General Electric College Bowl records, 1963.

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General Electric College Bowl records, 1963.

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Collection includes general correspondence concerning the appearance, preparation for the show, photographs, samples of questions, news releases, news clippings, and information on College Bowl teams and statistics, 1963/64-1964/65.

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University of Nevada, Reno, Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7436423

University of Nevada, Reno, Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center

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State Department staff member who worked on cultural affairs issues. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, May 1, 1978 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861518 Veteran. From the description of Reminiscences of David Cooper : oral history, 1974. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122587151 ...

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Donothan, Carl Dale.

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Kirkpatrick, Harold L.

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College Bowl began in 1953 as a radio program under sponsorship of the General Electric Company, moving to television in 1959. Each week two collegiate undergraduate teams would compete to be the first to correctly answer a variety of scholarly questions. The winner would return the following week, and the school would receive a General Electric scholarship grant. In 1963, the University of Nevada was invited to compete. Traveling to New York City with team coach Harold Kirkpatrick, the Nevada t...