We received another inquiry on the university seal, but today’s question was on the first seal of the U. I could tell right away the image the patron sent us was the first seal of the university, because we have already researched and identified the second and the third seal in last March!
*click here for the previous blog story on university seal
By researching our archival collection on UM seals, we found a document right away which gave the name of the designer and the dates it was used. With the name Hodsdon, I was able to find the February 4, 1944 article “Origin of Seal Now Revealed” in The Miami Hurricane Archive Online for the meaning of it. It is interesting the university ran a contest to pick the first seal.
University of Miami Archives -- Let's Archive It 