Finding Aid: MS534 - The Eliott G. Baker '74 Springfield College Memorabilia Collection

Springfield College · April 2019

This is the Finding Aid is for MS534 - The Eliott G. Baker '74 Springfield College Memorabilia Collection. Materials in this collection include bills, reports, manuscripts, pamphlets, brochures, sheet music, yearbooks, scrapbooks, identity and selective service cards, tickets and ticket stubs, photographs, postcards, posters, DVDs, cassette tapes, 16mm films, and memorabilia, including Jewelry, banners, and clothing. Materials date from 1890s through 2016 and were created or were collected by Eliott Baker (class of 1974). Most materials have to do with Springfield College or with Eliott Baker’s time at Springfield College and as part of the Class of 1974. There are a few items that have to do with other organizations such as the YMCA. Materials having to do with Eliott Baker include concert tickets and ticket stubs of concerts attended by Eliott Baker such as the Bruce Springsteen and the Persuasions concert held on February 2, 1974 and the Sha Na Na and the Flying Burrito Bros. concert held on November 6, 1971. Other ticket stubs include Jethro Tull and the Who. There are also two tapes from a radio show that Eliott Baker hosted on the Springfield College Radio station, WSCB in 1973. Other materials include his identification cards, including draft and selective service cards, bills from each of the years that he went to Springfield College, and Class of 1974 reunion materials, including memorabilia, DVDs, digital files, and a class survey from 1984. Among the many photographic materials are sports scenes and group photos of Springfield College athletic teams and clubs, a series of Gymnastic Team trip photos from 1938 through 1940, and some scenes of campus, including a couple of unique prints of Marsh Memorial. In addition, there are stickers, brochures, manuscripts, tickets, reports, and correspondence created by Springfield College. The pamphlets include a brochure from 1899 and some freshman handbooks. There are also some materials from the SC Admission office from 1975-1976. There is a lot of memorabilia and realia in the collection, including jewelry, commemorative materials (things created to promote Springfield College), banners, clothing, and a brick from the building Basketball was created in. Most of the items have the triangle or the college seal showing. Finally, there is also a copy of a 16mm film produced by RKO Pathe Films called “Men of Muscle,” and copies of the “Art Linkletter and Friends Speak” records. Among the materials on Athletic teams, include brochures and programs, schedules, postcards, photographs, posters, tickets, from the football, track and field, baseball, and gymnastics teams. Materials date from the early 1900s through the 1930s. There are also many materials created by and/or gathered by alum, including Herman A. Lorenz (class of 1914), Caryl S. Tuttle (class of 1913), and George E. Zimmerman (class of 1923). Materials includes photographs, pamphlets and some brochures, many on loose scrapbook pages. The full scrapbooks were created by or were about Willis D. Piper (Class of 1921), Eugene K. Rowe (Class of 1928), George W. Meyers (Class of 1937), and Warren W. Watters (Class of 1924). They include photographs, correspondence, signatures, pamphlets, printed materials, and other memorabilia created by Springfield College and their students. In addition, there are two Tarbell Medallions awarded to Floyd Spencer (1952), Norman S. Loveland (1957) and Leslie James Tompkins (1946). To find out more information about Eliott G. Baker see, https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/375.