Box 1
Container
Contains 7 Collections and/or Records:
Scrapbook, 1906-1907
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Description
From the Collection:
The Georgia Tech Baseball Team Scrapbook is mainly comprised of Atlanta Journal newspaper clippings of game results for the 1906 and 1907 seasons. Most of the articles do not provide the dates of games. At the end of the scrapbook are 32 cartoons drawn by an artist named Brewerton. He most likely worked for the Journal and drew sports cartoons. This set focuses on the types of baseball fans.
Dates:
1906-1907
Class of 1926 Freshman Banquet Program
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MF004
Description
The Class of 1926 Freshman Banquet Program documents a banquet held on May 19, 1923 at the City Club, providing a class roll, officers, and statistics (i.e., participants in sports), as well as details on the evening's events. The program appears to be inscribed "Ruth Steed"; however, Robert Jackson Hood's name is marked where it appears in the program.
Dates:
1923
Box 1, 1947-03
Item — Box: 1
Description
From the Collection:
The Atlanta Chapter Report, American Red Cross is a single issue of the Atlanta Chapter's newsletter, dated March 1947 (volume 1, number 6). It contains a front-page article on the assistance provided by the Chapter's Nurses Aides during a flu epidemic on the Georgia Tech campus in late February 1947. The nurses aides, listed in the article, worked three shifts a day to care for the ill students.
Dates:
1947-03
Box 1, bulk: undated
Item — Box: 1
Description
From the Collection:
The Third United States Army publication includes a single item, Crossing of the Rhine River by Third U. S. Army, a previously confidential report published by the United States government. The report contains a text narrative describing the crossing, photographs, and a map detailing crossing operations. The Third Army's connection to Georgia Tech is unknown, although it may be assumed that some alumni were members of the Third Army.
Dates:
Majority of material found in undated
Box 1, undated
Item — Box: 1
Description
From the Collection:
This collection consists of two certificates commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Scottish Rite Football Classic.
Dates:
undated
Box 1, 1920
Item — Box: 1
Description
From the Collection:
The J. Walter Estes Papers contain information and an itinerary on the Greater Georgia Tech Industrial Tour. This tour involved many professionals from businesses and technical schools, physicians and lawyers throughout the state of Georgia. The week-long event, from November 18 through 25, 1920, stopped at several northern industrial cities, such as Boston, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh.The folder contains correspondence, a program, and a statement listing the members of the...
Dates:
1920
Box 1, 1907 - 1908
Item — Box: 1
Description
From the Collection:
The library book shower records include a press release, invitation, calling cards, list of donations, newsclippings, and correspondence from invited guests. Both the press release and the newsclippings provide excellent histories of the Georgia Tech library. The correspondence reveals the high regard many prominent Atlantans held for Georgia Tech and for the librarian herself. In addition to private individuals, donations came from the Pratt Institute, Harvard University, and the Carnegie...
Dates:
1907 - 1908