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Porcelain pipes with 4F shields
No full textA pair of porcelain ceremonial pipes with 4F student fraternal shields painted on the bowls. The set consists of two pipe bowls and one stem.[inscription on shield side] A. T. V.(?) Alberfice seis Panier! Uebung staehlt die Kraft! [inscription on other side] Hans Thiemer AGT! s/l Gbb Richard Vogt AGT! [illegible] / Frisch / Fromm / Gut Heil/ Fröhlich/ FreiExercise gives you strength!; Fresh, Pious, Cheerful, FreeThe Art and Madeline Slicer Turnvereine Stein collection consists of 132 items, 106 of which are German beer steins and other drinking vessels; the remaining 26 items are memorabilia. The collection was donated to Springfield College Archives in March 2015 by Art and Madeline Slicer, classes of 1959 and 1958, respectively. All items were created by, or have the underlying theme of, the German sporting organizations called Turnvereine, known in the United States as the Turners. Made of pottery, stoneware, ceramic, pewter, and glass, the steins and memorabilia depict sporting activities such as gymnastics, running, lifting, and other track-and-field events. Begun by Friedrich Ludwig Jahn in 1811 in Berlin, these social clubs were designed to promote physical fitness and foster a sense of national pride. Members of these clubs also competed in festivals (Turnfests), commemorated through many of the steins in this collection , including from Turnfests held in Frankfurt, Leipzig, Münich, and Nüremberg. The historical period represented by the items in this collection ranges from the mid-nineteenth century through 1942, with the bulk of the materials dating between 1880 and 1934
Brass pole topper with 4F flag
No full textA brass flag pole topper with 4F shield at the top.The Art and Madeline Slicer Turnvereine Stein collection consists of 132 items, 106 of which are German beer steins and other drinking vessels; the remaining 26 items are memorabilia. The collection was donated to Springfield College Archives in March 2015 by Art and Madeline Slicer, classes of 1959 and 1958, respectively. All items were created by, or have the underlying theme of, the German sporting organizations called Turnvereine, known in the United States as the Turners. Made of pottery, stoneware, ceramic, pewter, and glass, the steins and memorabilia depict sporting activities such as gymnastics, running, lifting, and other track-and-field events. Begun by Friedrich Ludwig Jahn in 1811 in Berlin, these social clubs were designed to promote physical fitness and foster a sense of national pride. Members of these clubs also competed in festivals (Turnfests), commemorated through many of the steins in this collection , including from Turnfests held in Frankfurt, Leipzig, Münich, and Nüremberg. The historical period represented by the items in this collection ranges from the mid-nineteenth century through 1942, with the bulk of the materials dating between 1880 and 1934
Metal turnfest pin
No full textA 1933 4F Turnfest pin from Stuttgart.15 Deutsches Turnfest Stuttgart 1933 TD15th German Gymnastics Festival, Stuttgart 1933The Art and Madeline Slicer Turnvereine Stein collection consists of 132 items, 106 of which are German beer steins and other drinking vessels; the remaining 26 items are memorabilia. The collection was donated to Springfield College Archives in March 2015 by Art and Madeline Slicer, classes of 1959 and 1958, respectively. All items were created by, or have the underlying theme of, the German sporting organizations called Turnvereine, known in the United States as the Turners. Made of pottery, stoneware, ceramic, pewter, and glass, the steins and memorabilia depict sporting activities such as gymnastics, running, lifting, and other track-and-field events. Begun by Friedrich Ludwig Jahn in 1811 in Berlin, these social clubs were designed to promote physical fitness and foster a sense of national pride. Members of these clubs also competed in festivals (Turnfests), commemorated through many of the steins in this collection , including from Turnfests held in Frankfurt, Leipzig, Münich, and Nüremberg. The historical period represented by the items in this collection ranges from the mid-nineteenth century through 1942, with the bulk of the materials dating between 1880 and 1934
Group photo standing on senior walk at Springfield College (Septemeber 2016)
No full textPhotograph of nineteen students standing on senior walk from c. 2017 at Springfield College. They are dressed up with their arms around each other in front of the senior walk tile on the ground. The Richard B. Flynn campus union and the administration building are in the background. This seems to be the seniors from NSO.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: RG169 - Springfield College Swimming and Diving Team Records Collection
No full textThis is the Finding Aid for RG169 - Springfield College Swimming and Diving Team Records collection. This collection includes newspaper clippings, magazine articles, news releases, statistics (individual games, individual players, cumulative for season, and all time), correspondence, memorandums, notes, flyers, history manuscripts, brochures, programs, schedules, rosters, slides, and photographic prints having to do with the men’s and women’s varsity swim and diving teams of Springfield College. These include materials from the start of the men’s program in 1914. The vast majority of materials are from the mid-sixties, with the start
of the women’s program, running through the early 2000s.
There are many team rosters, programs, brochures, news articles and releases, meet records and statistics, and overall team records from both the men’s and women’s programs. Contained in these materials are also correspondence, news and statistical information concerning and from the various conference or collegiate organizations that the teams belonged to, including the NCAA, Athletic Association of Intercollegiate Women (AAIW), Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC), and New England Intercollegiate Swimming and Diving Association (NEISDA). Brochures and Programs also contain information from NEISA or NEISDA, AAIW and NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. Most of these materials fall between the late 1960s through the early 1990s.
The photographic prints, slides, negatives, and contact sheets include team photos, individual swimmers and divers, and action shots (both staged and not-staged) taken from meets and practices from the 1914-1915 school year (the first year swimming was an official sport at Springfield College) through the modern era. Both the men and women’s teams are represented, with the bulk of the photos coming between the late 1960s through the early 2000s.
There are a number of manuscripts that talk about the history of the Springfield College Swimming and Diving program, including “The Story of Swimming at Springfield, 1915-1973” edited by Harold Lynch and published by the Springfield College Alumni Association, the “1988 Springfield College Swimming Reunion” Commemorative Photo Album and “Coach Charles E. Silva Testimonial” Water Gala Souvenir Program. Documents within include photographs, statements from swimmers, and news articles.The Springfield College Swimming and Diving Team got its start in 1914, the first full year that the schools’ new Natatorium, McCurdy Natatorium, was in use. Professor George B. Affleck served as the first head coach of the men’s varsity team. Listed as swimmers on that team were Jack Rothacher and Erastus W. Pennock. Both men later became two of Springfield's most successful coaches, Rothacher in football (and swimming) and Pennock in wrestling. Affleck coached until 1925 with a three year break during World War I. The coaching responsibilities in 1920 were taken over by Herbert E. Brown, a senior at Springfield College that year.
Affleck was replaced by Jack Rothacher. Rothacher coached the team from 1925 to 1931 and compiled a record of 42-12, including the only undefeated season by a Springfield College Men’s Swim team in 1926. In addition to being the swimming coach, Rothacher was also the football coach at Springfield College from 1924 through 1936. After his retirement, the coaching duties went to Thomas K. Cureton. Honored by the Olympic Swimming Committee in 1936, Cureton went 16 and 9 while the coach at Springfield College. He was also Charles E. Silvia’s head coach.
In 1937 Charles “Red” Eaton Silvia took over the coaching duties. A Springfield College swimmer himself, he earned both his BS (1934) and MS (1940) at Springfield College. Silvia coached from 1937 through 1973; a career that included numerous collegiate championships and an amazing overall record of 189 wins to150 loses. He also coached more than two-hundred Springfield College athletes to All-American status, including William A. Yorzyk, an Olympic Gold Medalist in the 1956 200-meter dolphin-butterfly. At these Olympics, Silvia served as an Assistant Coach of the United States Olympic Swimming Team. He also coached Dr. Davis Hart to his record-breaking English Channel swim from England to France in 1972. Silvia has been honored as NCAA District I Coach of the Year (1970), was named to the Springfield College Athletic Hall of Fame (1973), served as the chairman of the board of the International Swimming Hall of Fame, wrote “Life Saving & Water Safety Today” - one of the first text books on life saving and water safety - and was named Springfield College’s Distinguished Professor of Humanics in 1976.
After Silvia retired, Charlie Smith, an assistant coach and student of Sylvia’s, took over the duties of men’s swimming and diving coach. Charlie coached the men’s team until 1989. Always advancing the sport internationally, Smith was instrumental in strengthening international relationships between the Springfield College and countries in Asia, including as serving as the director of the International Academy at Springfield College, later renamed to the International English Language Institute at the College, from 1986-1999.
The women’s varsity team started became an intermural sport in 1965. There was also a synchronized swimming club, called the Marlin’s Club, established around this time as well. The inaugural season of the women’s varsity swimming and diving team at Springfield College did not take place until the 1966-67 season. The first team was led by Coach Dottie Anderson. She coached until1972, compiling a11-3 record. She was followed by Joseph McEvoy, 1972-1975 (14-4); Pam Noakes, 1975-1976 (7-1); Valerie Turtle, 1976-1980 (21-16); Marshall Adams, 1980-1981 (4-5); Mary Ellen Olcese, 1981-1985 (17-25); and the last women’s only coach, Marrie Neumer, 1985-1989 (11-30).
After 1989 the men and women’s team were coached by the same coaches. In 1989 John Taffe, head swimming coach, came to Springfield College. He was followed by Peter Avdoulos, head diving coach, who came in 1991. They have led the swimming and diving teams to multiple NEWMAC Championships and have coached many All-Americans and National Diving Champions since their arrival. John Taffe was also the head coach of the Netherland-Antilles squad in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia and has coached two Olympic Swimmers, Roy Burch and Justin Zook (Roy Burch represented Bermuda in the pool while Zook competed in the Paralympics for the United States, taking gold in the 2012 London Paralympics). Peter Avdoulos is one of the top diving coaches in the nation. Avdoulos has been the NCAA Division III Women’s Diving Coach of the Year four times. He has been selected as the New England Diving Coach of the Year eight times since 1991, and was named both the NEWMAC Men’s and Women’s Diving Coach of the Year for the 2002-2003 season and the 2012 and 2013 campaigns.
The Springfield College Swimming and Diving teams have used two facilities on the Springfield College campus. These include McCurdy Natatorium and Linkletter Natatorium. McCurdy Natatorium was a part of Judd Gymnasia, the first building erected on the present campus. A gift of Standard Oil President Herbert Pratt, it was named after physical education department head, Dr. James Huff McCurdy. It was completed in April 1913 and closed on March 18, 1968, being replaced by Linkletter Natatorium. Since that time it has served as a dance studio, weight room, the college bookstore, and, finally, in the spring of 2011, as the Springfield College History Museum which also includes the YMCA Hall of Fame.
Linkletter Natatorium was dedicated on October 21, 1967. It was named after Art Linkletter, the famed entertainer best known for his TV series "House Party", because he believed so much in the project that he sold his house for $250,000 and donated the money to the project as well as conducted many fund raising activities, including “Work Week”, where students worked jobs such as trimming hedges or moving telephone poles for donations. The natatorium had a movable bulkhead that could shorten and lengthen the pool, making it was the longest indoor collegiate pool in the Eastern US at that time, two classrooms with underwater picture windows that allowed coaches and instructors to observe the swimmers, underwater speakers that allowed them to correct swimming technique as they were swimming and a closed circuit television system to further analyze swimming skills. The Art Linkletter Natatorium was incorporated into the new Wellness and Recreation Complex in 2008
George Williams wax cylinder on NEDCC "IRENE" (2016)
No full textThe George Williams wax cylinder, the only known recording of George Williams, being digitized in September of 2016. The cylinder is on a tube that is part of a audio preservation technology known as "IRENE". IRENE uses a non-contact approach to Audio Preservation, creating ultra-high resolution images of the audio groove structures. The resulting image files are then processed through software that translates them into an audio file.To learn more about Sir George Williams, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/71
George Williams wax cylinder on NEDCC "IRENE" (2016)
No full textThe George Williams wax cylinder, the only known recording of George Williams, being digitized in September of 2016. The cylinder is on a tube that is part of a audio preservation technology known as "IRENE". IRENE uses a non-contact approach to Audio Preservation, creating ultra-high resolution images of the audio groove structures. The resulting image files are then processed through software that translates them into an audio file.To learn more about Sir George Williams, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/71
Katie Delude
No full textA photograph collage celebrating Katie Delude, Class of 2011. The photographs show her skating on the ice with a trophy as the Head Athletic Trainer at Northeastern University.To learn more about the Department of Athletic Training, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/corporate_entities/27
Brian Dalton
No full textThis is a portrait photograph of Brian Dalton. In the photograph, he is wearing a suit jacket with no tie and looking straight at the camera.Brian Dalton graduated from Springfield College in 2001. He played defense in Springfield College's lacrosse team and was named the SC Male Freshman Team Athlete of the Year in 1998. In his junior year, he was named to both the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Division III and Pilgrim League Southeast Division All-Star Teams, and received the Springfield College Vic Ohanesian Courageous Athlete Award. As a senior, he was named to the NEWMAC All-Conference Team, Pilgrim League Al-Conference Team, and the Division III All-Conference Team.This photograph was supplied from various sources to the Athletic Department for use in the 2019 Athletic Hall of Fame inductions. Only digital files were supplied. These files were printed and a physical version was placed in the photo. No original print exists in the collection at the time that this file was uploaded into the digital collections.
The Springfield Student (vol. 129, no. 15) Feb. 5, 2015
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.