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COLLECTION Identifier: SC 118

Kristin Powell collection on the Radcliffe College Department of Physical Education, 1985-1987

Notes, articles and clippings re: Dudley Sargent, the Sargent school, fencing. Digital

Scope and Contents

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

Scope and Contents

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

Scope and Contents

Photocopies of teams and sporting events; commencement address, 1901; biography of Eva A. Mooar, class of 1908; clippings and notes.

Radcliffe College athletics, 1910s. Digital

Scope and Contents

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

Scope and Contents

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

Scope and Contents

Includes clippings and photocopied photographs; transcript of interview, 1987; letter written by Frances Jennings; "1980 Women's Ivy Tennis Championship" program.

Radcliffe College athletics, 1930s. Digital

Scope and Contents

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

Scope and Contents

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

Scope and Contents

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

Scope and Contents

Reports to trustees and health reports, various interview transcripts, clippings, Cabot Crew poster, 1945.

Radcliffe College athletics, 1950s. Digital

Scope and Contents

Letter from Denise Scheinberg, interview transcripts with Ann Karnovsky, Ann Gordon Bain, clippings, health service reports, notes re: archery.

Radcliffe College athletics, 1970s. Digital

Scope and Contents

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

Scope and Contents

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.

Sport overview-Linda Jean Carpenter and R. Vivian Acosta. Digital

Scope and Contents

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.