Life Magazine: "Tom Myers, Ice-Cold Passer with Hot Arm", To 1962

File — Box: 3, Folder: 4

Identifier: Folder 4

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Tom Myers papers fill 5 boxes. Material in boxes 1 and 2 contain such documents as Myers’s high-school autobiography, recruitment letters from many universities, and various news articles relating to his success as a quarterback and to his outstanding passing ability. Also included are some of the awards with which he was honored, his high school and college football playbooks, and information pertaining to his induction into the Troy Hall of Fame. Items in these boxes are organized thematically and placed into alphabetical order by their descriptive folder titles.

The third and fourth boxes contain Myers’s scrapbooks and other oversized items. Box 3 holds a scrapbook documenting Myers’ 1962 football season, along with three oversized magazines: two issues of LOOK and one of LIFE. Box 4 contains two scrapbooks covering later periods, including one relating to Myers’s 1965 professional season with the Detroit Lions.

Box 5 holds a plastic water bottle created for the 2012 Tom Myers Open, an informal golf outing including Myers and some of his friends.

Dates

To 1962

Creator

From the Collection: Myers, Tom (Thomas Welborn), 1943- (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on use of the materials in the department for research; all patrons must comply with federal copyright regulations.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is stored at a remote campus location and requires two business days advance notice for retrieval. Please contact the McCormick Library at specialcollections@northwestern.edu or 847-491-3635 for more information or to schedule an appointment to view the collection.