Telegram from Robert M. Thompson, president of the American Olympic Committee, to college presidents across the United States, seeking to enlist college students in fundraising efforts for the 1924 U.S. Olympic team.
One-page typed description of a photograph of Ed Crowley, University of Oregon alumnus and manager of the Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, shaking hands with Los Angeles Rams and former Oregon quarterback Norm Van Brocklin as Rams teammate Glenn Davis looks on. The picture was taken near the Los Angeles Hilton Hotel in 1950.
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.
Telegram from U.S. Olympic Committee Chairman K.L. Wilson to University of Oregon Athletic Publicity Director, Art Litchman, congratulating him on the idea to hold a pre-Olympics exhibition and suggesting he share the idea with others.
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").
23-page program for an exhibition track meet held at the University of Oregon on September 3, 1956. This was the first U.S. Track Team Exhibition Meet. The meet drew participants from around the globe. Eight world record holders, including Charlie Dumas (high jump) and Franklin Held (javelin), participated in the meet. Of the 36 U.S. Olympic team members scheduled to take part in the meet, only 29 competed. Other entrants included collegiate stars and international athletes, many of whom were Olympians.
Color cover from 1932 Olympic Games held in Los Angeles, California, dated July 31, 1932, and a ticket stub from the track and field venue, also dated July 31, 1932.
5 p. Brochure for Olympic Coaching Clinic held from June 26 through July 8, in conjunction with the 1972 Olympic Trials in Track and Field at the University of Oregon. Two University of Oregon track coaches, Bill Bowerman and Bill Dellinger, are among the 12 experts in track and fields serving as clinicians for the event.
Two-page letter from University of Oregon News Bureau Director Art Lichtman to United States Olympic Committee Chairman K. L. Wilson regarding proposed plans to hold an exhibition track meet at Hayward Field featuring members of the U. S. Olympic team as well as other qualified competitors from the western United States and Canada. The meet was held at Hayward Field on September 3, 1956.
20-page program for the 1968 U.S. Pre-Olympic Men's Track and Field Exhibiton Meet presented by the Oregon Track Club and held at Hayward Field on August 23, 1968.
Sequence of 16 black and white photos of American pole vaulter John Pennel, illustrating his form. Title on photo series is "The championship pole vaulting form of John Pennel is studied in this motion-analysis by John T. Powell, University of Illinois." Accompanying text describes each of the pictures in the sequence.