UGA Rat Caps

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Title

UGA Rat Caps

Subject

UGA's early culture and traditions

Description

The rat cap shown is a real rat cap worn by an unnamed freshman in the 1930's.

Creator

The University of Georgia

Source

“A Selection of Items from the College of Family and Consumer Sciences’ Historic Clothing and Textiles Collection to Celebrate UGA’S 225th Anniversary.” University of Georgia, Apr. 2010.
Hunt-Hurst, Patricia, and José Blanco F. “Red Caps, Rat Caps: Status, Spirit, and Traditions of College Dress at the University of Georgia.” The Georgia Historical Quarterly, vol. 97, no. 4, 2013, pp. 447–475. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/24636329.

Publisher

The University of Georgia

Date

1930's

Rights

The University of Georgia Special Collections Library.

Format

Physical Object

Type

Traditions and Culture

Coverage

UGA's history of culture

Files

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Citation

The University of Georgia, “UGA Rat Caps,” Mapping Nature — Fall 2018 ENGL1102 Composition, accessed September 22, 2024, https://sarus-sapien.net/fall2018-omeka/items/show/123.

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