Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Stanford University. Department of Athletics
- Abstract:
- Collection primarily includes published items such as programs, media guides, team previews, newsletters, press releases, clippings, and magazine articles, but also includes some game statistics, tickets, photographs, and correspondence. The emphasis is on spring sports such as basketball, track, tennis, baseball, swimming, and golf; there is very little on football. Of note are the photographs of individual golfers illustrating swings from the late 1930s-early 1940s. Collection also includes some materials pertaining to the Golden State Warriors (NBA).
- Extent:
- 23.25 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Stanford Sports Collection (SC0630). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection primarily includes published items such as programs, media guides, team previews, newsletters, press releases, clippings, and magazine articles, but also includes some game statistics, tickets, photographs, and correspondence. The emphasis is on spring sports such as basketball, track, tennis, baseball, swimming, and golf; there is very little on football. Of note are the photographs of individual golfers illustrating swings from the late 1930s-early 1940s. Collection also includes some materials pertaining to the Golden State Warriors (NBA).
- Biographical / historical:
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Lloyd McGovern, Stanford class of 1947, acts as curator of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame Room in the Arrillaga Family Sports Center on the Stanford campus.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift, Lloyd McGovern, 2000.
- Physical location:
- Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged three business days in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: https://library.stanford.edu/libraries/special-collections.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
- Terms of access:
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While University Archives is the owner of the physical and/or digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
- Preferred citation:
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Stanford Sports Collection (SC0630). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Stanford University Archives, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6064, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022