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Ned Harkness sports films

 Collection
Identifier: 2016-26

Content Description

This collection contains 8 mm and 16 mm films, mostly depicting RPI men's hockey and lacrosse games during the period when Ned Harkness coached the teams in the 1940s and 1950s. Highlights include footage of the lacrosse team competing in a demonstration game at the London Olympics in 1948 and the NCAA hockey championships in 1953 and/or 1954. Also included are two undated tributes labeled "Ned Harkness Day" and "Harkness First Family of Lacrosse."

Dates

  • 1948-1963

Creator

Extent

41 item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Institute Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
110 8th Street
Institute Archives and Special Collections
Rensselaer Libraries, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy NY 12180-3590 US
518 276 8340