Description: Papers of Thomas Kirk Cureton, Jr. (1901-92), professor of physical education (1941-1969), Director, Physical Fitness Research Laboratory (1944-1969), including books, articles, scholarly papers, reports, staff minutes, course materials, correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, school and clinic brochures and programs, press releases, and awards and citations, relating to research, teaching, and lecturing on physical fitness, swimming, the cardiovascular-respiratory system, and nutrition; European sabbatical research (1952); aquatics and physical fitness clinics held for the Y.M.C.A.; the armed forces; testing of Olympic and other athletes; the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and foreign countries.
For additional information and publications written by and concerning Thomas K. Cureton Jr., see Record Series 41/20/300, the Sharon Plowman Papers, 1945-2016.