West Virginia University. Athletics
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Kittie Blakemore Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5274
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...
Dates:
1969-1990
West Virginia University, Athletics, Game Films
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5032
Scope and Contents
Motion picture films of WVU athletic teams in competition.
Dates:
1940, 1958-1986
West Virginia University, Athletics Scrapbooks
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1786
Overview
Twenty-seven clipping scrapbooks covering West Virginia University athletics for the period September, 1953 to May, 1963. Includes magazine and newspaper articles regarding all sports engaged in by the University's Athletics Department, including football, basketball, and baseball.
Dates:
1953-1963