Guide to the San José State University Spartan Sports Collection MSS.2010.08.08
Lisa Zakharova
SJSU Special Collections & Archives
© 2010
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
San José State University
One Washington Square
San José, CA 95192-0028
special.collections@sjsu.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
SJSU Special Collections & Archives
Title: San José State University Spartan Sports Collection
creator:
San Jose State College
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.2010.08.08
Physical Description:
4 boxes
(5.84 linear feet)
Date (inclusive): 1907-2006
Abstract: The Spartan Sports collection contains material related to San José State University athletics as well as official handbooks,
manuals, and athletic rules for various other college sports, including many National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
publications.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright is assigned to the San José State University Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Special Collections & Archives. Copyright restrictions may apply to digital reproductions of the
original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Preferred Citation
The San José State University Spartan Sports Collection, MSS-2010-08-08
Processing Information
Collection processed, and finding aide encoded, by Lisa Zakharova in 2010. Reviewed by Danelle Moon. Collection rehoused and
rearranged into three series by Alexandra Lynch, Spring 2017. Series IV. added by Dana V. Lema in 2018. Accruals to Series
II added by Kate Steffens, June 2018.
Organizational History
In 1857 the San Francisco Board of Education established Minns' Evening Normal School for current and prospective teachers
in the city. Named after its principal, George W. Minns, the institution was formally established as the first California
State Normal School by the State Legislature in 1862. A decade later, the Legislature voted to move the Normal School to San
José, and the school relocated to its new home on Washington Square prior to the fall term of 1872. After a fire destroyed
the Normal School building in 1880, the Legislature authorized $200,000 to construct a new building on the same site. Completed
in 1881, the building was commonly referred to as the Second State Normal School. After several names and curriculum changes,
Minns' Normal School is now San José State University, offering more than 134 bachelor's and master's degrees with 110 concentrations,
and is recognized as one of the top public universities granting such degrees in the West.
Scope and Content of Collection
The San José State University Spartan Sports collection consists of sports programs from the different sports departments
at San José State University. The sport team programs featured in the collection include the following: Baseball, Basketball,
Football, Golf, Judo, Rugby, Swimming, Tennis, and Track and Field. The collection also contains official handbooks, manuals
and athletic rules for those sports. The majority of the collection consists of athletic rule books from 1908-1979. In addition,
the collection contains publications produced by the Athletics Department, such as Spartan Sports Quarterly.
The E.B. DeGroot Official Athletic Almanacs contain rules, photographs, and official time records. Most books in the collection
feature photographs of sports and sports teams. The collection also contains many National Collegiate Athletic Association
publications.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into four series: Series I: Annual Sports Programs, 1948-2004; Series II: Printed Matter 1959-1989;
Series III: National Rulebooks and Almanacs, 1907-1966 and Series IV: Ephemera, 1986-2006.
Related Material
The San José State University Football Programs Collection, MSS-2009-08-04
The Pete Zidnak Collection of San Jose State University Sports History MSS-2009-11-04
Subjects and Indexing Terms
College sports -- Rules
College sports -- Records
College sports -- California -- San José.
San Jose State College -- Sports
San José State University -- Sports
San Jose State College
Series I. Annual Sports Schedules
1948-2004
Physical Description: 6.0 folders
Scope and Contents
This series contains season schedules for various sports teams at San Jose State University. Of note is
The First 80s Years- San Jose State Football, a retrospective look at the story of football at San Jose State University.
From 1948-1956 these schedules were called "Press and Radio Information," or "Press Book." By the 1960s they were called "Record
Books," and in the 1970s they were also known as sports "Media Guides." From the mid-1970s to the present day, they are simply
referred to as sports schedules.
Arrangement
This series is arranged chronologically.
Series II. Printed Matter
1959-2005
Scope and Contents note
This series contains various materials related to San Jose State University athletics and sports events, including newsletters,
magazines, ticket brochures and purchases, newspaper clippings, and correspondence.
Arrangement note
This series is arranged alphabetically.
Box 1, Folder 45
African American Sports Magazine: Coaches Uchida and Menendez on Cover
2005
Box 1, Folder 43
Spartan Sportslite
October 1972-July 1973
Box 1, Folder 42
Spartan Sports Quarterly
1977-1978
Box 1, Folder 24
The Spartan: "The Year of the Spartans"
1971
Box 1, Folder 44
The Spartans Journal
December 1982-April 1986
Box 1, Folder 25
Ticket Brochures
1959-1987
Box 1, Folder 26
Women of Sparta: Sporting News, Vol. 5 No. 5
February 1981-July 1985
Box 1, Folder 27
Women's Physical Education Dance Composition
1969
Scope and Contents note
Contains original newspaper articles about San Jose State Athletes
Series III. National Rulebooks and Almanacs
1907-1966
Scope and Contents note
This series contains National Collegiate Athletic Association publications, sports manuals, and copies of Spalding's Athletic
Almanacs that were owned by E.B. DeGroot. These almanacs contain rules, photographs, and official time records for the years
1907-1917.
Arrangement note
This series is arranged alphabetically.
Spalding's Athletic Almanacs
Box 3, 4
Series IV: Ephemera
1986-2006
Box 4
Framed & Autographed President's Spartan Golf Tournament Textiles
2006