Olympics
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
Leslie Mann Papers
Collection — Boxes All boxes
Identifier: MS-535
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. 1893-2020
James Naismith Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-506
Abstract
The materials in this collection relate primarily to the life of Dr. James Naismith. Naismith was born in Almonte, Ontario, Canada in 1861. He graduated from McGill University with an A.B. in 1887 and Presbyterian College in Montreal with a religion degree in 1890. From 1890-91, Naismith was both a student and an instructor at the YMCA Training School (now Springfield College), and he continued as an instructor at the International YMCA Training School until 1895. During Naismith’s second...
Dates:
1888-2016; Majority of material found within 1888-1961
Lawrence F. O’Brien National Basketball Association Papers
Collection — Boxes All boxes
Identifier: MS-504
Abstract
Lawrence F. O’Brien (LOB) had a long and illustrious career in national politics before being named Commissioner of the National Basketball Association in 1975. Born in Springfield, Mass. in 1917, he received a law degree from Northeastern University in 1942 and served in the Army during World War II. He ran the campaigns of Democratic Party nominees for U.S. president in 1960, 1964, 1968, and 1972 and was twice Chairman of the Democratic Party. Under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, LOB was...
Dates:
1970-1990; Majority of material found within 1975-1984
Alberto Regina Papers
Collection — Box 01-08
Identifier: MS-513
Abstract
Alberto Regina will always be remembered in South America as one of the most influential figures in the world of physical education. Having been a teacher and mentor for approximately 1,200,000 people, his influence and knowledge has affected generations. In the United States, Regina is portrayed as the Naismith figure for basketball in Argentina. Alberto Regina lived from 1900-1948; working approximately 35 of these years within the Argentinian Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA)....
Dates:
1900-2010; Majority of material found within 1919-1948
Scrapbook #2: Misc. Baseball career materials (Loose materials - Olympic baseball photographs), ca. 1936
Folder — Box 03, Folder: 20
Series 4 Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Materials within Series 04: Scrapbooks include seven scrapbooks holding various photographs, magazine and newspaper articles, and documents of and about Leslie Mann, all created between ca. 1912-1959. See Scope and Contents for each Scrapbook for more information on contents. Scrapbook #1 Scope and Contents Scrapbook #1: Photograph album presented to Mama holds pictures of Leslie Mann and his family, and places they, or he alone, traveled to...
Dates:
ca. 1936
Series 04: Scrapbooks, ca. 1912-1959
Series — Multiple Containers
Series 4 Scope and Contents
Materials within Series 04: Scrapbooks include seven scrapbooks holding various photographs, magazine and newspaper articles, and documents of and about Leslie Mann, all created between ca. 1912-1959. See Scope and Contents for each Scrapbook for more information on contents. Scrapbook #1 Scope and Contents Scrapbook #1: Photograph album presented to Mama holds pictures of Leslie Mann and his family, and places they, or he alone, traveled to...
Dates:
ca. 1912-1959
The Naismith Chronicles: Being by, to, and about Dr. James Naismith... an unpublished manuscript by Katherine Holmes Naismith (Folder 1 of 2), ca. 1950-1985
Folder — Box 02, Folder: 02
Collection Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The materials in this collection relate primarily to the life of James Naismith. The collection includes the official records from Naismith’s time at the YMCA Training School, several photographs of Naismith, Naismith’s correspondence with the College’s Alumni Association, and a page from an autograph book that Naismith filled out in 1888. There are three unpublished manuscripts about Naismith written by other people within the collection, including one by Grace Naismith, titled “The Father...
Dates:
ca. 1950-1985
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