Guide to the Women's Athletics at Stanford Collection
SC0496
Daniel Hartwig
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Women's athletics at Stanford collection
creator:
Shuer, Marjorie.
Identifier/Call Number: SC0496
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1971-1995
Abstract: These papers were largely collected by
Marjorie Shuer and include video tapes, audio tapes, and research notes from an oral history
project; and miscellaneous correspondence, questionnaires, clippings, and memorabilia. The
video tapes are interviews with Joseph H. Ruetz, Athletic Director at Stanford University
from 1972 to 1978, and with Rosamond Clarke Bacon and Paula Burr, both members of the class
of 1930 and active in student athletics; the audio tapes include interviews with Richard
Lyman, Stanford University President during the 1970s, Shirley Schoof, Sherri Posthumous,
Barbara Gelpi, Myra Strober, Jing Lyman, and Iris Litt. The research notes were compiled by
Jennifer Dalton, Laura Hayward, and Renee Pavelski. Subjects include the strengthening and
developing of women's athletics during and after the merger of the athletic and physical
education departments (1972); and student and athletic experiences of the 1930s, including
the Women's Athletic Association. Both Bacon and Burr discuss taking courses with Dr. Clelia
Mosher. Bacon also talks about her house on campus and the removal of faculty housing during
the construction of the Law School. Other items include letters to Jon Denney, 1995, from
Stanford female athletes active prior to the passage of Title IX; letters to Marjorie Shuer,
1986 and 1993; two questionnaires on Stanford sports; programs from the Block S Awards
honoring women athletes at Stanford, 1995; and class papers by Jennifer Dalton, Laura
Hayward, and Renee Pavelski, 1995.
Information about Access
Student papers may not be photocopied.
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Cite As
Women's Athletics at Stanford Collection (SC0496). Dept. of Special Collections and
University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Description of the Collection
These papers were largely collected by Marjorie Shuer and include video tapes, audio tapes,
and research notes from an oral history project; and miscellaneous correspondence,
questionnaires, clippings, and memorabilia. The video tapes are interviews with Joseph H.
Ruetz, Athletic Director at Stanford University from 1972 to 1978, and with Rosamond Clarke
Bacon and Paula Burr, both members of the class of 1930 and active in student athletics; the
audio tapes include interviews with Richard Lyman, Stanford University President during the
1970s, Shirley Schoof, Sherri Posthumous, Barbara Gelpi, Myra Strober, Jing Lyman, and Iris
Litt. The research notes were compiled by Jennifer Dalton, Laura Hayward, and Renee
Pavelski. Subjects include the strengthening and developing of women's athletics during and
after the merger of the athletic and physical education departments (1972); and student and
athletic experiences of the 1930s, including the Women's Athletic Association. Both Bacon
and Burr discuss taking courses with Dr. Clelia Mosher. Bacon also talks about her house on
campus and the removal of faculty housing during the construction of the Law School. Other
items include letters to Jon Denney, 1995, from Stanford female athletes active prior to the
passage of Title IX; letters to Marjorie Shuer, 1986 and 1993; two questionnaires on
Stanford sports; programs from the Block S Awards honoring women athletes at Stanford, 1995;
and class papers by Jennifer Dalton, Laura Hayward, and Renee Pavelski, 1995.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Phonotapes.
Oral histories.
Sports for women.
Videorecordings.
Athletics
Ruetz, Joseph H.
Stanford University. Department of Athletics
Shuer, Marjorie.
Lyman, Richard W.
Bacon, Rosamond Clarke.
Stanford University. Women's Athletic
Association
Mosher, Clelia Duel
Stanford University. Department of Athletics, Physical
Education and Recreation
Burr, Paula Weinstein.
box 1
"Mr. Ruetz Stanford Athletic Director 1972-79, [re] AIAW, NCAA, SAB, Buck and
Cardinal Club, Preparation for merger of Athletic and PE Dept."
1995 Apr 23
Joe Ruetz Stanford Athletic Director 1972-79, [re] AIAW, NCAA, SAB, Buck and
Cardinal Club, preparation for merger of Athletic and PE Dept.
Physical Description: 1
videotape(s) (vhs)
box 1
Rosamund Clarke Bacon '30 Pres. WAA BB, FH Track and Paula Weinstein Burr
'30, took course from Dr. Clelia D. Mosher"
Physical Description: 1
videotape(s) (vhs)
box 1, folder 1
Block S Awards Ceremony
1995 May 18
box 1, folder 4
Letter re Title IX from Christopher M. Horpel to Congressman
McKeon
1995
box 1, folder 5
Letters to Jon Denny from former Stanford women athletes
1995
box 1, folder 6
Letters to Margie Shuer from Pam Strathairn; and Fred Glover
1986, 1992-1993
box 1, folder 7
Letterhead of Organization of Stanford Women Athletes
box 1, folder 8
Questionnaire results on freshmen participation in varsity athletics (by
Undergraduate Studies Office)
1972
box 1, folder 9
Questionnaire and results done by Terrie McDonald as background for a
Stanford Daily article
1974 May
box 1, folder 11
Soccer team, correspondence of players re coach B. Andeberhan
1993
box 1, folder 12
Partial transcript of video interview with Rosamund Bacon
box 1, folder 13
Statements by Stanford University students: statement for news conference on
media's perception of women at Stanford; and "Warriors of Justice," by Stanford
sophomore on her high school sports experience,
1974 Feb 22; 1994 Oct
Clarke Bacon, Rosamund and Paula Weinstein Burr
1994
Rosamund Clarke Bacon and Paula Weinstein Burr
box 2
Cohen, Elizabeth
Physical Description: 1
audiocassette(s)
box 2
Degler, Carl
Physical Description: 1
audiocassette(s)
box 2
Gelpi, Barbara
1994
: 1994
Physical Description: 2
audiocassette(s)
box 2
Litt, Iris
Physical Description: 1
audiocassette(s)
box 2
Lougee, Carolyn
Physical Description: 1
audiocassette(s)
box 2
Lyman, Jing
1992 and 1994
: 1992, 1994
Physical Description: 2
audiocassette(s)
box 2
Lyman, Richard W.
1995
: 1995
Physical Description: 1
audiocassette(s)
box 2
Posthumous, Sherri
1995
and : 1995
Physical Description: 1
audiocassette(s)
Schoof, Shirley
1995-05-11
Oral history with Shirley Schoof
box 2
Strober, Myra
1994
: 1994
Physical Description: 3
audiocassette(s)
box 2
Tyack, David
Physical Description: 1
audiocassette(s)
box 3, folder 1
Dalton, Jennifer, “Stanford Women’s Athletics:
1970-1995”
1995
box 3, folder 2
Hayward, Laura, “Women’s Athletics at Stanford
University: A Historical Perspective (1938-1970)”
1995
box 3, folder 3
Pavelski, Renee, “History of Stanford Women’s Athletics
(1891-1939)”
1995
box 3, folder 4
Telegram (copy) re presenting paper at Athletic Conference of American
College Women at Berkeley
1924 Mar 7
box 3, folder 5
Timeline of SU athletic directors