By Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Nielsen.
Title: Rose Bowl Football Game Scrapbooks, 1940-1942
Predominant Dates: 1941-1942
ID: MSS RoseBowl
Extent: 0.5 cubic feet. More info below.
Languages of Materials: English [eng]
The Rose Bowl Football Game Scrapbooks consist of two scrapbooks and ephemera pertaining to the 1942 Rose Bowl football game between Oregon State College and Duke University. The scrapbooks consist predominantly of newspaper clippings from newspapers in Oregon, North Carolina, and locales that the team passed through on their train trip to and from Durham, North Carolina. The clippings provide information on the team's travel to and from North Carolina, the game, and the homecoming celebration in Oregon. Ephemeral items such a train menus, event programs, and itineraries that have become separated from the scrapbook pages are also part of the collection.
Programs for the 1940 Oregon State versus University of Oregon (Civil War) and the 1941 Oregon State versus Stanford University football games are included in the collection.
The creator of the scrapbooks is not identified.
More Extent Information: 1 oversize box
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Related Materials:
Additional materials pertaining to the 1942 Rose Bowl are part of the OSU Memorabilia Collection (MSS MC) and various photographic collections. A scrapbook assembled by Bob Panagis about the 1942 Rose Bowl is available in the Special Collections and Archives Research Center holdings. Motion picture films of the game, pre-game activities in Durham, and the team's homecoming are available in the Alumni Association Motion Picture Films and Videotapes (FV 017) and the News and Communication Services Motion Picture Films and Videotapes (FV 057) and the Intercollegiate Athletics MovingImages (FV 031).
Other collections with materials pertaining to Oregon State football include the Harvey L. McAlister Collection (MSS McAlister), Oregon State College - New York University Football Game Scrapbooks (MSS OSCNYUFootball), and the Bill Tomsheck Scrapbook (MSS Tomsheck).
Preferred Citation: Rose Bowl Football Game Scrapbooks (MSS RoseBowl), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Duke University--Football.
Football--North Carolina--Durham.
Football--Oregon--Corvallis.
Oregon State College--Football.
Rose Bowl (Football game) (1942 : Durham, N.C.)
University History
Scrapbooks.
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