Springfield College Gymnastics Exhibition team performance slides

Item Information

Title:
Springfield College Gymnastics Exhibition team performance slides
Description:
This is a collection of thirty-two slides of the Springfield College gymnastics exhibition team performances taken sometime between 1957 and 1962. The slides were donated by Pierce Walsh (Class of 1961). There were taken by his father during the teams visits to New Jersey, his home state. According to a note that came with the donation, the photos of the individual gymnasts are of him. The slides show different performances during their shows, including work on the rings, group performances on the parallel bars, some tumbling, and their famous pile on stunts. The history of Gymnastics at Springfield College goes all the way back till nearly the founding of Springfield College in 1885, when Dr. James Naismith, the creator of Basketball, was an early SC Gymnast. Beginning in 1904, the SC Gymnastics team would travel to cities to perform their Gymnastics routines. At the end of their travels, they would perform a “Home Show” at Springfield College, a show they continue to perform to this day. It was during the reign of head coach Leslie Judd, widely considered a father of modern Gymnastics, that the Gymnastics exhibition team really gained a claim to fame. Under the leadership of Professor Leslie J. Judd, the purpose of the Springfield College Exhibition team was to promote and maintain an interest in gymnastics, dance, and the artistic phases of physical education in schools, colleges, YMCAs, and recreational centers. The Exhibition Team has appeared before thousands of spectators in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. In fact, in 1941 the team appeared before thirty-five-thousand spectators in twenty-five cities. This has been put togeher as a single item and uploaded as a compound object due to the design of an exhibit, but actually all slides are individual items and have their own numbers within the folder. For ease of locating this complete item, item one file name is being used as the number for the compound object;
Date:
[1957?–1962?]
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Subjects:
Gymnastics
Springfield College
Springfield College--Gymnastics
Springfield College--Gymnastics--Exhibition team
Springfield College--Gymnastics--Men
Springfield College--Sports
Springfield College--Sports--Men
Walsh, Edward P.
Gymnasiums
Gymnasts
Exhibitions
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Extent:
32 slides
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/19293
Terms of Use:
Text and images are owned, held, or licensed by Springfield College and are available for personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that ownership is properly cited. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of Springfield College, Archives and Special Collections. Any commercial use without written permission from Springfield College is strictly prohibited. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, Springfield College may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The publishing, exhibiting, or broadcasting party assumes all responsibility for clearing reproduction rights and for any infringement of United States copyright law.
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Identifier:
rg162-04-d-03-28-001