The collection consists of five photograph albums compiled by Walter Jackson Freeman while a student at Yale College, 1912-1916. Highlights of the collection are the photographs of sports at Yale, most specifically crew, football, track, and baseball. Included are pictures of home and away games, as well as tours to various parts of the country. The albums also contain many photographs of the activities of societies and fraternities, including tapping, hazing, and heeling. Each photograph is identified in the author's handwriting, and the caption information is included in the inventory. The albums provide a comprehensive image of student life at Yale during the early part of the twentieth-century.
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