Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Womens Physical Education Department Records
1923-1976
Archives 19
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
- Title
- Womens Physical Education Department Records
- ID
- Archives 19
- Date [inclusive]
- 1923-1976
- Extent
- 2.0 containers
- General Physical Description note
- approximate 710 items
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- Collection contains correspondence, financial reports, preparatory notes for productions, programs, photographs, etc. There are also scrapbooks and programs related to the annual activities day.
Historical Sketch:
Women's physical education at W.S.U. began in 1901-02. Nine years later folk dancing was introduced into the program. Since that time dance has become an increasingly significant part of the women's physical education curriculum.
For further history, see "The History of the Development of the Women's Physical Education Major Program of the State College of Washington, From its Inception in 1919, to 1929," by Maxine Hazel Smith, Pullman, 1951 (Unpublished M.A. thesis).
Scope and Contents note
The records of the Women's Physical Education Department span the years 1923 through 1976 and are concerned with dance, gymnastics, and the Physical Education Majors (P.E.M.) Club. The collection includes correspondence mews, program preparations and schedules, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
The papers are grouped in two series. The first series contains correspondence (1923-1927) between W.S.U. faculty and Miss Elizabeth Burchenal, a folk dance specialist who conducted institutes on campus. Also in the first series are materials from the annual dance/gymnastics festival as well as other dance related activities. Memorabilia from the annual P.E.M. Club high school activities day, the club charter, and the club constitution make up the second series.
Arrangement note
The papers are arranged in two series. The first is concerned with dance related activities: correspondence, financial reports, preparatory notes for productions, programs, clippings, photos. The second series is devoted to P.E.M. Club functions: plans, correspondence, scrapbooks and programs related to the annual activities day; club charter and constitution. Within each series the chronological order of each subdivision and the original filing order in each folder have been retained.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/mascTerrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Conditions Governing Access note
The Collection is open for research use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
The Women's Physical Education Department records were donated to the Washington State University Library by Professor Jane Harris Ericson in June 1977. (UA 77-15)
Processing Information note
The collection was processed in May 1978 by Pat Graham Pidcock.
Related Materials
Related Archival Materials note
Subsequent records of the Women's Physical Education Department can be found in Archives 300.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- State College of Washington. Women's Physical Education Department.
- Washington State University. Women's Physical Education Department--Archives
- Washington State University. Women's Physical Education Department--Records and correspondence
Subject(s)
- Colleges and Universities
- Physical education for women--Washington (State)--Pullman--Archives
- Scrapbooks
- Student activities--Research--Archives
- Washington (State)
- Women
Collection Inventory
1 Dance |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Correspondence 1923-27 (Burchenal) 73.0 items |
1 | 1-3 | ||
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Correspondence 1945-1949 27.0 items |
1 | 4 | ||
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Financial Reports 1926-1935 45.0 items |
1 | 5 | ||
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Programs and Publicity 1926-1944 7.0 items |
1 | 6 | ||
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Square Dance 1951-1954 25.0 items |
1 | 7 | ||
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Dance Festival 1959-1970 313.0 items |
1 | 8-13 | ||
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2 Physical Education Majors Club |
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Annual Activities Day |
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1961-1968 17.0 items |
2 | 14 | ||
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1965 17.0 items |
2 | 15 | ||
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1968 11.0 items |
2 | 16 | ||
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1969 20.0 items |
2 | 17 | ||
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1970 27.0 items |
2 | 18 | ||
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1971 27.0 items |
2 | 19 | ||
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1972 26.0 items |
2 | 20 | ||
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1973 18.0 items |
2 | 21 | ||
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1974 14.0 items |
2 | 22 | ||
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1975 18.0 items |
2 | 23 | ||
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1976 14.0 items |
2 | 24 | ||
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P.E.M. Club Constitution and Charter 1963-1968 10.0 items |
2 | 25 | ||
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P.E.M. Club Scrapbook 1969-1975 |
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