West Virginia University. Intercollegiate Athletics

Scope and Contents Papers relating to the life and career of West Virginia University women's atheltics trailblazer Kittie Blakemore. Kittie Blakemore is most well known for spearheading the formation of what would later become the Women's Athletics program at WVU alongside Dr. Wincie Ann Carruth after the introduction of Title IX by the federal government in 1972, which guarantees equal opportunities for everyone, regardless of sex or gender. Blakemore also started coaching women's basketball at WVU in...

Overview Programs for West Virginia University football and basketball intercollegiate games. Football programs are scattered and incomplete in the range from 1940-2001, although there is a concentration for the 1961-1967 seasons; basketball programs are similarly scattered and incomplete in the range from 1950-2001, with the exception of the 2000-2001 season. Most programs are for individual games although there are a few guides for entire seasons as well. Miscellaneous items (box 1, folder 1)...