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Announcement and photographs of Bob Schul's, a 27 year-old Miami student, shock victory at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Schul won the gold medal for the 5000 m distance run, and remains the only American to have done so. From "Miami University" by Dan…

Front page of the Miami Student October 20, 1964, announcing a win for the Miami football team over Northwestern and a win for Miami student Bob Schul at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

Pages from John Pont's 1961 playbook.

A photo (c. 1950s or 1960s) of the reference desk at Miami's Alumni Library

Helen Ball at the Reserve Desk of Alumni Library in the summer of 1964. Helen went on to become the first Head of the Walter Havighurst Special Collections.

A photo (c. 1950s or 1960s) of Miami's Alumni Library.

A photo (c. 1950s or 1960s) of the exterior of Miami's Alumni Library

A 1964 photo of Miami's Alumni Library

A 1964 photo of readers in Miami's Alumni Library

A 1964 photo of shelves in Miami's Alumni Library