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Guide to the Class of 1873 Boat Club Records and Rowing Scrapbooks, 1871 - 1883
Descriptive Summary |
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| Repository | Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University |
| Creator | Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) |
| Title | Class of 1873 Boat Club Records and Rowing Scrapbooks, |
| Dates | 1871 - 1883 |
| Linear Feet | 0.5 |
| Archival Boxes | 2 |
| Abstract | The class of 1873 Boat Club was organized on October 4, 1870, by 19 members of the class of 1873. It participated in the first Wesleyan regatta, which was held July 19, 1871, with the clubs of the classes of 1872, 1873, and 1874 competing. |
| The Class of 1873 Boat Club Records and Rowing Scrapbooks contains three scrapbooks about Wesleyan regattas as well as several items about other collegiate regattas. | |
| Call Number | 1000-10 |
| Location | For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Special Collections & Archives staff. |
| Language of Material | Material in English |
Historical Note
This collection contains records of rowing/crew at Wesleyan University in the 1870s and 1880s. At the time, each class of students at Wesleyan organized its own rowing club. The class of 1873 Boat Club was organized on October 4, 1870, by 19 members of the class of 1873. It participated in the first Wesleyan regatta, which was held July 19, 1871, with the clubs of the classes of 1872, 1873, and 1874 competing.
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Collection Overview
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.
Also included in this collection are a hand-drawn map of the Saratoga Regatta course (1875), and programs of Wesleyan Regattas (1881-1882).
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Restrictions
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright for Official University records is held by Wesleyan University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Related Material
The Wesleyan University Archives holdings include: three vertical subject file folders on rowing at Wesleyan including articles, clippings, and photographs; one trophy from the Springfield MA regatta (1872) won by the freshman crew team; Nicolson, Frank W., Athletics at Wesleyan, Middletown CT, Wesleyan Alumni Council, 1938, which includes a history, reminiscences, and list of rowing lettermen at Wesleyan.
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Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Class of 1873 Boat Club Records and Rowing Scrapbooks, Collection #1000-10, Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA.
Acquisitions Information
Given to the Wesleyan University Library some time before 1990.
Processing Information
Processed by Jeffrey Makala, 2000
Encoded by Valerie Gillispie, April 2008
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