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University of Wyoming. Intercollegiate Athletics records, 1920-2017

Overview of the Collection

Creator
University of Wyoming. Intercollegiate Athletics
Title
University of Wyoming. Intercollegiate Athletics records
Dates
1920-2017 (inclusive)
Website capture 2019-ongoing. (inclusive)
Quantity
255.53 cubic ft. (349 boxes) + 852 GB + websites
Collection Number
515001
Summary
Contains game films, audio recordings (largely football and men's basketball), and records documenting sports and operations of the UW Intercollegiate Athletic department, as well as access to the archived website.
Repository
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions

Emails can only be accessed with permission from the UW Legal Counsel.

Some films cannot be shown due to preservation issues.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

Intercollegiate Athletics dates back to 1893 when the first UW football team was created. Basketball was formed in 1904, and sports such as boxing, wrestling, fencing, and gymnastics were formed after World War I. During the 1930s and 1940s, swimming, skiing, track, golf, baseball, and tennis were started. Up until the 1960s, intercollegiate sports were played in the Mountain States Athletic Conference. During the 1960s, the conference was reformed and renamed the Western Athletic Conference. In 1999, the Mountain West Conference was created and Wyoming became part of it.

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Content Description

The Intercollegiate Athletics collection is mostly comprised of game films, and most films are of UW football and men’s basketball games. There is a fairly complete run of football games dating from 1938 to 2004, with some films outside of these dates or undated. A fairly complete run of men’s basketball games dates from 1978-2003, with a few films existing outside these dates or undated. Game films of women's basketball are also included with a fairly complete run from 2003 to 2015. The collection also includes films documenting baseball, cross country, golf, skiing, hockey, rodeo, soccer, swimming/diving, tennis, track, and volleyball from the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. Wrestling is also represented and there is footage dating back to 1949. Additionally, it includes films of coaches’ shows, senior banquets, and season highlight tapes.

The collection also contains physical and electronic records about UW sports, such as several scrapbooks of newspaper clippings dating 1920-1948 about UW football and basketball games. A small portion of football and men’s basketball schedules, game brochures, women's basketball scorebooks, and narrator information sheets for games are in this collection. Some football films circa 1970 contain a narration sheet within the film canister. There are also audio cassette tapes of interviews with coaches and players and radio broadcasts of games. The collection also contains a commemorative bobble head.

Digitized and born digital materials in the AHC's digital collections can be accessed by clicking on links within the appropriate series. There is also access to the archived website.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyright Information

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Restrictions on Use

Statement on Potentially Harmful Language and Images Found in Collections

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Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Alternative Forms Available

Existence and Location of Copies

Digital reproductions of select material from this collection are available at http://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu:8180/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~103~103.

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Administrative Information

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by the University of Wyoming, Intercollegiate Athletics Office at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

This material was received from the UW Intercollegiate Athletics/Sports Information Office in multiple accretions from 1994-2021; Joe Feely, 1995; Tim Gottberg, 2007; Glenn Johnson, 2006; Ken Griffin, 2005; Homesteader Museum, 2005; Ken Martin and Bob Price, 2016; and material transfered from AHC collection #8179. Material was received from Tim Harkins in 2022 and 2023.

Processing Note

The collection was processed by Laura Uglean Jackson in April 2013 and February 2014 and updated by Jamie Greene in October 2015, February 2016, August 2017, February 2018, and February 2023. It was updated by Sara Davis in April 2021. This collection was updated by Erin Shadrick in December 2023.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Container List

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Subject Terms

  • Basketball -- West (U.S.)
  • College athletes -- West (U.S.)
  • College sports -- West (U.S.)
  • Football -- West (U.S.)
  • Football films -- West (U.S.)
  • Wyoming Cowboys (Basketball team)
  • Wyoming Cowboys (Football team)
  • Wyoming Cowgirls (Basketball team)

Corporate Names

  • University of Wyoming.

Geographical Names

  • Laramie (Wyo.)

Processed by Laura Uglean Jackson
2013

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