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 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Athletics - Club Sports - Crew. Records, 1999-, 1999

 Series
Identifier: RG8-8-1
Scope and Contents This collection consists of the history of the Davidson College Crew Team, flyers/advertisements, the structure of the board, and the responsibilities of its members. There is also an informational flyer concerning Crew at Davidson handed out during Decision Davidson. The earliest record is a program from the 1st Annual Parents Weekend Inter-squad Regatta in 1999. Also included are print outs of the official newsletter of Davidson Crew, Power Ten, which began publication and distribution...
Dates: 1999

Athletics - Club Sports - Sailing. Records, 1966, 2003-, 1966

 Series
Identifier: RG8-8-2
Scope and Contents The first folder contains two versions of the Sailing club constitution. The second folder (Records, 1966, 1985, 2003-8) consists of a five-page letter from the Sailing Club president Charles H. Robertson, Jr., to the Board of Trustees, in which Robertson asks that the club be allowed to practice and compete on Sundays. Also in the file are excerpts from a letter from the Executive VP of the Inter-Collegiate Yacht Racing Association (ICYRA) that Robertson sent as an enclosure to the...
Dates: 1966

Athletics - Club Sports - Swimming. Correspondence, 2007-, 2007

 Series
Identifier: RG8-8-4
Scope and Contents

The Club Swimming folder contains e-mail correspondence sent from Lindsay Brownell concerning chartering the club and the first practices.

Dates: 2007

Athletics - Club Sports - Waterskiing. Records, 2003-, 2003

 Series
Identifier: RG8-8-3
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one flyer advertising an informational meeting and sign-up for the club. In addition, there is correspondence regarding announcements for events, practice schedules, and meetings.

Dates: 2003

Athletics Director. Records, 1894-

 Sub-Group
Identifier: RG8-1
Scope and Contents

This collection consists administrative files including policy manuals, planning documents for Baker Sports Complex and printed materials published by the Athletics Office. There is some overlap with the publications of the Sports Information Office (RG 8/2) but the majority of the publications in the Athletic Director's records deal with summer camps or special events.

Dates: 1894
Found in: College Archives

Athletics - Sports Information Office. Administrative and General Publicity

 Sub-Group
Identifier: RG8-2
Scope and Contents The administrative and general publicity records include materials created for athletic offices and posters. The coupon book is an example of the tickets given to Davidson students in the 1940s. The Wildcat Jet Set folder has promotion materials for a college-sponsored trip to West Virginia and New York. The 1977 publications include an invitation and an admissions style recruiting handout for athletes. The NCAA Division 1 Decision is a FAQ style document explaining the college's decision...
Dates: 2017
Found in: College Archives

Interview with Emil Parker, 1999 April 12

 Item — Audiocassette box 14, Cassette case: Audio 344
Identifier: OHI-0321
Scope and Contents This interview was conducted by Eileen Dwyer '99 to support her research paper "Women's Athletics at Davidson College: Grassroots Movement and Institutional Support".Emil Parker was the Director of Sports Information at Davidson College from 1968 to 1999. In this oral history, he describes the early days of coeducation and Title IX at Davidson, including the naming of the first female athletic award at the college, the Rebecca E. Stimson award. Parker also describes the process...
Dates: 1999 April 12

Interview with Jennifer Montrella '99, 1999 April 12

 Item — Audiocassette box 14, Cassette case: Audio 344
Identifier: OHI-0320
Scope and Contents This interview was conducted by Eileen Dwyer '99 to support her research paper "Women's Athletics at Davidson College: Grassroots Movement and Institutional Support".Jessica Montrella was a student athlete at Davidson College, where she played on the women’s basketball team from 1995 to 1999. In this interview, she discusses how she became interested in basketball and the impact that her interest in sports had on her relationship to her family. She then talks about the...
Dates: 1999 April 12

Interview with Jennifer Roos '93, 1999 April 12

 Item — Audiocassette box 14, Audiocassette Box: Audio 343
Identifier: OHI-0322
Scope and Contents This interview was conducted by Eileen Dwyer '99 to support her research paper "Women's Athletics at Davidson College: Grassroots Movement and Institutional Support".Jennifer Roos ‘93 was a student athlete at Davidson College, where she was involved in women’s field hockey, basketball and lacrosse teams before becoming an assistant coach of the Davidson Women’s Basketball team. In this oral history, Roos begins by recounting her involvement in sports growing up and how this led...
Dates: 1999 April 12

Interview with John Filar, 1999 April 12

 Item — Audiocassette box 14, Cassette case: Audio 343
Identifier: OHI-0319
Scope and Contents This interview was conducted by Eileen Dwyer '99 to support her research paper "Women's Athletics at Davidson College: Grassroots Movement and Institutional Support".John Filar was the head coach for the Davidson College women’s basketball team from 1992 to 2001. In this oral history, he speaks about how his professional career led to coaching women’s athletics, which he describes as a better experience compared to coaching men. Filar recounts the evolution of the Davidson...
Dates: 1999 April 12