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Seattle University Athletics Department Administrative Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 029-04

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

  • 1946-1987
  • Majority of material found within 1950 - 1980

Creator

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).

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

Contact:
901 12th Avenue
Seattle WA 98122-1090 USA