Guide to the Jake Gimbel Athletic Attitude Prize Records

Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford, California
November 2010
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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


Box 1

Records