Leonard "Pete" Bahan Papers
Scope and Content
Papers (1911-1974) including correspondence, telegrams, cards, letters of recommendation, ticket stubs, professional sports contracts, poems, and other documents; printed material (1914-1937) including his high school yearbooks, a college magazine, the Shreveport Social Directory, and news clippings; and photographs (1905-1958) including portraits of Bahan and of his sports teams, his classmates, and his family.
Dates
- Creation: 1905-1974.
Creator
- Bahan, Leonard. (Person)
Language of Materials
English.
Background
University of Notre Dame student athlete. At Notre Dame, Pete Bahan earned eight letters (three for football, three for basketball, and two for baseball). He served as team captain and quarterback for Knute Rockne, 1918-1919.
Extent
8 linear inches.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Joyce International Sports and Games Research Collection in Hesburgh Libraries Special Collections to the archives in January of 1993.
Subject
- Bahan, Leonard. (Person)
- University of Notre Dame (Organization)
- Somerset High School, Somerset (Ky.) (Organization)
- University of Notre Dame -- Baseball (Organization)
- University of Notre Dame -- Football (Organization)
- Title
- Leonard "Pete" Bahan Papers
- Subtitle
- Guide
- Author
- University of Notre Dame Archives
- Date
- 2011
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Notre Dame Archives Repository