Guide to the Women's Athletic Association records
Jessica Tai
University Archives
2023
The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
bancref@library.berkeley.edu
Contributing Institution:
University Archives
Title: Women's Athletic Association records
Creator:
Women's Athletic Association
Identifier/Call Number: CU-283
Physical Description:
19.3 linear feet
(19 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1904-1995
Abstract: Contains minutes, reports, programs, photograph albums, and scrapbooks documenting the activities of the Women's Athletic
Association at the University of California, Berkeley.
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language of Material:
English
.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Department of Human Biodynamics, 1997. Addition received by 2013 by an anonymous donor. Addition received in 2015
were seperated from the Records of the Department of Physical Education, CU-543.
Women's Athletic Association
The Women's Athletic Association (WAA) was formed in 1901 as an extracurricular sports organization for women. The organization
included sports such as badminton, basketball, bowling, crew, crop and saddle, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, lacrosse,
riflery, softball, swimming, table tennis, tennis, and volleyball. The Intermural Program and the Interclass Program (renamed
in the 1960s as the Extramural Program) each had its own student officers, as did the WAA Council. Originally named "Sports
and Pastimes," the name was changed to the Women's Athletic Association of the University of California in 1926. In 1974,
the name was changed to Women's Intercollegiate Sports.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Women's Athletic Association records, CU-283, University Archives, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Processing Information
Processed by Jessica Tai in 2023. Materials were rehoused in archival boxes and described at the file level. Some material
have been retained in their original folders.
Scope and Content
Contains minutes, reports, programs, photograph albums, and scrapbooks documenting the activities of the Women's Athletic
Association (WAA) at the University of California, Berkeley. The collection documents the WAA and subsidiary organizations
such as the Women's "C" Society, Interclass Sports Club, and the Intramural Board. The records also document activities such
as Bay Area Sports Day, Triangle Sports Day, Field Week, and High School Sports Day.
Conditions Governing Use
Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction
of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions,
privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond
that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html
Arrangement
Collection is arranged and described at the file level.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
College sports for women
College Sports -- California -- Berkeley
Sports -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Women athletes
Women college athletes
Women's Athletic Association
Records
1904-1995
Arrangement
Materials within this series maintain the original physical organization found at time of acquisition. Files are loosely grouped
in topical order and arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Content
Includes reports, financial records, individual sports subject files, programs, fliers, and other materials documenting the
Women's Athletic Association and related organizations, events, and programs.
Box 9
Associated Students, University of California (A.S.U.C.) budget
1952-1953
Box 9
Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW): directories, financial aid regulations, handbook
1971-1980
Box 9
Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW): interim policies and operating procedures and newsletters
1971-1974
Box 9
Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW): memos, newsletters, operating codes
1973-1980
Box 5
Athletic and Recreation Federation of College Women: conference material, pamphlets, and reports
approximately 1938-1969
Physical Description: 4 folders
Box 5
Bay Area planning meeting minutes
1961-1968
Box 5
Bay Area Sports Day: correspondence, ephemera, reports
1954-1967
Box 11
Budgets, minutes, schedules
1967-1970
Box 11
By-laws and constitution
1952-1964
Box 11
By-laws, constitution, minutes, reports
1955-1965
Physical Description: 2 folders
Box 11
"Co-educational sports- parties"
1942
undated
Box 11
"Competitive Sports Club policy"
1965-1972
Box 7
Council minutes
1942-1968
Physical Description: 5 folders
Box 8
Council minutes
1958-1965
Physical Description: 2 folders
Box 11
Council minutes and recording secretary's reports
1957-1960
Box 9
Department of Physical Education: flyer, form, minutes
1956
undated
Box 9
Department of Physical Education: material documenting student protests
1970-1972
Box 9
Department of Physical Education newsletters
1970-1972
Box 9
Eastern Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (EAIAW): handbooks
1980-1981
Box 6
Field Week dessert: event planning documents, reports
approximately 1938-1972
Physical Description: 3 folders
Box 11
Field Week programs
1923-1944
Physical Description: 3 folders
Box 10
Handbooks
1921-1980
Physical Description: 13 folders
Box 9
High School Sports Day: advisor's notebook
1970-1975
Physical Description: 2 folders
Box 7
High School Sports Day: planning documents, reports
1955-1972
Physical Description: 2 folders
Box 7
High School Sports Day programs
1930-1959
Box 7
High School Sports Day programs
1936-1960
Box 7
High School Sports Day reports
approximately 1938-1973
Physical Description: 3 folders
Box 11
"Independent information"
1958-1961
Box 12
Individual sports planning documents
1948-1970
Box 12
Individual sports subject files: archery, badminton, basketball, bowling, canoeing and sailing, crew, crop and saddle, dance,
diving, gymnastics, ice skating, life saving and swimming, powderpuff football, riflery, skiing, table tennis, trampoline,
volleyball
1921-1974
Physical Description: 24 folders
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings, planning documents, programs, reports, schedules and sports rules.
Box 3
Individual sports subject files: badminton, basketball, crew, crop and saddle, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, lacrosse,
riflery, softball, swimming, tennis, and volleyball
approximately 1921-1974
Physical Description: 16 folders
Scope and Contents
Includes attendence records, budgets, class registers, final reports, manager's reports, and programs.
Box 4
Individual sports subject files: badminton, basketball, bowling, softball, swimming
approximately 1947-1971
Physical Description: 8 folders
Scope and Contents
Includes captain's information sheets, final reports, manager's reports, and schedules.
Box 5
Individual sports subject files: skiing, table tennis, tennis, volleyball
approximately 1954-1972
Physical Description: 5 folders
Scope and Contents
Includes final reports, manager reports, and scorebooks.
Box 8
Individual sports reports: badminton, basketball, bowling, crop and saddle, fencing, field hockey, hockey, riflery, softball,
swimming, table tennis, tennis, trampoline, volleyball
1938-1962
Physical Description: 23 folders
Scope and Contents
Includes attendance records, planning documents, and reports.
Box 4
"Information to Houses": mailing lists for sororities and houses
1959-1960
Box 4
Intramural sports manager's and chairman's reports
1930-1971
Physical Description: 14 folders
Box 4
Intramural chairman's job analysis
1959
Box 8
Intramural chairman's reports
1948-1962
Physical Description: 3 folders
Box 4
Intramural sports records
1948-1971
Box 6
Intramural sports records: award lists, eligibility lists, participation lists, reports
approximately 1922-1962
Physical Description: 10 folders
Box 11
Job descriptions
1956-1969
Box 11
"Latest WAA inventories"
1966
Box 11
Material from other university women's athletic associations
1922-1941
Box 11
Meeting minutes
1964-1974
Physical Description: 5 folders
Box 11
Membership cards
1946-1950
Box 9
National Amateur Athletic Federation: clippings, conference material, reports
1923-1933
Box 11
Newsletters
1940-1995
Physical Description: 2 folders
Box 9
North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (NCIAC): individual sports policies and procedures
1975-1976
Box 9
Northern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (NCIAC): individual sports policies and procedures
1971-1980
Box 9
Pacific Southwest Athletic and Recreation Federation of College Women: conference speeches, minutes and newsletter
1968
Box 5
Pacific Southwest Regional Athletic and Recreation Federation of College Women: conference material, newsletters
approximately 1958-1972
Physical Description: 4 folders
Box 11
Pamphlets and newsletters
approximately 1960s
Box 11
Pamphlets and programs
1970-1972
Box 11
Patches
approximately 1940s-1950s
Box 17
Photograph: group portrait of WAA members in front of Sather Tower (the Campanile)
approximately 1924
Box 12
Photograph: Sports Club trophy
undated
Box 11
Planning documents
1956-1968
Box 8
Planning documents, reports, schedules
1922-1969
Box 11
Programs
1921-1983
Physical Description: 6 folders
Box 10
Reports
1951-1960
Physical Description: 7 folders
Box 10
Reports: advisor
1958-1965
Box 13
Report: all university intramural sports weekend
1963-1964
Box 12
Reports: annual
1922-1930
Physical Description: 4 folders
Box 13
Reports: annual
1952-1973
Physical Description: 17 folders
Box 2
Reports: chairman
1955-1967
Physical Description: 4 folders
Box 2
Reports: corresponding secretary and correspondence
1953-1955
Box 7
Reports: council advisor
1925-1965
Physical Description: 9 folders
Box 10
Reports: president
1930-1951
Physical Description: 4 folders
Box 1
Reports: president
approximately 1940-1964
Physical Description: 15 folders
Box 2
Reports: president
approximately 1964-1968
Physical Description: 4 folders
Box 2
Reports: recording secretary
1951-1970
Physical Description: 3 folders
Box 3
Reports: treasurer and financial records
approximately 1921-1973
Physical Description: 6 folders
Box 2
Reports: vice chairman
1955-1968
Box 2
Reports: vice president
1957-1971
Box 12
Semester sports schedules
1923-1973
Physical Description: 5 folders
Box 12
Sheet music
approximately 1904-1930
Physical Description: 4 folders
Box 12
Songbooks
undated
Physical Description: 2 folders
Box 12
Sports bulletin
1929-1938
Box 5
Triangle Sports Day: meeting minutes, reports, and schedules
1923-1942
Box 9
Western Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (WAIAW): dues, constitution and by laws, ethics and eligibility,
membership lists, memos, minutes, reports, and sports roster forms
1972-1978
Physical Description: 9 folders
Box 8
Women's "C" Society: advisor's reports
1932-1964
Box 9
Women's "C" Society: advisor's reports
1959
Box 8
Women's "C" Society: constitution
1960-1971
Box 9
Women's "C" Society: constitution, reports
1929-1970
Box 8
Women's "C" Society: loan fund
1924-1940
Box 8
Women's "C" Society: president's reports
1934-1972
Physical Description: 2 folders
Box 8
Women's "C" Society: reports
1946-1968
Box 9
Women's "C" Society: reports
1963-1983
Box 9
Women's "C" Society: report, programs
1929-1948
Box 8
Women's "C" Society: special events
1957-1967
Box 8
Women's "C" Society: treasurer's reports
1931-1961
Albums and scrapbooks
approximately 1920s-1974
Arrangement
Material is arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content
This series contains photograph albums and scrapbooks that document the Women's Athletic Association including sports programs,
individual sports activities, and social events.
Box 17
Intramural scrapbook: photographs and clippings
approximately 1920s-1941
Box 16
Scrapbook: clippings, records, and photographs documenting individual sports, Field Week, and Triangle Sports Day
1923-1932
Physical Description: 8 folders
Box 14
Scrapbook pages
1933-1938
Physical Description: 5 folders
Scope and Contents
Loose scrapbook pages. Includes clippings, handbooks, photographs,and programs that document Field Week events, High School
Sports Day, and individual sports groups.
Box 15
Photograph album: fencing
circa 1936-1959
Box 18
Photograph album: individual sports and social activities
1953-1954
Box 15
Photograph album: faculty honor dinner
February 12, 1974
Minute books
1921-1962
Arrangement
Material in this series is arranged alphabetically by organization name.
Scope and Content
Includes minute books from the different iterations of the Women's Athletic Association and subsidiary organizations.
Box 19
Interclass Sports Club minutes
1942-1946
Box 19
Interclass Sports Club minutes
1946-1952
Box 19
Interclass Sports Club minutes
1949-1954
Box 19
Interclass Sports Club minutes
1953-1960
Box 19
Sports and Pastimes minutes
1921-1923
Box 9
Women's Athletic Association council minutes
1923-1927
Box 19
Women's Athletic Association council minutes
1924-1927
Box 19
Women's Athletic Association council minutes
1928-1941
Box 19
Women's Athletic Association council minutes
1934-1941
Box 19
Women's Athletic Association council minutes
1940-1945
Box 19
Women's Athletic Association council minutes
1945-1949
Box 19
Women's Athletic Association Intramural Board minute book
1953-1962
Box 19
Women's "C" Society minutes
1923-1927
Box 19
Women's "C" Society minutes
1927-1937
Box 19
Women's "C" Society minutes
1937-1946
Box 19
Women's "C" Society minutes
1946-1956
