Football Team Photographs, circa 1945

The Shirley Russell Coen Fairview High School Class of 1945 Collection contains information on the Fairview High School graduating class of 1945 and its reunions. The collection consists mainly of scrapbooks, materials covering general information, and issues of the high school newspaper, Tower News.

Series I, General Information, consists of materials dated 1943 to 2015 dealing with the history of the Class of 1945 such as copies of the senior photographs from the senior yearbook, news clippings from the Journal-Herald, and photographs of school sports teams and other extracurricular activities. Of particular note are three panoramic photographs from the reunions, as well as information about the two stained glass windows designed by Robert Metcalf.

Series II, Scrapbooks, is made up of seven numbered volumes dated from 1945 to 2016, containing primarily newspaper clippings and photographs about class members and reunions.

Series III, School Newspapers, consists entirely of issues of the Tower News, the Fairview High School newspaper, dated 1943-1950. There are a number of loose issues, the bulk of which date from 1943-1945. The bound volumes of Tower News date from 1943-1950. The bound volume from 1944-1945 includes a front page article about the stained glass window donation from the Class of 1945.