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Stages of a Cock Fight Prints

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP_10133
Scope and Contents

Complete set of six prints created by Newton Fielding illustrating different stages of a cock fighting match. The prints were published in 1853 by R. Ackermann for his Sporting Gallery located at 191 Regent Street in London. The engraved full-color aquatint plates measure 7 7/8" wide and 5 7/8" tall centered on the woven paper.

Dates: 1853
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Stanley Weston Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP 10062
Scope and Contents This collection consists of the personal and professional papers of Stanley Weston, sportswriter and owner of The Ring Magazine. The bulk of the collection is a series of subject files assembled by Weston on over two thousand boxers and boxing-related subjects. Also included is an incomplete run of clippings on boxers from the 1950s. Weston’s papers also include research files on various sports, articles he authored, and magazine covers he designed. Finally, also...
Dates: 1883 - 2003
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Stephen and Peter T. Curran Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/EA 10010
Scope and Contents This collection consists of six letters sent to Stephen Curran and his son, Peter T. Curran, in the seven decades following Stephen’s emigration from County Galway, Ireland to the United States. The correspondence consist of two letters to Stephen from his father, Peter Curran, and two from Stephen’s nieces, all sent from Kilkerrin, County Galway, Ireland. The final two letters are written to Stephen’s son, Peter T. Curran, in Kinsley, Kansas, from nieces in Chicago. Also included are a...
Dates: 1855 - 1916
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Steve Boda Big Ten Football Research Index Cards

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP_10052
Content Description Statistical summaries of football games involving Big Ten conference schools created by NCAA statistician Steve Boda. Each 8" x 5" index cards lists individual and team statistics for specific games—conference and non-conference games—including rushing, passing, and scoring stats. The cards also record additional information like attendance and weather information. The collection includes statistical game summary cards for the 1933, 1934, and 1935 seasons and then each season between 1941...
Dates: 1933-1986
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Strahov Stadium X. Slet (10th All-Sokol Gathering) Gymnastics Exhibition Photo Album

 Collection — Box: MSSP DC CC-0002
Identifier: MSSP_10006
Content Description One photograph album documenting the X. Slet (10th All-Sokol Gathering) gymnastic and physical education exhibition in Prague's Strahov Stadium in 1938. The photographs depict adults, mostly men with some women, and children participating in group synchronized physical education and gymnastic routines and other sports and activities, including parades. There are some group photographs of participants and spectators. Most photos measure 2.25 x 2.25 inches with a few larger images measuring...
Dates: 1938
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Stratford Festival Theatre Rendering Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BPP6001
Content Description

Collection of original costume and set design drawings for the Stratford Theatre Festivals.

Dates: 1955 - 1995
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Strunsky-Walling Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509
Abstract

A collection of personal papers of the "millionaire socialists" Anna Strunsky Walling and William English Walling and their family, mostly dating from the 1920s and 30s. Included are more than 500 letters to, from, and between Strunsky-Walling family members, and two diaries of Anna Strunsky Walling.

Dates: 1906-1967; Majority of material found in ( 1925-1937)
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Sugar Bowl College Football Programs

 Collection
Identifier: FBC 624
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of college football Sugar Bowl programs. The programs typically contain pictures, articles, and statistics about the players on the teams playing in the Sugar Bowl. Most programs also include pictures and information about coaches, other team personnel, and Sugar Bowl administrators, data about the participating schools, and advertisements. The programs tend to become longer and more substantial through the years. Formats include programs.

Dates: 1939-2005
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Suspenders Manuscript

 Item
Identifier: MSN/MN 9205
Abstract

A homemade pamphlet with eight pages of elaborate pencil illustrations and accompanying verse, telling a moralizing tale of a young man's search for a new pair of suspenders.

Dates: 1872
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Swansea Town Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/COL 2718
Abstract

An accumulation of 49 single-sheet documents issuing from, or directed to, the various instruments of town government in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, mostly during the 18th century.

Dates: 1671-1807
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Sydney Hobart Ball and Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 0513
Scope and Contents The collection documents both the personal life and the professional activities of Sydney Hobart Ball. It includes more than 1,600 of Ball's letters, mainly written to family members while on mining trips around the world, as well as over 1,000 photos taken by Ball during these trips. There are also reports, articles and notes written by Ball on mining, as well as maps of places he visited. Also present in the collection is correspondence belonging to Ball's wife Mary, and to his daughters...
Dates: 1885 – 1991; Majority of material found in 1905 – 1949
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Taylor Family Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 5033
Abstract

Five letters written during the summer and fall of 1864 by the brothers (and Confederate cavalrymen) Jonathan Gibson Taylor and Robert Walker Taylor, of Daviess County, Kentucky. All were written from Federal prisoner of war camps, at Louisville, Rock Island, and Camp Douglas.

Dates: 1864
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Ted Coy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP_1007
Content Description The Ted Coy Papers document the football career and life of Edward H. "Ted" Coy (1888-1935), best known for being a two-time All-American football player at Yale University. One scrapbooks and two photo albums contain materials, including photographs, correspondence, school records and ephemera, related to Coy's athletic, academic, and social activities at the Hotchkiss School. One scrapbook includes mainly newspaper clippings documents the 1909 Yale football season. One scrapbook contains...
Dates: 1902-1932; Majority of material found within 1902-1909; 1928-1929
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Temperance Sketch Book

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: MSN/MN 10029
Scope and Contents

Untitled sketch book by an unknown author containing thirty pages of sketches of temperance allegories and cartoons. The images express the themes of temperance, including the perils of drink, the saving power of Christ and his teachings in the Bible, and the pernicious influence wielded by wealthy producers and purveyors of alcohol. The sketches also bear references to the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).

Dates: 1886 - 1889
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

The Canterbury All Saints Deeds

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/EM 3707
Scope and Contents This collection documents the history of ownership of a property in Canterbury, England, located at the modern address of 8 All Saints' Ln, Canterbury CT1 2AU, UK (formerly 8 Brick Ln), between 1695 and 1935. The documents in this collection would have been compiled and used by each owner to establish and defend the chain of ownership and tenure of the property. The manuscript documents in this collection trace the property’s transformation from nondescript land and buildings to a complex...
Dates: 1694 - 1935
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

The Dante Alighieri and Divine Comedy Print Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BPP 6000
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of loose prints and clippings relating to the life of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). The collection contains many printed examples of variant portrait types of Dante, including engravings based on the portraits of Giotto and Raphael. Also included are posters and other ephemeral materials from the 600th anniversary of Dante's birth in 1865.

Dates: Undated
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

The Errand Boy: or, Failure and Success

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: EPH 5046
Scope and Contents One game for two to four players, manufactured by McLoughlin Brothers, New York. Players spin and move pieces across a board designed to represent the advancement of an errand boy from ‘applicant’ to ‘banker.’ Players are able to advance through the game when landing on numbered spaces corresponding with virtues (such as ‘Honesty’ and ‘Confidence,’) or job promotions, and are penalized when landing on numbered spaces corresponding with vices (such as ‘Gambling’ and ‘Drunkenness’). The first...
Dates: Copyright: 1900
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

The Hand of Fate: Fortune Telling Game

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: EPH 5053
Scope and Contents

One game manufactured by McLoughlin Bros. Players select a question from either of the two spinners they wish to divine the answer to, then place the spinner on the center of the game. The hand within the box spins, pointing to the answer of the question.

Dates: 1901
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

The Jackie Robinson Doll (13-inch Composition Doll)

 Item — Box: MSSP10083 Box
Identifier: MSSP 10083
Scope and Contents One Jackie Robinson doll wearing a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform. The doll is a 13-inch tall, fully jointed composition doll, molded with painted hair and painted facial features. The doll is wearing a blue Brooklyn Dodgers hat with with a white “B” logo, a blue warm-up jacket that reads “Dodgers” in white script, a gray jersey that reads “Dodgers” in blue script on the front and the number “42” in blue on the back, gray pants, blue socks, and black shoes with laces. Original...
Dates: 1950
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

The José M. Martelli Collection of Savoy Documents

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/EM 1050
Scope and Contents The José M. Martelli Collection of Savoy Documents compiles medieval and early modern documents (ca. 14th-19th centuries) relating to the House of Savoy and several prominent Savoy families, including the Viale, Valperga, and Santus Berna families. The majority of the documents in this collection can be traced to the Duchy of Savoy, a now defunct Savoyard state run by the House of Savoy between 1416-1847. The House of Savoy documents span the House's transformation from the Counts of Savoy...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1370 - 1904
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

"The Kodak Book" Cuban Photo Album

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: MSH/LAT 0082
Abstract

A souvenir photo album containing assorted photographs of major Cuban tourist sites, Havana street scenes, and images of officers, soldiers, and locations associated with the Spanish-American War.

Dates: circa 1895-1900
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

The papers of Semyon Lipkin, Inna Lisnianskaia, Elena Makarova and the Makarov Family

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/REE 0033
Content Description The archive contains the personal and professional papers of prominent Russian poets, writers, and translators Semyon Lipkin (1911–2003) and his wife, Inna Lisnianskaia (1928–2014). It also includes papers of Lisnianskaia’s daughter, a Russian-Israeli writer and educator Elena Makarova (b. 1951) and her husband, a Russian-Israeli writer and translator Sergei Makarov (1939-2017). Among the Makarov family members whose papers are well represented in the archive are his parents, Elga (Olga)...
Dates: 1910-2016
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

The Ronald Wells Collection on Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 1032
Abstract A collection of materials on peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland, including documents relating to the work of religious organizations. The collection includes papers of a number of religious organizations. The collection includes papers of a number of religious groups that formed between 1990 and 2005 to work towards reconciliation, and also on the work of the Consultative Group on the Past. The collection includes also pamphlets and books. Most of the collection dates from 1984 to...
Dates: circa 1979-2008
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

The Rough Riders: a Game

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: EPH 5050
Scope and Contents One simple racing board game for two or four players manufactured by Parker Brothers, Salem, Massachusetts as a part of its ‘Adventure Series.’ The game’s box lid depicts Teddy Roosevelt leading the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War in Cuba. The game board within is designed to represent the battlefield at San Juan Hill and is marked with ten possible routes from ‘camp’ to ‘victory.’ Players spin to advance wooden pawns along chosen routes. The first player to reach ‘victory’ wins...
Dates: 1900
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

The Silver Bullet; Or the Road to Berlin Board Game

 Collection — Box: MSSP Game CC-0001
Identifier: MSSP_10091
Scope and Contents British-made patriotic manual dexterity marble maze board game depicting the beginning of World War One and charting an imagined British and Allied military campaign to capture Berlin, the German capital . The object of the game is to maneuver a small metal ball around a recessed playing board and avoid holes distributed around the course. Players win the game by navigating the ball around the course to “Berlin” at the top of the board. The start of the course is labeled “To Berlin” with an...
Dates: c. 1914
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

The Vandeleur, Gweedore, Coolgreany, Coolroe, and Clongorey evictions photograph album

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: MSE/IR 7904-1
Scope and Contents One partially-filled photograph album consisting of 31 18 x 25 cm black and white reproduction photo prints taken by an unnamed photographer. Photos depict scenes of late 19th century Irish tenant evictions. Each has been captioned by hand in ink. The first 20 photos document scenes from the Vandeleur evictions which took place in Kilrush, County Clare. The remainder document scenes of evictions in other Irish counties. Plates depict: Soldiers and R.I.C. officers in camp; Group...
Dates: 1888 - 1900
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

The White Rock Copper Works Shares

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/EM 3700
Scope and Contents This collection is composed of assignments of shares (documents recording the transfer of shares or capital in a financial cooperative) in an 18th century copper smelting cooperative in Bristol and Swansea, UK. Under various names - including the Thomas Coster and Co. (1736/7-1739), the Joseph Percivall and Copper Co. (1739-1764), and the John Freeman and Copper Co. (1764-) - the merchant cooperative operated the White Rock Copper Works, a copper smelting firm in Pentrechwyth (near Swansea)....
Dates: 1737 - 1781
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

The Yale-Harvard Game Board Game

 Collection — Box: MSSP10108 Box
Identifier: MSSP_10108
Scope and Contents One board game for two players designed to simulate the annual Yale vs. Harvard football game. The box cover depicts about 12 players in a scrum on a football field. Players wear either blue for Yale or red for Harvard, and the cover features Harvard and Yale pennants on the top left and the top right of the box. The box also features a referee watching the action, a grandstand filled with fans, and a single goalpost.The cardboard game board depicts a football field with cheering...
Dates: 1894
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Theophilus Parsons Journal

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/EA 8011
Abstract

The two-volume manuscript journal of the Boston littérateur and lawyer Theophilus Parsons (1797-1882), kept during his early professional years, 1819-1823.

Dates: 1819-1823
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Theresa Milburn Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 8021
Abstract

A manuscript diary kept during the Civil War by Theresa Milburn, a young woman living on a plantation in Avoyelles Parish in central Louisiana.

Dates: 1863-1878; Majority of material found in 1863-1865
Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

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