Department of Athletics records

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1 Finding aid prepared by Brian Stewart. Last updated on April 29, 11. Drexel University, Archives and Special Collections 10

2 Table of Contents Summary Information...3 Biography/History...3 Scope and Contents... 4 Administrative Information... 5 Related Materials... 6 Controlled Access Headings...6 Collection Inventory... 7 Administrative Subject Files... 7 Varsity Club files...11 Sports Banquet files... Press information Athletic Conferences...16 Sports Schedules Newspaper Clippings... Athlete name files Page 2 -

3 Summary Information Repository Drexel University: Archives and Special Collections Creator Drexel University. Dept. of Athletics. Creator East Coast Conference. Creator Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference. Creator Nelson, Al Creator Verb, Doug Title Department of Athletics records Call number Date [inclusive] Extent cubic feet Language English Biography/History The Department of Athletics at Drexel traces its origins back to 1892, a year after the institution?s founding. Originally formed as the Department of Physical Training, it was re-named the Department of Physical Education less than a year later. Athletics at Drexel Institute were, at the time, based on the physical well-being of the students rather than organized competition heralded the first formal, institutionally-sponsored competitive teams: the Football and Track and Field squads. Official - Page 3 -

4 intercollegiate competition began in 1914, while a policy of hiring professional coaching staff was introduced in 19. The Faculty Athletic Council, an advisory board, was officially established in 1924, though a student council had existed since In 1928, W.J.Stevens was appointed manager of athletics; the first individual position established with the responsibility of unifying and supervising the whole of the athletic program. With the support of then-president Kenneth G. Matheson and successor Parke R. Kolbe, Drexel added additional sports to a growing competitive schedule, including Lacrosse, Riflery and Ice Hockey. Athletics were briefly suspended entirely between 1943 and 1944, but continued increasing in success and popularity over the next thirty years. In 1973, Drexel Football was officially discontinued, coinciding with the construction of the university?s first all-purpose gymnasium and ending Drexel?s reliance on borrowed or rented facilities. The Drexel Athletics Department currently runs intercollegiate programs for eight men?s sports and eight women?s sports, as well as 33 club sports and a recreational sports/activities program. Dr. Eric Zillmer, the current Director of Athletics, has held the position since Scope and Contents The Department of Athletics Collection is divided into eight series; Administrative Subject Files, Athlete Name Files, Varsity Club Files, Sports Banquet Files, Press Information, Athletic Conferences, Sports Schedules and Newspaper Clippings. Series are arranged chronologically, except the subject files which are arranged alphabetically. Certain series have subseries which are themselves arranged chronologically. Administrative Subject Files are available in boxes 1, 6, 7, 8 and 9. This series contains a large quantity of alphabetically organized administrative records concerning an equally large quantity of specific endeavors, departments, activities or clubs. Materials in this series include records concerning athletic summer camps, advertising rates, Drexel Image self-studies, athletic policies and program budgets. Certain subject files also contain photographs and photograph negatives. This series contains records covering the years 1933 through 04, but individual subject files may only represent a one or two year period. Athlete Name Files are available in boxes 2 and 3, and cover information pertaining to the performance and athletic careers of specific individual students. This series is arranged alphabetically by inverted student name (last,first), and covers a date range of Individual files include student information, press releases, team rosters, athletic career summaries, newspaper clippings and photographs in some cases. Varsity Club Files are found in box 4, and contain records produced by the Drexel University Varsity Club between 1950 and Available materials include Varsity Varieties programs and photographs, newspaper clippings, administrative records and a large quantity of correspondence dating from 1963 to Contents are arranged chronologically. Sports Banquet files can be found in box 5, and primarily contain programs for banquet and award ceremonies hosted by the Faculty Council on Intercollegiate Athletics and the Drexel Athletics - Page 4 -

5 Department between the years of 1950 and Included are programs from Fall, Winter and Spring sports banquets, though not all seasons are available for every year. The contents of this series are arranged chronologically. Also included are 24 portrait photographs of Drexel homecoming queens, taken between 1950 and Press Information records are located in boxes10 through 16, and are composed primarily of news releases issued by the Office of Press Information between the years of 1962 and News releases are issued by collegiate athletic departments to local and national news outlets to provide official information concerning university sports programs. Also contained in this series are a number of official media guides produced and distributed by the Office of Press Information between 1960 and 1974, with a gap between 1963 and A single item is also available from 01. Documents in this series are arranged chronologically. Athletic Conferences records are available in boxes 17 through, and contain documents produced by the East Coast Conference and Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference between the years of 1948 and East Coast Conference records are primarily news releases produced by the conference?s Publicity Bureau and distributed to member institutions between 1978 and Media guides and other printed material issued by the ECC in 1983 and between the years of are also included. MAC records include seasonal meeting minutes and news releases issued by the Publicity Bureau to member institutions between the years of 1948 and All records are arranged chronologically, with separate orders for ECC and MAC subseries. Sports Schedules can be found in box 21. This series contains records that document the schedules of Drexel?s intercollegiate athletic teams between the years of 1948 and 03. In addition, information concerning the schedule and activities of intramural sports and physical education and recreation programs are also included. Bulk records end at 1996, with one item included from 03. Schedules and program guides specifically for Drexel Women?s Athletics are included as a subseries, covering the years from 1976 to There is a gap between 1989 and 1999, with one item from the latter year. Newspaper Clippings can be found in box 22, and include sports-related selections from Philadelphia-area newspapers produced in 1970 and Also included are sports-related article clippings from the Drexel Triangle dating from 1980 to This series is arranged chronologically. Administrative Information Drexel University, Archives and Special Collections 10 Finding aid prepared by Brian Stewart. - Page 5 -

6 Provenance Department of Athletics records Transferred to the archives from the Department of Athletics. Related Materials Materials cataloged separately Department of Athletics records relating to individual sports have been removed to separate collections. Controlled Access Headings Corporate Name(s) Drexel University. Dept. of Athletics. Subject(s) College athletes College sports Drexel Institute of Technology--History Drexel University--History Drexel University--Sports - Page 6 -

7 Administrative Subject Files Collection Inventory Old Arrangement. Administrative Subject Files, boxes. Scope and content note The subject files consist of various aspects of multiple men's and women's sports including correspondence to and from a number of individuals representing several athletic organizations, press releases, related photographs, commercial magazines (both articles and entire magazines), programs of athletic meets, advertising materials and brochures, and program proposals and assessments covering the time interval of the 1930s through Arranged alphabetically. Summer Camp Files. 14 folders (Summer camp records). Summer Youth Sports Camp, folder (Newspaper clippings, invitation letters). 1 1 Summer Camp, folders (Newspaper clippings, photographs, negative prints, brochures) Advertising Information, (Bulk, ). 1 folder. 1 5 Advertising rates - football magazine, folder. 1 6 Amatuer Athletic Union, folder. 1 7 Amateur Athletic Union Gymnastics, folder Page 7 -

8 Summer Camp Files Annual Report, folder. 1 9 Athletics, folder Athletics, folder Brazilian Soccer Clinic, folder. 1 Coaching staff meetings, folder Coaches Night, folder Campus Close-Up:Drexel Institute of Technology, folder. 6 1 Correspondence Related to History of Drexel Athletics, folder. 6 2 Daskalakis Athletic Center Hours, folder. 6 3 Dragon Club Newsletter Drafts of Articles & Notes, folder. 6 4 Dragon Club, folder. 6 5 Dragon Society, folder. 6 6 East Coast Conference Wrestling Championship, folder. 6 7 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), folder. 6 8 Football, folder. 6 9 Football Programs, folder Four-Minute Mile, folder Page 8 -

9 Summer Camp Files Hall of Fame, folder. 6 Image Study, folder Meal Money Report, Undated. 1 folder. 7 1 Men's Sports Rosters, folder. 7 2 Mission, Goals, and Strategic Planning, folder. 7 3 National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators (NACWAA), folder. 7 4 National Badminton Championships, folder. 7 5 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), folder. 7 6 NCAA Certification Self-Study, Undated. 1 folder. 7 7 NCAA Certification Self-Study, Undated. 1 folder. 7 8 North Atlantic Conference Annual Meeting, folder. 8 1 Office of Computing Services, folder. 8 2 Philadelphia Soccer 7, folder. 8 3 Physical Education Center, folder. 8 4 Athletic Policy, folders Preliminary Report - Expansion Program, folder. 8 7 Athletic Programs, folder Page 9 -

10 Summer Camp Files Athletic Programs, Undated. 1 folder. 8 9 Recreation Magazine 1945, folder Recreation Magazine 1946, folder Recreational Sports & Wellness, Undated. 1 folder. 8 Sixth Man (The), Undated. 1 folder. 9 1 Scrapbook Pages, folder. 9 2 Sport Club Contacts, folder. 9 3 Sports Information Media Form, folder. 9 4 Sports Information Sheets, folder. 9 5 Sports Review, folder. 9 6 Sports Tipsheet, folder. 9 7 Spring Sports, folder. 9 8 Student Life Committee, folder Best Players, folder Track & Crosscountry Budget, folder Track & Crosscountry Information Form, Undated. 1 folder. 9 Travel Schedule, folder Visitor's Guide, Undated. 1 folder Page 10 -

11 Varsity Club files Wellness Committee: Super Pit Stop, folder Women's Athletics, folder Workshop Convention (Penn Division, Athletic & Recreation Federation of College Women), folder Varsity Club files, (Bulk, ). 1 ( s). Scope and content note The Varsity Club files include materials from the Varsity Club, later named the Drexel Alumni Varsity Club. This was a student run organization initially created to provide financial assistance to male athletes. This series is arranged chronologically. Materials spanning the years circa 1950 to 1954 were produced by the Varsity Club; the Drexel Alumni Varsity Club created the materials spanning the years 1965 to Materials includes programs, newspaper clippings, and photographs of the Varsity Clubs' variety shows. There is also a significant amount of correspondence with Alumni Relations as well as various administrative records, including Alumni Relations financial records, newpaper clippings, and correspondence. Varsity Varieties program and photographs, folder. 4 1 Varsity Varieties program, folder. 4 2 Varsity Varieties program, folder. 4 3 Varsity Varities newspaper clippings and photographs, folder. 4 4 Correspondence , folder. 4 5 Correspondence , folder Page 11 -

12 Sports Banquet files Correspondence , folder. 4 7 Correspondence , folder. 4 8 Correspondence , folder. 4 9 Correspondence , folder Correspondence , folder Administrative records, folder. 4 Sports Banquet files, ( s). Scope and content note The Sports Banquet files series dates from 1951 to It consists of souvenir programs of sports award banquets hosted by the Drexel Department of Athletics. The banquets are divided by different seasons: some are annual and some are designated by season?fall, Winter, Spring. Some are specifically labeled with the designation of "D". Each program lists the awards presented in numerous categories across all men?s sports, the coaching staff rosters, cheerleading team rosters, schedules, and scores achieved. Dinner menus and guest speakers are also mentioned. The collection was processed by organizing the folders in order of dates respresented. Duplicate documents were not removed. "D" Banquet Program, folder. 5 1 "D" Banquet Program, folder. 5 2 "D" Banquet, folder Page -

13 Press information "D" Banquet Programs, folder. 5 4 Winter Sports Banquet, folder. 5 5 "D" Banquet, folder. 5 6 Fall Sports Banquet Programs, folder. 5 7 Honor "D" Dinner, folder. 5 8 "D" Banquet Programs, folder. 5 9 Sports Banquet Programs, folder Spring Sports Banquet Program, folder Homecoming Queens, folder (Photographs). 5 Press information, boxes. Scope and content note The Press Information Series contains material produced by Drexel for media consumption between 1960 and 01. It is divided into 2 subbseries based on material type: news releases and the more exapnsive media guides Subseries: News releases This series spans 1962 to 01 with gaps between , and It is arranged chronologically; when there are multiple folders for the same time period they are arranged alphabetically by the type of release noted on the folder (advance release, general release, etc.) This subseries overwhelmingly contains text press releases, put out under the auspices of Sports Publicty and then the Director of Sports Information. Two folders in contain what appears to be - Page 13 -

14 News releases working information used to generate press relases (releases from conferences, letters offering awards to students) as well as photopcies of press clippings. One folder contains a few photographs Named authors include: Norman L. Benn (Norm), ; Ted Taylor, ; Doug Verb, 1968 & 1874; Jack Andrews, 1969; Al Nelson Jr., ; John Shiffert, 1979; Robert B. Moore (Rob), ; Don Hale, 1980; William J. Kelso, 1982; Mart Cook, 1983; Bob McComas, ; Brian DiPasquale, ; Jan Giel, ; Rob Wilson, ; Walk King, 1991; Bob Heller, 1990; Chris Beckett, 01. Many releases do not list a named author. News release contents include games, team rosters, achievements and awards of individual athletes, season records. News releases, boxes. News Releases, , folders Al Nelson Press Releases #101-0, folder , Al Nelson Press Releases # , folder , , , , Page 14 -

15 News releases , , , Al Nelson Press releases #1-237, folder Doug Verb Press Releases #1-91, folder Athletes of the Week, folder News Releases, , (Bulk, ). 5 folders News Releases, , (Bulk, ). folders News Releases, , folders Page 15 -

16 Media guides News Releases, , folders News Releases, , (Bulk, ). 4 folders (60 s) Media guides, (Bulk, ) Athletic Conferences, (Bulk, ). 4 boxes (3 document boxes, (1) 1/2 document box). East Coast Conference news releases, boxes (2 boxes + 2 folders) , folder , folder , folders Page 16 -

17 East Coast Conference news publications , folders , folder , folder , folders , folders , folder , folders East Coast Conference news publications, folders. Player of the week/ Factbook, folder Media guide, folder Fact & record book, folder Page 17 -

18 Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference Records Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference Records, (14 folders) , folders Sports Schedules, (Bulk, ). 1 (32 folders). Annual Reports, folder Program Brochures, Undated. 1 folder Intramural Sports, (Bulk, ). 1 folder Physical Education, folder Recreation and Intramural Handbook, folder Page 18 -

19 Sports Schedules Sports Schedules, , folder Sports Schedules, 1953, folder Sports Schedules, , folder Sports Schedules, , folder Sports Schedules, , folder Sports Schedules, , folder Sports Schedules, , folder. 21 Sports Schedules, , folder Sports Schedules, , folder Sports Schedules, , folder Sports Schedules, , folder Sports Schedules, , folder Men's Spring Athletics Schedules, 1988, folder Athletics Schedules, , folder Spring Sports Schedule, 1996, folder. 21 Dragon Club Newsletter, folder Most Valuable Players, folder Page 19 -

20 Women's Athletics Women's Athletics, (Bulk, ). 10 folders. Women's Athletics, , folder Women's Athletics, , folder Women's Athletics Information Guide, Women's Athletics, , folder Women's Athletics, , folder Women's Athletics, , folder Women's Athletics, , folder Women's Tennis, folder Field Hockey, folder Women's Soccer, folder Newspaper Clippings, (6 s). Newspaper Articles Related to Drexel Athletics, 1970, folders Newspaper Articles Related to Drexel Athletics, 1972, folders Drexel Triangle Articles Related to Sports, folders Page -

21 Athlete name files 22 5 Athlete name files, (Bulk, ). 2 boxes (35 s). Ambler, Bob "Spider", folder. 2 1 Anderson, Michael, folder. 2 2 Arizin, Chris, folder. 2 3 Armstrong, Clarence, folder. 2 4 Browne, Jim, folder. 2 5 Buckley, Robert "Bob", folder. 2 6 Burkert, Randy, folders Canouse, Greg, folder. 2 9 Ciocciola, Janet, folder Clabbers, Ronald, folder Clark, Arthur, folder. 2 Congo, Richard, folder Cozen, Sam, folder Diana, Paul J, folder Page 21 -

22 Athlete name files Epstein, Herman, folder Fink, Dennis, folders Gotchel, Joel P, folder. 3 1 Greenwich, Larry, folder. 3 2 Keating, Megan, folder. 3 3 Mansfield, Paul, folder. 3 4 Marsh, Edward T, folder. 3 5 McCurdy, Michael, folder. 3 6 Muschek, Robert W, folder. 3 7 Rhile, Joseph E, folder. 3 8 Roesner, Mark, folder. 3 9 Rymal, Tom, folder Savini, Regina, folder Semanik, John, folder. 3 Serban, Mike, folder Shapiro, Dave, folder (Photograph) Shine, Jack, folder Page 22 -

23 Athlete name files Stephens, Bob "Sweeper", folder Thompson, Michael, folder Ulmer, Fred W, folder Williams, Jean Marie, folder Page 23 -