Moose Head
- Title:
- Moose Head
- Collection:
- Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia
- Donor:
- White, Andrew Strong, 1867-1952
- Location:
- Stimson Hall, South Wall of Main Corridor, Cornell University
- ID Number:
- artsdb_0356
- Accession Number:
- W84-170.6
- File Name:
- Missing Item.jpg
- Work Type:
- heads (representations)
- Subject:
- White, Andrew Strong, 1867-1952
Progressive Party (U.S. : 1948) - Description:
- Moose Head: "From the collection of Andrew S. White [18]88, nephew of President Andrew D. White of Cornell University." On the south wall of the main corridor of Stimson Hall. In 1912 Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, Andrew S. White and others opposed to the Republican party's presidential candidate, William Howard Taft, met at Andrew S. White's home in Fayetteville, New York (near Syracuse). They formed a third party which they named "The Progressive Party" and chose Roosevelt as their candidate. There was a stuffed moose head on the wall of the room. This they chose as their emblem. Naturally the Progressives were dubbed "Bull Moosers". Unfortunately, their action split the Republican party and the Democrats elected Woodrow Wilson. The moose head came to Cornell as part of the Andrew S. White estate. It was stolen in the 1980's.
- Repository:
- Cornell University
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia Collection is protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are Cornell University Library and the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus. This collection was created by Cornell University Library in 2010, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Howard Howland. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus at cape@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.