Finding Aid for International, National, and State Tournaments and Competitions File, 1949-2001 | University of Illinois Archives

By Laura Grigg

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Collection Overview

Title: International, National, and State Tournaments and Competitions File, 1949-2001

ID: 16/6/4

Extent: 10.0 cubic feet

Arrangement: Alphabetical.

Date Acquired: 05/20/2008

Subjects: Athletic Publicity, Intercollegiate Athletics, Paralympics/World Wheelchair Games, Photographs, Wheelchair Athletics, Wheel Chair Basketball

Formats/Genres: Announcements, Financial Records, Papers

Languages: English, French, German, Hebrew

Scope and Contents of the Materials

International, National, and State Tournaments and Competitions File (1949-2001) includes correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, scorebooks, statistics, programs, brochures, schedules, forms and applications, directories, newspaper clippings, press releases, newsletters, photographs, contracts, publications, and financial records concerning athletic tournaments and competitions for athletes with disabilities. These tournament records contain information regarding officials, records, results, tournament administration, coaching, publicity, registration, athlete/team biographies, the cancellation of the VII World Wheelchair Games (1984) in Champaign, fund raising, advertising, victory banquets, ticket sales, and expenses. Major competitions include the Cerebral Palsy Games (1977-83), the Indiana Invitational Games (1960-65), the Intercollegiate Wheelchair Games (1968-71), the National Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball Tournament (1977-2001), the Central States Wheelchair Athletic Association Regional Wheelchair Games or the Little Egypt Games (1975-83), the National Wheelchair Basketball Tournament (1949-95), the National Women's Wheelchair Basketball Tournament (1976-2000), the Pan-American Games (1967-75), the Paralympics/International Stoke Mandeville Games (1962-96), the Prairie State Games (1985-93), the Wirtz Wheelchair Basketball Tournament (1984-95), and the Zonta International Invitational Women's Wheelchair Basketball Tournament (1985-93). Major correspondents include Timothy J. Nugent, Saul Welger, Stan Labanowich, Kenneth S. Clarke, Bradley N. Hedrick, Benjamin H. Lipton, Robert Szyman, Steve Truels, and Frank M. Brasile.

Subject/Index Terms

Athletic Publicity
Intercollegiate Athletics
Paralympics/World Wheelchair Games
Photographs
Wheelchair Athletics
Wheel Chair Basketball

Box and Folder Listing

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Box 8

Sub-Series 13: National Women's Wheelchair Basketball Tournament (NWWBT)

Folder 1: Statistics, 1989
Folder 2: 1990
Folder 3: 1991
Folder 4: 1992
Folder 5: 1993
Folder 6: 1994
Folder 7: 1995
Folder 8: 1996
Folder 9: 1997
Folder 10: Statistics, 2000

Sub-Series 14: Pan-American Games

Folder 11: Correspondence, 1967
Folder 12: Materials, 1967
Folder 13: Rosters and Statistics, 1967
Folder 14: Correspondence and Arrangements, 1969
Folder 15: Tom Brown (Fund Raising), 1969
Folder 16: Joanna Cornett (Fund Raising), 1969
Folder 17: Rich Feltes (Fund Raising), 1969
Folder 18: Frank Fiorello (Fund Raising), 1969
Folder 19: Ernie Hodge (Fund Raising), 1969
Folder 20: David Mitchell (Fund Raising), 1969
Folder 21: 1971
Folder 22: Press Releases, 1971
Folder 23: Results, 1971
Folder 24: Press Releases, 1973
Folder 25: Records, 1973
Folder 26: Press Releases, 1975

Sub-Series 15: Paralympics/International Stoke Mandeville Games

Folder 27: 1962-63
Folder 28: Correspondence and Arrangements, 1965
Folder 29: Correspondence and Arrangements, 1966
Folder 30: Results, 1966
Folder 31: Statistics and Rosters, 1966
Folder 32: Correspondence and Arrangements, 1967
Folder 33: Publicity and Promotion, 1967
Folder 34: Statistics and Rosters, 1967
Folder 35: Records, 1968
Folder 36: Correspondence and Arrangements, 1969
Folder 37: Publicity and Promotion, 1969
Folder 38: Statistics and Rosters, 1969
Folder 39: Correspondence, 1970
Folder 40: Fund Raising, 1970
Folder 41: Publicity and Promotion, 1970
Folder 42: Results, 1970
Folder 43: Statistics and Rosters, 1970
Folder 44: Records, 1971
Folder 45: Results, 1971
Folder 46: Summaries, 1971
Folder 47: Documentation - 1,000 Competitors, 1,000 Winners, 1972
Folder 48: Correspondence and Administration, 1973
Folder 49: Publicity, 1973
Folder 50: Records, 1973
Folder 51: Results, 1973
Folder 52: Rosters, 1973
Folder 53: 1977
Folder 54: Aylesbury, England, 1978
Folder 55: Women's Basketball Results and Statistics, 1986
Folder 56: Seoul - Disabled Sports Team: Women's Wheelchair Basketball, 1987-88
Folder 57: Seoul - Disabled Sports Team: Women's Wheelchair Basketball, 1988
Folder 58: Seoul - Disabled Sports Team: Women's Wheelchair Basketball, 1988
Folder 59: Seoul - Disabled Sports Team: Women's Wheelchair Basketball, 1988-89
Folder 60: Seoul - Results, 1988
Folder 61: Results - News Clippings, 1988
Folder 62: Statistics - Women's Basketball, 1992
Folder 63: 1996

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