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A monthly feature highlighting the artifact collection of the University Archives.
[2]Thick wool, short sleeves, full collar, and felt letters in a semi-circle: what you see is what you get. Little is known about the origins of this baseball team jersey, but it still serves as a tangible connection to the sporting past of the university. Even without much supporting documentation, a little digging in the Archives yields some fruit.
Links:
[1] http://www.library.northwestern.edu/libraries-collections/evanston-campus/university-archives
[2] http://www.library.northwestern.edu/archives/news/jersey.html
[3] http://www.library.northwestern.edu/archives/news/archives/2010/05/04/object_lesson_when_the_boys_of.html#more
[4] http://www.library.northwestern.edu/related-pages/wool