A duo of university reference librarians compiled this handbook to answer questions such as `What are the school colors of the University of New Mexico?' `What is the nickname of Syracuse University's athletic teams?'. . . When a reference librarian faces a question of the sort posited above, this is the source to turn to. Wilson Library Bulletin
A duo of university reference librarians compiled this handbook to answer questions such as `What are the school colors of the University of New Mexico?' `What is the nickname of Syracuse University's athletic teams?' `What are the words to the alma mater of Merrimack College?' and `What is the title of Baylor University's yearbook?' . . . . When a reference librarian faces a question of the sort posited above, this is the source to turn to. Wilson Library Bulletin
This handbook provides, for the first time, a single, easy-to-use source for locating information about the regalia of various colleges and universities. It includes such information as nicknames, mascots, school newspapers, school colors, and school yearbook for 469 American colleges and universities with an enrollment of 2,500 or above. Fight songs and alma maters are included for a majority of the institutions. This is the only reference to bring together this hard-to-find data in one volue.
Preface
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Bibliography
Index: School Name
Index: School Colors
Index: School Mascot
Reviews
A duo of university reference librarians compiled this handbook to answer questions such as `What are the school colors of the University of New Mexico?' `What is the nickname of Syracuse University's athletic teams?' `What are the words to the alma mater of Merrimack College?' and `What is the title of Baylor University's yearbook?' The compilers called upon the public information officers of the institutions to identify their schools' nickname, colors, mascot, newspaper, yearbook, alma mater, and fight song. They obtained information in most of these categories for 469 colleges and universities and have organized it by state and then by institutions. When alma maters and fight songs have been identified, their lyrics have been included and attributed to their authors, often alumni from many years ago. Presented without their typically martial instrumental accompaniment, many of the songs' lyrics seem downright silly. Even the best known, for example, the Notre Dame and University of Michigan fight songs, whose tunes may instinctively play in a reader's head, seem archaic. And the irony of Michigan's Hail! Hail to Michigan the champions of the West, composed by Louis Elbel of the class of 1899, has surely stuck in the craw of Michigan fans in Pasadena after many a Rose Bowl. An index by institution complements the state-by-state arrangement. Additional indexes list school colors and mascots. Whenever a reference librarian faces a question of the sort posited above, this is the source to turn to.—Wilson Library Bulletin
