Matthew Shepard Foundation
date: label: date made
content: circa 2004
name: label: Associated Name
content: Shepard, Matthew
label: maker
content: Hanes Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Matthew Shepard was a college student, targeted for being gay, robbed, and brutally murdered in Laramie, Wyoming, in 1998. The Shepards set up a foundation to end hate and promote acceptance and compassion with the donations that people spontaneously sent to them (about $90,000.) after their son's murder.
label: Description (Brief)
content: White short sleeved tee shirt, size XL. Front of shirt features the words "Matthew / Shepard / Foundation / embracing diversity" in black and purple print. A logo with a stylized sunburst in purple in black is to the left of the words.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: LGBTQ Rights
label: Subject
content: LGBTQ
label: Subject
content: Gay Rights
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dennis and Judy Shepard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0004.07
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0004.07
label: accession number
content: 2019.0004
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tee shirt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 3/4 in x 39 1/2 in; 80.645 cm x 100.33 cm