Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Organization
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Springfield College Armed Forces Collection
Record Group — Box 01-15
Identifier: RG-104
Abstract
The Springfield College Armed Forces Collection contains correspondences, drawings, enlistment records, mailing lists, photographs, publications, scrapbooks, and service records which showcase the sacrifice and service of alumni during wartime.The College’s ties with the YMCA resulted in many alumni, students and faculty going overseas to work as YMCA camp secretaries. Like many colleges and universities across the country, Springfield established their own SATC unit on campus...
Dates:
1898-1946
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
Channing R. Mann Springfield College Records
Collection — Box 01
Identifier: MS-533
Abstract
Channing R. Mann was a native of Lincoln, Nebraska and a graduate of Lincoln High School. He received his professional training at Springfield College, then known as the International YMCA College. He graduated in 1916. From 1917-1919 he directed the Army YMCA program at Fort Jackson. In 1920, he became the first certified hygiene and physical training director of New York State, serving as the Director of Health, Physical Education in the public schools of Troy, New York, a position he held...
Dates:
ca. 1919-1980
Leslie Mann Springfield College Records
Collection — Box 01
Identifier: MS-532
Abstract
Leslie Mann was born on November 18, 1893 in Lincoln, Nebraska. While attending Lincoln high school, Mann lettered and made All-state in three sports: basketball, baseball, and football. Mann attended Springfield College from 1911 to 1913 and received a Bachelor of Physical Education in 1925 and a Bachelor of Science in 1941, the delays mainly due to his Major League Baseball career. Mann is widely regarded as one of the most talented athletes to attend the college, becoming the first...
Dates:
ca. 1908-2017
Amos Alonzo Stagg Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-507
Abstract
Amos Alonzo Stagg, known as the “Grand Old Man of Football,” was born on August 16, 1862 in West Orange, New Jersey. In 1890, Stagg became a faculty member at the International YMCA Training School, now Springfield College, where he stayed until 1892. During his time in Springfield, Stagg formed and managed the school’s first football team, was a captain of the baseball team, and even played in the school’s earliest basketball game. The materials within this collection relate primarily to...
Dates:
1891-2009; Majority of material found within 1891-1962
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
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
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- Subject: Springfield College -- Alumni and alumnae X
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- Springfield College -- Sports 5
- Springfield College -- Sports -- Men 5
- Springfield College -- Faculty 4
- Gymnastics 3
- Springfield College -- Baseball 3
- Springfield College -- Football 3
- Springfield College -- Gymnastics -- Exhibition team 3
- AIDS (disease) 2
- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome 2
- Athletes 2
- Coaches (Athletics) 2
- Decathlon 2
- Gay Games 2
- Gay activists 2
- Gay athletes 2
- Gays and sports 2
- HIV (Viruses) 2
- HIV infections 2
- Olympians (Olympic athletes) 2
- Olympic athletes 2
- Olympic games 2
- Olympics 2
- Springfield College -- Baseball -- Men 2
- Springfield College -- Basketball 2
- Springfield College -- Basketball -- Men 2
- Springfield College -- Campus 2
- Springfield College -- Gymnastics 2
- Springfield College -- Gymnastics -- Men 2
- Annual Thanksgiving New England Gymnastics Clinic 1
- Backpacking 1
- Baseball 1
- Basketball 1
- Basketball -- History 1
- Channing Mann Award 1
- Clowns 1
- Contrology -- Pilates method 1
- Correspondence 1
- Division for Girls' and Women's Sports 1
- Football 1
- Football -- Coaches 1
- Football -- History 1
- Football -- History -- 19th Century 1
- Football -- History -- 20th Century 1
- Gay college students 1
- Gay rights 1
- Gay-straight alliances in schools 1
- Gays -- Family Relationships 1
- Gymnastics -- Clowns 1
- Gymnastics -- Coaching -- United States 1
- Gymnastics -- Competition 1
- Gymnastics for men 1
- Gymnastics for women 1
- Homophobia 1
- Homosexuality and education 1
- Hospitals 1
- Hygiene 1
- Inter-Allied Games (1919 : Colombes, France) 1
- JayFro 1
- Kampus Kolony 1
- Lakeside Village 1
- Lantern slides 1
- Lesbians -- Family Relationships 1
- Mannscope 1
- Parachutes 1
- Parents & Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Pioneer Valley, Mass.) 1
- Parents of gays 1
- Pennsylvania State University -- Gymnastics 1
- Physical education and training 1
- See-how 1
- Skis and skiing 1
- Southern Connecticut State University -- Gymnastics 1
- Spanish-American War, 1898 1
- Springfield College -- Buildings 1
- Springfield College -- Clubs 1
- Springfield College -- Curriculum 1
- Springfield College -- Homeshow 1
- Springfield College -- Soccer 1
- Springfield College -- Soccer -- Men 1
- Springfield College -- Tableaux 1
- Springfield College -- Track and Field 1
- Springfield College -- Track and Field -- Men 1
- Stony Brook Acres Summer Sports School (Wilbraham, Massachusetts) 1
- Syracuse University -- Gymnastics 1
- Temple University -- Gymnastics 1
- United States Military Academy -- Gymnastics 1
- United States Naval Academy -- Gymnastics 1
- University of Massachusetts Dartmouth -- Gymnastics 1
- University of Pennsylvania -- Gymnastics 1
- University of Princeton -- Gymnastics 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Health aspects 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Young Men’s Christian associations 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1 + ∧ less
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