Football
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
1940s College Football Game Programs Collection
Collection
Identifier: FBC_611
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of about 4,000 college football game programs from the decade of the 1940s (1940-1949). The collection emphasizes prominent major college football teams, but hundreds of different four-year colleges (and military teams) from all parts of the United States are represented. Holdings for schools from the West and Pacific Coast are particularly strong. The programs typically contain pictures, articles, and statistics about the players on the teams. Most programs also...
Dates:
1940-1949
1950s College Football Game Programs Collection
Collection
Identifier: FBC_612
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of nearly 6,000 college football game programs and scorecards from the decade of the 1950s (1950-1959). The collection emphasizes prominent major college football teams, but hundreds of different four-year colleges (and military teams) from all parts of the United States, and some from Canada, are represented. Holdings for schools from the West and Pacific Coast are particularly strong. The programs typically contain pictures, articles, and statistics about the...
Dates:
1950-1959
1960s College Football Game Programs Collection
Collection
Identifier: FBC_613
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of more than 5,500 college football game programs and scorecards from the decade of the 1960s (1960-1969). The collection emphasizes prominent major college football teams, but hundreds of different four-year colleges (and military teams) from all parts of the United States, and some from Canada, are represented. Holdings for schools from the West and Pacific Coast are particularly strong. The programs typically contain pictures, articles, and statistics about the...
Dates:
1960-1969
Albert Richard Football Maps Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSSP_10097
Content Description
The Albert Richard Football Map Collection consists of six oversize poster maps published by the Milwaukee-based Albert Richard Clothing Company and created by artists F.E. Cheeseman. The colorful maps depict the contemporary football scene with an emphasis on college football. Many college football teams are represented geographically on the maps by pennants and/or mascots. The maps also include other information around the edge like conference champions, historical All-Americans, or keys...
Dates:
1939-1947
All-America Football Conference (AAFC) Game Programs Collection
Collection
Identifier: FBP_618
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of about 100 All-America Football Conference regular season and pre-season exhibition game programs. This collection excludes post-season playoff game programs and all-star game programs. The programs typically contain pictures, articles, and statistics about the players on the teams. Most programs also include pictures and information about coaches, other team personnel, data about the participating teams, and advertisements.Formats include...
Dates:
1946-1949
All-America Football Conference (AAFC) Team Media Guides Collection
Collection
Identifier: FBP 542
Scope and Contents
This collection contains media guides published by teams in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). The annual guides published prior to each season generally included a review of the previous season (including statistics), a preview of the upcoming season (including schedules and opponent information), and photographs and bios of players, coaches, and staff. Other content sometimes included broader material about the history of the franchise, information about the city, and other...
Dates:
1948-1949
American Football League (AFL) Game Programs Collection
Collection
Identifier: FBP_615
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of about 400 American Football League regular season and pre-season exhibition game programs. This collection excludes post-season playoff game programs and all-star game programs. The programs typically contain pictures, articles, and statistics about the players on the teams. Most programs also include pictures and information about coaches, other team personnel, data about the participating teams, and advertisements. The programs tend to become longer and more...
Dates:
1960-1969
American Football League (AFL) Team Media Guides Collection
Collection
Identifier: FBP 541
Scope and Contents
This collection contains media guides published by teams in the American Football League (AFL). The annual guides published prior to each season generally included a review of the previous season (including statistics), a preview of the upcoming season (including schedules and opponent information), and photographs and bios of players, coaches, and staff. Other content sometimes included broader material about the history of the franchise, information about the city, and other information...
Dates:
1960-1969
Edmond G. Addeo Papers
Fonds
Identifier: EGA
Scope and Content
Two three-inch open reel audiotapes and a transcript (pages 1-66 and 62-70) of Frank Leahy's reminiscences of his early life through 1929 as recorded in interviews the donor had with Leahy circa 1965; and a typescript titled "On Children and the Danger in Football" (6 pages).
Dates:
ca. 1965.
Found in:
University of Notre Dame Archives
Knute Rockne Papers
Fonds
Identifier: KKR
Scope and Content
This artifical collection contains miscellaneous personal papers by and about Knute Rockne. Material in the collection includes original chemistry gradebooks and notebooks, writings and publications by Rockne, posthumous correspondence concerning Rockne family legal matters, as well as photocopies of primary sources like letters and genealogical records.
Dates:
1910-1981.
Found in:
University of Notre Dame Archives
National Women's Football League Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSSP 10087
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of printed material related to the National Women’s Football League (NWFL) and predecessor teams associated with the Women’s Professional Football League. The NWFL was a professional American tackle football league that existed from 1974 through 1988. The collection includes programs, yearbooks, guidebooks, ephemera, and clippings. The programs and yearbooks typically contain rosters, player bios and photographs, coaches bios and photographs, team histories, rules,...
Dates:
1972-1986
Pre-1940 College Football Game Programs Collection
Collection
Identifier: FBC_610
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of about 2,400 college football game programs dating from the nineteenth century until 1939. The collection emphasizes prominent major college football teams, but hundreds of different four-year colleges from all parts of the United States, as well as some from Canada, are represented. Holdings for schools from the West are particularly strong. Most of the programs are from after 1921 with fewer than 100 programs for games from 1920 or before. The programs typically...
Dates:
1874-1939
Pre-1970 National Football League (NFL) Game Programs Collection
Collection
Identifier: FBP_610
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of about 1,750 National Football League regular season and pre-season exhibition game programs dating from the 1920s until 1969. This collection excludes post-season games and all-star games. Most of the programs are from after 1940 with only about 75 programs for games from before 1940. The programs typically contain pictures, articles, and statistics about the players on the teams. Most programs also include pictures and information about coaches, other team...
Dates:
1926-1969
Professional Football Annual Publications - Magazine Format Collection
Collection
Identifier: FBP_195
Scope and Contents
This collection contains annual publications in magazine format devoted primarily to professional football. The magazines mostly cover the National Football League and its rival leagues. Some magazines also provide information about football teams and leagues at other levels. The magazines published prior to the season—or sometimes during the season—generally included reviews of the previous year’s season; team and players statistics; and previews of the upcoming—or in-progress—season,...
Dates:
1935-1997
Professional Football Leagues (NFL and AFL) All-Star Games Programs Collection
Collection
Identifier: FBP_625
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of about 40 professional football all-star game programs. Leagues represented include the National Football League (NFL, 1922-) and the American Football League (AFL, 1960-1969). The collection includes mostly NFL Pro-Bowl programs with a small number of AFL All-Star game programs. The programs typically contain photographs, statistics, and rosters of the players on the All-Star teams. Many programs also contain articles about the history of the All-Star game,...
Dates:
1951-1991
Professional Football Playoff and Championship Game Programs Collection
Collection
Identifier: FBP_620
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of about 75 professional football playoff and championship game programs. Leagues represented include the National Football League (NFL, 1922-); the All-America Football Conference (AAFC, 1946-1949); and the American Football League (AFL, 1960-1969). The collection includes 41 Super Bowl programs. Inscribed signatures are present as noted. The programs typically contain pictures, articles, and statistics about the players on the teams playing in the game. Some...
Dates:
1948-2013
San Francisco Bay Area Football Scrapbooks Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSSP_1010
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 51 scrapbooks, most measuring 10.5 x 15 inches, covering primarily college and professional football in the San Francisco Bay area. The scrapbooks were compiled by an unknown person and contain clippings dating from the late 1940s and early 1950s. Sources include San Francisco and Oakland newspapers, as well as other newspapers and magazines. Clippings include game reports, new stories, images, cartoons, advertisements, and other content. Scrapbooks 1 to 10 are...
Dates:
1945-1953
Spalding Die Cut Sports Advertising Stand-Ups
Collection
Identifier: MSSP10174
Content Description
This collection contains a complete set of five cardboard die-cut Spalding Sporting Goods advertising stand-ups from 1896 demonstrating men and women athletes wearing Spalding apparel and using Spalding equipment. Three of the items exhibit paper loss on the back. Each of the displays is about 5 inches tall and between three and four inches wide. Sports represented are bicycling (woman); baseball (man); tennis (woman); football (man); and golf (man). This set of advertisements is cataloged...
Dates:
1896