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Summary Information
- Prepared by
- Anna Pugsley
- Preparation date
- May 2019
- Date [inclusive]
- 1940-1943
- Extent
- 2.0 Items
PROVENANCE
The University of Pennsylvania Football Scrapbooks were a gift from Andrew Conger in June 2000 (accession number 2000:049).
ARRANGEMENT
This scrapbooks consist of newspaper clippings, color photographs, and a handwritten poem arranged chronologically.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
These scrapbooks document the performance of the University of Pennsylvania’s football team from 1940-1943. The clippings not only contain information on game results, but analyze team strategy, follow the ball during games, highlight star players and coaches, and document reactions and commentary on team performance. The color photographs on the inside cover of one of the scrapbooks depict a packed Franklin Field during a 1941 game.
Controlled Access Headings
- Corporate Name(s)
- University of Pennsylvania. Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation.
- Genre(s)
- Scrapbooks.
- Subject(s)
- Football–History–20th century.
- Football–History.–Pennsylvania
- University of Pennsylvania — Football
Inventory
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Inventory |
Box |
Folder |
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Scrapbook 1940-1943 |
1 |
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Scrapbook 1940-1941 |
2 |
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