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Title: Intercollegiate Athletics and Campus Recreation publications, University of California, Irvine
Date: 1965-2008
Collection Number: PS-006
Creator:
University of California, Irvine. Office of Intercollegiate Athletics and Campus Recreation.
Extent:
2.2 linear feet
(5 boxes)
Languages: The collection is in English.
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: This collection comprises the official publications of the Office of Intercollegiate Athletics and Campus Recreation at the
University of California, Irvine (UCI). Athletics publications include department-wide and sport-specific publications. Campus
Recreation publications include those related to fitness and recreation programs and intramural sports. Also included are
publications by organizations that support the UCI athletic program, such as the Big I Boosters and its successor, the Athletic
Association.
Important Information for Researchers
The collection is open for research.
Property rights and copyright reside with the University of California. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please
contact the University Archivist.
Office of Intercollegiate Athletics and Campus Recreation, University of California, Irvine Publications. PS-006. Special
Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Transferred periodically from the Office of Intercollegiate Athletics and Campus Recreation.
Accruals are expected.
Processed by Leland Smith in 2003 and Cyndi Shein in 2008.
When the campus at the University of California, Irvine opened in the fall of 1965, the administration established the Department
of Physical Education to complement the academic curriculum. UCI has never offered a physical education major, but recognizes
fitness and recreation as part of a healthy lifestyle. Founding chancellor Dan Aldrich believed it was important to provide
students and staff with the opportunity to participate in athletic activities. As a result, UCI has provided a wide range
of non-academic athletic courses to students, staff, and the local community from the time of the university's inception.
UCI Campus Recreation has held summer and winter sports camps for local youth since 1966 and also oversees intramural sports,
club sports, and a variety of fitness programs on campus.
UCI's original Department of Physical Education was accountable to the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. Wayne Crawford,
for whom the original athletic facility was later named, served as the first chair of the Department of Physical Education,
overseeing both intercollegiate athletics and recreational activities on campus. By 1968 Intercollegiate Athletics and the
Recreation Sports Program were part of the Student Affairs Office, while the Department of Physical Education remained under
Academic Affairs. The administrative authority under which the two departments served fluctuated a number of times until
Physical Education and Intercollegiate Athletics and Campus Recreation were combined into a single office in 1995. In 1995
the Office of Intercollegiate Athletics and Campus Recreation became independent of Student Affairs and directly accountable
to the chancellor. Intercollegiate Athletics and Campus Recreation ascended to the level of an executive office in 1999,
with the athletic director holding an administrative position equivalent to that of vice chancellor.
UCI began participating in intercollegiate athletics during its first academic year (1965-66). During that first year UCI
fielded teams in basketball, golf, tennis, swimming, water polo, sailing, and crew. By 1975 UCI had teams in cross-country,
women's volleyball, women's basketball, men's and women's tennis, and track and field. UCI first fielded a baseball team in
1970; due to budget cuts the baseball program was eliminated after the 1991 season, but reinstated in 2001. As of 2008, UCI
sponsors 23 intercollegiate athletic teams: 11 men's teams, 11 women's teams and one coed sailing program. UCI has won over
25 national team championships since 1969 and has produced 63 individual national champions. More than 400 UCI student-athletes
have earned All-America honors, and UCI Anteater teams have captured 58 conference championships.
Biography/Organization History
| 1963 | Wayne Crawford is named inaugural Chairman of the Department of Physical Education |
| 1965 | UC Irvine plays first basketball game vs. UC Riverside |
| 1967 | Dr. Ray Thornton becomes Chair of Physical Education and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics |
| 1970 | First national championship for UCI athletics in water polo |
| 1976 | Linda Dempsay is named Chair of Physical Education and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics |
| 1977 | UCI joins the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference (renamed Big West Conference in 1989) |
| 1983 | Dr. John E. Caine is named Chair of Physical Education and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics |
| 1987 | Donald Bren Events Center opens |
| 1989 | T. J. Ford is named Chair of the Department of Athletics and Physical Education |
| 1992 | Daniel G. Guerrero is named Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Campus Recreation |
| 1999 | Anteater Recreation Center (ARC) opens |
| 2002 | Bob Chichester is named Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Campus Recreation |
University of California, Irvine. (2008.)
Athletics. Accessed 26 January 2008 http://www.uci.edu/athletics.shtml
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection comprises the official publications of the Office of Intercollegiate Athletics and Campus Recreation at the
University of California, Irvine (UCI). Athletics publications include department-wide and sport-specific publications. Campus
Recreation publications include those related to fitness and recreation programs and intramural sports. Also included are
publications by organizations that support the UCI athletic program, such as the Big I Boosters and its successor, the Athletic
Association. The bulk of the collection contains brochures, fliers, newsletters, programs, and schedules. It also includes
directories, greeting cards, posters, and memoranda.
This collection is arranged in three series.
- Series 1. Intercollegiate Athletics publications, 1965-2005, 1.5 linear feet
- Series 2. Campus Recreation publications, 1966-2008, 0.5 linear feet
- Series 2. Supporting groups publications, 1965-2007, 0.2 linear feet
The following publications were removed from this collection and cataloged separately in Special Collections and Archives:
- University of California, Irvine. Physical Education Dept. The Anthill. Irvine, California: 1972.
Related materials can be found in the following collections:
- Athletics and Physical Education Records, University of California, Irvine. AS-063. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
University of California, Irvine -- Archives.
University of California, Irvine. Office of Intercollegiate Athletics and Campus Recreation -- Archives.
University of California, Irvine. Athletic Association -- Archives.
College sports.
Intramural sports.
Physical education and training.
Genres and Formats of Materials
Newsletters
University of California, Irvine. Big I Boosters.
University of California, Irvine. Physical Education Dept.