Finding aid created by: Anna Obermayer and Meg Mason
Date: 2015
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Summary |
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| Creator: | Grover, Dottie. |
| Title: | Dottie Grover Collection |
| Dates: | 1950-1953 |
| Size: | 3 linear feet |
| Abstract: | Memorabilia from Grover's time as a drum majorette at Syracuse University |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
University Archives, Special Collections Research Center Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600 Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 |
Dorothy Ann (Dottie) Grover was the drum majorette for the Syracuse University marching band from 1950 to 1953. Grover twirled throughout high school and won a state championship before she was recruited to twirl for the Syracuse University band. During her time at Syracuse University Grover performed at football and basketball games as well as other sporting events. In 1953 she twirled at the Orange Bowl, Syracuse University's first televised football game. Grover held the position of drum majorette until she graduated in 1953. She was also an active member of Theta Chi and often hosted chapter events. In 1950 she was voted Sweetheart of Sigma Chi and Darling of the City of Syracuse. She also posed for the September 1950 issue of Look Magazine as Sweetheart of Sigma Chi.
After graduating with a bachelor's degree Grover went on to receive a master's degree in school psychology also from Syracuse University.
The Dottie Grover Collection includes her white sequined costume and two batons from her time as a drum majorette. Also in the collection are items related to Grover's crowning as the Sweetheart of Sigma Chi, including a copy of The Magazine of Sigma Chi, with an article about Grover, and a trophy.
Access Restrictions:
Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
The University Archives holds both a clipping file and a portrait file on Dottie Grover.
Names
Grover, Dottie.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.
Subjects
Baton twirling.
Drum majorettes.
Higher education.
Types of Material
Clothing.
Costumes (character dress)
Memorabilia.
Trophies (objects)
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Dottie Grover Collection,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Gift of Dorothy Grover Bolton in 1998.
Processing Information
The collection was rehoused in acid-free boxes.
The collection is arranged alphabetically.
Memorabilia
| Memorabilia | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Batons 1950-1953 (2) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Drum majorette costume 1953 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | The magazine of Sigma Chi October 1950 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Trophy - sweetheart of Sigma Chi 1950 (Trophy is damaged, in two pieces.) | ||||||||||