Pat Yeomans Collection on Bill Henry and the History of the Olympics
COL-128
Finding aid prepared by Kate Dundon
Occidental College Library
1600 Campus Road
Los Angeles, CA, 90041-3314
(323) 259-2852
July 2012
Title: Pat Yeomans Collection on Bill Henry and the History of the Olympics
Identifier/Call Number: COL-128
Contributing Institution:
Occidental College Library
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
9.0 Linear feet
7 document boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 4 oversize mylar folders
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1970-1984
Date (inclusive): 1907-1990
Location Note: Audio visual materials are located in the Special Collections stacks.
creator:
Yeomans, Patricia Henry
Separated Materials
The following materials were moved to Pat Yeoman's Alumni Files:
History and Heritage of the Los Angeles Tennis Club: 1920-1980 (Los Angeles Tennis Club, 1979),
Our History, Our Heritage, Our Homes, Our Hope (First Baptist Church of Los Angeles, 1999), and several self-published works on tennis.
Biographical Note
Patricia Henry Yeomans is an American athlete and writer in Los Angeles, California. Yeomans studied history and played tennis
at Occidental College, and was the first woman at the school to receive an "Oxy O" letter. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa in
1938. Yeomans remains an active amateur historian, and has produced several historical works, including
Behind the Headlines with Bill Henry(Ward Ritchie Press, 1972),
History and Heritage of the Los Angeles Tennis Club: 1920-1980 (Los Angeles Tennis Club, 1979),
Our History, Our Heritage, Our Homes, Our Hope (First Baptist Church of Los Angeles, 1999), and several self-published works on tennis. Daughter of Bill Henry (class of
1914), Yeomans was instrumental in the establishment of the Bill Henry Room at the Occidental College Library.
Related Materials
A 2012 interview of Yeomans at Occidental College can be viewed at
www.oxy125.org Additionally, please see the 2012 OxyCorps interview with Yeomans, as well as her Alumni File in Special Collections.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the research materials, correspondence, and writings Yeomans generated in establishing the Bill
Henry Room at the Occidental College Library, and the publication of works on Bill Henry, the history of the Olympics, the
history of tennis in Los Angeles, and the history of the First Baptist Church of Los Angeles. Materials include scrapbooks,
newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, and publications and memorabilia relating to the Olympic Games.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials were donated by Patricia Yeomans between 1970-2012.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Henry, William Mellors, 1890-1970.
Occidental College.
Olympics--History.
Sports--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century.
Box 1-4, 8-10
Bill Henry
1907-1990
Scope and Contents
This series includes newspaper clippings, photographs, notes, correspondence, and scrapbooks that relate to Yeoman's establishment
of the Bill Henry Room at Occidental in 1970, and the production of
Behind the Headlines with Bill Henry(Ward Ritchie Press, 1972), and
1939: Bill Henry's Wartime Diary (self-published, 1973).
Scrapbooks
Scope and Contents
Yeomans created scrapbooks of Henry's articles, correspondence, photographs, and other materials she gathered in researching
her father.
Box 1
By the Way with Bill Henry
1931-1957
Physical Description:
4 scrapbooks
Box 1, 8
Behind the Headlines with Bill Henry
1970-1973
Physical Description:
10 scrapbooks
Box 2, 9
Bill Henry Room Documents
1933-1972
Physical Description:
12 scrapbooks
Box 3-4
Bill Henry Room files
1914-1990
Physical Description:
13 folders + 4 oversize mylar folders
Scope and Contents
These files contain newspaper clippings of articles by or about Henry, floor plans and location charts of the Bill Henry Room,
Bill Henry Room presentation handouts and displays, photocopied letters from J.Q.A. Henry to Margaret Welndell Henry, Stanton
family history charts, correspondence relating to the establishment of the Bill Henry Room, and copies of a graduate student
paper entitled,
Bill Henry: A Reporter and His Work, by Alan L. Mendau (California State University at Northridge, 1981).
Box 4
Photographs
1907-1962
Physical Description:
1 photo album + 4 folders
Scope and Contents
Photographs of Henry throughout his career, various Henry family members, and the Bill Henry Room.
This is Bill Henry, a Bear Creek Film by James Harrison.
1971
Physical Description:
1 16mm film, 4 8mm cartridges, 1 VHS tape
This is Bill Henry, by David Yeomans.
2007
Physical Description:
2 DVDs
This is Bill Henry interview audio, Harold Wagner and Pat Henry Yeomans
circa 1970-1971
Physical Description:
2 cassette tapes
Box 5-7, 10-12
Olympic Games
1960-1990
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, newsletters, and other research materials Yeomans collected in updating her
father's book,
An Approved History of the Olympic Games (Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games, 1976, 1981, and 1984 editions),
Five Olympiads (Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games, 2001),
Southern California Tennis Champions Centennial, 1887-1987: documents and anecdotes (Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games, 1987), a set of novelty playing cards for the 1984 Olympic Games produced
by the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, and several self published works on the history of the Olympics. Also included
are various programs, brochures, catalogs, magazines, newspapers, and other publications related to the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic
Games.
50th Anniversary of the 1932 Olympic Games at Los Angeles [sound recording]
1982
Physical Description:
3 records
Xth Olympiad Los Angeles 1932 [sound recording]
1979
Physical Description:
2 record sets
1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games torch
1983
Box 10
Olympic Games memorabilia
1960-1984
Scope and Contents
Includes clothing, belt buckles, suspenders, pins, medals, ribbons, coins, beach balls, and flags from the 1960-1984 Olympic
Games.
Box 12
Latino Olympians exhibit poster
1984