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Guide to the Jake Gimbel Athletic Attitude Prize Records
SCM0155  
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  • Overview
  • Administrative Information
  • Biographical/Historical Sketch
  • Description of the Collection
  • Access Terms

  • Overview

    Call Number: SCM0155
    Creator: Gimbel, Jacob, 1876-1943.
    Title: Jake Gimbel athletic attitude prize records
    Dates: 1930-1970
    Physical Description: 0.04 Linear feet (2 folders)
    Summary: Records consist of correspondence with winners (mostly outgoing letters), 1930-1960; correspondence between Jake Gimbel and university officials, 1930-42, and a copy of his will; other related correspondence; and list of winners, 1970.
    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

    Administrative transfer.

    Information about Access

    This collection is open for research.

    Cite As

    Jake Gimbel Athletic Attitude Prize Records (SCM0155). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Biographical/Historical Sketch

    Jacob (Jake) Gimbel endowed an annual prize and medal to honor the senior athlete at Stanford University who had shown the best mental attitude toward athletics.

    Description of the Collection

    Records consist of correspondence with winners (mostly outgoing letters), 1930-1960; correspondence between Jake Gimbel and university officials, 1930-42, and a copy of his will; other related correspondence; and list of winners, 1970.

    Access Terms

    Albert, Frankie, 1920-2002.
    Gimbel, Jacob, 1876-1943.
    Hammett, Raymond M.
    Hammett, Raymond M.
    Stanford University -- General subdivision--Sports.;
    Stanford University. Department of Athletics.
    Sterling, J. E. Wallace, (John Ewart Wallace), 1906-1985
    Storey, Thomas A., (Thomas Andrew), 1875-1943.
    Wilbur, Ray L., (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949