Queen's Game Collection

Queen's Game Collection

Queen's Game

multiple accessions

approx. 1.50 linear feet

1957, 1997

1957-2002

University of Maryland

Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries, Hornbake Library, College Park, MD 20742. Tel: 301-405-9212, Fax: 301-314-2709, Email: askhornbake@umd.edu

The Queen's Game Collection consists of materials about the Queen's Game, played October 19, 1957, between the University of Maryland and the University of North Carolina and attended by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip. The collection consists of records of the event and assorted memorabilia. The records consist of videotape copies of film taken in 1957, as well as written reminiscences collected for the fortieth anniversary of the event. The memorabilia consists of a ticket stub from the game and a neckerchief worn by one of the Boy Scouts who ushered at the event. There is also a 2002 magazine article containing reminiscences and a photograph, which was published in College Park.

This collection is open for research.

Queen's Game Collection, Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries.

This collection is currently UNPROCESSED. This abstract may represent one of many unprocessed accessions in this collection. Please contact the Curator of University of Maryland for more information.