Gifford Princeton Wrestling scrapbooks collection 1934-1939.

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Gifford Princeton Wrestling scrapbooks collection 1934-1939.

Consists of three scrapbooks containing clippings about the Princeton wrestling team. Several of the articles specifically focus on the untimely death of wrestler Joe Griffin '39, and its effect on the team.

0.25 linear ft 3 volumes

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SNAC Resource ID: 8114875

Princeton University Library

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Princeton University

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The collection documents the physical expansion of the University from its earliest period through the acquisition of large tracts of land in the 20th century, including the properties around Carnegie Lake and numerous farms. Early records document transactions with such Princeton University notables as Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, John Witherspoon, Walter Minto, John and Richard Stockton, and John Maclean. For the most part, the papers consist of standard legal documents with detailed descriptions ...

Gifford, E. G. (Edward Garfield).

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Edward Garfield Gifford '37 was class president of the Princeton Class of 1937. He was an avid wrestling enthusiast, and his brother Joe Griffin '39 was a varsity wrestler prior to his death in a car crash in his senior year. From the description of Gifford Princeton Wrestling scrapbooks collection 1934-1939. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 74215717 ...