Overview
Administrative Information
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Description of the Collection
Access Terms
Overview
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
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Administrative Information
Provenance
Gifts of Luell Weed Guthrie, 1979-1987.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
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.
Cite As
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.
Description of the Collection
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.
Access Terms
American Red Cross.
Guthrie, Luell W.
Stanford University. Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation.
Stanford University. Department of Athletics.
Stanford Women's Tennis Club.
Photoprints.
Sports for women.
Tennis.