Springfield College
Organization
Dates
- Usage: 1954 - Present
Found in 99 Collections and/or Records:
Springfield College’s Edward S. Steitz Records
Record Group — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG-178
Abstract
Edward S. Steitz was born on November 7th, 1920. After arriving at Springfield College in 1948, he was appointed as the head varsity basketball coach at Springfield College in 1956. His teams never had a losing season, and he ended with a 185-86 record. He served on the NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee from 1967 through his death in 1990. He can be credited for creating the three-point shot among many other rules. For this work and his passion for the game, Steitz was inducted into the...
Dates:
ca. 1951-1971
Student Union/Doggett’s House Records
Record Group — Box 01
Identifier: RG-148
Collection Scope and Contents
This collection documents the old Student Union house or, as it has been known over time, Doggett’s House, Gulick’s House, and/or Beebe’s House. Included in the collection is a letter dated May 31, 1900 from Luther Halsey Gulick offering his house to the school, a pamphlet thought to be from the late forties or early fifties talking about the house as a Student Union, and exterior images of the House throughout its life.
Dates:
ca. 1900-1960
Springfield College Swimming and Diving Team Records
Record Group — RG 169 All boxes
Identifier: RG-169
Collection Scope and Contents
Materials in the Springfield College Swimming and Diving Team Records collection include newspaper clippings, magazine articles, news releases, statistics (individual games, individual players, cumulative for season, and all time), correspondence, memorandums, notes, flyers, history manuscripts, brochures, programs, schedules, rosters, slides, and photographic prints having to do with the men’s and women’s varsity swim and diving teams of Springfield College. These include materials from the...
Dates:
ca. 1915-2018
Towne Student Health Center Records
Record Group — Box 01
Identifier: RG-142
Collection Scope and Contents
This collection contains information on the Towne Student Health Center. The collection contains floor plans, some information on the dedication, a few Springfield College news releases on the renovation and construction of the Health Center and the Richard P. Towne donations that made it possible, and some exterior and interior photographs.
Dates:
1970-2012
The Townhouses Records
Record Group — Box 01
Identifier: RG-141
Collection Scope and Contents
This collection visually documents the construction and completion of the Townhouses and also documents the interior of the Townhouse Wellness Center. Most of the collection is made up of photographs of which a whole series of slides created during the construction of the Townhouses constitutes the vast majority. Also included are various slides and photographs of the exterior of the townhouses and some interior shots of the Wellness Center, weight room and exercise room, located in the...
Dates:
1989-2013
Weiser Hall Records
Record Group — Box 01
Identifier: RG-143
Collection Scope and Contents
This collection documents Weiser Hall from its construction and original use as the college’s infirmary to its renovations and use by the Humanities departments. Included in the collection are copies of floor plans; newspaper articles both from outside newspapers and the Student on its construction and cornerstone laying in 1922; a speech, both print and VHS video, from the dedication ceremony held in 2006 to dedicate its latest renovations; a list of items in the cornerstone; and...
Dates:
ca. 1921-2006
Wellness and Recreation Complex Records
Record Group — Box 01
Identifier: RG-152
Collection Scope and Contents
The collection documents the building and initial year of the complex of buildings known as the Wellness Center, the Field House, and the Athletic Training/Exercise Science Center Buildings that were opened in 2009. The majority of the collection consists of ground breaking programs and the dedication materials, including a DVD with the video of the ceremonies, for the 2009 ribbon cutting or dedication ceremonies. There are also many photographs taken right before or after the ribbon...
Dates:
2007-2009
Lyle Welser Dance Class Papers
Collection — Box 01
Identifier: MS-521
Abstract
The Lyle Welser Dance Class Papers contain materials believed to have been created for a dance class that Ted Shawn created and taught as a professor at the International YMCA Training School (now Springfield College) during the 1932-1933 school year. Lyle Welser was a student at Springfield College during this period, graduating in 1933, and took this class. Ted Shawn, often regarded as one of the fathers of modern dance, developed his famous Men Dancers troop using Springfield College...
Dates:
1930-1960
George Williams Papers
Collection — Box 01-03
Identifier: MS-509
Abstract
Sir George Williams (1821-1905) founded the Young Men’s Christian Association in London in 1844. The movement spread rapidly, and fifty years later—in order to celebrate the organization’s Golden Jubilee—the directors of the International YMCA Training School, now Springfield College, in Springfield, Massachusetts invited Williams to address their graduating class of 1894. Because he was unable to attend the event in person, Williams wrote out and recorded an address to send to the School....
Dates:
1876 - 1972
Frank Wolcott Papers
Collection — Box 01-11
Identifier: MS-514
Abstract
In 1955, Frank A. Wolcott, Class of 1952, began working at Springfield College as a physical education professor and varsity gymnastics coach. Coaching the men’s varsity gymnastics team through the 1980-81 season, he ended his career at Springfield College as the Assistant Director of Athletics in 1996. Gymnastics innovator (including the use of the parachute in exhibition performances and physical education classes and recreation) and educator, this collection primarily contains materials...
Dates:
1890-1996; Majority of material found within 1960-1975