Five-piece
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.
The manuscript group is open to the public. Researchers must use the collection in accordance with the policies of the University of Idaho Special Collections and Archives.
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.
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