- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Princeton University. Athletics Department.
- Title:
- Dillon Gym Library Collection
- Repository:
- Princeton University Archives
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/np193c92q
- Dates:
- 1891-2003 (mostly 1930-1991)
- Size:
- 8 boxes
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Box 1-8
- Language:
- English
Abstract
The Dillon Gym Library was housed in Dillon Gym, which opened in 1947. Dillon Gym is now mainly used as the headquarters for the Campus Recreation program, and includes various administrative and varsity athletic coaches' offices. The majority of the collection is made up of published material such as athletic handbooks, rule guides and technique charts; athletic organization convention and conference reports; and university publications (sports schedules and programs, admissions material, faculty, staff, and alumni guides and fundraising publications). The collection contains several areas of focus—notably, material on women's sports at Princeton.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
The majority of the collection is made up of published material such as athletic handbooks, rule guides and technique charts; athletic organization convention and conference reports; and university publications (sports schedules and programs, admissions material, faculty, staff, and alumni guides and fundraising publications). The collection contains several areas of focus—notably, material on women's sports at Princeton and nationwide during the enactment of Title IX and the tenure from 1970 to 1982 of Merrily Dean Baker, founding Director of Women's Athletics at Princeton.
Other series focus on athletic rulebooks and handbooks by individual sport; periodicals and publications apparently belonging to Joseph Raycroft, including committee reports and correspondence on the Olympic Games; administrative documents such as Princeton University Athletic Association audit reports between 1933 and 1949 and files on stadium-area improvements in the early 1960s; files and video footage from the Princeton Men's Lacrosse program between the 1970s and the early 1990s; and 16 mm football films from 1962.
The Dillon Gym Library Collection was transferred to the University Archives by the Princeton Department of Athletics in summer 2015, as the department prepared for renovations to Dillon Gym.
At least a portion of the material appears to derive from the Joseph Raycroft Library, which was established in Dillon Gym in 1948 in honor of Raycroft, who was Princeton's chairman of Health and Physical Education from 1911 to 1936. The Raycroft Library was dismantled in 1972.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Princeton University. Athletics Department.
Princeton University was a participant in the first intercollegiate football game in America in 1869. Since then, the University has maintained a varsity football team, competing each season against other colleges in the Ivy League Athletic Conference, including traditional rival Yale.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
The Dillon Gym Library Collection was transferred to the University Archives by the Princeton Department of Athletics in July, 2015 (AR 2015.062).
- Appraisal
Removed from the collection were half a linear foot of university-wide, published pamphlets available elsewhere in the University Archives, such as booklets "The Princeton University Faculty," the Graduate School Announcement, the Library Handbook, and so on, from the years 1929 to 1984 (but primarily from the 1950s and 1960s). Also removed was a run of the Journal of Health and Physical Education/Journal of the American Association for Health Physical Education and Recreation from the years 1947, 1949, and 1952-53, available in the library catalog.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Phoebe Nobles in July 2016.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. The Trustees of Princeton University hold copyright to all materials generated by Princeton University employees in the course of their work. For instances beyond Fair Use, if copyright is held by Princeton University, researchers do not need to obtain permission, complete any forms, or receive a letter to move forward with use of materials from the Princeton University Archives.
For instances beyond Fair Use where the copyright is not held by the University, while permission from the Library is not required, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
Dillon Gym Library Collection; Princeton University Archives, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/np193c92q
- Location:
-
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript LibrarySeeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library65 Olden StreetPrinceton, NJ 08540, USA
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Box 1-8
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- Subject Terms:
- Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women
Baker, Merrily Dean
College athletes -- New Jersey -- Princeton. -- 20th century
College sports -- New Jersey -- Princeton.
College sports for women - New Jersey - Princeton.
Olympics
Raycroft, Joseph Edward, 1867- - Names:
- Princeton University. Athletics Department.
Princeton University -- Lacrosse
Princeton University -- Sports
