Kristin Powell collection on the Radcliffe College Department of Physical Education, 1985-1987
Radcliffe athletic history by Kristin Powell, incomplete drafts, 1879-1900 Digital
Chronology: the development of athletics at Radcliffe from 1879-1940s, 1986. Digital
Includes notes and clippings.
Notes, articles and clippings re: Dudley Sargent, the Sargent school, fencing. Digital
Articles include: Sullivan and Rosenblatt, "Dr. Dudley Sargent: The Man: His Personality and Accomplishments"; Bruce L. Bennett, "Contributions of Dr. Sargent to physical education"; Van Wyck, "Harvard Summer School of Physical Education, 1887-1932"; Dudley A. Sargent, "Handbook of Developing Exercises."
Radcliffe College athletics, 1879-1899. Digital
Notes on physical education at Radcliffe, 1890-1899; clippings re: new gym, tennis club, trousers for women, sports and athletics by members of the classes 1890-1899, Harvard-Yale track program.
Radcliffe College athletics, 1900s. Digital
Photocopies of teams and sporting events; commencement address, 1901; biography of Eva A. Mooar, class of 1908; clippings and notes.
Marjorie Hurd, class of 1908, article, "My Ascent of the Matterhorn on July 28, 1925", Radcliffe Quarterly Digital
Radcliffe College athletics, 1910s. Digital
Articles include: Dean Briggs, "An Idealist in Athletics," and "School, College and Character"; Adelaide H. Thierry, "When Radcliffe Was Teen-Age"; clippings re: sport and women's health; various athletic diagrams and photocopied photographs; report of the director of the gymnasium; information on Harriet Chenery (Bonney) Ryan, and Bessie Huntting Rudd.
Radcliffe College athletics, 1920s. Digital
Includes teams; reports; biography of Bessie Huntting Rudd, class of 1917; Elizabeth A. Wright et al; director of the gymnasium; reports by Presidents and Directors of physical education; and notes.
Frances Jennings, class of 1923, 1980-1987. Digital
Includes clippings and photocopied photographs; transcript of interview, 1987; letter written by Frances Jennings; "1980 Women's Ivy Tennis Championship" program.
Elizabeth Plimpton, class of 1929, 1984, undated. Digital
Includes magazine clippings re: roller skating and transcript of interview with Elizabeth Plimpton.
Delia Hodson scrapbook, 1929. Digital
Contains clippings and photocopied photographs.
Radcliffe College athletics, 1930s. Digital
Clippings and photocopied photographs, physical education and health reports, "The American College Girl....by Ten American College Girls" (excerpts).
Marjorie (Sachs) Wilson ex '32, 1987 undated. Digital
Re: career as a tennis player, "Boston Transcript", 1932, articles written by Marjorie (Sachs) Wilson, re: tennis, Radcliffe, Bermuda and Wimbledon.
Radcliffe College athletics, 1930s. Digital
Photocopies from alumnae special collections, clippings, correspondence, and interview transcripts re: Maribel Vinson Owen and Emma Knowlton Lythe, class of 1932.
Radcliffe College athletics, 1940s. Digital
Reports to trustees and health reports, various interview transcripts, clippings, Cabot Crew poster, 1945.
Dolly Driscoll, class of 1947. Digital
Contains photocopied sport photographs, clippings re: crew.
Radcliffe College athletics, 1950s. Digital
Letter from Denise Scheinberg, interview transcripts with Ann Karnovsky, Ann Gordon Bain, clippings, health service reports, notes re: archery.
Radcliffe College athletics, 1960s. Digital
Clippings, photocopied photographs, transcripts, health reports and President's reports.
Radcliffe College athletics, 1970s. Digital
Clippings and photocopied photographs, athletic memos and reports, reports of trustees and Presidents and "Standing committee on athletic sports," "Elimination of Sex Discrimination in Athletic Programs," 1975, excerpt from Federal Register, 1975.
Radcliffe College athletics, 1980s. Digital
Includes New York Times magazine, 1987, clippings and photocopied photographs, hockey skills test, "interview subjects" for sailing, lacrosse pamphlet, Harvard/Radcliffe Foundation for Women's Athletics articles and notes, athletic reports 1985-1986.
Radcliffe sports clippings, 1982-1987. Digital
Contains newspaper clippings, letter from Kristin Powell to the Christian Science Monitor.
Sport overview-Linda Jean Carpenter and R. Vivian Acosta. Digital
Includes magazine clippings, re: "Sport and higher education," Carpenter, "The impact of Title IX on women's intercollegiate sports," "Women in intercollegiate sport," 1977-1986.
Rose Frisch studies on athletes/non-athletes. Digital
Articles re: cancer, menarche, amenorrhea, and diabetes.