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Call Number: SC0329
Creator:
Guthrie, Luell W.
Title: Luell W. Guthrie papers
Dates: 1934-1987
Physical Description:
2.5 Linear feet
Summary: Guthrie's professional papers pertain to her teaching and
administrative duties, her professional associations, and her interests in women's
sports, particularly tennis; included are correspondence, minutes, memoranda, reports,
newsletters, brochures, and other printed items. Of note is correspondence concerning
the issue of competition in women's sports; the issue of physical education becoming
co-educational at Stanford; and the minutebook of the Stanford Women's Tennis Club. Her
personal papers include a paper she wrote while a student at the University of
Washington; itineraries and other records from her travels; materials relevant to her
year of service with the American Red Cross, including her letters to her parents; and
photographs.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Gifts of Luell Weed Guthrie, 1979-1987.
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is
given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not
intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission
must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Luell W. Guthrie Papers (SC0329). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Luell Weed Guthrie, a leader in women's intercollegiate tennis, taught physical
education classes at Stanford University from 1936 until her retirement in 1972 and
served as director of the Women's Physical Education Department from 1956 to 1968. She
received her a.b. in physical education from the University of Washington in 1931 and
her M.A. from the Teachers College, Columbia University, in 1936. During World War II,
she took a year's leave of absence from Stanford to assist the director of personnel for
the American Red Cross.
Guthrie's professional papers pertain to her teaching and administrative duties, her
professional associations, and her interests in women's sports, particularly tennis;
included are correspondence, minutes, memoranda, reports, newsletters, brochures, and
other printed items. Of note is correspondence concerning the issue of competition in
women's sports; the issue of physical education becoming co-educational at Stanford; and
the minutebook of the Stanford Women's Tennis Club. Her personal papers include a paper
she wrote while a student at the University of Washington; itineraries and other records
from her travels; materials relevant to her year of service with the American Red Cross,
including her letters to her parents; and photographs.
American Red Cross.
Guthrie, Luell W.
Stanford University--Athletics.
Stanford University. Dept. of Athletics, Physical
Education and Recreation.
Stanford Women's Tennis Club.
Photoprints
Sports for women
Tennis.