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Intercollegiate Athletics
PAC-10 and NCAA Records, 1954-1983
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Archives 219
Intercollegiate Athletics
PAC-10 and NCAA Records, 1954-1983
The PAC-10 and NCAA records of Intercollegiate Athletics were received at the Washington State University Libraries as two accessions. In 1982, faculty representative Edward Bennett transferred files that were in his possession, (MS82-22) and in 1988, the office of Director of Intercollegiate Athletics transferred its files (UA88-42). As the two accessions appeared to be parts of the same original record series, the two were combined. The processing and arrangement were completed by Steve Rasmussen in March, 1994.
ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY
The principal contact of the University and the athletics conferences
and associations is the faculty representative. The faculty representative
from Washington State University originally worked with the Athletic
Association of Western Universities (AAWU). The conference changed
its name to the Pacific Athletic Conference (PAC-8) in 1968, and
then to the PAC-10 in 1978. The representative was responsible
for representing WSU in conference meetings and official functions,
as well as rules interpretation and compliance. He was the channel
for athletes to petition conference and/or NCAA (National Collegiate
Athletic Association) rules. He also headed many search committees,
and was a member of the University Athletic Council, which advised
on internal athletic issues.
Wallis Beasley served as representative through 1966, and Edward Bennett, a professor in the history department, took over thereafter.
ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION
The records cover roughly the years 1960-1982, with some material
both before and after these dates. All the sections are not complete--there
are many gaps. Included are correspondence, eligibility petitions,
letters of intent, meeting minutes, financial information, and
booklets.
The records are arranged as three series: WSU, AAWU/PAC-8/PAC-10,
and NCAA. The files have been arranged chronologically logically
in separate sections within each. Material that was attached together
(i.e. stapled or paper clipped) has been left together, even if
the dates are not in chronological order.
Maintaining the arrangement of the papers as received was not
possible as portions were unfiled or of disrupted filing. Thus,
some sections are the same as when they arrived, others are not.
The records are arranged in three series: WSU, AAWU/PAC-8/ PAC-10,
and NCAA, which reflects of the original order of the more-ordered
part of the papers. Unfiled materials were assigned to their apparent
place in these series. It was difficult at times to distinguish
between these three areas consistently, but generally the material
in the WSU area includes all correspondence pertaining to WSU
specifically, whether in internal WSU, conference, or NCAA correspondence.
The conference and NCAA areas are arranged in the same manner.
As a general rule, anyone searching the records should examine
all three series.
Wide examination is especially important in the case of the WSU
women's athletics correspondence. This is a separate subseries
in part, but the separation between this and the general WSU correspondence
seemed arbitrary at times. As a result, information pertaining
to women's athletics, particularly the so-called Title IX requirements,
can be found in the general WSU correspondence section, as well
as among meeting minutes. The subseries specific to WSU women's
athletics includes correspondence from the AIAW (Association for
Intercollegiate Athletics for Women) and the NCAA.
Many items among the records are stapled or otherwise attached
to documents in ways that do not follow the filing logic and would
seem to belong in other sections. For example, eligibility petitions
are found in the Conference Council meeting minutes as well in
their own section. Conference Council meeting minutes also frequently
include Executive Director's reports, and other committee reports
such as the Appraisal, Drug Enforcement, Basketball Coaches, Rose
Bowl Management, and Coaches Committees. Meeting agendas are also
found with the correspondence files.
SERIES LIST
CONTAINERS
Series 1. WSU Files 1-2, 8
Series 2. AAWU/PAC-8/PAC-10 2-5
Series 3. NCAA Files 6-7
CONTAINER LIST
BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION
Series 1: WSU Files
WSU Athletic Department Correspondence
1 1 1954-1958
2 1959
3 1960-1961
4 1962-1964
5 1965
6 1966
7 1967
8 1968
9 1969
10 1970
11 1971
12 1972
13 1973
14 1974
15 1975
16 1976
17 1977
18 1978
19 1979
20 1980
BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION
21 1981 (Jan.-June)
22 1981 (July-Dec.)
23 1982 (Jan.-July)
24 1982 (Aug.-Dec.)
25 1983
26 Date unknown
WSU Women's Athletics Correspondence
27 1963-1968
28 1974-1977 (none for 1969-1973)
29 1978
30 1979 (Jan.-Feb.)
31 1979 (Mar.-Dec.)
32 1980
33 1981
34 1982
35 Date unknown
36 AIAW handbook 1976-1977
37 Women's athletics pamphlets from AIAW and AAWU
BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION
WSU Athletic Council Meeting Minutes
2 38 1957-1968
39 1970-1982 (none for 1969)
Miscellaneous
40 Eligibility certificates 1959-1971
41 Men`s basketball rosters 1976-1981
42 NCAA vs. AAU (includes Gerry Lindgren case) 1965
43 Pamphlet - "United States Olympic Crisis" 1972
44 Search committee - head football coach 1967
45 Search committee - asst. athletic director - Cougar Club 1982
46 Search committee - assoc. athletic director - operations 1982
47 Search committee - head volleyball coach 1982
48 Wiscavage hearing 1981
49 Simmons hearing 1982
50 Material for athletic council survey for Pres. Terrell 1967-68
51 State of WA Council on Higher Ed - financing of athletics 1975
[8] [204] Conference survey of WSU athletics 1939 (oversize; located
at box 8, folder 204)
BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION
Series 2: AAWU/PAC-8/PAC-10 Files
AAWU/PAC-8/PAC-10 Correspondence
2 52 1959-1960
53 1962 (none for 1961)
54 1963
55 1964 (Jan.-June)
56 1964 (July-Dec.)
57 1965 (Jan.-June)
58 1965 (July-Dec.)
59 1966 (Jan.-May)
60 1966 (June-Dec.)
61 1967
62 AAWU correspondence date unknown
63 1968
64 1969
65 1970
66 1971
67 1972
68 1973
69 1974
BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION
3 70 1975
71 1976
72 1977
73 1978
74 1979
75 1980
76 1981 (Jan.-Aug.)
77 1981 (Sept.-Dec.)
78 1982 (Jan.-May)
79 1982 (June-Dec.)
80 PAC-8/PAC-10 correspondence date unknown
AAWU/PAC-8/PAC-10 Council meeting minutes
81 1962-1964
82 1966-1967 (none for 1965)
83 1968
84 1969 (includes agendas)
85 1970-1971 (includes agendas)
86 1972 (includes agendas)
87 1973 (includes agendas)
88 1974 (includes agendas)
89 1975 (includes agendas)
90 1976 (includes agendas)
91 1977 (includes agendas)
92 1978 (includes agendas)
93 1979 (includes agendas)
94 1980 (includes agendas)
95 1981 (includes agendas)
96 1982 (includes agendas)
BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION
AAWU/PAC-8/PAC-10 Administrative Committee meeting minutes
4 97 1962-1963
98 1964, 1966-1967 (only 2 agendas for 1965),(includes agendas)
99 1968-1969 (includes agendas)
100 1970-1971
101 1972-1974 (includes agendas)
102 1975-1976 (includes agendas)
103 1977 (includes agendas)
104 1978-1979 (includes agendas)
105 1980-1981 (includes agendas)
106 1982 (includes agendas)
Miscellaneous
107 Presidents and chancellors meeting minutes 1966-1982
108 "Presentation of Rose Bowl information" PAC-10 and Big Ten
109 PAC-8 executive director's report 1971-1976
110 PAC-8/PAC-10 executive director's report 1977-1981
111 Presidents, chancellors, and council meetings 1962-1981
112 Rose bowl management committee meeting minutes 1963-1982
113 Table of contents for council and admin. comm. 1977-1982
114 PAC-8/PAC-10 rules interpretations memos 1972-1982
115 PAC-10 executive director searches - mostly 1982
116 AAWU financial statement 1962
117 AAWU financial statement 1963
118 AAWU financial statement 1964
119 AAWU/PAC-8 financial statements 1965-1972
BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION
4 120 PAC-8/PAC-10 financial statements 1973-1981
121 PIOB financial statement 1971-1972
122 Theodore Roosevelt award
123 AAWU work program 1964
AAWU/PAC-8/PAC-10 Press Releases
124 1964-1965
125 1966
126 1967
127 1968
BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION
5 128 1969
129 1970
130 1971-1972
131 1979-1982 (none for 1973-1978)
AAWU Letters of Intent
132 1965-1966
133 1967-1968
AAWU/PAC-8/PAC-10 Eligibility Petitions
134 1960-1962
135 1963
136 1964
137 1965
138 1966
139 1967
140 1968
141 1969
142 1970
143 1971-1972
144 1973
145 1974
146 1975 (\#1-75 - 40-75)
147 1975 (\#41-75 -)
BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION
5 148 1976
149 1977
150 1978
151 1979 (\#1-79 - 32-79)
152 1979 (\#33-79 -)
153 1980 (\#2-80 - 43-80)
154 1980 (\#58-80 -)
155 Date unknown
156 AAWU/PAC-8/PAC-10 booklets
BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION
Series 3: NCAA Files
NCAA Correspondence
6 157 1959
158 1960
159 1961
160 1962
161 1963
162 1964
163 1965
164 1966
165 1967
166 1968
167 1969
168 1970
169 1971
170 1972
171 1973
172 1974
173 1975
174 1976
175 1977
176 1978
177 1979
178 1980
179 1981
180 1982
181 1983
182 Date unknown
"NCAA News" newsletter
183 1967, 1974
184 1975
185 1976
186 1977
187 1978
188 1979
189 1980
190 1981
191 1982 - Jan. 1983
NCAA Booklets
192 Convention booklets 1963, 1967, 1968, 1977
193 Convention booklets 1981-1982
194 Convention booklet 1983
195 Manuals 1965, 1980-1981
BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION
7 196 Sports and rec. programs directories
197 Television plan booklets
198 Annual report 1980-1981
199 Misc. NCAA booklets
200 Misc. NCAA booklets
201 Misc. NCAA booklets
Miscellaneous Booklets
202 National Football Foundation booklets
203 Misc. booklets
BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION
8 204 Conference survey of WSU athletics 1939