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Athletics

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:

Athletic Department photographic negative collection

 Collection
Identifier: 03.AN
Scope and Contents The Athletic Negative collection is composed of negatives of Michigan State Normal College athletic teams as well as images from the Physical Education department who was responsible for organizing women's athletics on campus and tightly integrated with the Athletic department in the 1950s when these images were taken. The collection has been divided by sport and includes 8 series: Football, Cross Country, Track, Basketball, Baseball, Golf, and Physical...
Dates: 1953 - 1957

Athletic Video collection

 Collection
Identifier: 03.AV
Abstract

The Athletic Video collection is composed of 21 VHS cassettes that include Eastern Michigan University men's basketball and football games, 1 women's basketball game, and press clips about EMU teams.

Dates: 1987 - 2001

Athletics collection

 Collection
Identifier: 03.A
Abstract

The Athletics collection dates from the years 1890-2014, with a gap between 1980-2000 in the men's and women's articles and statistics. The collection includes administrative files, such as correspondence, minutes, agendas, and reports. Also included are athletic handbooks, photos, media guides, sports programs, clippings, ticket stubs, pamphlets, rosters, schedules and flyers. The collection documents both men's and women's organized sports at EMU.

Dates: 1890 - 2015

Barbara Page Roys scrapbook

 Series — Box 1: [Barcode: 32307025644619], Object: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 04.BPR

Bob Parks scrapbook collection

 Collection
Identifier: 03.BP
Abstract

The Bob Parks scrapbook collection contains the photographs and clipping scrapbooks of both the Track and Field and Cross Country teams that Parks coached from 1967-2000 as well as when Parks was a team member during from 1949-1952. Materials in the scrapbooks were collected and compiled by Bob Parks. The collection contains three series: Albums, Photographs, and Scrapbooks.

Dates: 1949 - 2003

Bowen Field House records

 Collection
Identifier: 015.BFH
Abstract

This collection documents the construction of Bowen Field House in 1955 at Michigan State Normal College. Records include renovation plans, press clippings, and other materials dating from 1954-2009. This collection is valuable to the history of college sports.

Dates: 1954 - 2009

David L. Prakken Letterman Sweater

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 32307023284665], Object: 1
Identifier: 03.DLP
Abstract

The David L. Prakken Letterman Sweater is an Eastern Michigan University College Letterman Sweater that belonged to EMU alumnus David Prakken. Prakken attended Eastern Michigan College from 1957 to 1961 when he graduated with a degree in Secondary Education. During his time at Eastern he played Varsity Tennis and was a member of the Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity.

Dates: 1960 - 1962

Eastern Michigan University Patch collection

 Collection
Identifier: 013.P
Abstract

The Eastern Michigan University Patch collection is comprised of 6 block letter patches that were distributed to athletes and encompasses all three versions: Block N for Normal, Block M for Michigan, and Block E for Eastern. The specifics of how letters were earned or distributed can be found in the Eastern Michigan University Athletics collection.

Dates: 1849 - 2010

Eastern Michigan University Trophy collection

 Collection
Identifier: 013.T
Abstract

The Eastern Michigan University Trophy collection is an artificial collection of items whose provenance is unknown. There are other trophies in a variety of collection including the Forensic Team records, Roosevelt School records, and Student Government, to name a few. Included in this collection is a trophy for the Ohio Relays Challenge, Homecoming and Champion of Students.

Dates: 1924 - 1979

Geraldine K. Barnes papers

 Collection
Identifier: 010.GKB
Abstract

The Geraldine K. Barnes papers contain resumes, biographical information, annual faculty evaluations, correspondence, Division of Girls' and Women's Sports administrative documents (agendas and meeting minutes), and sports rulebooks published in the early to mid-19th Century. The collection serves as a cross section of Barnes' tenure at Eastern Michigan University and is a more completely a picture of girls and womens sports in the early 1900s.

Dates: 1964 - 1993