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Group photo on senior walk at Springfield College (c. 2018)
No full textPhotograph of seven students laying down on senior walk from c. 2017 at Springfield College. They are dressed in their graduation cap and gown laying on the sidewalk in front of the senior walk tile on the ground. The Richard B. Flynn campus union and administration building are in the background.This photograph is part of a group of photographs and files used in the poster on the Senior Walk for the 2019 President's Gala. Most photographs are low-res JPGs sent in by alumni that was taken or that the school photographer took of students and faculty on the Senior Walk during the last twenty years. There was also a PNG file of the poster that was ultimately created and uploaded as a JPG. These digital files have not been printed individually. Most field are represented on the poster, a copy of which is held in the Oversized collection in the Springfield College Archives.This photograph is part of a group of photographs and files used in the poster on the Senior Walk for the 2019 President's Gala. Most photographs are low-res JPGs sent in by alumni that was taken or that the school photographer took of students and faculty on the Senior Walk during the last twenty years. There was also a PNG file of the poster that was ultimately created and uploaded as a JPG. These digital files have not been printed individually. Most field are represented on the poster, a copy of which is held in the Oversized collection in the Springfield College Archives
Honoring Dr. Mimi Murray Flyer, ca. 2018
No full textThis is a two-page flyer for Springfield College alumna and faculty member D. Mimi Murray. The flyer's main purpose is to honor Dr. Murray's contributions to teaching, coaching, and scholarship. It has several photographs of Dr. Murray, including one when she was coaching the USA women's gymnastics and one with President George H. W. Bush. The flyer also includes a bio of Dr. Murray, and an announcement of the launch of the Dr. Mimi Murray Scholarship Fund.For more information on Dr. Mimi Murray, please see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/9
Finding Aid: RG162 - Springfield College Gymnastics Team Records
No full textThis is the Finding Aid is for RG162 - Springfield College Gymnastics Team Records collection. Materials in this collection include newspaper clippings, magazine articles, news releases, manuscripts, scripts (including notecards), printed materials, correspondence, tickets, artwork, posters, memorandums, newsletters, notes, flyers, brochures, programs, schedules and rosters from performances, photographic prints, slides, negatives, film (16mm and various video formats), VHS videos, uniforms and other clothing and memorabilia having to do with the Springfield College Men’s & Women’s Varsity Gymnastics teams, the Springfield College Exhibition Team, and the Springfield College annual Gymnastics Homeshow. Materials date from the 1890s into the 2010s, with the bulk of the materials coming from the 1960s to the early 2000s. There are many documents and manuscripts that talk about the history of the Springfield College Gymnastics Team. These include a thesis written in 1922 by Arthur F. Schaefer, letters and materials written by Gymnastics Head Coach Frank Wolcott, and a 1971 history called the “Joy of Effort”. The history of the Gymnastics Exhibition Team and the Homeshow is told in a booklet that was created for the 100th annual Homeshow in 2009. Of special import to the history of Gymnastics are the published manuscripts titled “Roots of Gymnastics, 3rd edition” written by International Gymnastics Hall of Fame curator, A. Bruce Frederick.
Materials regarding the Men’s Varsity Gymnastics team go all the way back to the start of the program in 1904 and continue through the 2000s. The bulk of the material falls from 1960 through 2015. Statistics and individual/team match scores or results make up the majority of materials within this series. These include packets of scores for the gymnasts & teams who participated in major championship matches such as the EIGL (Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League), NCAA, USAG (USA Gymnastics), New England Championships, and ECAC (Eastern College Athletic Conference). There are also many programs and brochures for championships and multiple team meets. Other documents include photographic prints and slides of team photographs, individual gymnasts, coaches, and action shots (both staged and not-staged) taken from meets and practices starting in 1904. Of interest, are photographs of Tim Daggett, 1984 Gold Medalist from Springfield, Massachusetts. There are also some 16mm films and VHS video tapes. Most of the VHS tapes contain films from championship competitions beginning in the early 1970s through the late 1980s.
Materials with the Women’s Varsity team begin with the first full entering class of Women at Springfield College in 1951 and continue through the late 2010s, with the bulk of the materials beginning around 1968. Most of the materials are team rosters, team or meet statistics, individual statistics, overall team records, and information on the championships for the EAIAW (Eastern Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women) conference, DGWS (Division for Girls’ and Women’s Sport), AIAW (Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women), the ECAC (Eastern College Athletic Conference) conference, the NCAAA (including the USFG championships, USA Gymnastics championships, and NCGA championships). Photographs include team photos, individual gymnastics, and action shots (both staged and not staged) taken from meets and practices from around 1974-1975 school year through the modern era. Most of the films are of competitions or dual matches, but there are also many of the championship matches Springfield College participated in over the years. Of importance is a film of the first DGWS Women’s Collegiate Championships in 1969 that was won by Springfield College. Finally, there are also various memorabilia, posters, and trophies, mostly from various championships participated in by Springfield College.
Within the Springfield College Exhibition team materials, including tour performances and the annual Homeshow, materials start in the 1920s and continue through the 2010s. Photographs within the series go all the way back to the 1930s, with the bulk coming from the 1960s onward. Much of the undated photographs have been divided by the type of activity, including Tableaux, clowns, dancing, triple and double balance teams, pyramid building, stacking of gymnasts, performances with parachutes and trampolines, and all the official gymnastics events. In addition to scenes from the exhibitions, photographs include some behind the scene shots and group photos. There are two series of photographs that depict the Exhibition Team during their tours. Additionally, there are photographs from the 1965 World’s Fair performances at Shea Stadium and photographs of Olympic Gold Medalist Jeff Blatnik and Tim Daggett during the 100th anniversary celebration performance in 1984. Most of the films are of the Springfield College Homeshow beginning in the late 1970s. Of interest are also a few films of exhibitions and special performances, including a 1979 ESPN performance, 2002 Basketball Hall of Fame performance, and an undated Fleet Center performance. Of importance are various scripts for the program, including note cards with changes made by MC of the shows Art Linkletter. Finally, there are materials from other exhibition performances, including at the 1965 World’s Fair, and the 1966 Montreal Expo. These exist alongside posters, flyers, schedules, memorabilia, and planning documents on the exhibition team tours.The early history of gymnastics at Springfield College goes all the way back to 1891 with a gym meet with the 23rd St. YMCA Leaders Corps in New York City. Dr. James Naismith, the creator of basketball, participated. The first exhibition Homeshow, an exhibition show that took place after the team put on shows in other communities around the Northeast, took place in May of 1905. The touring and the Homeshow is a tradition that continues throughout the history of the Springfield College Gymnastics team. The first full-time Varsity Men’s Gymnastics coach was Louis C. Schroeder (class of 1912), in 1915. Schroeder was succeeded five years later, in 1921, by Leslie J. Judd; a position he held until 1956. Judd is widely considered a father of modern Gymnastics. Under his leadership, the varsity gymnastics team attained international fame. Perhaps the greatest contribution Coach Judd made to the team was the world-famous Living Statuary of Youth or the Tableaux. Women’s gymnastics became an intercollegiate team in the 1963-64 school year, and was coached by Diane Potter. Arguably, the team’s greatest successes came under Mimi Murray. In her first year, 1969, the team went 7-0 and hosted and won the first National College Women’s Championship
The Springfield Student (vol. 131, no. 20a) Apr. 1, 2017
No full text“The Springfield Student” was first published in 1909 in the Association Seminar, an alumni publication. The portion published in the Association Seminar has been digitized and can be seen in The Springfield College Alumni Magazine Collection (http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/collection/p16122coll3/searchterm/The%20Springfield%20Student/field/spring/mode/all/conn/and/order/date). Generally, “The Springfield Student” includes information about student organizations, athletics, alumni, and events. It also occasionally includes student poetry and fiction, as well as the conclusions of student-designed research. As the publication evolved, “The Springfield Student” began including editorials on world events and popular culture, as well as letters to the editor. Originally, the “Springfield Student” was published monthly from October through June, and its formatting resembled a magazine. In October 1913, the cover illustration simplified to only the title, the date, and the capital letter “S,” but the content and structure remained unchanged. On September 27, 1916, “The Springfield Student” was reformatted to resemble a newspaper: the pages decreased from around thirty to just four, it no longer included a cover, and it became a weekly publication. In the inaugural weekly issue, the editors explained the motivation behind the change: “To sustain the intimate and helpful relations that our Alumni and College should stress we feel that a weekly news publication is the best possible medium. [...] It is the purpose of the Staff to cover all College and Student Association activities in a very live way, reporting athletic contests in brief snappy articles, and giving members of the Alumni Associations space for contributions and newsy items.” During October 1917, in acknowledgement of the limited resources and significantly smaller student body caused by the United States’ involvement in World War I, the “The Springfield Student” ceased its weekly publication and instead published a few pages each month in the “The Association Seminar.” Two years later, October 1919, “The Springfield Student” resumed weekly publication. In this first issue, the editors wrote that they wanted to re-establish the newspaper “as the mouthpiece or spokesman of the student body.”This is an April Fools issue
The Springfield Student (vol. 131, no. 22) Apr. 13, 2017
No full text“The Springfield Student” was first published in 1909 in the Association Seminar, an alumni publication. The portion published in the Association Seminar has been digitized and can be seen in The Springfield College Alumni Magazine Collection (http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/collection/p16122coll3/searchterm/The%20Springfield%20Student/field/spring/mode/all/conn/and/order/date). Generally, “The Springfield Student” includes information about student organizations, athletics, alumni, and events. It also occasionally includes student poetry and fiction, as well as the conclusions of student-designed research. As the publication evolved, “The Springfield Student” began including editorials on world events and popular culture, as well as letters to the editor. Originally, the “Springfield Student” was published monthly from October through June, and its formatting resembled a magazine. In October 1913, the cover illustration simplified to only the title, the date, and the capital letter “S,” but the content and structure remained unchanged. On September 27, 1916, “The Springfield Student” was reformatted to resemble a newspaper: the pages decreased from around thirty to just four, it no longer included a cover, and it became a weekly publication. In the inaugural weekly issue, the editors explained the motivation behind the change: “To sustain the intimate and helpful relations that our Alumni and College should stress we feel that a weekly news publication is the best possible medium. [...] It is the purpose of the Staff to cover all College and Student Association activities in a very live way, reporting athletic contests in brief snappy articles, and giving members of the Alumni Associations space for contributions and newsy items.” During October 1917, in acknowledgement of the limited resources and significantly smaller student body caused by the United States’ involvement in World War I, the “The Springfield Student” ceased its weekly publication and instead published a few pages each month in the “The Association Seminar.” Two years later, October 1919, “The Springfield Student” resumed weekly publication. In this first issue, the editors wrote that they wanted to re-establish the newspaper “as the mouthpiece or spokesman of the student body.
The Triangle, Fall-Winter 2017-2018 (Vol. 87, No. 2)
No full textSpringfield College’s alumni magazine is currently called The Triangle, a reference to the school’s emblem: an inverted red triangle representing the spirit, mind, and body. The magazine began at roughly twenty pages and in three years doubled in size. As with its previous formats, the magazine covers college news, including faculty research and school development projects. However, its primary purpose is to provide a forum for alumni to comment, and much of the magazine is dedicated to alumni achievements and class notes
Group photo on senior walk at Springfield College (2017)
No full textPhotograph of six students laying down on senior walk from 2017 at Springfield College. They are dressed in their graduation gown holding their cap in front of them laying on the sidewalk in front of the senior walk tile on the ground. The only identifiable students are Jamie Schneck, Marnae Mawdsley, and Allison Koshes. The Richard B. Flynn campus union, administration building, and marsh memorial are in the background.This photograph is part of a group of photographs and files used in the poster on the Senior Walk for the 2019 President's Gala. Most photographs are low-res JPGs sent in by alumni that was taken or that the school photographer took of students and faculty on the Senior Walk during the last twenty years. There was also a PNG file of the poster that was ultimately created and uploaded as a JPG. These digital files have not been printed individually. Most field are represented on the poster, a copy of which is held in the Oversized collection in the Springfield College Archives
Finding Aid: RG 177 The Marlin Club Records
No full textThe Marlin Club Records collection contains photographs, programs and one video created by the Marlin Club and its predecessors, the Synchronized Swimming Club, the Swim Club and the Swimming Club. These materials begin with photographs taken of synchronized swimming being performed in McCurdy Natatorium during the early ‘50s. These are pictures from when the club was known as the Synchronized Swimming Club and was only available to women. Also included are programs from the Water Show “Movement, Music and Meaning” presented by the Marlin Club on May 8th & 9th. The video is also from this show, but which night of the show it comes from is not known. The video is on a rare 1-inch EV tape format and has been digitized.For history of the Springfield College Marlin Club, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/corporate_entities/118
Finding Aid: RG 178 Springfield College's Edward Steitz Records
No full textMaterials in the Springfield College Edward S. Steitz Records consist of newspaper articles, magazine articles, news releases, speeches, manuscripts, correspondence, lists, notes, video recordings, and photographs on or about the life and work of Edward S. Steitz. The materials were gathered and collected by Springfield College employees, mostly in the Marketing and Communications department. The bulk of the materials were created between 1970 through 1990. There is copious biographical information collected and written by Springfield College, both in the form of media releases and internal documents. These documents list his accomplishments with basketball rules, travel to other countries, and connections with important sport organizations. There are many materials on his nomination and induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1984, including original nomination forms and speeches given at the induction ceremony. The majority of materials within the collection are newspaper articles and magazine articles. This includes many articles written on his death and articles on his basketball rules work, including his three-point rules changes in 1986. There are two VHS video tapes within the collection, including the tape of his memorial service and a 1988 taping of an appearance on “38 on Sports” on WSBK-TV 38 by producer Cliff Allen. There are also many photographs of Steitz throughout his career, including images from the 1965 Springfield College basketball team World Tour.For biographical information on Edward Steitz, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/110
East Campus/Freshman Camp, by Elizabeth Evans (2017)
No full textThis document talks about the history of Springfield College's East Campus and its Freshman Camp or Outdoor Pursuits, as it is called now, written by Elizabeth Evans. This version was created in June, 2017. There are earlier versions written as early as 2010. In the document, Dr. Evans gives a timeline and a basic history of East Campus and talks about the formation of Freshman Camp and its changes over the years