Finding Aid: MS 537 - Springfield College Thomas F. Waddell Records
Description:
The Springfield College Thomas F. Waddell papers contain newspaper and magazine articles, photographs, posters, correspondence, and short manuscripts gathered together by Springfield College on the life and work of Dr. Thomas F. Waddell. There is some biographical information on his degrees and accomplishments and some personal recollections, including a short article written by Larry Nilson (SC Class of 1959) and a remembrance written by James and Jean Genasci called, “College Friends Remember Dr. Thomas F. Waddell.” Most of the collection is made up of newspaper and magazine articles (some copies) collected on his life, Olympic experience and death. Photographs include a series of photographs from when he set the high jump record at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in 1958 during the Eastern Track and Field Championships as a member of the Springfield College Track and Field team. There are also two original posters from the 1982 Gay Games designed by K. Anderson. The posters were donated to Springfield College by his wife, Sara Lewinstein. One of the posters has “Olympic” blacked out in magic marker and shows what the Gay Games organizers had to do when they were sued by the International Olympic Committee to stop using “Olympic” for their official title of the Games. For biographical information on Thomas F. Waddell, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/155.
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