McCurdy, J. H. (James Huff), 1866-1940
Person
Found in 4 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
Washington Gladden Boathouse Records
Record Group — Box 01
Identifier: RG-123
Collection Scope and Contents
This collection documents the Washington Gladden Boathouse. The collection consists of information gathered for a digital collection tilted Boathouse Photo Collection, created at some point after 2000, boathouse rules that were created by faculty member James Huff McCurdy, early pictures of the construction of the boathouse, and some pictures of the exterior of the building, some with the students using the facility. Of particular note are glass negatives of the construction of the...
Dates:
ca. 1901-2010; Majority of material found within 1901-1940
Attallah A. Kidess Papers
Collection — Box 01-04
Identifier: MS-528
Abstract
Dr. Attallah Alexander “Ted” Kidess was born in Jerusalem, Palestine on December 25, 1910. Before coming to the United States, he earned degrees from American University in Cairo and Queens College in Oxford. At Springfield College, he earned a Master’s Degree (1935) and a Doctor of Physical Education Degree (1958). Kidess went back to Jerusalem to serve at the director of physical education at the Jerusalem YMCA from 1937 to 1947. He returned to Springfield College as a faculty member in...
Dates:
ca. 1930-1999
R. Tait McKenzie Papers
Collection — Box 01
Identifier: MS-508
Abstract
Robert Tait McKenzie (1867-1938)—physician, educator, and sculptor—was a childhood friend of James Naismith and a longtime colleague of both Naismith and Luther Halsey Gulick. This collection focuses chiefly on McKenzie’s artwork and professional life, and it contains manuscripts (by Hussey, Leys, and Wolffe) and articles about McKenzie, exhibition catalogs, and images of his sculptures. In addition to this, the collection contains a letter from McKenzie to Dr. James Huff McCurdy and a...
Dates:
1929-2009; Majority of material found within 1929-1934
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- Springfield College -- Buildings 2
- Springfield College -- Faculty 2
- Bronze sculpture 1
- Canoes and canoeing 1
- Figure sculpture 1
- Gladden Boathouse 1
- Hospitals 1
- Hygiene 1
- Inter-Allied Games (1919 : Colombes, France) 1
- Internationalism 1
- Jerusalem 1
- Lake Massasoit 1
- Lakes 1
- Olympics 1
- Palestine 1
- Sculpture 1
- Sculpture -- 20th Century 1
- Sculpture -- Exhibitions 1
- Spanish-American War, 1898 1
- Sports in art 1
- Springfield College -- Alumni and alumnae 1
- Springfield College -- Campus 1
- Springfield College -- International 1
- Springfield College -- Sports 1
- Springfield College -- Sports -- Men 1
- Springfield College -- Tennis 1
- Springfield College -- Tennis -- Men 1
- Students, Foreign 1
- WSRB 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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