Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the Northwest College Women's Sports Association Records
1940-2013
Cage 795
Table of Contents
- Summary Information
- Biography/History
- Scope and Content
- Arrangement
- Administrative Information
- Related Materials
- Names and Subjects
- Detailed Description of Collection
- Series 1: Policies and bylaws
- Series 2: Communications
- Series 3: Meetings and reports
- Series 4: Committees
- Series 5: Sports
- Series 6: Miscellaneous
- Series 7: Northwest College Women's Sports Foundation
- Series 8: NCWSA history project
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
- Creator
- Northwest College Women's Sports Association
- Title
- Northwest College Women's Sports Association records
- ID
- Cage 795
- Date [inclusive]
- 1940-2013
- Extent
- 10.0 linear feet of shelf space, 22 containers
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- The Northwest College Women's Sports Association (NCWSA) Records contains the administrative files for the body governing intercollegiate women's athletics in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington from 1966-1982. In addition, a handful of colleges from British Columbia also participated in the NCWSA. This collection contains meeting minutes and agendas, correspondence, policies and rules governing student athletes and individual sports, and results and programs for NCWSA sanctioned tournaments. The collection also provides information about the impact of Title IX on women's athletics.
Preferred Citation
[Item description]
Northwest College Women's Sports Association Records, 1940-2013 (Cage 795)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biography/History
The Northwest College Women's Sports Association was founded in 1966 as the Northwest College Women's Extramural Association. The formation of this regional organization was part of a larger movement to create a more formally organized system for women's intercollegiate athletics by the Division of Girls' and Women's Sports (DGWS). On April 14, 1966, the organization was officially formed in Boise, Idaho and Catherine "Kit" Green of the University of Washington was named the organization's first President (then called "Chairman"). The first constitution for the organization, passed in April 1967, stated that the organization's purpose was "to promote and coordinate Northwest extramural events for college women" and "to establish and maintain desirable standards for these extramural events." In the 1966-1967 academic year, the NCWEA sanctioned events in badminton, basketball, bowling, dance, field hockey, gymnastics, riflery, skiing, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, and volleyball. Initial membership consisted of 44 colleges.
In 1970, the organization changed its name to the Northwest College Women's Sports Association and Sue Durrant was the first president under this new title. In 1973, the NCWSA suspended the restriction against athletic scholarships, a position held by many women's sports organizations prior to a ruling declaring such provisions in violation of newly enacted Title IX. In 1975, the NCWSA officially joined the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW), becoming Region 9 of the emerging national organization. By 1979, the NCWSA grew to the point that a home office was considered, but by 1982, the organization faced serious losses in membership due to increased efforts by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (the main rival to the AIAW) to govern women's athletics. While it is unclear exactly when the NCWSA ended operations, the organization seems to have folded in 1982. After the organization ended operations, its funds were used to form the Northwest College Women's Sports Foundation, an organization dedicated to supporting female college student athletes in the region.
Scope and Content
This collection contains the bylaws, policies, meeting minutes and agendas, correspondence, and tournament results for the Northwest College Women's Sports Association, which was Region 9 of the AIAW from 1975-1983. The meeting minutes include notes from the annual general meeting, the Executive Committee, the Governing Committee, and the committee for tournaments and scheduling. The collection also contains newsletters and the correspondence for nearly every Association President from 1966-1983. In addition, materials pertaining to women's sports in the Northwest prior to the NCWSA are contained in this collection. Documents in the collection deal with everything from details on rules and eligibility to broader issues regarding the implementation of Title IX and the need for an organization dedicated solely to the advancement of women's collegiate sports.
Series 1: Policies and Bylaws, 1966-1983. This series consists of the constitutions, bylaws, policy handbooks, and member directories for the NCWSA.
Series 2: Communications, 1966-1983. This series consists of the correspondence of past presidents of the NCWSA, with the exception of the 1975-1976 academic years. This series also includes issues of the Association newsletter and statements on Title IX from 1980.
Series 3: Meetings and Reports, 1941-1996. This series consists of two subseries: Annual Meetings and Budgets and Reports
Subseries 1: Annual Meetings, 1964-1996. This subseries consists of agendas, budgets, notes, and correspondence for the annual meetings of the NCWSA. It also includes materials related to the organization's 30th year reunion in 1996.
Subseries 2: Budgets and Reports, 1941-1983. This subseries consists of the NCWSA general operating budgets, reports from meetings of the AIAW and Commission for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (CIAW), historical documents about women's collegiate sports in the Northwest, and reports and proposals submitted to the NCWSA.
Series 4: Committees, 1967-1983. This series consists of minutes, agendas, correspondence, and support materials for the following committees: Executive, Governing, Student, Ethics and Eligibility, Awards, and Sports Advisors. The Governing Committee would occasionally run surveys or studies, which have been interfiled with the committee meeting files. Tournament schedules and arrangements were determined by the Sports Advisors Committee and their support materials are filed after their meeting files.
Series 5: Sports, 1940-1982. This series consists of programs, regulations, correspondence, results, and historical documents related to specific sports governed by the NCWSA. Sports included are: badminton, basketball, bowling, cross country, fencing, field hockey, gymnastics, skiing, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, and volleyball.
Series 6: Miscellaneous, 1971-1982. This series consists of materials on athletic director workshops, officiating services, financial aid regulations, and external sports governing bodies.
Series 7: Northwest College Women's Sports Foundation, 1978-2013. This series consists of files created by the Northwest Women's College Sports Foundation, which was created to support femal college student athletes in the Pacific Northwest. The organization was founded in 1982 after the dissolution of the NCWSA. The organization’s primary activity was to award scholarships to female student athletes. In 1995, the NCWSF sponsored talks about the history of the NCWSA at the national convention for the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD). The organization dissolved in 2013.
Series 8: Northwest College Women's Sports Association History Project, 1964-2003. This series consists of the administrative files for an oral history project on the Northwest College Women's Sports Association. The bulk of the series consists of the transcripts of the oral histories and the audio cassette tapes on which the interviews were recorded. The series also contains background materials for the oral histories including research materials, correspondence, and information about the methods used to conduct the oral histories.
Arrangement
The documents in this collection are arranged in eight series. Subseries 3.1 is organized in reverse chronological order. Subseries 3.2 is arranged according to groupings found in the collection's original arrangement. Each committees files in Series 4 are arranged in reverse chronological order. Series 5 is arranged according to sport.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2013
https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/
Terrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open and available for research use.
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions apply.
Acquisition Information
The Northwest College Women's Sports Association Records was donated to Washington State University by Sue Durant in 2013 (MS 2013-13).
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Steven Bingo in 2013.
Related Materials
Related Material
Sue M. Durrant Papers, 1956-2006 (Cage 711)
Washington State University Gender Equity Lawsuit Papers, 1969-2007 (Cage 954)
Preliminary Guide to the Joanne Washburn Papers, 1921-2001 (MS 2005.06)
Centennial Oral History Project Oral Histories, 1982-1988 (Archives 202)
Washington State University History 398 (History of Women in the American West) Student Projects, 1996-2005 (Archives 262)
Washington State University Womens Physical Education Department Records, 1973-1981 (Archives 300)
Names and Subjects
Corporate Name(s)
Subject(s) :
- Northwest College Women's Sports Association -- Archives
- United States. Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX.
Subject(s)
- College athletes -- Northwest, Pacific
- Women athletes -- Northwest, Pacific
- College sports -- Northwest, Pacific -- Management
- Women coaches (Athletics)
- Sports and Recreation
- Colleges and Universities
- Women
- Washington (State)
- Idaho
- Oregon
- Montana
- Alaska
- British Columbia
Detailed Description of Collection
Series 1: Policies and bylaws 1966-1983 |
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box | folder | |||
Constitution drafts and correspondence 1966-1967 |
1 | 1 | ||
Constitution and bylaws, early 1969-1971 |
1 | 2 | ||
Constitution and bylaws, incomplete 1974-1979 |
1 | 3 | ||
Policy handbooks 1973-1983 |
1 | 4-13 | ||
Policy handbooks 1966-1973 |
2 | 14-20 | ||
Membership directories 1966-1983 |
2 | 21-37 | ||
Membership applications 1974-1975 |
2 | 38 | ||
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Series 2: Communications 1966-1983 |
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box | folder | |||
President's correspondence - Mary Rubright 1981-1984 |
3 | 39 | ||
President's correspondence - Carol Ladwig 1981-1982 |
3 | 40 | ||
President's correspondence - Reba Lucey 1980-1981 |
3 | 40.1 | ||
President's correspondence - Kathy Clark 1979-1980 |
3 | 41 | ||
President's correspondence - Marjorie Anderson 1978-1979 |
3 | 42 | ||
President's correspondence - Becky Sisley 1977-1978 |
3 | 43 | ||
President's correspondence - Carla Rice 1976-1977 |
3 | 44 | ||
President's correspondence - Joanne Washburn 1974-1975 |
3 | 45 | ||
President's correspondence - Sara Officer 1973-1974 |
3 | 46 | ||
President's correspondence - Dot Dobie 1972-1973 |
3 | 47 | ||
President's correspondence - Jean Putnam 1971-1972 |
3 | 48 | ||
President's correspondence - Sue Durrant 1970-1971 |
3 | 49 | ||
President's correspondence - Marian Forsythe 1969-1970 |
3 | 50 | ||
President's correspondence - Colleen Lynch 1968-1969 |
4 | 51 | ||
President's correspondence - Colleen Lynch 1967-1968 |
4 | 52 | ||
President's correspondence - Catherine Green 1966-1967 |
4 | 53 | ||
Newsletters 1966-1983 |
4 | 54-69 | ||
Title IX positions 1980 |
4 | 70 | ||
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Series 3: Meetings and reports 1941-1996 |
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Subseries 1: Annual meetings 1964-1996 |
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box | folder | |||
NCWSA / NCWSF reunion 1996 |
4 | 71 | ||
Annual meetings 1980-1982 |
4 | 72-73 | ||
Annual meetings 1974-1980 |
5 | 74-80 | ||
Annual meetings 1964-1974 |
6 | 81-91 | ||
Subseries 2: Budgets and reports 1941-1983 |
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box | folder | |||
AIAW Committee to Study Alternative Qualifying Routes to AIAW National Championships 1981 |
6 | 92 | ||
AIAW meetings and reports 1980-1981 |
6 | 93-94 | ||
Report of AIAW fall board meeting 1979-1980 |
6 | 95 | ||
AIAW reports 1976-1979 |
6 | 96 | ||
AIAW correspondence 1975-1976 |
6 | 97 | ||
AIAW Delegate Assembly 1974-1976 |
6 | 98-99 | ||
AIAW Handbook 1974-1975 |
6 | 100 | ||
AIAW correspondence and reports 1973-1974 |
7 | 101 | ||
AIAW report 1972-1973 |
7 | 102 | ||
AIAW newsletters 1975 |
7 | 103 | ||
Budgets and financial reports 1969-1981 |
7 | 104 | ||
Budgets for tax exempt status 1967-1977 |
7 | 105 | ||
CIAW - Intercollegiate Athletic Committee 1970-1971 |
7 | 106 | ||
Constitutions used to draft first NCWSA constitution 1964 |
7 | 107 | ||
Historical materials 1963-1966 |
7 | 108-110 | ||
Historical materials regarding officiating services in the Northwest 1941-1963 |
7 | 111-112 | ||
Home Office Feasibility Study 1979 |
7 | 113 | ||
Incorporating community colleges into NCWSA 1977 |
7 | 114 | ||
Mountain West Conference proposal 1982-1983 |
8 | 115 | ||
Northern Community College Women's Conference 1973 |
8 | 116 | ||
Northwest College Women's Sports Association: 1964-1973 1975-1976 |
8 | 117 | ||
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Series 4: Committees 1967-1983 |
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box | folder | |||
Executive Board 1973-1983 |
8 | 118-126 | ||
Executive Board 1969-1973 |
9 | 127-128 | ||
Governing Committee 1975-1978 |
9 | 129-131 | ||
Governing Committee questionnaire February 1975 |
9 | 132 | ||
Governing Committee undated |
9 | 133 | ||
Amateur status study 1974-1975 |
9 | 134 | ||
Governing Committee 1973-1974 |
9 | 135 | ||
Basketball survey April - May 1974 |
9 | 136 | ||
Governing Committee 1972-1973 |
9 | 137 | ||
Dorthea Coleman's Governing Committee files 1972-1973 |
9 | 138 | ||
Governing Committee 1965-1972 |
10 | 139-145 | ||
Student committees 1975-1980 |
10 | 146 | ||
Ethics and Eligibility Committee 1970-1982 |
10 | 147-157 | ||
Awards Committee 1977-1978 |
10 | 158 | ||
Sports Advisors committee 1965-1979 |
10 | 159-171 | ||
Facilities undated |
10 | 172 | ||
Tournament correspondence 1967-1969 |
10 | 173 | ||
Tournament packets 1974-1977 |
10 | 174 | ||
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Series 5: Sports 1940-1982 |
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box | folder | |||
Badminton 1967-1977 |
11 | 175 | ||
Northwest Women's Basketball League 1979-1982 |
11 | 176-179 | ||
Basketball history undated |
11 | 180 | ||
Basketball 1978-1982 |
11 | 181-188 | ||
Basketball 1974-1978 |
12 | 189-200 | ||
Basketball 1964-1974 |
13 | 212 | ||
Bowling 1968-1977 |
13 | 213-221 | ||
Cross country 1974-1982 |
13 | 222 | ||
Fencing 1974 |
13 | 223 | ||
Field Hockey 1940-1982 |
14 | 224-243 | ||
Gymnastics 1968-1982 |
15 | 244-257 | ||
Skiing 1953-1980 |
15 | 258-260 | ||
Soccer 1980-1981 |
15 | 261 | ||
Softball 1969-1982 |
15 | 262 | ||
Swimming and diving 1975-1982 |
15 | 263-269 | ||
Swimming and diving 1966-1975 |
16 | 270-277 | ||
Tennis 1960-1986 |
16 | 278-295 | ||
Track and field 1968-1982 |
17 | 296-304 | ||
Volleyball 1966-1982 |
17 | 305-320 | ||
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Series 6: Miscellaneous 1971-1982 |
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box | folder | |||
Athletic Director workshops 1974-1981 |
18 | 321-328 | ||
Officiating Services 1973-1982 |
18 | 329-336 | ||
Officiating Services 1971-1973 |
19 | 337-339 | ||
Financial aid regulations 1973-1976 |
19 | 340 | ||
NCAA 1981-1982 |
19 | 341 | ||
NAIA 1979 |
19 | 342 | ||
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Series 7: Northwest College Women's Sports Foundation 1978-2013 |
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box | folder | |||
Board meeting, 3-8-1996 1994-2000 |
20 | 343 | ||
Board meetings - supporting documents 1994-2001 |
20 | 344 | ||
Communications 1979, 1995-2001 |
20 | 345 | ||
Donor file 1997, 2000 |
20 | 346 | ||
Final grant record (money disbursed in 2013) 2013 |
20 | 347 | ||
Final report and compilation 1985-2001 |
20 | 348 | ||
Financial records - miscellaneous 1983-1994 |
20 | 349 | ||
Financial records - sample of yearly receipts (printing, mailing cost, etc.) 1996-1997 |
20 | 350 | ||
Financial records - statements and contracts 1996-2013 |
20 | 351 | ||
Financial records - tax documents 1978-2013 |
20 | 352 | ||
NCWSF archives 1991 |
20 | 353 | ||
NCWSA history 1979, 1996 |
20 | 354 | ||
Reports 1996 |
20 | 355 | ||
Scholarships 1993, 1994 |
20 | 356 | ||
Scholarship applications and fundraising letters 2000 |
20 | 357 | ||
box | ||||
Award medallions and buttons undated |
22 | |||
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Series 8: NCWSA history project 1964-2003 |
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box | folder | |||
Historical summary and American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance convention program information 1995 |
20 | 358 | ||
Historical tribute - Becky Sisley 1978 |
20 | 359 | ||
NCWSA Past-President Awards 1979, 1981 |
20 | 360 | ||
Constitutions of early intercollegiate athletics organizations for women 1964-1968 |
20 | 361 | ||
Development and correspondence 1993 |
20 | 362 | ||
Interview format undated |
20 | 363 | ||
Interview forms undated |
20 | 364 | ||
Signed release forms for interviews 1993 |
20 | 365 | ||
Oral history - Edith Betts, founder and organizer 1970, 1993 |
20 | 366 | ||
Oral history - Catherine "Kit" Green 1992-1993 |
20 | 367 | ||
Oral history - Marian Forsythe 1993 |
20 | 368 | ||
Oral history - Colleen Lynch (no interview done) undated |
20 | 369 | ||
Oral history - Sue Durrant (no interview done) 2004 |
20 | 370 | ||
Oral history - Jean Putnam 1993, 2003 |
20 | 371 | ||
Oral history - Dorothy "Dot" Dobie 1993 |
20 | 372 | ||
Oral history - Sara Officer 1978, 1993 |
20 | 373 | ||
Oral history - Joanne Washburn 1993 |
20 | 374 | ||
Oral history - Karla Rice 1993 |
20 | 375 | ||
Oral history - Jean Anderson 1974-2001 |
20 | 376 | ||
Oral history - Becky Sisley 1993 |
20 | 377 | ||
Oral history - Kathy Clark 1993-1999 |
20 | 378 | ||
Oral history - Marjorie Anderson 1993 |
20 | 379 | ||
Oral history - Reba Lucey 1993 |
20 | 380 | ||
Oral history - Carol Ladwig 1992-1993 |
20 | 381 | ||
Oral history - Mary Rubright (no interview done) undated |
20 | 382 | ||
Oral history - Ellen Kreighbaum - history of women's sports in Montana 1979, 1993 |
20 | 383 | ||
Oral history - Virginia "Ginny" Hunt - AIAW President-elect, 1982 1993 |
20 | 384 | ||
box | ||||
Oral histories - Audio cassette recordings 1992-1993 |
21 | |||
Past-President Awards and buttons undated |
22 | |||
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