Finding Aid: MS 531 - Dr. Mimi Murray Papers

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Title:
Finding Aid: MS 531 - Dr. Mimi Murray Papers
Description:
This is the URL to the Finding Aid for MS 531 - Dr. Mimi Murray Papers in the Springfield College Archives and Special Collections. Materials in this collection include correspondence, reports, pamphlets, books, news releases, newspaper articles, magazine articles, photographs, slides, contact sheets, certificates, uniforms and various clothing, posters, handwritten notes, agendas, contracts, class syllabi, sheet music, budget and financial documents, affidavits, typed transcriptions of court testimony, correspondence, memorandums, court paper (including exhibits), meeting minutes, unpublished manuscripts, VHS tapes, plaques, and awards created by or collected by Dr. Mimi Murray from Springfield College, her coaching of gymnastics, and from many professional organizations. Materials date from 1965 to 2010. A lot of the collection are materials from Dr. Mimi Murray long career at Springfield College, including materials from her time as head coach of the Women’s Gymnastics team, some of her teaching materials, and her work on gender equality at the school. The gymnastics materials include materials from the first DGWS Women’s Gymnastics Championships held in 1969 and the DGWS Women’s Gymnastics Eastern Region Championships in 1972. Materials produced, collected, or used by Dr. Murray in various classes she taught at Springfield College include syllabi, and supporting materials on various. Her work on gender equality at Springfield College includes reports, meeting minutes and memos outlining the current state of and support given Springfield College in the areas of Athletics, teaching and workloads. Supporting documentation includes information on Title IX and gender and race discrimination. There is a lot of correspondence in the collection, including correspondence regarding the New England Gymnastics Clinic held on November 28th & 29th, 1969. Information on this conference, also include contract agreement for clinic instructors, master teacher lists and session lists are within the materials. There is also correspondence from Dr. Murray’s time as the president of American Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD) from 1991-1994. In addition, there is correspondence along with drafts of articles concerning a 1983 issue in JOPERD (Journal of Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance) concerning women in the Olympics and from the time Dr. Murray acted as the NAGWS liaison to the USGF and was a member of the NAGWS-USGF Joint Certification Committee. These materials also contained supporting materials from the NAGWS-USGF Joint Certification Committee meeting. There are documents from two legal cases in the collection, including the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) vs. NCAA Legal (case no. 81-2473) and the AIAW vs. NBC (case no. 84-3628); both filed in the US District Court of the District of Columbia. There are affidavits, typed transcriptions of testimony, correspondence, memorandums, court paper (including exhibits), and magazine and newspaper articles about the cases. The documents date from 1980 to 1985. The affidavit of Donna L. Lopiano, the president of AIAW at the time is in the AIAW vs. NCAA case papers contains history of Women’s Athletics in the United States, with citations and footnotes of the sources that she used. There is also an Affidavit from Dr. Murray that may have been for the AIAW vs. NCAA legal case. This affidavit, though, has information about her relationship with the NBC as a commentator through the AIAW. Within the collection are also many reports, government documents, manuscripts, pamphlets, newsletters, magazines, and newspaper articles collected by Dr. Murray all having to do with Title IX and women’s equity in sport. Materials date from 1975 through 1985. Finally, along with her personal writings and lectures, there are various items of realia, including many plaques and awards from her career and clothing, including the warm-up Olympic/national sweat suit from her work with the US national gymnastics team and two Springfield College teaching dresses and physical education skirt for Women. For more information on Dr. Mimi Murray, please see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/95
Creator:
Springfield College
Date:
December 2018
Format:
Documents
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Subjects:
Springfield College
Springfield College--Sports
Springfield College--Gymnastics
Springfield College--Gymnastics--Exhibition team
Springfield College--Gymnastics--Women
Springfield College--Sports--Women
Springfield College--Volleyball
Springfield College--Volleyball--Women
Finding aids
Springfield College--Faculty
Homeshow
Springfield College--Curriculum
Murray, Mimi
Cardinali, Geoffrey A.
Judd, Leslie J.
Lopiano, Donna A.
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972
Wolcott, Frank A.
Weckwerth, Charles F.
AAHPERD
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
National Association for Girls and Women in Sport: NAGWS
Eastern District Association
International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport, and Dance
Gymnastics
Social justice
Sports
Coaching (Athletics)
Coaches (Athletics)
Physical education
Women's rights
Law & legal affairs
Teaching
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/28549
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Language:
English
Identifier:
195_233_238_229_2023-4-19_105942646-45740593420