The Women in Physical Education Oral History collection was the result of interviews conducted by Claudia Wasik with alumna and educators in the Michigan State Normal College (Eastern Michigan University) Department of Physical Education.

The Department of Physical Training was established at the Michigan State Normal School in 1894, also the year that the new gymnasium building was completed. From its inception, the Department was overseen by Wilber Bowen and Fannie Cheever Burton, who was the first Director of the Women's Gymnasium.

The Women in Physical Education Oral History collection has been arranged by interviewee. In some instances, there are both VHS and DVD versions of the interviews.