Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Organization
Found in 69 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
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
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
Springfield College Women's Physical Education Majors Club Records
Record Group — Box 01
Identifier: RG-183
Collection Scope and Contents
The Women's Physical Education Majors Club records contains photographs, constitutions, printed materials, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings and news releases created between 1956 to 1963. Most of the materials are in or were part of a scrapbook on the club. The scrapbook focuses on events conducted by the club, including carnival, demonstrations, "playdays," AAHPER and the Eastern District conventions, sporting events, and luncheons. There are listings of club officers, some of which are...
Dates:
ca. 1956 to 1963
Woods Hall Records
Record Group — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG-144
Collection Scope and Contents
This collection documents Woods Hall which was built in 1904 and remained, with many renovations, in use through 2009. Mostly the collection contains photographs of the interior and exterior of the building. The photographs of the exterior of the building are both before and after the major renovations that occurred in 1960-61. There are also a fair amount of pictures of the kitchen and dining rooms, in particular the dining rooms as they existed in 1940s and early 1950s. In...
Dates:
ca. 1903-2008
Springfield College Wrestling Team Records
Record Group — RG 173 All Boxes
Identifier: RG-173
Abstract
The Springfield College Wrestling Team Records collection contains materials and information on the Springfield College Wrestling teams (varsity, junior varsity and freshman) from their first season in 1915 through the present day. The bulk of the materials begins in the 1900’s and continues through 2017. Materials include photographs of teams, players and matches; scorecards and scorebooks from individual matches; compiled statistics, individual player and team; news clippings of individual...
Dates:
ca. 1915-2017
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- Springfield College -- Homeshow 4
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- AIDS (disease) 2
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- Gay Games 2
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- Science 2
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- Springfield College -- Athletic Training/Exercise Science Complex 2
- Springfield College -- Baseball -- Men 2
- Springfield College -- Bemis Hall 2
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- Springfield College -- Field House 2
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- Springfield College -- International 2
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