When watching the bright lights of the College Football Playoff it is tempting to think that football has always been football. The pageantry and spectacle seem today as natural and American as apple pie and the changing leaves of the fall. As with most things, however, a look into the historical evolution of the game reveals just how easily American football could have … [Read more...] about Publications Chronicle Birth of Football
The True Value of Physical Collections
There is an art to collecting. Collections do more than describe the collector’s passion. Collections-- especially those which are exhaustive and meticulous or otherwise one of a kind in nature-- represent more than simply a pile of bound papers and printed photos. History, and the subject matter that encapsulates it, was for most of humanity’s course of being a sacred … [Read more...] about The True Value of Physical Collections
College Football Preservation Project’s Massive Library Now for Sale
In an increasingly digital world, one collector has been quietly working to preserve the history of college football. The collection, which started some 50 years ago, has grown to compile the near complete publication history of the game. While the methods of acquisition have evolved from sports collecting shows and phone book research to eBay, Abebooks.com and the … [Read more...] about College Football Preservation Project’s Massive Library Now for Sale