Whitman College Sports Studies, Recreation and Athletics records
Scope and Contents
The Whitman College Sports Studies, Recreation and Athletic Records consist of news clippings, photographs, calendars, schedules, publications, correspondence, and memos pertaining to sports of all levels at Whitman College. It also contains information on the construction and maintenance of the Walla Walla Stadium, built in 1925 and renamed Borleske Stadium in 1940.
Dates
- 1886-2003
Creator
- Whitman College (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Historical Note
A Whitman College Athletics Association formed in 1886, due in part to a desire of students to participate in baseball. The first football team was formed in 1892. Women's basketball was being played as early as 1897, and tennis was a popular early activity. The arrival in 1906 of Raymond Vincent Borleske was a seminal moment in the development of Whitman athletic programs. Borleske was considered the greatest football running back in the West during his playing days. Borleske graduated in 1910 and returned in 1915 to teach and coach, becoming the dominant figure in Whitman athletics until 1947.
Extent
34 Linear Feet (23 record cartons, 21 document boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Materials related to Whitman College varsity athletics, sports and athletic classes, and intramural sports.
Creator
- Whitman College (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Whitman College Sports Studies, Recreation and Athletics Records
- Author
- Bill Huntington
- Date
- 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Whitman College and Northwest Archives Repository