Class of 1873 Boat Club Records and Rowing scrapbooks, 1871 - 1883.

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Class of 1873 Boat Club Records and Rowing scrapbooks, 1871 - 1883.

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Club records include its constitution and bylaws, minutes of early meetings, membership lists, and records of competitions. The newspaper clippings in this collection document Wesleyan-related rowing events as well as rowing competitions in the eastern United States and England. The two general rowing scrapbooks were collected by John E. Eustis '1874 in the years following his graduation from Wesleyan. Eustis was a captain of the 1874 club and, after leaving Wesleyan, became a captain and leader of New York's Atalanta Boat Club and a referee of collegiate regattas.

0.5 linear feet.2 archival boxes.

Wesleyan University, Olin Library

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Wesleyan University, Olin Library

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