Russell Sage College

New York

1916

official hood lining pattern
A student's scrapbook covering the years 1923-1927.

Citations in the World Almanac (listed by cover date; color information is from the previous year): dark green/white (1923-1931); green/white (1934-1935)

Academic hood lists published by the Intercollegiate Bureau of Academic Costume (IBAC) in 1927, 1948, and 1972 described Russell Sage College as having a hood lined dark green with a white chevron.

A list compiled by Kevin Sheard in Academic Dress and Insignia of the World (1970) also described the college’s hood lining as dark green with a white chevron.

dark green
white

Detailed historical information about the dark green and white school colors of Russell Sage College is not available at this time.

A Russell Sage College Doctor of Literature or Doctor of Arts (honoris causa) hood, manufatured between 1943 and 1963 by the Bentley & Simon Company.