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Groovy College Course Catalogs of the 1970s

Chris Holmes
posted on December 26, 2016December 26, 2016
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Here are one dozen college course catalogs from the 1970s, from small junior/community colleges to well-known and prestigious universities.

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Kodachrome Memories #4: Miami (OH) University Homecoming, 1953

Chris Holmes
posted on May 26, 2015February 23, 2018
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Beautiful photos from 1953 Homecoming Weekend at Miami University (Ohio), with a football game against the Ohio

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UNC Men’s Basketball 1972-73: “How You Doin’?”

Chris Holmes
posted on January 12, 2015January 6, 2015
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What goes together better than college basketball and pretty women? Nothing, if this 1972-73 UNC men's hoops media guide is an

North Dakota talent show kitty, 1950 (Life magazine)

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Here’s the Inspiration for That Tom Hanks Piano Scene from Big

Chris Holmes
posted on January 25, 2013February 3, 2013
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In which we view a dance routine at the University of North Dakota's Flickertail Follies in May

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The word cloud of Robert Burton’s letter to Jeff Hathaway

Chris Holmes
posted on January 26, 2011
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A word cloud of Robert G. Burton's angry letter to UConn's athletic director, Jeff Hathaway. Full text of the letter also

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Commercials I hate: Education Connection

Chris Holmes
posted on September 2, 2010December 19, 2010
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Here’s a classic example of “more is less”. There’s nothing inherently bad or obnoxious about the current group of Education Connection commercials. The problem comes from

Groovy College Course Catalogs of the 1970s

Kodachrome Memories #4: Miami (OH) University Homecoming, 1953

UNC Men’s Basketball 1972-73: “How You Doin’?”

Here’s the Inspiration for That Tom Hanks Piano Scene from Big

The word cloud of Robert Burton’s letter to Jeff Hathaway

Commercials I hate: Education Connection

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