Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Organization
Found in 15 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
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
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
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
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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- Basketball 3
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- Springfield College -- Gymnastics -- Men 3
- Springfield College -- Students 3
- Springfield College -- Swimming and diving 3
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- Springfield College -- Swimming and diving -- Women 3
- AIDS (disease) 2
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- Athletic directors 1
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- Carnivals 1
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- Correspondence 1
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- Diving boards 1
- Doug Parker Invitational 1
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- Gay college students 1
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- Gymnasts 1
- Homophobia 1
- Homosexuality and education 1
- Hygiene 1
- Kampus Kolony 1
- Lakeside Village 1
- Lantern slides 1
- Lesbians -- Family Relationships 1
- Mannscope 1
- Marching 1
- Marching drills 1
- Messiah Petrofes Invitational 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
- SC Dancers 1
- SC Exhibition Dancers 1
- See-how 1
- Skis and skiing 1
- Springfield College -- All American 1
- Springfield College -- Athletic fields 1
- Springfield College -- Berry Allen Field 1
- Springfield College -- Curriculum 1
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