Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
James and Jean Genasci Papers
Collection — Box 01-08
Identifier: MS-540
Abstract
Dr. James Genasci was born in 1928. He attended Springfield College, receiving his Bachelor of Science in 1950 and a Master of Science in 1955. He got a Doctor of Education from the University of Northern Colorado in 1960. He was an Associate Professor of Physical Education and eventual Assistant Director of the Division of Graduate Studies at Springfield College from 1963 to 1994. Dr. Genasci was also an advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, co-founding the Pioneer Valley Chapter of PFLAG, Inc....
Dates:
ca. 1940-2000
James Naismith Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-506
Abstract
The materials in this collection relate primarily to the life of Dr. James Naismith. Naismith was born in Almonte, Ontario, Canada in 1861. He graduated from McGill University with an A.B. in 1887 and Presbyterian College in Montreal with a religion degree in 1890. From 1890-91, Naismith was both a student and an instructor at the YMCA Training School (now Springfield College), and he continued as an instructor at the International YMCA Training School until 1895. During Naismith’s second...
Dates:
1888-2016; Majority of material found within 1888-1961
Springfield College Thomas F. Waddell Records
Collection — Box 01
Identifier: MS-537
Abstract
Dr. Thomas (Flubacher) Waddell (SC Class 1959) was a doctor, a decathlon athlete who participated in the 1968 Olympics, and the founder of the Gay Games (1982). Dr. Waddell was drafted into the army in 1966 as a preventative-medicine officer and paratrooper. Rather than going to the Vietnam War he trained for the Olympics, becoming a US decathlete in the 1968 Olympics where he placed sixth. Dr. Waddell, after joining a gay bowling league, was inspired to organize a gay sporting event modeled...
Dates:
1955-2015
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- AIDS (disease) 2
- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome 2
- Athletes 2
- Decathlon 2
- Gay Games 2
- Gay activists 2
- Gay athletes 2
- Gays and sports 2
- Gymnastics 2
- HIV (Viruses) 2
- HIV infections 2
- Olympians (Olympic athletes) 2
- Olympic athletes 2
- Olympic games 2
- Springfield College -- Alumni and alumnae 2
- Springfield College -- Gymnastics 2
- Springfield College -- Gymnastics -- Exhibition team 2
- Springfield College -- Gymnastics -- Men 2
- Backpacking 1
- Basketball 1
- Basketball -- Coaching 1
- Basketball -- History 1
- Basketball -- Rules 1
- Basketball players 1
- Gay college students 1
- Gay rights 1
- Gay-straight alliances in schools 1
- Gays -- Family Relationships 1
- Homophobia 1
- Homosexuality and education 1
- Hygiene 1
- Kampus Kolony 1
- Lakeside Village 1
- Lesbians -- Family Relationships 1
- Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany) 1
- Olympics -- History 1
- Parents & Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Pioneer Valley, Mass.) 1
- Parents of gays 1
- Physical education and training 1
- Skis and skiing 1
- Springfield College -- Basketball 1
- Springfield College -- Basketball -- Men 1
- Springfield College -- Campus 1
- Springfield College -- Clubs 1
- Springfield College -- Curriculum 1
- Springfield College -- Faculty 1
- Springfield College -- Track and Field 1
- Springfield College -- Track and Field -- Men 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Young Men’s Christian associations 1 + ∧ less
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