Box 2

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Contains posed team photographs of Owl football teams. There are two taken in 1924, one photograph of the 1925 Varsity Team, one photograph of the 1926 and 1929 teams, and one of each of the 1950-1954 and 1957 teams.

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These include a photograph of Jim Thorpe given to George Martin in 1933, Frank Goss and Preacher Lindsey (date unknown), a group photograph with Jess Neeley and Bill Wallace, the rest of the photographs are of unidentified.

Scope and Contents note Photographs include group photographs of all the Rice athletic coaches of 1923, football coaches circa 1930’s, the Southwest Conference Representatives which includes Jess Neely, and The Rice Institute Athletic Coaching Staff circa 1950’s. Individual photographs include those of Coach John Nicholson (date unknown), and Coach Ernie Hjertberg with athlete Fred Stancliff (date unknown). Two photographs of coaches signing the “Coaches Table” of the Ye Old College Inn, circa 1950’s. The rest of...

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Photographs contain posed team photographs in 1915, 1919, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1929 and not dated. There are also candid photographs of team practices, one photograph of Jack Pollard and Howard Eiser, and a signed photograph of Fred Wolcott.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains memorabilia from the Ye Old College Inn. It consists of photographs, a recipe book and a scrapbook from the Ye Old College Inn. The photographs are those taken of Rice college teams and athletes as early as 1915 and they include baseball, basketball, cross-country, football, and track athletes. The recipe book was put together by Ernie Coker who was one of the owners of the Ye Old College Inn. The scrapbook contains photos and news articles pertaining to Owl athletes...