2 10 13 https://memory.richmond.edu/files/original/8d83f99c25861450df976ef1017658f0.jpg 65f880f2d9fb1aab1482b1064665f4b9 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Metadata Creator Irina Rogova Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Article "World's Largest Hat Adorns UR's New Look Spider Uniform" Subject The topic of the resource Alumni and alumnae Alumni and alumnae--Charitable contributions College athletics College fraternity members Confederate Army Greek letter societies Lost Cause ideology School mascots Southern States United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Universities and colleges--Employees Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RichmondCollegianXXXV.12.1-19481210.jpg Description An account of the resource This article describes the creation of a full-size mascot costume modeled after the "new look" Richmond Spider created by Student Shop proprietor Buddy Mayo <a href="http://memory.richmond.edu/items/show/2893" target="_blank">earlier in the fall 1948 semester.</a> The article describes the new look spider as having "called on its Confederate ancestors" in its design. Brothers from Lambda Chi Alpha presented the design to the university community, and the mascot made its first appearance at a football game between the University of Richmond and Washington and Lee. Nelson Weber, presumably a Lambda Chi Alpha brother, was invived to a local clothes manufacturing plant to create the eight-limbed costume. The head was designed by a professional artist on Franklin Street in Richmond City. Hat makers and alumni Holmes and Douglas Britton designed the hat, which required special equipment from New York to accomdate the large size. In total, making a Confederate Spider mascot should have cost over $200, but the labor, time, and materials were donated by Etchison Hat Company and Rockingham Clothes. Buddy Mayo donated the mask. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dodl, Norman Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dodl, Norman. "World's Largest Hat Adorns UR's New Look Spider Uniform." The Richmond Collegian XXXV, no. 12 (December 10, 1948): 1, 3. <a href="https://collegian.richmond.edu/?a=d&d=COL19481210.2.5&e=------194-en-20--1--txt-txIN-------" target="_blank">https://collegian.richmond.edu/?a=d&d=COL19481210.2.5&e=------194-en-20--1--txt-txIN-------</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Collegian, University of Richmond Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1948-12-10 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource newspapers Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Richmond (Va.) https://memory.richmond.edu/files/original/3a6c1c5b4e67a121425ee0105a753688.jpg 9e184cfba66cb4cce26d33146b0fd918 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Metadata Creator Irina Rogova Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Article "Richmond Spider Gets 'New Look'" Subject The topic of the resource College athletics Confederate Army Lost Cause ideology School mascots Southern States United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Universities and colleges--Employees Description An account of the resource During the fall semester of 1948, Buddy Mayo, the manager of the Student Shop, announced that the University of Richmond Spider, the "official University emblem," was receiving a new look to coincide with the "new football outlook and as an added incentive to college spirit." Mayo said that the new look was a "product of five years of work and study" aimed to please students who had previous been unsatisfied with the mascot. The new look spider wore a Confederate uniform, and the article notes that Mayo "wanted the students to understand that the grey coloring of the body of the spider is to offset the official colors of the school." Mayo went on to explain "that the spider so-dressed signifies that Richmond was the capital of the Confederacy during the War Between the States, and therefore the official blue would not be appropriate for the Spiders uniform." Mayo hoped the students would approve of the redesign. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "Richmond Spider Gets 'New Look'". The Richmond Collegian XXXV, no. 2 (September 24, 1948): 13. <a href="https://collegian.richmond.edu/?a=d&d=COL19480924.2.7&srpos=1&e=------194-en-20--1--txt-txIN-" target="_blank">https://collegian.richmond.edu/?a=d&d=COL19480924.2.7&srpos=1&e=------194-en-20--1--txt-txIN-</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Collegian, University of Richmond Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1948-09-24 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource newspapers Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RichmondCollegianXXXV.2.1-19480924.jpg Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Richmond (Va.) https://memory.richmond.edu/files/original/a537fb8f070acf0388e3605e6bb41c54.jpg 51124c9522ceb1b05187aa5a12e29ebf Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Metadata Creator Irina Rogova Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Article "Spider man: The University's mascot has a long, varied history" Subject The topic of the resource College athletics Confederate Army Lost Cause ideology School mascots Southern States United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Collegian84.7.13-19971009.jpg Description An account of the resource This Collegian article gives a brief history of the University of Richmond spider mascot. It outlines the three competing origin stories for the "unusual mascot that Richmond students have defended since 1894." Originally, the Richmond team had been called the Colts, but a professional baseball team with the same name came to Richmond in the early 1890s. The three theories for the new name include 1) A comparison to the Cleveland Spiders at a 1893 baseball game, 2) a comparison to spiders for not allowing a fly ball" to get by at a game against William & Mary, and 3) a sports writer yelling "You guys look like a bunch of spiders trying to play ball, published in the 1897 yearbook. The history goes on to include information about a challenge to the mascot in the July 1941 Alumni Bulletin, where 1913 alumus W.F. "Tip" Saunders called for renaming the team either the "Confederates" or the "Rebels" to tie the university to Richmond City's history as the former capital of the Confederacy. The spider won by "an overwhelming majority." This history also states that "initially, the spider dressed in a Confederate general's uniform," though in reality the mascot did not wear this uniform until the late 1940s. After the Confederate spider, there was a "'live' spider mascot which resembled the comic book hero 'Spiderman." In the 1980s, te costume became more ferocious. As of the 1997 writing, there were three forms of the spider: One, a "sleek, insect-like spider" found on license plates, second a "grinning spider" us for University publications, and finally a "fuzzy, friendly spider that walks around encouraging school spirity." The history concludes by noting that University officials describe the spider as representing "success, good judgement, and a painstaking perseverance." The writer cites the Virginia Baptist Historical Society for most of the historical information. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Luster, Julie Autumn Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Luster, Julie Autumn. "Spider man: The University's mascot has a long, varied history." The University of Richmond Collegian 84, no. 7 (October 9, 1997): 13. <a href="https://collegian.richmond.edu/?a=d&d=COL19971009.2.34&srpos=5&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------" target="_blank">https://collegian.richmond.edu/?a=d&d=COL19971009.2.34&srpos=5&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Collegian, University of Richmond Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997-10-09 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource newspapers Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Richmond (Va.)