Manuscript Collection Number: 328
Accessioned: Gift of David M. Nelson and Mrs. Shirley Nelson.
Extent: 42 linear ft.
Content: Correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, clippings, minutes, manuals, programs, magazines, books,
media guides, annual reports, articles, dockets, posters, pamphlets, diary, motion pictures, video cassettes. drafts
(preliminary versions), speeches, surveys, diagrams, certificates, interviews, bulletins, notes, newsletters,
proceedings, resumes, and logbook.
Access: The collection is open for research.
Processed: 1995-1996 by Anita A. Wellner.
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents Note
Series Outline
Series I. - VI..
21 Series X. Honors and Awards, [1969]-1991
Arranged chronologically.
F1 Willie Heston Sports Hall of Fame (Michigan), [1969]
Brochure which lists Nelson as a member.
F2 Delaware Sports Hall of Fame Association, 1979
Nelson was inducted in 1978. Present is a program for
the 1979 ceremonies, at which Nelson spoke.
F3 Certificates of appreciation, 1985 and [n.d.]
From the Kiwanis Club of Wilmington (1985) and The
Southwest Officials Association [n.d.].
F4 University of Michigan Hall of Honor, 1986
Includes correspondence, program, clippings, letters of
congratulations, and a copy of Nelson speech, all
related to Nelson's induction on October 17, 1986.
F5 Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, 1988
Correspondence noting Nelson commissioning by the
Governor of Kentucky on June 8, 1988.
F6 American Football Coaches Association Amos Alonzo Stagg
Award, 1988-1989
Includes letters of congratulations, the letter
informing Nelson of the award, clippings, and Nelson's
speech. Presented at an awards dinner in Nashville,
Tennessee on January 11, 1989.
F7 Bennie Oosterbaan Award, 1989
Includes letters, program, flyer, and Nelson's
acceptance speech. The award was presented at the Ufer
Quarterback Club Dinner on May 2, 1989.
The National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame,
Inc., 1983-1991
F8 The National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame
Distinguished American Award, 1984
Includes letter of congratulations, clippings, press
release, photograph, program and Nelson's speech. The
award was presented to Nelson on December 4, 1984.
21 Series X. Honors and Awards (cont'd)
National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame (cont'd)
F9 Induction into the National Football College Hall of
Fame - Correspondence, 1987-1988
Includes letters of congratulations (with letters from
Don Shula and President Gerald Ford) and letters
conveying information on the ceremonies.
F10 Induction into the National Football College Hall of
Fame - Program, schedule, clippings, and Nelson's
speech, 1987-1988
Items document the induction to the College Hall of
Fame on December 8, 1987 and the enshrinement ceremony
which occurred on June 10, 1988.
F11 Material related to Nelson's service on the National
Foundation Honors Court, 1991
Includes correspondence and programs.
F12 National Football Foundation publications, 1983-1989
Includes copies of Footballer (1983-1989), The Chapter
News Digest (1985-1988), and an awards dinner program
for 1988.
21 Series XI. Magazines collected by Nelson, 1937-1991
Most include articles related to intercollegiate
athletics and particularly college football.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
F1 American Heritage, 1988 Sep-Oct
F2 Athlon's Atlantic Coast Football, 1989
F3 Athlon's Eastern Football, 1987
F4 Flightime (Allegheny Airlines), 1978 Jul
F5 Illustrated Football Annual, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941
F6 The Saturday Evening Post, 1945 Oct 27
Removed to oversize (Box 37).
F7 Smithsonian, 1980 Jul
Sports Illustrated, 1977-1991
F8 1977 Jul-Sep
F9 1977 Nov-1982
F10 1990-1991
F11 Time, 1975 Aug 25
F12 Touchdown, 1989 Jun and 1991 Jul
21 Series XII. Books Collected by Nelson, 1894-1991
Includes classic books on football, arranged
alphabetically by title. Some books are housed in
the box without a folder. For other books removed
from the collection and cataloged for Special
Collections see Delcat.
F1 Adams, John R. (ed.) Manual of Football Officiating
for Five Man Crews. Denver, CO: Collegiate
Commissioners Association, 1977. Issue is
dedicated to Nelson. (2 copies)
F2 American Football Association of Japan. Mainichi
Koshien Bowl [Program]. Japan, December 14, 1975.
Includes a greeting from David Nelson. In
Japanese.
Bayoff, Frederic G. (ed.) Lexis Press: Complete Index
to Sports Illustrated. Volumes I (1954-1969) and
II (1970-1984). Ann Arbor, MI: Lexis Press, Inc.,
[n.d.]
F3 Bierman, Bernie. How to Play Football. Minneapolis:
Heffelfinger Publications, n.d.
F4 Booher, Dennis. Directory of Scholars Identifying with
The History of Sport. Fourth edition. North
American Society for Sport History, 1988.
22 F5 Brondfield, Jerry. 100 Plus Years of Football. New
York: Scholastic Books Services, 1975.
F6 Camp, Walter. Walter Camp's Book of College Sports.
New and revised edition. New York: The Century
Company, 1901.
F7 Cartwright, Al. A' La Carte: The Best of Al
Cartwright. Wilmington, DE: Serendipity Press,
1974.
F8 Chance, T. Elbert and John D. Garvick. A Brief History
of Football at the University of Delaware 1889-1963.
University of Delaware, 1963.
F9 Crisler, H. O. "Fritz." Modern Football: Fundamentals
and Strategy. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company,
Inc., 1949.
22 Series XII. Books Collected by Nelson (cont'd)
F10 Da Grosa, John. A Complete Bibliography of Football.
Philadelphia: American Football Institute, 1935.
Bound with Five-Man Line Defense and Analysis of
"T" Formation...
F11 . The Five-Man Line Defense (5 - 3 - 2 -
1). Philadelphia: American Football Institute,
1937. Separate copy.
. The Five-Man Line Defense (5 - 3 - 2 -
1). Philadelphia: American Football Institute,
1937. Bound with Complete Bibliography of
Football and Analysis of "T" Formation (F10).
. Manual for Functional Football.
Philadelphia: American Football Institute, 1935.
Inscribed to Geiger.
Da Grosa, John and Bob Hall. Analysis of "T" Formation
with Man-in-Motion. Philadelphia: authors, 1941.
Bound with Complete Bibliography of Football and
Five-Man Line Defense (F10).
F12 Dyer, Braven (with Dick Nash). Ten Top Trojan Football
Thriller. Los Angeles: Houlgate House, 1949.
Signed by Dyer.
F13 Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association.
EIFA-EAIFO 1976 Directory. s.l.: Eastern
Intercollegiate Football Association, [1976].
Issue dedicated to Nelson.
F14 Findling, John E. and Angela Lumpkin. Directory of
Scholars Identifying with the History of Sport.
Second edition. North American Society for Sport
History, 1979.
F15 Frey, James H. The Governance of Intercollegiate
Athletics. West Point, NY: Leisure Press, 1982.
Includes a chapter written by David Nelson.
Grobani, Anton. Guide to Football Literature.
Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1975.
Introduction to David Nelson.
F16 Holgate, James "Gib." Fundamental Football. The
Barnes Sports Library. New York: The Ronald
Press Company, 1958.
22 Series XII. Books Collected by Nelson (cont'd)
F17 Hollander, Zander (ed.) The 1959 Football Story.
Phillies Sports Library. New York, NY: Associated
Features Inc., 1959. Question about Nelson
included in the Football Quiz.
Kaye, Ivan N. Good Clean Violence: A History of
College Football. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott
Company, 1973. Nelson reviewed this book in his
column. See Series IX. F75 for Nelson's
correpondence with Kaye.
F18 [Kelly, Gene]. Tiny: The Story of Bob Maxwell for
whom the Robert W. Maxwell Memorial Football Club
& the Maxwell Football Award Were Named. n.d.
Includes several inscriptions, one from Kelly.
F19 Kramer, William D. Guide to Title IX and
Intercollegiate Athletics. Washington, DC:
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, 1991.
23 Lamb, Dick and Bert McGrane. 75 Years with the
Fighting Hawkeyes. Dubuque, Iowa: William C.
Brown Company, 1964. Inscribed to Nelson from Evy
(Forest Evashevski).
F20 Lovelace, Delos W. Rockne of Notre Dame. New York:
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1931.
McCallum, John and Charles H. Pearson. College
Football U.S.A. 1869...1971: Official Book of the
National Football Foundation. s.l.: Hall of Fame
Publishing, Inc., 1971.
McNally, Art and Norm Schachter. Official Rules for
Professional Football 1989. New York, NY: The
National Football League, 1989.
F21 Morrow, Don. Directory of Scholars Indentifying with
the History of Sport. Third edition. North
American Society for Sport History, 1984.
F22 National Collegiate Athletic Association. Rules books
for 1984 and 1987 - in Japanese.
23 Series XII. Books Collected by Nelson (cont'd)
F23 The National Football League. The National Football
League Digest of Rules for Players, Press - Radio
- Television 1988.
. Officials' Manual for
Professional Football. s.l.: The National
Football League, [n.d.]
[Nelson, David M]. All I Know About Football. blank.
[ ]. What I Know About Football. blank,
except for signatures of friends and associates.
F24 Olivar, Jordan. Offensive Football: The "Belly
Series." The Barnes Sports Library. New York:
The Ronald Press Company, 1958.
F25 Oshins, Louis R. Offensive Football. Volume 1 of A
Handy Football Library. New York: Blue Ribbon
Books, 1949.
F25 . Defensive Football. Volume 2 of A
Handy Football Library. New York: Blue Ribbon
Books, 1949.
F25 . Football Rules and How They Are
Applied. Volume 3 of A Handy Football Library.
New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1949.
F25 . Famous Names in Football. Volume 4
of A Handy Football Library. New York: Blue
Ribbon Books, 1949.
24 F26 Pelfrey, Ray with Steve Owens. The Passing Game:
Offensive and Defensive for Coaches and Players.
Dubuque, Iowa: William C. Brown Company, 1956.
F27 Pepe, Phil and Zander Hollander. The Book of Sports
Lists. Los Angeles: Pinnacle Books, 1979.
Includes quote from Nelson.
Pope, Edwin. Football's Greatest Coaches. Atlanta:
Tupper and Love, Inc., 1955.
F28 Rice, Grantland and John W. Heisman. Understand
Football. Bronxville, NY: Mac-Hill Publishing
Company, 1929.
24 Series XII. Books Collected by Nelson (cont'd)
Rockne, Bonnie Skiles (ed.) The Autobiography of Knute
K. Rockne. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill
Company, 1931.
F29 Schiffer, Don and Lud Duroska (eds.) Football Rules in
Pictures. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1964.
F30 . Football Rules
in Pictures. New and revised. New York: Grosset
& Dunlap, 1974.
F31 Shaughnessy, Clark. Football in War & Peace. Clinton,
SC: The Jacobs Press, 1943. An Esquire Sports
Book.
F32 Shaughnessy, Clark; Ralph Jones and George Halas. The
Modern "T" Formation with Man-in-Motion. Authors,
n.d. With David Nelson bookplate.
F33 Shearman, Montague. Athletics and Football. The
Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. Fourth
edition. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894.
Sherrod, Blackie. The Blackie Sherrod Collection.
Dallas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1988. Includes
a chapter relating to Nelson.
F34 Souvenir Football Program of the Harvard - Yale Game.
New Haven, November 20, 1926.
F35 Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide Part IV: Official
Foot Ball Rules as recommended by the Rules
Committee, 1922.
Underwood, John. The Death of an American Game: The
Crisis in Football. Boston: Little, Brown and
Company, 1979.
Wakelam, H. B. T. Rugby Football. Modern Sports
Series. London: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., 1936.
25 F36 Waldorf, John. NCAA Football Rules Committee
Chronology of 100 Years 1876-1976. Shawnee
Mission, Kansas: The National Collegiate Athletic
Association, 1975.
25 Series XII. Books Collected by Nelson (cont'd)
F37 Whittle, Glenn (ed.) Intercollegiate Football Annual
1937. St. Paul, MN: The Intercollegiate Football
Association, [1937].
F38 . The 1935 Supplement to
Intercollegiate Football 1869-1934. St. Paul, MN:
The Intercollegiate Football Association, [1935].
Wilson, Kenneth L. (Tug) and Jerry Brondfield. The Big
Ten. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc.,
1967. Inscribed to "Homer" from "Peggy." Nelson
noted (with picture) on page 238.
25 Series XIII. Clippings and photocopies, 1941-1991
Includes clippings or photocopies of newspaper and
magazine articles on a variety of topics, but
particularly college football, the National
Collegiate Athletic Association, sports and
athletes, and issues of ethics in sports. See
Series VII. Professional Writing for clippings of
articles or newspaper articles written by Nelson.
Numerous clippings chronicling Nelson's career as
a coach are also found in the scrapbooks.
F1 Bound volumes of clippings and photocopies, 1963-1980
Volume one (1963-1972) includes about 240 pages of
clippings, plus several letters, a couple of articles
annotated by Nelson, and an alphabetical table of
contents featuring article titles. Volume 2 contains
about 420 pages of clippings or photocopies of
articles. Topics of articles include a wide range of
sports-related subjects, including sports injuries and
safety, Title IX and women in sports, equipment,
professional football, violence, sports and academics,
rules issues, broadcasting rights, and coaches. The
volumes have been removed to Box 35.
F2 Photocopies of newspaper articles originally housed in
a blue binder, 1980-1983
Most of the copies are from articles published in The
News Journal, covering sports and Delaware-related
topics, and events at the University of Delaware.
F3 Photocopies of newspaper or magazine articles, 1968-1989
Includes information on University of Delaware sports,
football, and athletics.
F4 Photocopies of newspaper or magazine articles, 1973-1991
Clippings or photocopies related to Nelson, 1941-1990
F5 1941-1978
F6 1982-1990
25 Series XIV. Subject file of articles, papers,
clippings, and photocopies collected by Nelson,
1952-1990
Most of this material relates to intercollegiate
athletics, but also available is information on
academics, television, quotes or stories for
speeches, a series of speeches published by the
National Federation of State High School Athletic
Associations, and material related to the
University of Delaware. Arranged in alphabetical
order by article title or subject, using folder
titles assigned by Nelson.
F1 A Three-Lettered Word for Sport
F2 A Statement of the Faculty of the College of William
and Mary
F3 A Time of Uncertain Sounds
F4 A Winner Is
F5 A Young Father's Letter to His Son
F6 Abe Lemmons: Blowing No Smoke About Recruiting
F7 Abuses Frequent as Colleges Vie for Blue-chip Athletes
F8 Abuses in Big time College Sports Spur Mounting
Criticism
F9 Adlai Stevenson's Wit
F10 Age of Goof-off or of Plenty?
F11 Annual Epidemic in Prep Football
F12 Antitrust Law Restraint Urged for All Sports
F13 The Art of Aerobics
F14 Athletic Competition - Where Are We Headed?
F15 Athletics and Education
F16 Athletics: Unquenchably the Same?
F17 Attendance Climbs to a Record and A Critical Test for
Cable TV
F18 Away with Big-time Athletics
F19 Baseball - The Sunday Edition
F20 A Bibliography of Football
F21 Big-time Football Finally Gets Its Super-division
F22 The Black Athlete
F23 The Black Dominance
F24 Boosters: A Winning Coach's Best Ally
F25 Bucknell University Keeps Its Sports Serious but Small-time
F26 Bud's Patience and Class - Colorado
F27 Business of Baseball
F28 Campus or Battleground?
F29 CBS' Gamble is Paying Off
F30 Changes Are Coming in the Colleges
F31 Captain Mueller
F32 The Christian Athlete
F33 The Coaches' Curse: Recruiting
25 Series XIV. Subject file (cont'd)
F34 College Grid Playoff Favored in Player Poll
F35 College Recruiting of Women
F36 College Sports: Have the Schools Lost Control?
F37 College Sports Crisis (clippings glued to a copy of
Blue Hen Gridder (1952)
F38 Colleges' Hard-sell Tactics Turn Off Many Young
Athletes
F39 The Coming Revolt of Athletes
F40 A Crisis in Illinois
F41 Dean Calls for Reformation in University Education
F42 The Desperate Coach
F43 Devious Routes to Grid Glory
F44 Dissent or Destruction?
F45 Does the End Justify the Means?
F46 Doing Violence to Sport
F47 Duty, Honor and Country
F48 Education for All is Education for None
F49 Educator Says Sports Can Be a Trap for Blacks
F50 Even the Ivies Feel the Pinch
F51 Everest at Last
F52 Everything is Shrinking in Higher Education
F53 The Extra Dimension
F54 The Face of Pain
F55 Fact Sheet: Health Agreement with Soviet Union
F56 Famous Familiar Words
F57 Fan Violence A Growing Threat to Sports
F58 The First 100 Years
F59 Football a Fading Memory at U. of Tampa
F60 Frank Leahy: Football's Ultimate Hero-strategist
F61 From the 55 Yard Line
F62 Fuel Crisis Has Ignited Drastic Shifts in Athletics
F63 Get Their Final Offer and We'll Double It
F64 Give the Games Back to the Students
F64a God Is My Quarterback
F65 Greetings - President Everett Derryberry
F66 The Growing Crisis in College Sports
F67 Helping to Solve Community Problems
F68 Henry Jordan Keeps Them Laughing
F69 High School Medical Facilities "National Scandal"
F70 In Corpore Sano
F71 In Defense of Sports F72 In the Country of the Young
F73 Injury Epidemic? Let's Weigh the Facts
F74 Intercollegiate Athletics - a Plan for Honesty and
Sanity
F75 Is TV's Grip Hurting Sports?
F76 It's All in a State of Mind
F77 Ivy League OKs use of Freshmen
F78 Jake vs. the NFL
F79 Joe Paterno's Commencement Address
25 Series XIV. Subject file (cont'd)
F80 Joint Legislative Committee for Athletics and Education
F81 Journalism - or Entertainment?
F82 Justice Is Blind
F83 Lindbergh
F84 Livingston, John Cleve
F85 Long Beach vs. the NCAA
F86 The Losers in College Sports
F87 The Lost Image
F88 Marshall Leaving Avenues Open to League Affiliation
F89 The Meanest Game in Town Is Now Lacrosse
F90 Men and Mountains
F91 National Football Foundation - Out of Bounds?
F92 NCAA Debate Is Heating Up
F93 NCAA Reorganization - Alumni
F94 NCAA Writes the Rules, Policies - 18 College Sports
26 F95 Needed: Well Rounded Colleges
F96 Networks All Differ
F97 Neuter Crews Suggested for Intersectional Games
F98 New Designs for Intercollegiate Athletics
F99 New Slant on the Mod Sod
F100 News From Hunter College
F101 NFL Adopts Fast Whistle as QB Safety Measure
F102 Notes From a Conversationalist
F103 The Olympic Torch - World Symbol
F104 Open Door vs. Selective Admission
F105 Penn Athletics at Financial Crossroads
F106 Penn's Not-so-Sweet Smell of Success
F107 The Place of Intercollegiate Athletics in High
Education
F108 Player Agents...Gigantic Ripoff?
F109 Pro Football - World's Most Dangerous Sport
F110 Problems in Communicating the "Language of Football"
F111 The Promise of Purnell Hall
F112 Proposed: a National Talent Hunt
F113 The Pursuit of Excellence
F114 Quotes and sayings
F115 Random Thoughts on Soft Living
F116 Recent Relationship to Funding Higher Education Panel
F117 Recruiting Amidst the Ivy
F118 Red Ink Flows as Costs Mount
F119 Religion in Sports
F120 The Revolt of Black Athletes
F121 Rich Grow Richer as Trojans and Irish Show the Way in
College Football Recruiting
F122 Rutgers
F123 St. John's U. Course in Athletic Administration
F124 Saturday's Hard-Pressed Heroes
F125 Scholarships and Sports
26 Series XIV. Subject file (cont'd)
F126 The September Song
F127 The Sex Olympics - A Real Crowd Pleaser
F128 Should Your Boy Play Football?
F129 Show Shula the Baby, Forget the Pregnancy
F130 Sociology of Sports - Review
F131 Some Grid Coaches Now Outspoken in Criticizing Abuses
F132 Something to Be Said
F133 Sport in America - Quest
F134 Sport Violence - Rick Horrow
F135 Sports Recruiting
F136 Sports T.V.: Constant Chatter, Flood of Errors
F137 Stanford Football Image - A Question of Emphasis
F138 Statement of Dr. Robert C. Edwards
F139 Survey on Impact of Athletics on Education
F140 To Lead or Not To Lead
F141 TV No. 1 Source of Sports Revenue
F142 TV Sports: Competition, Paranoia and Money
F143 Tennessee, With $3-Million Sports Budget, Keyed to
Winning
F144 The Theology of Forgiveness
F145 There's More Action in College Football Than in Pros
F146 To Understand the White House, Listen Closely
F147 The Uncommon Man
F148 The University of Delaware Athletic Program:
Scheduling, Recruiting and Policy
F149 Vince Lombardi: A Coach for all Seasons
F150 Violent Protest: A Debased Language
F151 What Makes a Champion
F152 What Lies Ahead for Big Ten Athletes
F153 What's It All About
F154 When a Newspaper Doesn't Want to Play Ball
F155 Who Loves Harvard?
F156 Who Speaks on Behalf of the Children?
F157 Whom Can We Admire?
F158 Why It's Better to Watch the Game on TV
F159 Women in Sports
F160 Would You Buy a Used Playbook From This Man?
F161 Yale and Athletics
F162 Yost Asks Some Questions
26 Series XV. Scrapbooks, 1936-1977
The eighteen scrapbooks contain clippings, several
photographs, chalk drawings of David Nelson and
his wife Shirley, issues of magazines, and a few
ephemeral items. The contents of each scrapbook
are described in the folder notes for the period
of Nelson's life to which the scrapbook pertains.
These scrapbooks were assembled by Mrs. Shirley
Nelson, beginning in high school.
F1 Removed and shelved separately at the end of the
collection.
26 Series XVI. E. E. Wieman's Football Coaching
Notebooks, 1930-1945
Three notebooks containing football coaching
information used by "Tad" Wieman while an
assistant to Fritz Crisler at Princeton University
from 1930-1934 and as a line coach at Columbia
University in 1945. The notebooks were later
given to Nelson. Arranged in chronological order.
F1 Princeton University, 1930-1934
The notebook contains summaries of squad meetings,
fieldwork descriptions (listing players and positions),
scouting reports and formation diagrams, game summaries
(with clippings of games in 1931), plus laid in game
summaries for 1934 and notes on teams.
F2 Princeton University, 1932
Notebook contains lists of coaching personnel and
players, fieldwork descriptions, notes on squad
meetings, game reports, and scouting reports.
F3 Columbia University, 1945
Notebook of diagrams for plays used by Columbia during
the 1945 football season.
26 Series XVII. Bound volumes of clippings, magazines,
minutes, dockets, annual reports, proceedings,
clinic manuals, photocopied articles, etc., 1912-1988
The following volumes have been listed and
described in the series to which they pertain but
have been removed to Boxes 26-35 due to size.
Official Football 1965-1972(3 volumes)
27 University of Delaware Press or Media Guides and
University of Delaware News (12 volumes)
28 University of Delaware Athletic Council Minutes, 1912-1956 May (13 volumes)
29 University of Delaware Athletic Council Minutes, 1956
Nov-1971 (15 volumes)
30 University of Delaware Athletic Council or Governing
Board Minutes, 1971 Dec-1984 Spr (13 volumes)
31 University of Delaware Athletic Governing Board
Minutes, 1984-1988 (4 volumes, plus index)
University of Delaware Board of Trustees, Committee on
Physical Education, Recreation, and Athletics
Dockets, 1956-1984 (4 volumes)
Annual reports of the University of Delaware College of
Physical Education, Athletics, and Recreation,
1958-1977 (2 volumes)
32 American Coaches Association, Proceedings, 1949-1986 (8
volumes)
33 American Coaches Association, Digest/Membership, 1966-1985 (4 volumes)
American Coaches Association, Summer manuals, 1949-1985
(5 volumes)
Clinic manuals, 1957-1962 (1 volume)
34 Series XVII. Bound volumes (cont'd)
Bound volumes of magazines (volumes are untitled but
have been numbered and are listed with contents)
Volume 1
Athletic Journal 1957 Sep and 1958 Sep
Scholastic Coach 1957 Sep, 1958 May, 1959 Sep,
1960 Jun
Volume 2
Scholastic Coach 1963 Feb, Mar, Jun, 1964 Jun & Sep
1965 Sep
Volume 3
Scholastic Coach 1962 Feb, May, Jun, Sep & Nov
1963 Sep
Volume 4
University of Michigan Official Program
Michigan vs. Michigan State 1939 Oct 7
Michigan vs. Yale 1939 Oct 28
Michigan vs. Minnesota 1939 Nov 11
Michigan vs. Ohio State 1939 Nov 25
Michigan vs. Michigan State 1940 Oct 5
Michigan vs. Illinois 1940 Oct 19
Michigan vs. Pennsylvania 1940 Oct 26
Michigan vs. Northwestern 1940 Nov 16
Michigan vs. Iowa [1941] Oct 4
Michigan vs. Minnesota [1941] Oct 25
Michigan vs. Ohio State [1941] Nov 22
Volume 5
All American Bowl Game Official Program 1960 Dec 26
Delaware Today 1962 Aug-Sep, 1963 Aug-Sep, 1964 Oct-Nov
Friends 1964 Oct
1966 Football Yearbook Kick-off 1966
Sport 1965 Jan
The University News 1964 Fall
University of Michigan Official Souvenir Program
Michigan vs. Duke 1967 Sep 23
34 Series XVII. Bound volumes (cont'd)
Volume 6
Beaver Stadium Pictorial
Penn State vs. Navy 1972 Sep 23
Penn State vs. Air Force 1971 Oct 2
The Colgate Game
Ohio vs. Kent 1969 Sep 20
The Lion's Roar (The Columbia Football Magazine)
Columbia vs. Lafayette 1970 Sep 26
Pro and College Football Sports Stars of 1972 1972 Wtr
Sports Illustrated 1973 Jan 22, 1972 Sep 11 & Dec 4
Sportsannual (Southern Conference) 1970 Feb 26-28
Texas Coach 1971 Sep
Time 1972 Nov 20
University of Michigan Official Souvenir Program
Michigan vs. Duke 1967 Sep 23
Bound volume titled "David M. Nelson Articles" which
includes the following magazines:
Scholastic Coach 1986 Jan, 1982 Jan, 1978 Nov
Coach & Athlete 1977 Aug-Sep
Beaver Stadium Pictorial
Penn State vs. Air Force 1971 Oct 2
Penn State vs. Navy 1972 Sep 23
Penn State vs. Houston 1977 Sep 17
Referee 1976 Jul-Aug
Bound volumes of Evening News Journal clippings or
photocopies of clippings 1966-1979 (3 volumes)
Bound volume of Evening News Journal and photocopies of
articles written by Nelson for Football Today
(1976-1977)
35 Bound volumes of newspaper clippings 1963-1980 (2
volumes) See Series XIII F1 for a description of
the material in these volumes
8 videocassettes
36 26 videocassettes
37 Oversize issues of Football Today and The Saturday
Evening Post and Look
Oversize bound volume of Look (1960 Oct 25 and Nov 8,
1963 Nov 5 and Nov 19) and Fortune (1945 Jul)
38 Oversize clippings, posters, blueprints, sketches (see
notes in various series for information about the
contents of this box)
Appendix A
Audiovisual Material
Items are video cassettes unless otherwise noted. All 16 MM
films are shelved separately at the end of the collection. All
video cassettes are housed in Box 36, unless otherwise indicated.
"Ark[ansas] vs. SMU Football - November 20, 1982 - copy"
(homemade video) See Box 35
"Black Athlete: Fact or Fiction" [n.d.] NBC program narrated by
Tom Brokaw, explores research on black athletes, incomplete.
(homemade video, follows other programs on the tape).
"Blocking/Hands @ TCU - March 16 1988" (homemade video) See Box
35
Brunswick Sports, MacGregor. The Football Code of Champions.
16MM
Business World - ABC TV/Network. Video Computer Sports
Technology. March 4, 1990. 11:00 a.m. See Box 35
"1985 CCA-NCAA Football Mechanics." (homemade video) Included in
the box is a letter which lists the nine programs included
on this tape.
"CFA Rules - Interview with Dave Nelson, October 17, 1984 -
Cassettes 1 & 2 - ABC Sports" (homemade video) See Box 35
Collegiate Commissioners Association. Four Man Mechanics.
Dallas: SOA Productions, 1989.
. 1989 Five Man Mechanics. Dallas: SOA
Productions, 1989.
. 1989 Revised Blocking Rule. Dallas: SOA
Productions, 1989.
. 1989 Seven Man Mechanics. Dallas: SOA
Productions, 1989.
. 1989 Six Man Mechanics. Dallas: SOA
Productions, 1989.
. Pass Interference. [1972]. 16MM
. The Passing Game. Dallas: SOA
Productions, 1989.
. [Untitled]. Tape #2. Dallas: SOA
Productions, 1989.
"Dave Philadelphia Talk Show - Discussion of Athletes," [n.d.]
"People to People" program hosted by Marc Howard, with a
panel including David Nelson, Billy Cunningham, Scott
Palmer, Steve Kinney, and Bruce Arians. Discussion on
paying college athletes. Incomplete. (homemade video)
"Dave Sports Show - Clip of 5th Down," October 6, 1990. CBS
Sports - College Football Today program on the the Colorado
vs. Missouri game 5th down controversy. Includes a brief
statement by David Nelson. (homemade video)
"David Nelson and Football Supervisors Rules, January 1981"
(homemade video) See Box 35
"David Nelson 82 Rules Changes/SWC Football Clinic 1982"
(homemade video) See Box 35
Finley's Fluorescent Football. Bac Group, Inc.
"5 Man Mechanics" (homemade video)
Monday Morning Quarterback. Wilmington, DE: Du Pont Motion
Pictures. 16 MM
National Collegiate Athletic Association. The Best Football
Plays of 1963. Wilmington, DE: Du Pont Motion Pictures,
[1963]. 16MM
. The Best Football
Plays of 1964. [Wilmington, DE: Du Pont Motion Pictures,
1964]. 16MM
. The Best Football
Plays of 1965. [Wilmington, DE: Du Pont Motion Pictures,
1965]. 16MM
. 1991 Football Rule
Changes. Professional Image Video Services. 16:51 min.
Two copies.
. 1989 NCAA Rule
Revisions. Tape #1, Tape #2. Dotson Lewis at Trinity
University. Dallas: SOA Productions, 1989.
. Six Man Officiating
Techniques. 43 min.
. Sportsmanship: A
Question of Attitude. 16MM
National Collegiate Athletic Association, National Federation of
State High School Associations, and Rawlings. Five Man
Officiating Techniques. Preliminary review copy for Nelson.
35 min.
1990 Seven Man Mechanics. Dallas: SOA Productions, 1990.
"1991 False Starts with Offlines - Dave Nelson Intro." (homemade
video)
"1990 Training Tape" (homemade video)
President's Council on Physical Fitness. Action for Athletes.
Presented by the U.S. Marine Corps, [1974]. 16MM
"Rule Changes 1990 1st Takes" (homemade video)
"SFOA - Houston Clinic 1981 - David Nelson - 81 Rules/Q & A
Session" (homemade video) See Box 35
Six Man Mechanics Revised for 1990. Dallas: SOA Productions,
1990.
Sportsmanship: A Question of Attitude. Richardson, Texas:
TransVideo. 20:00 min. (2 copies, one homemade version from
16MM film)
"Two Samples of NFL Officials Training Tapes - Voice Over: Art
McNally, Director of Officiating" (homemade video) See Box
35
Appendix B
List of Photographs
Scrapbook #1 1) Mackenzie High School 1936 Hockey team (group
picture which includes Mrs. Shirley Nelson)
2) Mackenzie High School 1937 Hockey team (group
picture which includes Mrs. Shirley Nelson)
Scrapbook #4 1) David Nelson while at University of Michigan
(n.d.)
2) David Nelson running for a touchdown during the
University of Michigan-Illinois game (1940
Oct)
3) David Nelson in University of Michigan football
uniform, throwing a football
4) David Nelson in University of Michigan football
uniform, throwing a football (different shot)
5) Pencil sketch of David Nelson (profile)
Scrapbook #5 Hillsdale football game (n.d.)
Scrapbook #6 Harvard football coaches, including Head Football
Coach Art Valpey and Nelson [1948]
Scrapbook #14 1) David Nelson grasping his cap [n.d.]
2) David Nelson posing with football [ca. 1957]
3) David Nelson posing with football (another
shot) [ca. 1957]
Scrapbook #17 Pencil sketch of Shirley Risburg (Nelson)
Colored-chalk portrait of David Nelson drawn by
Harold Raymond
Series II. F5 Negative of David Nelson in Navy uniform
Series IV.1. F15 1) David Nelson on sideline during University
of Delaware game
2) David Nelson on sideline during University
of Delaware game (a different shot)
3) David Nelson in coat and tie
4) David Nelson in coat and bow tie (2
copies)
Series V.1 F19 Four shots of the new goal post (at the
University of Oregon) sent to Nelson by
Director of Athletics Leo Harris (1958)
F20 University of Oregon goal post (1959)
F41 Two shots of North Texas State Football Coach
Rod Rust
Series V.1 F52 1) University of Houston Football Coach Bill
(cont'd) Yeoman [1973]
2) Unidentified ASU Coach
F61 Unidentified 1975 Rules Committee member
F62 "Data-Post" (electronic goal post) [1975]
F90 18 shots of football tackling techniques
(with a letter to Nelson regarding
illegal tackling techniques) 1979
F145 10 images of football uniform numbers [1988]
F153 Japanese football officials (includes
Nakamura, Fukagawa, & Kiire) 1989 Aug 6
F155 "Visually enhanced football"
F171 University of Washington scoreboard (1989)
Series VI.4 F10 Nelson posing with three officials of the
National Federation of State High School
Associations, taken during a Federation
Football Rules Committee meeting in
Biloxi, Mississippi (1977 Jan)
Series IX. F18 David Nelson in UD football cap and jacket
holding football, used in advertising
MacGregor football shoulder pads (1961)
F20 David Nelson in coat and tie [1962]
F21 David Nelson on sideline during UD football
game looking dejected, with attached
note, "Forget it! 500,000,000 Chinese
don't even know the game was played."
F50 General R. R. Neyland, Athletic Director,
University of Tennessee [1971]
Series X. F8 David Nelson in coat & tie, photograph used
in the National Football Foundation and
Hall of Fame program honoring Nelson
with the 1984 "Distinguished American
Award"
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