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The Web 1960 "Classes and Student Government"
Dublin Core
Title
The Web 1960 "Classes and Student Government"
Subject
Description
There is an illustration of the Confederate spider on the classes and student government section page of the 1960 yearbook. In it, the spider holds a diploma and a Confederate flag, and is wearing a mortar board. "Confederate Spidey" was the university's "unofficial" mascot from around 1950 to the early 1970s.
Source
Virginia Baptist Historical Society, The Web (1960): 71. Available online via the UR Scholarship Repository.
Publisher
The Web, University of Richmond
Date
1960
Relation
Language
English
Type
Identifier
Web.71-1960.jpg
Coverage
Richmond (Va.)
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Student Contributor
Files
Citation
“The Web 1960 "Classes and Student Government",” University of Richmond Race & Racism Project, accessed September 20, 2024, https://memory.richmond.edu/items/show/2679.