[Soccer] Willem II football club, extensive Leo Waijers archive
Collosal archive containing Jubilee books, photos, signatures, newspaper clippings, entrance tickets, admission fees magazines (a.o. De Willem II-er, 1950s) and other ephemera relating to Willem II spanning several decades, partly pre-1950, but mostly 1960s-2010s. Includes: (1) Willem II. Veertig Jaar. Gedenkboek 1936. 176 p. Edges shaved, first flyleaf loose. Added: 50 jaar Willem II, Willem II kampioen van Nederland 1952 and 'Brabants Kampioenen kwartet KNVB Competitie 1954-1955'. With: approx. 120 photo-albums, including an album of cigar bands of Willem II, an album with older photos and documents, among them a handwritten letter from (a spokesperson of) Willem II to H.V.V. Helmond detailing a suspended match, dated december 15th 1919: 'dat de wedstrijd Helmond Willem II gisteren gestaakt is wegens de (...) stand 3-1 in het nadeel van den 1e elftal was. Onze reserves zullen dus nog eens bij U terug moeten komen (..) Wij vragen U daarom om de reis van onze spelers 2e klas te zullen vergoeden hetgeen billijk is (..), gezien de verhouding die steeds tusschen onze vereenigingen bestaat'. Also included: an album with 4 signed beer coasters and more.