This scrapbook, compiled by Bob Panagis, OSC class of 1945, documents the Oregon State Beavers' trip to Durham, North Carolina, to play against the Duke University Blue Devils. The Rose Bowl game was held on January 1, 1942, just twenty-five days after the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor. Because of Pearl Harbor, the Rose Bowl game, usually held in Pasadena, California, was held in Durham, at the Duke University stadium, as the first and only time the Rose Bowl has ever been held outside of Pasadena.
The scrapbook is comprised of more than seventy-five newspaper clippings, many being full articles and photographs of the team on their journey, as well as twenty black and white photographic prints, ten menus, itineraries detailing the transcontinental train route, postcards and stationery collected from the trip. Also with the scrapbook is a large wool patch embellished to say, "Rose Bowl 1942." Contained in a separate folder are several loose items: a photograph of the team, a photocopied page documenting team members (from a lost photograph), a photocopied version of a newspaper photograph, and a guide to Duke University's campus.
The newspaper photographs include pictures of MVP Donald Durdan, '43, team captains Martin Chaves, Bob Dethman, Quentin Greenough, and Stanley Czech, as well as coaches Lon Stiner and Hal Moe. Included in the newspaper clippings are photographs from a celebratory dinner held for the Beavers, with Governor Charles Sprague in attendance, and articles that detail the line-ups for the game, postgame statistics and final scores.
The scrapbook is set chronologically: documenting the Civil War win against the University of Oregon and overall excitement for the Rose Bowl game, the team’s trip to North Carolina, their time at Duke University and preparations for the game, postgame news coverage, and finally, the trip home and their celebratory welcome back to Corvallis.
The scrapbook is in fragile condition and a digital surrogate should be consulted as a primary source of access. This surrogate is available in the Special Collections and Archives Research Center Reading Room, or remotely upon request.
