Seattle University Athletics Department Administrative Records
Scope and Contents
This collection of administrative records from the Seattle University Athletic Department includes scattered materials from 1946 to 1987; including budgets (1956-60; 1980), correspondence (1956-1958; 1979-80), Athletic Board Minutes (1966), Connolly Center Building Fund (1967), Connolly Center Dedication (1969), Memorial Gymnasium (1947), news clipping and telegrams (1950-51), Tomahawk Club brochure (1979-80), intramural athletic program brochures (1979-80), report of the Presidential Task Force on Intercollegiate Athletics (1980), minutes of the Sports Transition Committee (1980); news releases of the transition from NCAA Division One sports to the NAIA (1980), and the final report of the Presidential Task Force on University Sports (1987). This collection is not comprehensive.
Dates
- Creation: 1946-1987
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1950 - 1980
Creator
- Seattle University. Athletics Dept (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
These administrative records from the Seattle University Athletic Department were transferred to the library in 2004 and represent a collection of materials lacking in topical depth with significant chronological gaps. Materials are scattered across forty years (1946-1987) with files that include: budgets (1956-60; 1980), correspondence (1956-1958; 1979-80), Athletic Board Minutes (1966), Connolly Center Building Fund (1967), Connolly Center Building Dedication (1969), Memorial Gymnasium (1946), news clipping and telegrams (1950-51), Tomahawk Club brochure (1979-80), intramural athletic program brochures (1979-80). The most significant historical reports are those related to Seattle University's transition from NCAA Division One sports to NAIA membership (1980).
Extent
2 Linear Feet (1 box and 2 half boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection of administrative records from the Seattle University Athletic Department includes scattered materials from 1946 to 1987; including selected information on budgets, facilities and intramural athletic program; report of the Presidential Task Force on Intercollegiate Athletics (1980), and the minutes of the Sports Transition Committee reflecting Seattle University's transition from NCAA Division One sports to the NAIA (1980).
Subject
- Seattle University--Basketball (Organization)
- Seattle University--Golf (Organization)
- Seattle University--Baseball (Organization)
- Seattle University--Basketball--Statistics.. . (Organization)
- Seattle University--Soccer (Organization)
- Seattle University--Tennis (Organization)
- Seattle University. Athletics Dept (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Seattle University Athletics Department Administrative Records
- Author
- Mary Linden Sepulveda
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for preparing the finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Repository Details
Part of the Seattle University, Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons, Special Collections Repository