Lindenwood Magazine - Fall 2021

8 FALL 2021 EDITION THE LINDENWOOD 9 FALL 2021 EDITION THE LINDENWOOD FEATURED STORY FEATURED STORY Lindenwood history. Right now, the focus is on newer content, but Huffman hopes to add some of the older content eventually. “It [archives] can help people understand how we’ve become the way that we are today. It can help guide us into decisions we want to make in the future. If we see a certain choice the university made in the past didn’t work out, we can learn from it and try something different,” Huffman said. Lindenwood recently obtained the Sporting News archives, a collection of significant sports-related news, covering basketball, hockey, football and specifically baseball. Huffman hopes to get the Sporting News archives organized soon, as once they are organized, it will put Lindenwood, as far as a research institution for sports, on a national scale. Huffman believes that there is significant value in having and maintaining the archives. He says the archives are open to the public and Lindenwood students. Huffman stated that he loves to track down information and values the active preservation of history. It [archives] can help people understand how we’ve become the way that we are today. It can help guide us into decisions we want to make in the future. If we see a certain choice the University did in the past didn’t work out, we can learn from it and try something different PAUL HUFFMAN FUN FACTS ? Do you know who Cobbs Hall was named after? According to President Roemer’s papers, after James and Margaret Butler left their millions to Lindenwood, a number of people came out of obscurity to sue for a piece of the estate. Through his expertise, lawyer, Thomas Harper Cobbs, managed to keep the original intent of the Butler’s will intact. Cobbs Hall Artifacts dating back to Lindenwood’s establishment are kept in the archives.