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This collection consists of the official records of the Columbia intercollegiate athletic teams as well as the administrative records, minutes, press releases, media guides, programs, photographs, and scrapbooks from the Intercollegiate Athletics and Physical Education Department. It includes the records of former Director John A. Reeves.

Papers and memorabilia of Lou Little, including fifteen letters and copies of letters from Dwight D. Eisenhower, awards and certificates presented to Lou Little, and numerous photographs relating to the Columbia football teams, other athletic associations, charities, and other interests of Lou Little. Also, a Rose Bowl scrapbook.

This collection contains correspondence received by Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler regarding the banning of football at Columbia in 1905.

Correspondence, notes, manuscripts, and drawings of Culin. The collection contains information on the early days of football, the games of the American Indian, and games in Hawaii, India, and Malaya. The correspondence in the collection consists of only a few letters dealing primarily with Culin's work on Hawaiian games.