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Written by Christine Ameduri

School military uniforms are one of the largest single artifact collections in McDonogh's 存档s & Special Collections. Issued to all boys entering the school beginning November of 1873, uniforms were required dress until the military program was abolished in 1971. During that century, there were many variations of uniforms, 风格也变了, 重叠, and/or were occasionally modified. New uniforms were phased in and did not always become standard for all cadets at the same time.

刚刚过去的这个夏天, 1972年的布奇·麦瑟尔, a military historian and Director of Boys’ Latin School Center for Military History, lent his expertise to help sort through several hundred uniforms scattered among the 存档s and several other storage spaces on campus. The collection was in fact so large, that it had to be moved to the 中学 band room in the basement of the Jane Bay building to be processed. 梅塞尔, who has been researching and documenting the collection since 1978, volunteered dozens of hours sorting and identifying each piece.

According to 梅塞尔, the oldest piece in the collection is a butternut colored “tailed jacket”, with red trim and a set of McDonogh Institute buttons. “I haven’t found any account for this particular color and style of jacket yet, but I’m not surprised because uniforms weren’t standardized until sometime in the spring of 1874, 当上校. Allan put in an order to a supplier for ‘dark blue cloth’.”

梅塞尔是, 然而, able to document another early jacket style in the collection based on an account in the July 21, 1883年版 一个星期 [the McDonogh School newspaper] that states, "...the jackets have six brass buttons in front, and two on each sleeve, and red braid around the collar, 外面的口袋, 还有袖子."

他说, “I’ve found some great primary source materials in the 存档s over the years, that have helped me to piece together the history of these uniforms.”

Other notable styles he has been able to document include, the West Point pattern jacket (1904-1949), the Eisenhower jacket (1949-1956), and the dress coat (1956-1971). Thanks to 梅塞尔, McDonogh School 存档s & Special Collections now has an example of almost every style and change made during the first 100 years of the school, including regulation overcoats, 衬衫, 关系, 皮带扣, 帽, and other accoutrements.

Now that the uniforms have been sorted, identified and properly housed, they can be cataloged into the 存档s’ (hopefully soon to be purchased) database using the “controlled vocabulary” 梅塞尔 and Archivist, Chris Ameduri created especially for this collection. 最终, researchers will be able to go to the 存档s’ webpage and access this collection online, 包括图片. “As an alum and historian, I am excited that McDonogh students and alumni, as well as other researchers, 会有物理上的, as well as virtual access to this unique piece of McDonogh history,麦瑟尔说. “In the meantime, go visit McDonogh 存档s & Special Collections and take a look at them for yourself.”