Separated Materials
Biographical Note
Related Materials
Scope and Contents
Conditions Governing Access
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Title: Pat Yeomans Collection on Bill Henry and the History of the Olympics
Identifier/Call Number: COL-128
Contributing Institution:
Occidental College Library
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
9.0 Linear feet
7 document boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 4 oversize mylar folders
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1970-1984
Date (inclusive): 1907-1990
Location Note: Audio visual materials are located in the Special Collections stacks.
creator:
Yeomans, Patricia Henry
Separated Materials
The following materials were moved to Pat Yeoman's Alumni Files:
History and Heritage of the Los Angeles Tennis Club: 1920-1980 (Los Angeles Tennis Club, 1979),
Our History, Our Heritage, Our Homes, Our Hope (First Baptist Church of Los Angeles, 1999), and several self-published works on tennis.
Biographical Note
Patricia Henry Yeomans is an American athlete and writer in Los Angeles, California. Yeomans studied history and played tennis
at Occidental College, and was the first woman at the school to receive an "Oxy O" letter. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa in
1938. Yeomans remains an active amateur historian, and has produced several historical works, including
Behind the Headlines with Bill Henry(Ward Ritchie Press, 1972),
History and Heritage of the Los Angeles Tennis Club: 1920-1980 (Los Angeles Tennis Club, 1979),
Our History, Our Heritage, Our Homes, Our Hope (First Baptist Church of Los Angeles, 1999), and several self-published works on tennis. Daughter of Bill Henry (class of
1914), Yeomans was instrumental in the establishment of the Bill Henry Room at the Occidental College Library.
Related Materials
A 2012 interview of Yeomans at Occidental College can be viewed at
www.oxy125.org Additionally, please see the 2012 OxyCorps interview with Yeomans, as well as her Alumni File in Special Collections.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the research materials, correspondence, and writings Yeomans generated in establishing the Bill
Henry Room at the Occidental College Library, and the publication of works on Bill Henry, the history of the Olympics, the
history of tennis in Los Angeles, and the history of the First Baptist Church of Los Angeles. Materials include scrapbooks,
newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, and publications and memorabilia relating to the Olympic Games.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials were donated by Patricia Yeomans between 1970-2012.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Henry, William Mellors, 1890-1970.
Occidental College.
Olympics--History.
Sports--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century.