Plymouth State University
New Hampshire
1871
Formerly “Plymouth Normal School”
The Intercollegiate Bureau of Academic Costume (IBAC) does not seem to have assigned Plymouth a hood lining, but cited the school’s hood as being “dark green” with a white chevron in an IBAC list from 1972. This information was probably gleaned from Sheard’s work.
This hood lining pattern was a duplication of the hood lining the Bureau had already assigned to Russell Sage College around 1916 when that school was founded. So to avoid duplicating the hood of Russell Sage College, here the pattern of colors in Plymouth State University’s current hood have been interchanged, which is something the Bureau would often do in situations like this.
At an unknown date, Plymouth State adopted a “custom” doctoral gown tailored from from dark green fabric with black velvet facings and sleeve bars edged with gold (not white) piping. A gown of this type from the University Cap & Gown Company (Balfour) is illustrated on the right. The standard doctoral hood with black exterior fabric is used with this gown.
The collegiate colors of Plymouth State University are green and white, but how and when they were adopted is not known. The shade of green is dark, like a Dartmouth green.
In Academic Heraldry in America (1962), Kevin Sheard said that Plymouth Teachers College was using a hood lined “Dartmouth green” with a white chevron.
