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Simpson, E. Leroy, Playbook, 1954-1956, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Simpson, E. Leroy, Playbook, 1954-1956, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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A Pittsburg State University football players’ playbook from the mid-1950s, a football program from 1951, and a newspaper clipping.
Edward LeRoy Simpson was born in Miami, Oklahoma in 1934, to Eddie and Ada Simpson. From 1952-1956 LeRoy attended the Kansas State Teachers College (now Pittsburg State University). He played several positions on the football team, including quarterback, and lettered all four years. He went on to receive a master’s degree from the Kansas State Teachers College in 1961. After earning a doctorate, Dr. Simpson joined Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska in 1968 as an associate professor of human performance/leisure …
Barnard, Gerald, Photographs, 1936-1938, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Barnard, Gerald, Photographs, 1936-1938, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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Five photographs of the football team of the Kansas Teachers College of Pittsburg (now Pittsburg State University) from the 1930s, taken by student photographer Gerald Barnard.
Gerald W. (Jerry) Barnard was born in Oswego, Kansas in 1918. Barnard attended the Kansas Teachers College of Pittsburg (now Pittsburg State University) from 1936-1940 and after graduation, worked as an accountant. He worked with the Deming Investment Company and then the First National Bank of Oswego. He also served as the president of Oswego Industries, chairman of Mid-America, Inc., vice-president of the Kansas Bankers Association, chairman of the Kansas Development Credit Corporation, and …
Gibson Family Collection, 1913-1915, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Gibson Family Collection, 1913-1915, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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A collection of photographs from the Gibson sisters' time at the Kansas State Manual Training Normal School, including Helen and Evva and their friends.
Helen C. Gibson Dubois (1894-1978) and Evva Louise Gibson (1896-1980) were sisters who both attended the Kansas State Manual Training Normal School (now Pittsburg State University). Evva received her first bachelor’s degree in 1918. She received a second in 1922, and a master’s degree in 1925, both from Columbia University in New York. She returned to Pittsburg in 1923 as an assistant professor at the college. In 1947, she became head of the Home Economics Department, …
Winona Currents Magazine, Winona State University
Winona Currents Magazine, Winona State University
Winona Currents
The Power of Experience.
Winona Currents is a publication of Winona State University.
2001 National Lacrosse Finalist Plaque, Devin J. Hewitt
2001 National Lacrosse Finalist Plaque, Devin J. Hewitt
Hidden in Plain Sight Projects
Amidst a dusty trophy case in Bream Athletic Center sits a small plaque. It has a gold lacrosse stick and simply states: “2001 National Lacrosse Finalist”. Most people would walk by and never even notice the plaque, and if they did they probably wouldn’t think twice about it. However, upon delving into the history of the plaque I found a story of intense on-and-off-the field rivalries, the emergence of a national power, players learning to come together to overcome adversity, the culmination of years of building, and eventual heartbreak. [excerpt]
Course Information:
- Course Title: HIST 300: Historical Method …
Committee Meeting On Athletics For Wright State/Committee On Student Affairs, Rubin Battino, Wright State University Faculty
Committee Meeting On Athletics For Wright State/Committee On Student Affairs, Rubin Battino, Wright State University Faculty
Wright State University Alternative Newspaper Collection
A typed page of notes outlining a skit about a committee meeting on various groups lobbying for athletics programs at Wright State University.