Ripon College basketball, Ripon College Archives

To mark the beginning of both the men’s and women’s basketball seasons in November, the Ripon College Archives has digitized selections from its basketball photograph collections. Intercollegiate basketball teams have competed at Ripon since at least 1907. The new digital collection showcases almost 200 photos of men’s and women’s intercollegiate and intramural basketball teams at Ripon from the early 1900s through the 1980s.

The earliest image in the digital collection: the Ripon College men's basketball team, with two coaches, in 1907. Ripon College Archives.
The earliest image in the digital collection: the Ripon College men’s basketball team, with two coaches, in 1907. Ripon College Archives.
A tipoff between two women's intramural players, ca. 1935. Ripon College Archives.
A tipoff between two women’s intramural players, ca. 1935. Ripon College Archives.
Don Stevens, center, surrounded by the taller members of the Ripon College basketball team, 1946. Ripon College Archives.
Don Stevens, center, surrounded by the taller members of the Ripon College basketball team, 1946. Ripon College Archives.
Ripon College Women's basketball team, 1979-1980. Ripon College Archives.
Ripon College women’s basketball team, 1979-1980. Ripon College Archives.

Browse and search all basketball photographs digitized by Ripon College Archives.

Explore the Archives’ full digital collection of campus history, hosted by the Milwaukee Public Library.