Papers, 1922-1979.

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Papers, 1922-1979.

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Correspondence, biographical sketch, photos, newspaper clippings, and other papers, relating to Eliot's career as coach of the Fighting Illini, promotion and sales of his The Proper State of Mind recording, and other topics. Includes letters of appreciation from Alex Agase and other former players; recorded speeches, including a talk given at Air University Squadron Officer School; 16 mm. film of a North-South college all-star game (1957); play diagrams given to Robert Zuppke by George Halas, Chicago Bears (1938); play notebook of "Red" Grange (ca. 1945); and play formations for Rose Bowl game against UCLA (1947).

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University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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Chicago Bears (Football team)

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The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. The franchise was founded in Decatur, Illinois, on September 17, 1920 and moved to Chicago in 1921; it is one of only two remaining franchises from the NFL's founding in 1920. The team was originally named the Decatur Staleys and after their move to Chicago it was changed to the Chicago Staleys. In 1922 owner George Halas changed the name to the Bears....

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Chartered as Illinois Industrial University 1867; adopted name University of Illinois in 1885 and know as the Urbana-Champaign campus; became University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1966). From the description of Afro-American Studies and Research Program records, 1980-1984. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70970126 ...

Air University (U.S.). Squadron Officer School

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University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)

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Agase, Alex, 1922-2007

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Rose Bowl (Football game)

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Zuppke, Robert C. (Robert Carl), 1879-1957

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University of California, Los Angeles

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Biography Cox was born Jan. 5, 1926 in Fresno, CA; BA, political science, Stanford, 1949; associate for Bill P. Wreden, antiquarian book dealer, San Francisco; MLS, UC Berkeley, 1954; began working at the UCLA library in 1954, serving in gifts and exchange, as head of the Geology Library, and head of circulation (1960-77); compiled and donated Albright library bibliography; Acting Assoc. University Librarian for Public Services, UCLA, 1977-79...

United States. Air Force

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At Harris Neck, Georgia, in the remote northern reaches of McIntosh County, the United States government, in the fall of 1942, confiscated the lands along the South Newport and Barbour Island Rivers. Paved runways were constructed for aircraft, and Harris Neck became an air reconnaissance base for the United States Army Air Force during World War II. A number of support buildings were constructed at the Harris Neck Air Base, such as barracks for personnel, an officers club, and PX, to serve the ...

Halas, George, 1895-1983

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Eliot, Raymond, 1905-1980

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Football coach and associate athletic director, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (earlier name: University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)). From the description of Papers, 1922-1979. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28411182 ...

Grange, Red, 1903-1991

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University of Illinois, Chicago Bears and New York Yankees football player from Wheaton, Illinois, known as the Galloping Ghost and the Wheaton Ice Man; football coach and broadcaster. From the description of Letter : Chicago, [Ill.], to J.N. Chester, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1937 Dec. 14. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 31860769 ...