Dartmouth Sartorial Revolution

According to the June 1930 issue of the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine: "Dartmouth had gone 'shorts' mad, Hanover and neighboring merchants were besieged with orders for shorts of any description, and the campus became a colorful pageant of bare legs and bizarre shorts. Those who could not purchase abbreviations, hacked off their trousers and flaunted legs which never faced the public eye before."  Supporters of the "shorts" movement faced the "opposition" who were dressed in "sheepskins, fur coats, ski jackets, mufflers and mittens."  Though the weather dampened the enthusiasm of the supporters of the new fad, they prevailed and the opposition movement "suffered at the hands of the rebels."

To see this image and more Dartmouth style, ask for the photo files on college life and clothing.

Federal Music Project in New Hampshire

This ephemeral pamphlet from 1937 is a cross between a promotional piece and an annual report.  The mimeographed typescript briefly describes the Federal Project under the direction of Dr. Nikolai Sokoloff, then focuses in on the New Hampshire Music Project. The advisory board included Maurice Longhurst, Chair of the Dartmouth Music Department, and then Congressman, Charles Tobey.

Started in December of 1935, the project had employed over 80 people in New Hampshire by October 1937 and sponsored a marching band that participated in 191 engagements, a dance orchestra that played 243 times "for the pleasure of 90,172 people," and a symphony orchestra that performed 97 programs "for the pleasure and education of 101,900 people."

The stunning pictorial wrap is an excellent example of WPA style "designed and executed by William J. White of the WPA Federal Art Project."