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Edward Steitz Papers

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0054-9999

Content Description

plaques, photographs (framed & unframed), scrapbooks, books on basketball rules & Olympics basketball coaching material (overheads)

Restrictions Apply

No

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1960 to 1990

Creator

Extent

17 Linear Feet (11 boxes, 4 archive boxes)

Inventory

Edward Steitz Box List Box List Created on: 4/8/09 Box List Updated on: 7/13/10 Extent: 17 LF Arrangement Notes: No arrangement inherent in collection. Materials just stacked in boxes in envelopes. Materials were taken out of envelopes and placed in folders designated by the envelope they were removed from. Arrangement within folders was maintained wherever possible. Some of the books donated were repeats and were removed from the collection. Provenance Notes: Bulk, but not all, the materials were acquisitioned in August 2006 under the acquisition number Z06-15. According to the notes, it is not known when the materials arrived or where they originally came from. Additional materials were also discovered on the shelves with no record of receipt. Box 1 of 15 • Photographs of Edward Steitz • Tape of rules clinic 1978-79 and philosophy of realistic officiating • VHS Tape of the Edward Steitz Memorial Service 1990 • Basketball rules on 8x10 slides • Edward Steitz Rule and Case books- o Rule Books-  NCAA 1971, 1976  National Federation of State High School Association • 1976-1978 o Case Books  National Federal of State High School Athletic Associations • 1967-1973, 1974-1978, 1980-1981 • 8x10 Rule Slides Unframed • Article about Springfield College Exhibition Dancers • Photograph of Edward Steitz and Archie Allen • Basketball Rules Clinic 1982-1983 • Comite International olympique bulletin 1991-1999 • 9th international congress of the International Council on Health, Physical Education and Recreation • International Council of Sport and Physical Education o Sport for all recommendations • China Sports and Culture Center • Sport Education, Mexico • International Olympic Academy, Greece, 1969-1972 • Revue Analytique D’Education Physique Et Sportive o 1964 • Comite Olympique Bulgare o 1963, 1969, 1970 • International Council on Sport and Physical Education o Declaration on Sport  Tokyo, October 25, 1964 • Biathlon-United States Olympic Committee • Federation Mexicana De Basquetball • Competitors Handbook o Mexico City, 1968 Box 2 of 15 • Unframed 8x10 slides, illustrated basketball rules • Framed 8x10 slides of illustrated and written basketball rules • Students’ teachers of physical education evaluations • Original copies of the written and illustrated basketball rules by Edward Steitz • Photos from o the ABAUSA (American Basketball Association United States of America) Annual Meeting o Random photos of Ed Steitz with different people. o Second International Basketball Seminar and Visual Experience in the U.S.A o 26th Annual CCA Basketball Supervisors clinic  Birmingham, AL September 13-14, 1977 • Articles, Photos, Information and Certificates from the 2nd Annual International Basketball seminar in 1976 • 8x10, overhead projector slides of basketball rules (unframed) • Western Massachusetts District Board # 31 o 25 Year Award (1977) • Half Million Miler-100,000 mile club award-United Air Lines (2 Plagues) Box 3 of 15 • 1982 Illustrated Rules • 1981 Rules committee • 1981 Illustrated Rules • The Official NCAA rules 1979 • 1980 and 1981 official illustrated rules • Report on Selected on NCAA team Championships o 1978, NCAA • 1978 Rules • Report on Selected Team Championships o 1977 • Official rules 1976 • Statistics Manual • Championship Manual • NCAA Division II Committee • College Basketball 1981 press kit • Survey by NCAA Special Committee on Length of Season (out of NCAA meeting ) • Correspondence between Steitz and NCAA conference commissioners and directors o SEC, ECAC • NCAA Basketball rules Committee information • Personnel Folder from Academic Affairs Box 4 of 15 • Miscellaneous Basketball notes and rules information from Steitz (4 folders) • NCAA public Relations Manual • Fundamentals of Press Relations and Newspaper Publicity o Springfield College Press Bureau • Athletic Directors Working Conference • National Collegiate Championships Handbook o 1982 Division II Men’s and Women’s basketball  Championships-Men’s and Women’s Springfield, MA March 18-20 • NCAA- 1980 Convention Program-1980 New Orleans, Louisiana • NCAA-Comparison of Budget to Actual Income and expense • NCAA Productions Policies • Original Copy of 1982 revision of rules • Official Supplement of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball Rules Committee (1980) 2 copies • Committee Action-1981-1982 • 1981 Basketball Rules Illustrated • 1980-NCAA Illustrated Basketball rules • Basketball officiating rules and information • Rules Committee notes (from Springfield College) • Correspondence • National Federation Rules Committee o Meeting Agenda Kansas City, Missouri 1980 • Memos about the rules changes • Basketball rules • NCAA rules 1979-1980 • NCAA rule book s • NCAA -1981 Basketball rules and interpretations o 1980 rules and interpretations • The Art of Officiating Sports • 1981 NCAA illustrated Basketball rules • 1980 NCAA Illustrated Basketball rules • 1982 NCAA Illustrated Basketball rules • 1979-1980 officiating manual • 1976-1977 Basketball Officiating manual Box 5 of 15 • Framed photograph of Springfield College basketball team, first American team to travel around the world for the United States State Department. • United States Olympic Committee Plaque. Letter from the director to Ed Steitz • Plaque- o In recognition of outstanding contributions to international sports exchanges • ECAC-Certificate of Appreciation (x2) • Mounted photo from the ABAUSA meeting in 1984 • Certificate of Membership to the Naismith memorial basketball hall of fame • Southwest Basketball Officials Association-Plaque • Greater Albuquerque chamber of commerce o In appreciation of your interest and devotion of the field of sports Box 6 of 15 • Illustrated Basketball Rules (Set B) • Article announcing basketball rule changes for 1983-1984 • Read-Easy men’s basketball Rules 1983 • Letter to Mrs. Steitz from United Air Lines regarding the strike in 1985 • Rules and Interpretations • 2nd set of Rules and Interpretations • Rule and Interpretation changes and approval 1968-1969 • 1975-Rules Editors Copy • 1977-NCAA official rules • Information about Cities wishing to host the Olympics • Olympic Development • The Olympic Games • Physical Education and Sports In Japan-1964 • Olympic Supplement-Tokyo 1964 • Olympism • The Olympic Games- General Information USOC • The Olympian-1976-1977 • 5.9.72 • Federation Internationale D’Education Physique • Kodak-Movie Film-Super 8 • 1984 Men’s Basketball Rules and Interpretations • Mexico Olympics guide book. • VHS tape - “38 on Sports” guest Dr. Edward Steitz – videotaped: July 22, 1983 Box 7 of 15 • Dick Vitale’s Basketball: The Pro/College Annual for the Serious Fan • The Basketball Bulletin o 1975-1986 • Amateur Basketball Association USA o 1979-1981, 1983 • International Basketball o 1978-1988 Box 8 of 15 • Signed 8x10 framed photo of Edward Steitz • 8x10 framed Sketch of Steitz from 196 3 • 11x14 Framed photograph of the Springfield College Basketball team with Steitz (No date) • 11x14 framed-Springfield College Basketball team (First team to play in India) on a Site Seeing tour. • 11x14 framed photograph of the Springfield College basketball team exiting a plane • Photograph of Residents of a remote village in India watching the Springfield College basketball team • Photograph of members of the SC basketball team at the Taj Mahal • Photograph of SC basketball team mingling with merchants in Ceylon where they conducted clinics (First team ever to do this) • Photograph of the building where the team lived for a week while they were in India • Springfield College’s arrival in Paris ( First stop on the tour) • Photograph-SC played the Indian. They were the first college team to play in India. The game was played outside in 108 degree heat • Photograph-SC basketball team in India Box 9 of 15 • Photograph-Edward Steitz and a member of the SC basketball team in India • Photograph-Steitz with the SC basketball team • Framed Sketch of Steitz, and some of his players, as a preview to the basketball season, something that might have appeared in the newspaper • Cornell Baseball team (not sure what the connection is) • Plaque-Collegiate Basketball Officials Association (outstanding membership) • Springfield College Centennial celebration plaque-certificate of appreciation • Plaque-ECAC certificate of appreciation • Photographs. Members of basketball team and coach Steitz in India • Plaque-Appointed as honorary Deputy Sheriff in Springfield In Hampden County • United States Olympic Academy-certificate of participation, 1983 Box 10 of 15 • Edward Steitz’s collection of business cards • Rule/Officiating Index cards 67-68 • Sports Adaptes Aux Handicapes • The Olympic Idea • ICSPE seminar • Bulletin 2 • Basketball Information/Teams/Travel broken down by country or region o Canal Zone o Manila o Panama Clinic o India o Europe and Europe Clinic o Answers on Rules o Clinics 1977 o Europe 1969 o Saudi Arabia o Canal Zone o Panama o Clinic o Releases Russian Tour o International Cup • Eastern International Gymnastics League • Germany Clinic • Germany 1974 • India • Intercontinental Cup Trip • USOC-Munich 1972 • India Trip 1972 • Pakistan • BFUSA Constitution Committee • Airway Bill Number • Personal information • Golden Jubilee Celebrations • The Contribution of Sport to the construction of Modern Africa • Fundamental Officiating, interpretations and Scientific Techniques in basketball • Give the Olympics back to the people • Press Guide-United States of America Team: For the VI Pan Games, Cali Columbia • Olympic Pictorial • Basketball Federation Brochures • “ Current Status of Service Course Physical Education Activity Program in Four-Year Colleges and Universities in the United States • Sports Digest • Local Authorities and Sport • Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands • The Problems of Exercise Metabolism • Clinic Washington • Summer and Winter Olympic Photographs Box 11 of 15 • The Art of Officiating Sports • Original copies of the 1980, 1981, 1982 NCAA illustrated basketball rules and interpretations Box 12 of 15 • Copies of articles about basketball and its rule changes • Chronological notebook of articles • 3 pt rule –A chronological notebook of articles for Dr. Edward Steitz, compiled by Darryl L. Daily in 1987 • More articles about all the rule changes • From a scrapbook binder o Laminated articles about the SC Basketball team o Photos from the SC basketball team, here in the states and on their world tour Box 13 of 15 • Rome and the 1960 Olympic Games (book) • Munich Olympics of 1972 (book) • “Sport” Magazines 1964 (1)1965 (2)1969 (2) – do not know if there are specific reasons these are there • Seminar Papers on the role of Sport in Education of Youth (Warsaw May 1973 (CIEPS) • Various “The Olympian” Magazine from 1975-1976 – do not know if there are specific reasons these are here • Olympic Newsletter Mexico 68 Olympics updates – various copies • Look like Swimming and boxing (1 each) 1972 Olympic programs. • Report of the IOC Commission on South Africa in 1967 • Flag, Coat of Arms and National Anthem of Suriname • P266 Folk Dance I • 1972 Folder of the Basket ball rules for 1972 – looks like Steitz’s personal copy • Folder of some misc information on Lake Placid and timekeepers Box 14 of 15 • Information and Instructions for the 1972 United States Olympic Team Delegation • 1971 Folder of the Basket ball rules for 1971 – looks like Steitz’s personal copy • Misc Folder • UNESCO Youth Institute Sport Problems and the Sporting Press – A study Seminar held at the UNESCO Youth Institute May 19-31, 1963 • Check Sport 1967 Magazine – do not know if there is specific reason that these are there • National Institute of Sports March 1972 Publication • ODEPA Selecciones Deportivas May 1969 and March 1969 • Official Basketball Rules for 1971 & 1972 – un attached copies • Olympic Supplement Tokyo 1964 • United States Olympic Team information for the 1972 Olympics • Denver Olympic Games 1976 International Bulletin • US Olympic Committee Directory 1969-1973, 1965-1969 • 3copies of the US Olympic Committee Constitution, By-Laws and General Rules as amended in April 19 1969 Box 15 of 15 • 1971, 1974 & 1970 – Ed’s personal Editor’s Copy of the Basketball Rules • Aramco World Magazine from Summer 1972 • Peach Basket Festival Tip-off Classic promotional covers • Folder of photographs Oversize Material • Phi Epsilon Kappa Scrap Book o Phi Epsilon Kappa certificate o Correspondence o Articles o Photos • Honorary Tar Heel Plaque • American Airlines-Admiral of the flagship fleet Framed Certificate • College Football Centennial Award-1969-Plaque • Plaque of the first American basketball team to play in India, Pakistan or Ceylon • Plaque photograph of the first American basketball team to play in India, site seeing. • Two full sized photographs of Steitz and players shooting basketballs.