Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Collection documents the history of sports at the University of Oregon. Information includes: general information on the history of sports, information relating to specific sports and games, and information on athletes. Types of material include: ticket stubs, media guides, flyers, programs, duck dopes, newsletters and more. The collection is organized alphabetically according to sport or subject matter and then by date. After 1997 materials are organized physically first according to year, then by sport, but in the finding aid by sport or subject matter. Subcategories within each Sport are in alphabetical order.
File labeled "Athletics General" comprises files from the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. The original order of this file has been maintained. In contrast to other materials in the collection, the materials in this file on different sports have not been arranged in order by sport name, but rather arranged in chronological order.
Researchers interested in material relating to specific sports and time periods should search the Athletics General file in addition to the alphabetical files in the rest of the collection.
Unarranged accruals include programs, tickets, newspaper clippings, media guides, artifacts, posters, and ephemera related to UO athletics.