NTDMG5740.xml Guide to the Silver tea service 1907 Silver tea service Finding aid prepared by Julie Monroe University of Idaho Library © October 2011 Finding aid encoded by Laura Guedes2011 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives MG 5740 University of Idaho Library. Special Collections and Archives. Silver tea service 1907 5 pieces: platter, pitcher, creamer, sugar bowl, waste bowl Silver tea service This collection is in English.

Five-piece silver tea service presented in 1907 to Mr. and Mrs. John Middleton by the members of the 1907 University of Idaho football team. John Middleton, head coach, led the team to one of the most successful seasons in Vandal history.

Engraved on the platter are the words: “To Mr. and Mrs. Middleton by Football Team ‘07” and the scores of the games played that season against the University of Oregon, University of Washington, Whitman College, and Washington State College. The initial “M” is engraved on the pitcher, creamer, sugar bowl, and waste bowl.

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Silver tea service, MG 5740, Special Collections and Archives, University of Idaho Library, Moscow, Idaho.

Middleton donated the set to the University of Idaho in 1962, according to a clipping of an article from a 1962 edition of the Moscow, Idaho newspaper, Idahonian, found in the Special Collections & Archives’ vertical file. Illustrating the article is a photograph showing University of Idaho social sciences librarian Charles Webbert with the set.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Middleton, John University of Idaho--Football. Moscow Sports and Recreation