After a couple of weeks off while Mickey did some traveling to see his family in Texas we are back at work. Since the Homecoming Event has come and gone we shifted our focus towards cataloging the various items in the archives in Anderson Arena. We have spent several hours going through the contents of the athletic archives as well as the storage room on the second floor of Anderson Arena. Over the course of the last week we have been hard at work sorting through the various artifacts in the archives and logging.
During the course of our work we have found artifacts from some of BGSU’s greatest athletes. Additionally, we have found some artifacts that fans have created and submitted to Mickey as a way to remember the athletic programs at BG. Many of the artifacts that we have been working to catalog detail the athletic story of BGSU. From plans for athletic renovations to milestone artifacts we have found a great deal that paints the picture of the history of athletics at BGSU.
The following is a list of the artifacts we have cataloged to this point.
Mascots & Reagan
Mark Miller
Lacrosse monkey
Helms Foundation Nate Thurmond
Soccer (M) NCAA bid 1992
Sport’s collage
Trio of hockey players
Baseball warm-up jacket
Basketball dunk picture
NWOAA Tennis trophy 1929
1987 Volleyball team photo
Central Collegiate Conference Intermediate Team Trophy 1948’
Puerto Rico Holiday Classic 1996 men’ s basketball 3rd place
4i champion Joe Green inter-state champion 1968
25th anniversary hockey puck Feb 25 1967 - Feb 25 1992
Falcon Keychain
BGSU HPER athletic pin
1983-1984 Softball team photo
1964 Tony Trent baseball photo all-mid American conference first team
Official NCAA track and field guide 1957
Spalding official football guide 1938
1964 winter sports banquet Sam Cooper Nate Thurmond Harold Anderson
1988 MAC Softball championship team photo
1962 NCAA Swimming guide Gary Laprise
Program for eastern Michigan game cover 1986
Coach Mel Brodt picture on scooter 1960-1984
1919 Women’ s basketball photo
Bird Brain stuffed animal 1940s
Mid American Conference 21st annual championship guide 1967 Robert H. Whitacker on front
Golden Triangle invitational 2nd place team
Photo of BGSU athletic personnel no names/date
Volleyball beat Navy
Bowling Green v. Toledo 1969 basketball
Archives 1st floor
Eric White Football
Doyt’ s first staff 1955
Dave Wottle 1972 to Doyt
Old Natatorium
Shirley Spork opening of back 9 at Forrest Creason
1920 Men’ s basketball team
University field plans
Soccer celebration photo 1975
Ball State field hockey ball
Ladies lacrosse/field hockey kilt
Hockey stick
Lacrosse stick
Player pro cards
Bergen – HOF plaque Bob Zimpfer
1930 letter sweater
Falcon Club card collage
Suitcase with logo with items in it
1000 win basketball
MAC pennants
Staff pics – 1964
Promo buttons, ribbons, schedules
Team photos
Old trophies 1920s on
#9 quarterback jersey 1941
Support staff pic and AD pic
Mercy Bowl pic and pennant
Baby Freddie Helen Floyd puppet
Stoned t-shirt 1994
Moyticka photo collage
Ziggy Zoomba Gil Fox and t-shirt
NCAA basketball
1918 yearbook Emerson team
Painted Pig ball pic
Football pants garage
Pics named facilities coaches
Frieda head with lashes
8x10 card SBX sign when football/volleyball #1 in MAC soccer #3 in country
Box trophy cases and photos at home
Box trophy case box garage
Swan pic 1968
Telegram 1st NIT
Cheer sweater
Brass plaque of first four teams dropped
Game programs
Normals or pic of normals
1919 cheer
Dave Wottle cap and pic
Swan club boat and pic
Big photo collage – Sam B’ s (Kaufmans)
Purdue football
Palmo pic
Signed hockey sticker
Falcon Club 1st year
Game day pic
University Field pic
Relay Plate from trophy Sink Wottle Dan Forth
Football boots nail in cleats
Sharpies football
Varsity BG sweater
Cunningham collage
2 all sport collages
Leather (brown) BGSU shield
Lacrosse defensemen on a stick
Mark Miller
3 hockey players trio
All sport collage
Thurmond Helms Award
Reagan with Freddie & Frieda
Basketball dunk #23
NCAA 1992 soccer
Baseball jacket
Freddie Falcon club logo
gray travel jacket
1967 Field Hockey ball Dr. Sue Gavron
1995 Capn Crunch Gymnasitics invitational trophy fifth place
1991-1992 Gymnastics program
Charles Simpson 150th head coaching victory
1985 MAC gymnastics champs NCAA tournament
Old hockey skates
1971 stadium pic
1994 basketball MAC champs signed t-shirt
Golf club
Tennis racquet
Al Sawdy traction splint
Please keep checking back as we will update the list of artifacts that we find. We will also work to provide pictures as well.
Thanks for sharing this update on the items you have catalogued. It would be good to see pictures of the items you mentioned above. If not pics, perhaps a short description would be helpful. I also wondered why the photos in previous posts did not show up (at least on my computer). Am I missing something? You're doing a great job of working on the archival materials!
ReplyDelete