Football records, 1922-[ongoing]

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Summary

Creator:
Duke University. Sports Information Office
Abstract:
The Sports Information Office provides information about Duke athletics to the media. They also facilitate press interviews with Duke athletes and coaches. The collection includes clippings, press releases, statistics, rosters, programs and press brochures/media guides about the football team at Duke University. The material ranges in date from 1922-ongoing.
Extent:
83 Linear Feet
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
UA.13.02.0003
University Archives Record Group:
13 -- Athletics
13 -- Athletics > 02 -- Sports Information Office

Background

Scope and content:

The collection includes clippings, press releases, statistics, rosters, programs and press brochures/media guides about the football team at Duke University. There are files regarding the freshman football team, specifically the yearly fundraising game played between Duke and the University of North Carolina freshman football teams to raise money for cerebral palsy research. The material ranges in date from 1922-ongoing.

Biographical / historical:

The Sports Information Office provides information about Duke athletics to the media. They also facilitate press interviews with Duke athletes and coaches. For many years, the SI Office has maintained records, photographs and other material about Duke athletic teams.

Acquisition information:
The Football Records were received by the University Archives as transfers over time.
Processing information:

Processed by Kimberly Sims, November 2007

Encoded by Kimberly Sims, December 2007

Updated by Mary Samouelian, August 2008

Updated by Noah Huffman, February 2009

Addition game programs from the 1960s and 1970s added, collection-level notes updated by Tracy M. Jackson, June 2021

Accessions were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.

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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Names:
Duke University -- Football -- History -- 20th century
Duke University -- Sports
Duke University. Sports Information Office

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Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Football Records, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.