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Table of contents

Series 1: Scrapbooks 1952-1987

Scope and Content

This series contains scrapbooks created by Pat Nordell, documenting her public life. They cover the length of her career as a Physical Education teacher and celebrated Track and Basketball coach at Westchester High School in Los Angeles. These comprehensive scrapbooks are systematically arranged and include team rosters, season score and place records, press clippings, captioned photographs, and notes from students. They also document some of Nordell's earlier life, from her years after high school playing amateur sports in Illinois, to her college years at Illinois State Normal University, University of Illinois, and University of Arizona at Tucson as well as her early teaching career at Coachella Valley Union High School in Coachella, California. One book is devoted entirely to her Coach of the Year Award and her fight for equal pay for women teachers, for which she engaged in a protracted law suit against LAUSD and eventually won.

box 1, folder 1

High School Student Honors Press Clipping 1950

box 1

Amateur Sports, Early College 1952-1957

box 1

College, Early Career (Illinois, Arizona, California) 1957-1963

box 1

Varsity and Junior Varsity Girls Basketball (Westchester Highschool) 1973-1976

box 2

Women's Track (Westchester Highschool) 1974-1977

box 2

Women's Track (Westchester Highschool) 1978-1979

box 3

Varsity and Junior Varsity Girls Basketball (Westchester Highschool) 1976-1980

box 3

Women's Track (Westchester Highschool) 1980

box 4

Coach of the Year, Fight for Equal Pay 1980-1981

box 4, folder 1

Speaking out against gender discrimination- Press clippings 1979-1981

box 6

Womens, Varsity Mens, Junior Varsity Mens Track (Westchester Highschool) 1981-1982

box 4

Varsity and Junior Varsity Girls Basketball (Westchester Highschool) 1981-1983

box 5

Womens, Varsity Mens, Junior Varsity Mens Track (Westchester Highschool) 1983-1984

box 5

Womens, Varsity Mens, Junior Varsity Mens Track (Westchester Highschool) 1984-1987

box 6

Womens, Varsity Mens, Junior Varsity Mens Track (Westchester Highschool) 1988

Series 2: Photographs 1968-2000

Scope and Content

This series contains Nordell's personal photographs. It documents Nordell's private life in detail starting with the beginning of her first long-term relationship and ending with her move to Arizona 10 years after her retirement. It includes holiday and vacation photos of Nordell with her family and friends. Photos also document activities and events in which Nordell regularly participated or was affiliated with including Oktoberfest celebrations, Dinah Shore Weekend, the Southern California Women for Understanding (SCWU), Camp Shalom in the Santa Monica Mountains, and Calzona. Each file contains a catalogue card written by Nordell which provides details on the photographs in that file including dates, events, and personal notes.

box 7, folder 1

Beginning of Relationship with partner Lee Cornell, Family Holidays 1968-1972

box 7, folder 2

National Field Hockey Tournament, Montana, Camping 1972-1976

box 7, folder 3

Family Vacation Trips, Holidays 1976-1978

box 7, folder 4

Westchester High School Wins State Championships, etc

box 7, folder 5

Trip to Pinon Pines, Friends' Birthdays. etc 1979-1980

box 7, folder 6

Montana Trips, Oktoberfests, Camping 1980-1981

box 8, folder 1

Running Springs (Friends' cabin) 1982

box 8, folder 2

Holidays, Partner (Lee)'s first communion 1982

box 8, folder 3

Family Holidays, Summer Travel 1983

box 8, folder 4

Rosebowl, Superbowl, Holidays 1984

box 8, folder 5

New Motor Home, Holidays 1984

box 8, folder 6

Friends' Birthdays, Holidays 1985

box 8, folder 7

Calzona #1 1985

box 8, folder 8

Long Vacation to Oregon 1985

box 8, folder 9

Open House, Family Holidays 1985

box 8, folder 10

Calzona #2, first vacation alone (partner, Lee Cornell died March 1986) 1986

box 8, folder 11

Oktoberfest #10, camping 1986

box 8, folder 12

Camping. Weekend trip in Desert 1987

box 8, folder 13

Calzona #3, fishing (Bend 100 Trails) 1987

box 9, folder 1

Oktoberfest#11 (last), Holidays 1987-1988

box 9, folder 2

Parties, Dress Rehearsal for Calzona Production 1988

box 9, folder 3

Calzona #4, Summer Vacation Travel 1988

box 9, folder 4

Summer Vacation (contd), Girl Scout Reunion, etc 1988

box 9, folder 5

Friend's Retirement Party, Holidays 1988

box 9, folder 6

Calzona #5 1989

box 9, folder 7

Friends' Retirement Parties, garage sale, etc 1989

box 9, folder 8

Vacation Travel with friend June Palmer, other travel 1989

box 9, folder 9

Birthdays, Southern California Women for Understanding (SCWU) Camping Weekend 1989

box 9, folder 10

Christmas Season 1989-1990

box 9, folder 11

Camping at Lake Elsinore, Road trip 1990

box 9, folder 12

Easter Season 1990

box 9, folder 13

Calzona #6 1990

box 9, folder 14

Camp Shalom, Weekend Trip, Southern California Women for Understanding (SCWU) Camp 1990

box 9, folder 15

LA Field Hockey Association 65th Yr Reunion, etc 1990

box 9, folder 16

Holidays with Friends 1990

box 10, folder 1

Dinah Shore Weekend, Friends' Commitment Ceremony, etc 1991

box 10, folder 2

Calzona #7, Camp Shalom 1991

box 10, folder 3

Summer Camping with friends (including future partner Micky) 1991

box 10, folder 4

Summer vacation (contd), Partner (Micky)'s photos from before relationship 1991

box 10, folder 5

First Holiday season with new partner, Micky 1991

box 10, folder 6

Southern California Women for Understanding (SCWU) Lesbian Rights Awards Banquet, etc 1992

box 10, folder 7

Calzona #8 (last), 60th Birthday, etc 1992

box 10, folder 8

Holidays, Camping 1992-1993

box 10, folder 9

Partner's Birthday, camping/travel 1993

box 10, folder 10

Southern California Women for Understanding (SCWU) Lesbian Rights Award Banquet, Christopher Street Gay Pride Parade 1993

box 10, folder 11

Brithday, Vacation 1993

box 10, folder 12

Holidays, Last New Years Day Party at Home 1993-1994

box 11, folder 1

Camping, Easter Season 1994

box 11, folder 2

Birthdays, Friends' Anniversaries, etc 1994

box 11, folder 3

Christmas Holiday Season 1994

box 11, folder 4

New Years at the Pueblo (RV Women's Resort), Dinah Shore Weekend, etc 1994-1995

box 11, folder 5

Summer Vacation back to Midwest 1995

box 11, folder 6

Friends Birthdays, Celebrations 1995

box 11, folder 7

Southern California Women for Understanding (SCWU) 45th Anniversary, other anniversaries, etc 1995

box 11, folder 8

Christmas Season, Gay Night at Disneyland, etc 1995-1996

box 11, folder 9

Southern California Women for Understanding (SCWU) Events, etc 1996

box 11, folder 10

Friends' Parties 1996

box 12, folder 1

Christmas, New years at Apache Junction, Arizona 1996-1997

box 12, folder 2

Southern California Women for Understanding (SCWU) Events, Birthday, Etc 1997

box 12, folder 3

Holiday Season 1997

box 12, folder 4

Going Away Party, etc 1998

box 12, folder 5

Holidays, "new" home in Harbor City, Los Angeles 1998-1999

box 12, folder 6

'Girls and Women in Sports' 25th year celebration 1999

box 12, folder 7

Holidays at Superstition Mountain Resort- Apache Junction, Arizona 1999-2000

box 12, folder 8

New Home at Superstition Mountain Resort- Apache Junction, Arizona 1999-2000

box 12, folder 9

Easter Season, Yosemite Trip 2000

Collection Contents

Series 1: Scrapbooks

Series 2: Photographs