Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Cotrell and Leonard
- Summary
- This is the doctoral hood presented to Dr. Robert H. Goddard on June 2, 1945 when he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Clark University, Worcester, Mass., the same institution at which he earned his Ph.D. in Physics in 1911. The honor was bestowed on Goddard for his life-long achievements in the development of the liquid fuel rocket. The yellow velvet on the hood indicates science while the white and green silk colors represent Clark University. Goddard died later that summer, on August 10, 1945.
- Goddard's widow, Esther, gave the hood to the Smithsonian Institution's National Air Museum in 1958.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Robert Goddard
- 1945
- Inventory Number
- A19590035000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MEMORABILIA-People
- Materials
- Polyester, velvet, silk
- Dimensions
- Approximate: 10.16 x 142.24 x 76.2cm (4in. x 4ft 8in. x 2ft 6in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19590035000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9fbbd7a6e-2d18-46c4-88e2-253975e81a22
