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Box 1

 Container

Contains 2 Results:

Football, 1880 - 2012

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 160, Series 1
Scope and Contents

The football series is comprised of six sub-series. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically, unless stated otherwise.

Dates: 1880 - 2012

Historical Information and Clippings, 1880 - 1980

 Sub-Series — Box: 1
Identifier: MSP 160, Series 1, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents This sub-series includes three scrapbooks containing clippings; the first album contains Purdue football related articles from Lafayette, Indianapolis and Chicago newspapers. The clippings include an article about Purdue’s first football win on November 16, 1889, an article about the game against Wabash, November 23, 1889, that prompted the nickname “Boilermakers,” and the first game played against Indiana University in 1890. The second album contains newspaper clippings relating to the...
Dates: 1880 - 1980