Color photo of the worn surface of a runway for field events. One of a series of photographs from an Oregon school requesting funding for track repairs.
A scanned image of a four-page document, entitled: Report of the Special Athletic Committee, and addressed to the faculty of the University of Oregon. The report contains a review of the University's intercollegiate and intramural sports progams for the 1914-15 academic year. Statistics are given for each individual sport for both men and women. The document also includes a summary of some of the issues of concern to the committee, including: importance of physical exercise and the intramural sports program ; excessive publicity; academic achievement and intellectual life. The document ends with a list of recommendations, mainly related to: student participation in sports; forbidding scouting; appointing faculty representatives and creating a standing committee; scheduling practices and games; use of student body funds. The document appears to be a draft version, as there are some corrections made in pencil.
A scanned image of a one-page letter, addressed to Steve Prefontaine, Marshfield High School, Coos Bay, Oregon, from W.J. Bowerman, Professor of Physical Education, Track Coach, dated October 30, 1967. In the letter, Bill Bowerman offers his congratulations to Steve Prefontaine for his progress in cross-country racing. Three other names are mentioned in the letter, as other individuals who have commented to Bowerman on Prefontaine's potential: Bill Dellinger; Rosco Divine and Dave Wilborn (two "sub-four-minute milers").
Black and white photo of University of Oregon football coach Len Casanova presenting an award to Oregon State football player Terry Baker in 1962. The award, given on behalf of the Duck football team, was presented to Baker for being the most outstanding opponent faced by Oregon that season. In 1962, Baker earned college football's Heisman Trophy and played in the NCAA basketball tournament's Final Four, becoming the only athlete to have ever done so.