ford for several years after her husband died. In 1979 Raymond and Constance moved here to Portneuf to her Ford family home Edale Place.
Tie. Distributed and sold by the Alumni and Development from 1985-1992
Sweater and letter patch (UBC). This sweater and letter patch belonged to Jay Dunham Joslin, whose family ran American Biltmore Rubber in Sherbrooke for many years. His mother's family were Southwoods from the Sherbrooke area. J.D. graduated from Bishop's University in 1948 with a B.Sc.
Pennant. "Bishop's": felt, purple and crest having belonged to Kenneth John Harwood, B.A. Math 1947. Harwood came to Bishop's in 1939. He enlisted as Radar Mechanic in 1941 and returned to Bishop's in 1945 with his wife Joan. Ken and Joan had a baby boy while at Bishop's and was the first to be baptized at St. Mark's Chapel.
Pennant. Felt with white lettering (Bishop's) on purple background. 29" long
Pennant. Felt with white lettering ("Bishop's") on purple background. 27" long
Bishop's University pennant, hand-made
Liaison Jacket with University crest. Grey. Donor unknown
Jacket and tie, Bishop's University, 1957
- "Humble Frosh" felt badge, 1969
- "Bishop's" felt pennant
- Frosh cap - large
- Frosh cap - small
Flag of Bishop's University. Presented by His Excellency the Right Honourable Ramon John Hnatyshyn, Governor General of Canada, at the special Sesquicentennial Convocation held December 9, 1993
Flag of Bishop's University. Bearing the old crest which was used for many years before the University was granted its official Coat of Arms at the Sesquicentennial Convocation, December 9, 1993
Rugby badge made of felt. Purple and White. Intercollegiate Champions Junior Rugby. Eastern Section. 1927
Felt letter "B"'s. Purple and white. Assorted.
Collection consists of textile items consisting of university shirts, blazers, caps, crests, academic gowns, hoods, ties, letter patches, mortar boards, pennants.
Hoods, Bachelor of Divinity, 1932 and Licentiate of Sacred Theology, 1944, having belonged to Bishop Timothy Matthews
Matthews, Bishop Timothy John3 sports shirts - soccer and hockey having belonged to Alain Hébert, '72, '73, '94
Hébert, Alain