Historical Note
As 1941 football champion of the Pacific Coast Conference, Oregon State
College played in the 1942 Rose Bowl on January 1st in Durham, North
Carolina. The game was moved from Pasadena, California, because of the
outbreak of war with Japan. Oregon State upset the favored Duke University
team 20-16.
Content Description
The Rose Bowl Football Game Scrapbooks consist of two scrapbooks and
ephemera pertaining to the 1942 Rose Bowl football game between Oregon
State College and Duke University. The scrapbooks consist predominantly of
newspaper clippings from newspapers in Oregon, North Carolina, and locales
that the team passed through on their train trip to and from Durham, North
Carolina. The clippings provide information on the team's travel to and
from North Carolina, the game, and the homecoming celebration in Oregon.
Ephemeral items such a train menus, event programs, and itineraries that
have become separated from the scrapbook pages are also part of the
collection.
Programs for the 1940 Oregon State versus University of Oregon (Civil
War) and the 1941 Oregon State versus Stanford University football games
are included in the collection.
The creator of the scrapbooks is not identified.