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John Gunn Sports Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-316
Scope and Contents The John Gunn Sports Collection primarily consists of media guides and game day programs collected by John Gunn for professional and college sports teams and military sports teams. Gunn's research and correspondence, as well as his personal collection of sports programs, statistics, information on teams and individual players, and photographs are also included. Materials date from 1901-2011 with the bulk dating in the mid 20th century. There are over 8,000 items in the collection, including...
Dates: 1901-2011

Ryan Anderson Baseball Research Materials

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Identifier: SC-MS-307
Scope and Contents This collection contains the research materials gathered by Ryan Anderson for use in his Masters Thesis in the department of History at UNCW. The bulk of the collection is photocopied articles from the Wilmington Morning Star (1868-1921) pertaining to Wilmington baseball players, teams, and leagues. The collection also includes articles from the Wilmington Messenger and the Semi-Weekly Messenger, as well as articles about ball player, Robert Gwaltney. The collection includes 4 composition...
Dates: 1868-1921 (photocopies), 1999; Majority of material found within 1868-1921 (photocopies)

Wayne Jackson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-104
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials pertaining to the career of Wayne Jackson, a broadcaster for southeastern North Carolina NBC television affiliate WECT (formerly WMFD). In particular, this collection documents three important events in Wilmington College history including the first televised basketball game in the region (that of the Virgina-Carolina Athletic Conference Junior College Basketball Tournament championship game), a dinner held for the Seahawks baseball team following their...
Dates: 1954-1974