Our thanks to Carol Trimmer and Susan Straley, daughters of Gordon Straley for their generous donation of scrapbooks, photos and yearbooks developed and collected by West Lafayette teacher and coach Gordon Straley (1917-1999).
These materials will be cataloged as part of the West Lafayette Memories Project and made available for use by local residents and researchers.
Be sure to check out MORE THAN A GAME: The History of Football at West Lafayette High School 1901-1993 to learn more about Coach Straley. Search the Library online catalog for "More Than A Game"
And you can Search the library online catalog for the "Gordon Straley Collection" to discover a finding aid listing the contents of the collection. Please come to the Library to look through this collection of print materials.
WEST LAFAYETTE'S HISTORY began in the early 19th Century yet much of the town - now city's - history remains untold. Residents current and former are both welcome to contribute to this blog and to the Library's collection of West Lafayette Memories.
