Physical education and training

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Includes annual newsletters produced by Physical Education for Women between 1927 and 1974, with the last being the 44th annual newsletter. Content focused on department news, curriculum, news related to the Physical Education Club, the Women's Athletic Association, and to staff, student, or graduate news.

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The collection of women's physical education memorabilia includes athletic equipment, trophies, plaques, and athletic wear.  An additional inventory is available.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of materials relating to faculty of the Physical Education for Women department of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Teachers College.  Included are correspondence, awards, articles and speeches, programs, notes, newspaper clippings, biographies, bibliographies, and photographs.  There are eight folders of papers and photographs related to Mabel Lee, and one folder each for the remaining faculty represented in the collection.  Staff handbooks and a guide for the...

Scope and Contents The majority of items include histories on the Women's Physical Education Department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, either written by faculty or alumni. Mabel Lee, who directed the department from 1924-1952, wrote an historical essay and provided multiple sets of statistics on classes, students, faculty, administrative staff, and general activities. There are materials that are copied from other university records. For example, there are clippings from the university-wide newsletter...

Scope and Contents The papers include Mabel Lee's vita, correspondence, newsletters, reports, two publications, a photo of Mabel Lee, two photos of the exterior and interior of Mabel Lee Hall from 1978, a booklet written by Mabel Lee titled "Seventy-five Years of Professional Preparation in Physical Education for Women at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln." Included are regulations on gym clothes, the story of beginnings of dance section of American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and...

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The papers include Ruth Diamond Levinson's correspondence, drafts of papers and lectures, scrapbooks, photographs, publications, clippings, and bulletins related to physical education and teacher education.

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The collection consists of subject files from the Teachers College Department of Physical Education for Women, and the files are arranged alphabetically.  Highlights include records from the Athletic and Recreation Federation of College Women; information about the women's physical education building; physical education requirements and statistics; information about alumnae and former staff; and scrapbooks, programs, and reports from the Aquaettes.  An additional inventory is available.

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The Women’s Athletic Association (WAA) records refer to a governance board, council, and executive council that met and kept minutes related to the activities and administration of the WAA. Records associated with specific sports include reports, constitutions, correspondence, participation reports and rules, rosters, information on games played, pamphlets, fliers, tournament brackets, luncheon programs, and a scrapbook.