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Cowboys' new archivist tackling game footage, draft data from Dallas' first decade
By JEFF MOSIER
Staff Writer
Published: 26 November 2014 03:24 PM
Updated: 26 November 2014 04:35 PM
For decades, the Dallas Cowboys have kept memorabilia ranging from old player contracts to its earliest video footage piled in storage buildings and stashed in filing cabinets -- sometimes only vaguely remembered.
Although the Cowboys’ history is revered, many details are only now starting to come into focus with assistance from an East Texas native who arrived via the Philadelphia suburbs.
Joshua Thorn was hired over the summer as the Cowboys’ first team archivist, a position more commonly associated with museums and universities. The lifelong Cowboys fan and former archivist for Campbell’s Soup has the job of consolidating and organizing more than 54 years of local football history.
“You’re only as a good as your collections, and you’re only as good as what you can find in those collections,” said the 31-year-old native of Palestine, Texas.
Cowboys' new archivist tackling game footage, draft data from Dallas' first decade
By JEFF MOSIER
Staff Writer
Published: 26 November 2014 03:24 PM
Updated: 26 November 2014 04:35 PM
For decades, the Dallas Cowboys have kept memorabilia ranging from old player contracts to its earliest video footage piled in storage buildings and stashed in filing cabinets -- sometimes only vaguely remembered.
Although the Cowboys’ history is revered, many details are only now starting to come into focus with assistance from an East Texas native who arrived via the Philadelphia suburbs.
Joshua Thorn was hired over the summer as the Cowboys’ first team archivist, a position more commonly associated with museums and universities. The lifelong Cowboys fan and former archivist for Campbell’s Soup has the job of consolidating and organizing more than 54 years of local football history.
“You’re only as a good as your collections, and you’re only as good as what you can find in those collections,” said the 31-year-old native of Palestine, Texas.
