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[Identification of item], Addison "Add" Penfield Papers, University Archives, Duke University.
The Addison Penfield Papers were received by the University Archives as a gift in May 29, 1992, 2006.
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Encoded by Sally Sullivan, July 2008
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Addison "Add" Penfield was born in Meriden, Connecticut in 1918. He came to Duke University in Durham, North Carolina in 1936. . During his four years as an undergraduate he became deeply involved with sports radio broadcasting on-campus, as the play-by-play announcer for Duke Football. He also worked off-campus with numerous other radio stations throughout North Carolina. He graduated in 1940 and began his storied career as a sports broadcaster working in Georgia, South Carolina, New York, and of course North Carolina. He also worked with the U.S. Army for a number of years. During Penfield's years as a sports broadcaster, writer, and Director of Sports Information at Duke he covered football, basketball, baseball, and golf. He knew such legendary Duke figures as Wallace Wade, Eddie Cameron, and Ted Mann. In the 1980's he completed a 553 page memoir about his career in sports broadcasting.
The collection contains a typed manuscript, 553 pages, concerning Penfield's career as a sports broadcaster and writer, and as a member of the Duke staff. Topics include his years as a student at Duke, Eddie Cameron, Ted Mann, Vic Bubas, Wallace Wade and other members of the athletic staff, the 1942 Rose Bowl, the Duke Football Network (1952-1962), Duke Basketball in the 1950's and 1960's and other related subjects.
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